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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 The Giver to the movie of the same name.

Rubric Code: LX83WCC

By dcarosie

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: (none)

C/C Essay
	Exemplary 10 pts	Proficient 8 pts	Emerging 6 pts	Incomplete 5 pts
Conventions	Exemplary Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Proficient Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Emerging Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Incomplete Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
Comparison points	Exemplary There are (5) five clear comparison examples between the movie and the book. The comparisons are stated and their importance is clear.	Proficient There are (4) four comparison examples between the movie and the book. Or there are 5 comparisons but the importance is not stated	Emerging There is (2-3)two to three comparison example between the movie and the book .	Incomplete There is (1)one comparison example between the movie and the book .
Contrasting points	Exemplary There are (5) five clear contrasting examples between the movie and the book. The differences are stated and their importance is clear.	Proficient There are (4) four clear contrasting examples between the movie and the book. Or there are 5 differences but the importance is not stated.	Emerging There are (2-3) two to three clear contrasting examples between the movie and the book.	Incomplete There is (1) one clear contrasting example between the movie and the book.
Introduction/conclusion	Exemplary The introduction clearly states the topic of the essay. The conclusion clearly states why the student likes/dislikes the movie/book and specific details are given to support the opinion.	Proficient The introduction briefly describes the topic of the essay. The conclusion gives brief reasons for why the student likes/dislikes the movie/book.	Emerging The introduction briefly describes the topic of the essay. The conclusion does not give a brief summary for the information in the paper.	Incomplete The introduction does not tell the topic of the essay. The conclusion does not give reasons for why the student likes/dislikes the movie/book.