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Compare/Contrast Essay: Book to movie

Expectations for comparing and contrasting book to movie. For use in Spanish 4.

Rubric Code: BX9246C

By lauraowens

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Subject: Foreign Languages

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

C/C Essay
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 1 pts
Capitalization/Punctuation	Excellent All sentences begin with a capital letter and end with the correct punctuation mark.	Good Most sentences begin with a capital letter and end with the correct punctuation mark.	Fair Few, if any sentences start with a capital letter and end with correct punctuation.
Sentence Structure	Excellent Sentences are of an appropriate length, make sense, and is free of subject/verb disagreements. Successful attempts at complex sentences.	Good Sentences are of an appropriate length, mostly make sense, but there are some subject/verb disagreements. Attempts complex sentences, although not always correct.	Fair Essay contains many errors which are distracting to the reader. No attempts at complex sentences; only basic sentence structure used.
Comparison points	Excellent There are (3) three clear comparison examples between the movie and the book that are well developed.	Good There are (2) two comparison examples between the movie and the book that are well developed.	Fair There is (1)one comparison example between the movie and the book and/or examples are not well developed.
Contrasting points	Excellent There are (3) three clear contrasting examples between the movie and the book that are well developed.	Good There are (2) two clear contrasting examples between the movie and the book that are well developed.	Fair There is (1) one clear contrasting example between the movie and the book and/or examples are not well developed.
Introduction/conclusion	Excellent The introduction clearly states the topic of the essay. The conclusion clearly states why the student likes/dislikes the movie/book and specific details are given to support the opinion.	Good The introduction briefly describes the topic of the essay. The conclusion gives brief reasons for why the student likes/dislikes the movie/book.	Fair The introduction does not tell the topic of the essay. The conclusion does not give reasons for why the student likes/dislikes the movie/book.
Editing Process	Excellent Student has clear evidence of the editing process including ALL of the following: rough draft multiple peer edits revisions editing others' papers	Good Student has evidence of the editing process, but is missing ONE of the following: rough draft multiple peer edits revisions editing others' papers	Fair Student has evidence of the editing process including TWO OR MORE of the following: rough draft multiple peer edits revisions editing others' papers