iRubric: Informative Essay Compare and Contrast rubric

I can create an informative text that clearly compares and contrasts the topic. I can also provide two pieces of relevant evidence per body paragraph and thoroughly explain this evidence by providing examples to increase the audience’s knowledge of the topic. I can incorporate one text to world example in a body paragraph.

I can create an informative text that clearly compares and contrasts the topic. I can also provide two pieces of relevant evidence per body paragraph and thoroughly explain this evidence by providing examples to increase the audience’s knowledge of the topic.

I can create an informative text that somewhat compares and contrasts the topic. I can also provide one piece of relevant evidence per body paragraph that somewhat explain this evidence to increase the audience’s knowledge of the topic.

I can create an informative text somewhat compares or contrasts the topic. the either the causes or the effects of a topic. I can also provide one piece of relevant evidence per body paragraph. However, the evidence is explained or analyzed.

I can create a clear and coherent conclusion. It restates the thesis statement and leaves the reader with something to think about. and ends with a text to world example.

I can create a clear and coherent conclusion. It restates the thesis statement and leaves the reader with something to think about.

I can create a conclusion but it merely restates the thesis statement.

I can create a conclusion but it is not clear and does not restate any of the thesis topics.

I can gather relevant information from four or more different sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and over reliance on any one source.

I can also incorporate six or more different citations that follow the standard format for
in-text citations.

I can gather relevant information from three different sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and over reliance on any one source.

I can also incorporate five different citations that follow the standard format for
in-text citations.

I can gather relevant information from two different sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and over reliance on any one source.

I can also incorporate three or four different citations that somewhat follow the standard format for
in-text citations.

I can gather relevant information from one different source, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and over reliance on any one source.

I can also incorporate one or two different citations but they don't follow the standard format for
in-text citations.