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iRubric: Compare & Contrast Essay Rubric

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Compare & Contrast Essay Rubric Compare & Contrast Essay Rubric Students were to write an essay using 2 Imagine It poems as their base texts. They were to compare and contrast the two poems for the narrator's feelings about the topic, the author's use of symbols, and their themes. Rubric Code: GX235W6 By beccca99 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: (General) Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

Compare and Contrast Essay Rubric
	Effective Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 3 pts	Adequate Reader understands writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Inadequate Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 1 pts
Organization	Effective Establishes a clear and logical organization using proper essay structure. Essay has multiple paragraphs: introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion.	Adequate Uses an identifiable organizational plan. with proper essay structure. Essay may only have 2 paragraphs but has a clear introduction and conclusion.	Inadequate Fails to organize ideas.
Development & Details	Effective Achieves coherent development with a topic sentence, specific and relevant details and examples from both texts. Accurately develops : Narrator's feelings about the topic, the Author's use of symbols, & Theme.	Adequate Has focused but occasionally uneven development; incorporates a topic sentence with some specific detail from both texts. Develops, although it may not have specific details or details from both texts.	Inadequate Demonstrates little or no development; usually lacks details or examples or presents irrelevant information. May only address 1 or none of the given topics. No topic sentence.
Conventions of English	Effective Consistently controls structure and the conventions of English. No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Adequate Generally controls sentence structure and the conventions of English. One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Inadequate May exhibit minimal or no control of sentence structure and the conventions of English. More than four grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.