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Compare/Contrast Writing: Book to Movie

The purpose of this rubric is to allow the student to know what the expectations are for writing this comparing/contrasting paragraph. This rubric will help me, the teacher, to assess student writing and inform further instruction.The student will compare and contrast, a book, we have read in class to the movie.

Rubric Code: U552C7

By bstromb

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

C/C Essay
	4 (N/A)	3 (N/A)	2 (N/A)	1 (N/A)
Topic Sentence	4 Student has a topic sentence introducing the topic of this writing and the subjects.	3 Student has a topic sentence but does not flow in a way to introduce topic and subjects.	2 Student has an introduction mentioning the subjects but not the topic of writing.	1 Student does not have a topic sentence.
Grammar & Spelling (Conventions)	4 Writer makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	3 Writer makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	2 Writer makes 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	1 Writer makes more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
Comparison points	4 There are (2) two clear comparison examples between the movie and the book.	3 There are (2) two comparison examples between the movie and the book	2 There is (1)one comparison example between the movie and the book .	1 Student has not provided any comparison examples between the movie and the book.
Contrasting points	4 There are (2) two clear contrasting examples between the movie and the book.	3 There are (2) two clear contrasting examples between the movie and the book.	2 There is (1) one clear contrasting example between the movie and the book.	1 Student has not provided any contrasting examples between the movie and the book.
Transitions	4 The paper moves smoothly from one idea to the next. The paper uses compare and contrast transition words to show relationships between ideas. The paper uses a variety of sentence structures and transitions.	3 The paper moves from one idea to the next, but there is little variety. The paper uses compare and contrast transition words to show relationships between ideas.	2 Some transitions work well; but connections between other ideas are fuzzy.	1 The transitions between ideas are unclear or nonexistent.