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Compare/Contrast: Drama and 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 drama "The Prince and the Pauper" and the movie "Twain's Tale Transplanted to Today". 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 drama and viewed the movie.

Rubric Code: DXXX597

By cbeach

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

C/C Essay
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 1 pts
Capitalization/Punctuation	Excellent 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 Writing contains sentences that are an appropriate length, make sense, and use a variety of interesting and transitional words.	Good Writing contains some sentences that are an appropriate length, mostly make sense, and use some interesting and transitional words.	Fair Writing contains many errors which are distracting to the reader and make it hard for the reader to understand. Writer uses same words repeatedly and no transitional words.
Comparison points	Excellent In the first paragraph, there are (3) three clear comparison examples between the movie and the drama.	Good In the first paragraph, there are (2) two comparison examples between the movie and the drama.	Fair In the first paragraph, there is (1)one comparison example between the movie and the drama.
Contrasting points	Excellent In the second paragraph, there are (3) three clear contrasting examples between the movie and the drama.	Good In the second paragraph, there are (2) two clear contrasting examples between the movie and the drama.	Fair In the second paragraph, there is (1) one clear contrasting example between the movie and the drama.
Drama/Movie Preference	Excellent In the conclusion the student states which version of the story they preferred and listed at least 2 reasons and examples to support their opinion.	Good In the conclusion the student states briefly which version of the story they preferred and listed at least 1 reason and 1 example to support their opinion.	Fair In the conclusion the student states does not specify which version of the story they preferred and does not list any reasons or examples to support their opinion.