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To Build a Fire: Compare and Contrast

The students will compare and contrast the main characters from "To Build a Fire." They will include 1 significant character comparison and 2 significant character contrasts. Students will also show understanding of how the attitudes and actions of these characters impacted the plot of the story.

Rubric Code: LX8B547

By mitchellkarnes

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Subject: English

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Compare & Contrast Report
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts	Totals (N/A)
Comparing Characters	Poor Included no character comparisons or no supporting quotes.	Fair Only included 1 character comparisons, but only 1 supporting quote.	Good Included 1 character comparison with 2 quotes, but supporting quotes were weak.	Excellent Included 1 character comparison with strong supporting quotes.	Totals
Contrast Characters	Poor Only 1 character contrast and/or quote.	Fair 2 character contrasts and weak quotes	Good 2 character contrasts and adequate supporting quotes.	Excellent Included 2 or more character contrasts and excellent supporting quotes.	Totals
Relationships/Plot	Poor No discussion of characters' attitudes or actions impacting the story's climax or conclusion.	Fair Weak discussion of characters' attitudes impacting story's climax or conclusion .	Good Adequate discussion of characters' attitudes impacting story's climax and conclusion.	Excellent Excellent discussion of characters' attitudes impacting story's climax and conclusion.	Totals
Rebel Writing Format	Poor Did not follow the Rebel Writing format or proper citations of quotes.	Fair Followed some of the Rebel Writing Format and citations of quotes.	Good Followed most of the Rebel Writing Format and citations of quotes.	Excellent Followed all of the Rebel Writing Format and citation of quotes.	Totals
Intro & Thesis Statement	Poor Poor introduction Weak thesis statement or statement did not address assigned topic.	Fair Weak introduction and thesis statement.	Good Adequate introduction and thesis statement.	Excellent Excellent introduction and thesis statement: clear and concise.	Totals