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Compare and Contrast Compare and Contrast Students will compare and contrast two natural disasters. Rubric Code: Y2X8W84 By barneyd Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: (General) Type: Reading Grade Levels: K-5

Compare and Contrast
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Main Idea	Excellent Student has clearly written the two objects that are being compared and contrasted in a topic sentence.	Good Student has clearly written which two objects are being compared and contrasted.	Fair Student discusses one object in the paper rather than two.	Poor Student fails to identify what he/she will be comparing and contrasting.
Compare/Similarities	Excellent Student has clearly written two detailed comparison sentences about the objects being discussed.	Good Student has written two comparison sentences about the objects being discussed.	Fair Student writes one comparison sentence about the two objects being discussed.	Poor Student fails to make any comparisons between objects.
Contrast/Differences	Excellent Student has clearly written two detailed contrasting sentences about the objects being discussed.	Good Student has written two contrasting sentences about the objects being discussed.	Fair Student writes one contrasting sentence about the two objects being discussed.	Poor Student fails to make any contrasts between objects.
Conventions	Excellent Work has been proofread. No grammar errors and no spelling mistakes that take away from comprehension.	Good Minor grammar errors and few spelling mistakes. They do not take away from comprehension.	Fair Several grammar and spelling mistakes. May effect the comprehension.	Poor Numerous mistakes are made in grammar and spelling making it difficult to read and comprehend the paragraph.
Vocabulary	Excellent Paragraph(s) has at least three vocabulary words used in correct context.	Good Paragraph(s) has at least two vocabulary words used in correct context.	Fair Paragraph(s) has one vocabulary word used in correct context.	Poor Paragraph(s) contains no new vocabulary words.