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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 book A Wrinkle in Time 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 book and viewed the movie.

Rubric Code: EX58AC3

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

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C/C Essay
	Excellent 25 pts	Good 15 10 pts	Poor 0 pts
Grammar/Mechanics	Excellent 0-2 errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.	Good 3-5 errors in grammar, spelling, or puntuation	Poor More than 6 errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.
Comparison points	Excellent There are (3) three clear comparison examples between the movie and the book.	Good There are less than clear comparison examples between the movie and the book OR the comparison points are confusing or not well written.	Poor Difficult to find the comparison points in the paper.
Contrasting points	Excellent There are (3) three clear contrasting examples between the movie and the book.	Good There are less than clear contrasting examples between the movie and the book OR the contrasting points are confusing or not well written.	Poor Difficult to find the contrasting points in the paper.
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 serves to wrap up the paper.	Good The introduction briefly describes the topic of the essay. The conclusion gives a weak summary of the paper.	Poor The introduction does not tell the topic of the essay. The conclusion does not wrap up the paper at all.