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Science Fiction Movie Review - The Core

As a fact finding critic you are to review the science behind the movie and determine if parts of the movie are possible, probable or fiction based on the science demonstrated in the movie, and write a review of your findings. The review should also include an introductory and concluding statement, as well as an opinion and/or recommendation.

Rubric Code: DX2997C

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Movie Review Criteria
	Excellent (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Satisfactory - Needs Improvement (N/A)
Introduction and Conclusion ___/4 Marks	Excellent The introductory and concluding statements work perfectly. They reinforce your meaning. Your topics and your judgment are clear. The introductory and concluding statements speak to the reader.	Good The introductory and concluding statements act like bookends. However, some of the sub-topics are not present, or the introductory and concluding statements do not engage the reader.	Satisfactory - Needs Improvement The introductory and the concluding statements do not act like bookends. Your major points remains unclear.
Description ___/3 Marks	Excellent The overview of the plot gives us the information we need. The additional description of characters or setting supports the main idea. The description is engaging and effective.	Good The overview and/or dialogue is appropriate. However, it is not convincing because it lacks details or sensory details.	Satisfactory - Needs Improvement Either there is almost no description and/or dialogue, or it is poorly developed and misapplied. In consequence, we find it hard to understand the basic plot of the movie.
Science based Discussion 3 Marks per Paragraph Possible, Probalbe, and Fiction relating to the science behind the movie ___/9 Marks	Excellent The writer explains the issues that lead to the judgments of possible, probable, or fiction. The choice of evidence seem reasonable. The issues are clearly developed. The writer is persuasive.	Good All the bases are covered, but either the writer is still not persuasive, or the evidence used does not seem reasonable to support all sub-topics. The problem is one of degree and/or quality.	Satisfactory - Needs Improvement Something is missing. Either the issues are not explained, or the connection between the issues and the evidence are not made well.
Expression Writing Conventions ___/3 Marks	Excellent The writer creates sentences and chooses vocabulary that wonderfully evoke the material. Our attention is engaged by the writing. If there are grammar mistakes they are trivial: we do not notice them.	Good The writer explains the material well. Sometimes there are mistakes in the writing which we notice. The writing just doesn't engage the reader.	Satisfactory - Needs Improvement There are too many mistakes in the prose. In addition, the style of the writing is difficult to understand and/or awkward. End of Page 1
Oppinion and Recomendation __/2 Marks	Excellent The opinion and a recomondation is engaging and is based on the evidence provided in the review	Good An opinion and/or recomendation is given and is well supported by the evidence provided in the review.	Satisfactory - Needs Improvement There was only an opinion or a recomendation given and not well supported by the evidence provided in the review.
Total Marks ___/21Marks	Excellent	Good	Satisfactory - Needs Improvement

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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