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Film Adaptation Essay

Compare/Contrast film/book: The Fall of the House of Usher

The purpose of this rubric is to allow the student to know what the expectations are for writing a film adaptation essay, determining whether their chosen film adaptation is close, loose, intermediate or failed

Rubric Code: T22C3B2

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Essay Evaluating an Adaptatioono
	Needs revision 2 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Introduction The introduction should name (in MLA format) the text, author and year of publication and the film, director and year of release. It should give context for the discussion by briefly describing the nature of the adaptation and state at least one key reason for the claim	Needs revision No introduction or introduction is missing three of the following components: strong attention grabber, author's name, title of book/movie, summary, and thesis statement.	Fair Submission includes all except two of the following: strong attention grabber, author's name, title of book/movie, summary, and thesis statement.	Good Submission includes all except one of the following: strong attention grabber, author's name, title of book/movie, summary, and thesis statement.	Excellent Submission includes a strong attention grabber, author's name, title of book/movie, summary, and thesis statement.
Description of Adaptation The adaptation should be described in more detail-- what kind of text is it? What kind of film? What are the narrative, literary, or other elements that will play a significant role in your discussion of the adaptation? What are the key references you will plan to integrate?	Needs revision Paragraph contains ideas that are not compelling. The ideas may be unrelated to the overall focus of the paper. The paragraph is missing evidence from the text and film and/or explanations of the evidence.	Fair Paragraph contains more than one idea, which may or may not be compelling. It includes evidence from the text and the film and explanations of evidence.	Good Paragraph is centered around a an idea (which may not be the most compelling), and includes evidence from the text and the film and explanations of evidence.	Excellent Paragraph is centered around a compelling idea, and includes evidence from the text and the film and explanations of evidence.
Your Analysis of the Adaptation This should contain close readings of the text and the film using the appropriate terms to describe your observations.	Needs revision Paragraph contains ideas that are not compelling. The ideas may be unrelated to the overall focus of the paper. The paragraph is missing evidence from the text and film and/or explanations of the evidence.	Fair Paragraph contains more than one idea, which may or may not be compelling. It includes evidence from the text and the film and explanations of evidence.	Good Paragraph is centered around a an idea (which may not be the most compelling), and includes evidence from the text and the film and explanations of evidence.	Excellent Paragraph is centered around a compelling idea, and includes evidence from the text and the film and explanations of evidence.
Your use of evidence You should support any claims, observations or assertions with direct evidence from your primary text, the film, and relevant secondary sources	Needs revision Paragraphs contain ideas that are not compelling. The ideas may be unrelated to the overall focus of the paper. The paragraph is missing evidence from the text and film and/or explanations of the evidence.	Fair Paragraphs contain more than one idea, which may or may not be compelling. It includes evidence from the text and the film and explanations of evidence.	Good Paragraphs are centered around a an idea (which may not be the most compelling), and include evidence from the text and the film and explanations of evidence.	Excellent Paragraphs are centered around a compelling idea, and includes evidence from the text and the film and explanations of evidence.
Conclusion	Needs revision Conclusion is missing a proper restated thesis and a summary of the major points of the story.	Fair Conclusion is missing either a proper restated thesis or summary of the major points of the story.	Good Conclusion includes a proper restated thesis and sums up the major points of the story. However, it is repetitive, offering the reader nothing they didn't already see in the introduction	Excellent Conclusion includes a proper restated thesis and sums up the major points of the story. It ideally reflects on the evidence provided by the essay and leaves the reader with an interesting takeaway message. Conclusion is compelling.
Discussion of film elements	Needs revision No compelling references to film elements (editing, setting, mise-en-scene, framing, diegetic/non-diegetic were used.	Fair A single, compelling reference to the set/costume design was used to support the argument.	Good Multiple references to the set/costume design were used to support the argument.	Excellent Multiple, compelling references to the set/costume design were used to support the argument.
Creative Choices	Needs revision No compelling references to the choices of the crew, actors, directors, or writers were used.	Fair A single, compelling reference to the crew, actors, directors, or writers was used to support the argument.	Good Multiple references to the crew, actors, directors, or writers were used to support the argument.	Excellent Multiple, compelling references to the crew, actors, directors, or writers were used to support the argument.
Evidence	Needs revision Evidence is not specific and/or doesn't support topic sentences.	Fair Evidence is specific and supports the topic sentences.	Good Evidence, including quotations, is specific and supports the topic sentences.	Excellent Evidence, including quotations and parenthetical documentation, is specific and supports the topic sentences.
Vocabulary	Needs revision Word choice is unclear and doesn't make sense in the sentences.	Fair Vocabulary - i.e., word choice is weak and doesn't show understanding of the meaning.	Good Most vocabulary words are used appropriately	Excellent Vocabulary - i.e., word choice is strong and shows understanding of the meaning.
Formal Style	Needs revision Essay includes many errors and is difficult to read because of these errors.	Fair Essay includes quite a few errors; some of the essay is understandable.	Good Essay includes some errors, but they don't impact understanding.	Excellent Essay does not more than 3 errors. It is easy to understand all of the ideas.

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