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Compare/Contrast Essay: Book to movie

The purpose of this rubric is to allow the student to know what the expectations are for writing a comparing/contrasting essay. The student will compare and contrast the epic poem, Beowulf to the movie of the same name. In preparation for this assignment, the student will have had instruction in the writing process, sentence structure, capitalization, end marks, specific vocabulary words, read the epic poem and viewed the movie.

Rubric Code: DXX3W6X

By bceliano

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

C/C Essay
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Fair 6 pts	Poor 3 pts
Capitalization/Punctuation/Spelling	Excellent All sentences begin with a capital letter, end with the correct punctuation mark, and spelling is correct.	Good Most sentences begin with a capital letter, end with the correct punctuation mark, and few spelling mistakes.	Fair Few, if any sentences start with a capital letter, end with correct punctuation, some spelling mistakes.	Poor No capitalization, no correct punctuation, and many spelling mistakes.
Sentence Structure	Excellent Sentences are of an appropriate length, make sense, and is free of subject/verb disagreements and follows the structure/guidelines.	Good Sentences are of an appropriate length, mostly make sense, but there are some subject/verb disagreements and follows the structure/guidelines.	Fair Essay contains many errors which are distracting to the reader but somewhat follows the structure/guidelines.	Poor The essay doesn't follow the structure/guidelines provided.
Comparison points	Excellent There are (3) three clear comparison examples between the movie and the epic poem.	Good There are (2) two comparison examples between the movie and the epic poem.	Fair There is (1)one comparison example between the movie and the epic.	Poor There are no comparison examples between the movie and the epic poem.
Contrasting points	Excellent There are (3) three clear contrasting examples between the movie and the epic poem.	Good There are (2) two clear contrasting examples between the movie and the epic poem.	Fair There is (1) one clear contrasting example between the movie and the epic poem.	Poor There are no contrasting examples between the movie and the epic poem.
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.	Poor There is no proper introduction and conclusion.

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