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Comparing and Contrasting Two Stories Comparing and Contrasting Two Stories Compare and contrast main story elements from "The Hindenburg" and "Race to the Sun" Rubric Code: G22B433 By Tinetine Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Compare and Contrast Essay "Race to the Sun" and "The Hindenburg"
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Focus	Poor Essay lacks focus and purpose is questionable	Fair Essay is somewhat focused and purpose is sometimes not clear	Good Essay is mostly well-focused and purpose is clear	Excellent Essay is well-focused and purpose is clear
Compare and Contrast	Poor Writer's use of comparison and contrast techniques to discuss the selections is poor and argument is not convincing	Fair Writer's use of comparison and contrast techniques to discuss the selections is fairand is not consistently convincing	Good Writer's use of comparison and contrast techniques to discuss the selections is good and mostly convincing	Excellent Writer's use of comparison and contrast techniques to discuss the selections is excel-lent and consistently convincing
Organization/Unity	Poor Essay lacks organization and uses few if any transitional devices to create unity and fluidity	Fair Essay is somewhat organized but uses few transitional devices to create unity and fluidity	Good Essay is mostly well-organized and uses some transitional devices to create unity and fluidity	Excellent Essay is well-organized and uses transitional devices to create unity and fluidity
Grammar/Mechanics	Poor Writing has several grammar and mechanical errors and understanding is impeded	Fair Writing has several grammar and mechanical errors but understanding is not impeded	Good Writing has a few grammar and mechanical errors but does not impeded understanding	Excellent Writer has excellent command of grammar and mechanics
Use of Quotations	Poor Writing has no quotations	Fair Writing has a quotation(s) with many grammatical errors and no relevance	Good Writing has quotation(s) with some grammatical errors	Excellent Writing has two or more relevant quotations using proper grammar