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Compare/Contrast Essay: Book to movie - Tuck Everlasting 
Compare/Contrast Essay: Book to movie - Tuck Everlasting
The purpose of this rubric is to allow students to know what the expectations are for writing a comparing/contrasting essay encompasses.
Rubric Code: WX54232
By ericacurtis
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8

Powered by iRubric C/C Essay and Poetry
  Excellent - 4

17 pts

Good - 3

14 pts

Fair - 2

11 pts

Poor - 1

8 pts

Sentence Structure

Excellent - 4

Sentences are of an appropriate length, make sense, and are free of subject/verb disagreements.
Good - 3

Sentences are of an appropriate length, mostly make sense, but there are some subject/verb disagreements.
Fair - 2

Essay contains many errors which are distracting to the reader.
Poor - 1

Essay is unreadable due to too many errors.
Comparison points

Excellent - 4

There are three clear comparison examples between the movie and the book.
Good - 3

There are three comparisons, but they are not completely clear or well chosen.
Fair - 2

There are three comparisons, but they are not quite accurate and are written unclearly.
Poor - 1

There are not three comparisons and what was written is inaccurate and/or poorly worded.
Contrasting points

Excellent - 4

There are three clear contrasting examples between the movie and the book.
Good - 3

There are three contrasting points, but they are not completely clear or well chosen.
Fair - 2

There are three contrasts, but they are not quite accurate and are written unclearly.
Poor - 1

There are not three contrasts and what was written is inaccurate and/or poorly worded.
Transitions

Excellent - 4

The paper moves smoothly from one idea to the next, uses comparison and contrast transition words to show relationships between ideas, and uses a variety of transitions.
Good - 3

The paper moves from one idea to the next, but there is little variety. The paper uses comparison and contrast transition words to show relationships between ideas.
Fair - 2

Some transitions work well; but connections between other ideas are fuzzy.
Poor - 1

The transitions between ideas are unclear or nonexistent.
Conventions

Excellent - 4

Writer makes 1 or no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
Good - 3

Writer makes 2-3 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
Fair - 2

Writer makes 4-5 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.
Poor - 1

Writer makes more than 5 errors in grammar spelling that distract the reader from the content.
Topic Sentence

Excellent - 4

Student has a solid topic sentence to introduce each paragraph.
Good - 3

Student has topic sentences, but they do not flow in a way to introduce paragraphs.
Fair - 2

Student has an introduction mentioning the subjects but not the topic of writing.
Poor - 1

Student does not have any topic sentences.



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