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Compare/Contrast Writing: Play to movie Compare/Contrast Writing: Play to movie The purpose of this rubric is to allow the student to know what the expectations are for writing this comparison essay. This rubric will help me, the teacher, to assess student writing and inform further instruction.The student will compare and contrast acts and scenes from the play and the movie. Rubric Code: E23437C By bwgbowley Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

C/C Essay
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Fair 6 pts	Needs Improvement 5 pts
Subjectivity	Excellent Student conveys an appropriate opinions on both the play and movie, adding perspective on how effectively the story is represented.	Good Student expresses an opinion about the "story" but doesn't adequately support why he or she prefers one form over the other.	Fair Student expresses an opinion but provides little to no support.	Needs Improvement Student does not have an opinion or doesn't reveal it.
Grammar & Spelling (Conventions)	Excellent Writer makes no<BR> errors in grammar or<BR> spelling that distract<BR> the reader from the<BR> content.	Good Writer makes a few<BR> errors in grammar or<BR> spelling but does not really distract the reader from the<BR> content.	Fair Writer makes many<BR> errors in grammar or<BR> spelling that distract<BR> the reader from the<BR> content.	Needs Improvement Writer makes so many errors in<BR> grammar or spelling<BR> that the reader can not understand or process the content.
Comparison points	Excellent There are at least (3) three clear comparison examples between the movie and the play.	Good There are (2) two comparison examples between the movie and the play.	Fair There is (1) one comparison example between the movie and the play.	Needs Improvement Student has not provided any comparison examples between the movie and the play.
Contrasting points	Excellent There are at least (3) three clear contrasting examples between the movie and the play.	Good There are (2) two clear contrasting examples between the movie and the play.	Fair There is (1) one clear contrasting example between the movie and the play.	Needs Improvement Student has not provided any contrasting examples between the movie and the play.
Transitions	Excellent Moves smoothly from one idea to the next.<BR> Uses comparison and contrast transition words to show relationships between ideas.	Good Moves from one idea to the next, but there is little variety. The paper uses transition words to show relationships between ideas.	Fair Some transitions work well; but connections between other ideas are fuzzy.	Needs Improvement The transitions<BR> between ideas are unclear or nonexistent.