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Shakespeare VS Pop Culture

Critical Review: Film to Text

Rubric Code: JXC4A4B

By swinter2012

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Shakespeare VS Pop Culture
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3.5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2.5 pts
Introduction 1 pts	Excellent The writer has an introductory paragraph including an excellent attention getter, appropriate amount of background, and a sophisticated thesis.	Good The writer has an introductory paragraph including an effective attention getter, some background information, and a basic thesis.	Fair The writer has an introduction mentioning the topic and background, but seems incomplete. Thesis is simple, but understandable.	Needs Improvement The writer does not have an introductory paragraph and/or thesis is not clear.
Content/Ideas 2 pts	Excellent Writing is confident and clearly focused. It holds the reader’s attention. Relevant details enrich writing. Writer moves beyond "similarities and differences" and focuses on interpretation of ideas and the impact of choices made by director and playwright.	Good Writing is purposeful and focused. Piece contains some great details. Writer attempts to move beyond "similarities and differences" and focuses on interpretation of ideas and highlights some choices made by director and playwright.	Fair Writing does not clearly communicate knowledge. The reader is left with questions. Writer conveys mostly "similarities and differences" of the film and play, rather than looking at the impact as a whole of both mediums.	Needs Improvement Writing is limited in communicating knowledge. Length is not adequate for development. Paper reads like a compare/contrast essay; lacks depth of an essay that demonstrates critical thinking.
MLA: Evidence and Format 2 pts	Excellent Uses at least 5 examples of textual evidence from the play and uses at least 3 pieces of evidence from the film to support analysis that are superb and fully enhance the author's argument. Works Cited page and in-text citations have no errors.	Good Uses at least 5 examples of textual evidence from the play and uses at least 3 pieces of evidence from the film to support analysis, but could have chosen the examples more carefully. Works Cited page and in-text citations have minimal errors.	Fair Uses 3-4 examples of textual evidence from the play and 1-2 examples from the film to support analysis. Works Cited page and in-text citations have obvious errors.	Needs Improvement Uses insufficient number examples from the text and the film to support analysis. Works Cited page and in-text citations have serious errors.
Sentence Fluency 2 pts	Excellent The paper moves smoothly from one idea to the next.The paper uses transition words to show relationships between ideas. The paper uses a variety of sentence structures and transitions.	Good The paper 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 between ideas are unclear or nonexistent.
Vocabulary and Word Choice 2 pts	Excellent Effective and engaging use of word choice.	Good Uses a variety of word choice to make writing interesting.	Fair Language is trite, vague or flat, but have some moments where there are varied words to convey ideas.	Needs Improvement Careless or inaccurate word choice, which obscures meaning.
Conventions 2 pts	Excellent Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Good Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Fair Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Needs Improvement Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
Conclusion 1 pts	Excellent The writer summarizes the review in a clearly written conclusion including the significant impact of the different interpretations of The Taming of the Shrew.	Good The writer summarizes the review in a clearly written conclusion. The writer briefly states the impact of the play and film.	Fair The writer has a conclusion, but it uses the same words as used in the introductory paragraph. Alludes to the impact of play and/or film, but does not elaborate.	Needs Improvement The writer does not have a summary statement or conclusion. The paper just ends abruptly.

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Compare/Contrast Essay, Young Adult Lit, Writing, Essays, English, Technology

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