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iRubric: Compare/Contrast Writing: Artistic Styles rubric

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Compare/Contrast Writing: Artistic Styles Compare/Contrast Writing: Artistic Styles The purpose of this rubric is to allow the younger student to know what the expectations are for writing a comparing/contrasting essay. The student will compare and contrast any two of the four artists we have studied this week: Diego Rivera, Andy Goldsworthy, Chuck Close, and Salvador Dali. Students will write three paragraphs: introductory, a differences paragraph, and a similarities paragraph. Students should use at least five new vocabulary words. Rubric Code: DXB6WCA By severs Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Compare/Contrast Essay
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts
Topic Sentence	Excellent Student has a topic sentence introducing the topic and three types of articles.	Good Student has a topic sentence but not the three types of articles specifically.	Fair Student has an introduction vaguely mentioning the topic.	Needs Improvement Student does not have a topic sentence.
Capitalization/Punctuation	Excellent All sentences have proper capitalization and punctuation.	Good Most sentences have proper capitalization and punctuation.	Fair Some sentences have proper capitalization and punctuation.	Needs Improvement Many of the sentences do not contain proper capitalization and punctuation.
Comparison points	Excellent There are at least 2 comparison points that are clearly stated between the articles.	Good There are two comparison examples (similarities) between the articles.	Fair There is one comparison example (similarity) between the articles.	Needs Improvement Student has not provided any comparison examples (similarities) between the articles.
Contrasting points	Excellent There are two clear contrasting examples (differences) that are clearly stated. between the articles	Good There are two clear contrasting examples (differences) between the articles.	Fair There is one clear contrasting example (difference) between the articles.	Needs Improvement Student has not provided any contrasting examples (differences) between the articles.
Concluding Sentence	Excellent There is a strong and clear concluding sentence.	Good There is a strong concluding sentence.	Fair There is a concluding sentence.	Needs Improvement A concluding sentence is not present.