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Christmas Around the World Compare Contrast Core Values Personal Narrative Rubric Code: MX99776 By mrpickett Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Christmas Compare/Contrast Essay
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 5 pts
Introduction	Poor The introduction paragraph does not introduce the topic to be discussed nor a thesis statement.	Fair	Good The introduction paragraph contains a hook, introduces the topic to be discussed and includes a thesis statement.
Brief Summary Paragraph	Poor This paragraph did not contain the information required.	Fair	Good Paragraph adequately explains when Christmas is celebrated in each country and what the festival is called
Body Paragraphs (X3 )	Poor The Compare/Contrast body paragraphs did not contain a main idea sentence or supporting details to back up their claims.	Fair	Good Each paragraph contains strong main idea sentences and an adequate number of supporting details to back up the main idea.
Conclusion Paragraph	Poor Conclusion Paragraph does not restate the core values nor reflect the main points of the body paragraphs.	Fair	Good Conclusion Paragraph adequately restates the thesis and main ideas of the essay.
Mechanics	Poor Essay contains sentence fragments and incorrect capitalization and punctuation, and many banned words.	Fair Essay contains inconsistent sentence structure. Your essay contains sentences fragments or incorrect capitalization and punctuation, and many banned words.	Good Essay has improper sentence structure. All of your sentences are complete sentences and each sentence has the correct capitalization and punctuation.