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Compare/Contrast Writing: Play to movie

The purpose of this rubric is to allow the student to know what the expectations are for writing this comparing/contrasting essay. This rubric will help me, the teacher, to assess student writing and inform further instruction.The student will compare and contrast acts and scenes from the play, The Crucible, and the movie of the same name.

Rubric Code: YXC3726

By cheryljpn

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 9-12

C/C Essay
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Needs Improvement 2 pts	Missing/ Incorrect 1 pts
Introduction	Excellent Student has a clear hook, focused details and an original, highly advanced thesis statement.	Good Student has a hook, details and a thesis statement.	Fair Student has an introduction but it is lacking one required element.	Needs Improvement Introduction is lacking either a clear focus or more than one required element.	Missing/ Incorrect Introduction is missing.
Grammar & Spelling (Conventions)	Excellent Writer does not have errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Good Writer makes extremely limited errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Fair Writer makes repetitive and/or excessive errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content.	Needs Improvement Writing shows a lack of careful editing to correct spelling and grammar such that understanding is greatly affected.	Missing/ Incorrect Essay is unreadable due to errors in spelling and/or grammar.
Comparison points	Excellent There are (3) three clear comparison examples between the movie and the play.	Good There are (2) two comparison examples between the movie and the play.	Fair There is (1)one comparison example between the movie and the play .	Needs Improvement Student has not provided any comparison examples between the movie and the play.	Missing/ Incorrect Points are irrelevant and completely unrelated to the discussion.
Contrasting points	Excellent There are (3) three clear contrasting examples between the movie and the play.	Good There are (2) two clear contrasting examples between the movie and the play.	Fair There is (1) one clear contrasting example between the movie and the play.	Needs Improvement Student has not provided any contrasting examples between the movie and the play.	Missing/ Incorrect Points are irrelevant and completely unrelated to the discussion.
Transitions	Excellent The paper moves smoothly from one idea to the next.The paper uses comparison and contrast transition words to show relationships between ideas. The paper uses a variety of sentence structures and transitions.	Good 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 Some transitions work well; but connections between other ideas are unclear.	Needs Improvement The transitions between ideas are very unrelated or nonexistent.	Missing/ Incorrect Transitions are missing.

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