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Pro/Con & Compare/Contrast Essay 
Pro/Con & Compare/Contrast Essay
How We Organize Ourselves Compare/Contrast Essay of one element of our government compared to a similar element of a different country's government.
Rubric Code: H2C6C8
By MBockhop
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
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Powered by iRubric Compare/Contrast Essay
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T.S. matches organizational strat.

Poor

The thesis statement does not match the organizational strategy. It is not obvious to the teacher if the student is writing a compare/contrast essay. The thesis statement is unclear and does not help structure the paper.
Fair

The thesis statement is not well written and can be difficult to follow. However, it matches the organizational strategy of a compare/contrast essay.
Good

The thesis statement matches the organizational strategy, but the thesis statement lacks sufficient detail that outlines the specific points the students wants to argue.
Excellent

The thesis statement matches the organizational strategy of a compare/contrast essay. The thesis statement is very specific which helps the reader know the topic.
Organization

Poor

The essay does not follow the organization of the outline. The outline does not flow from paragraph to paragraph which makes it difficult to read.
Fair

The essay is not very well organized. The essay does not follow the compare/contrast outline provided in class.
Good

The essay is organized but the paragraphs do not smoothly flow from one supporting detail point to another.
Excellent

The essay is well organized and thought out. The paper has a good use of transitions that make it flow nicely so the reader is clear about the topic throughout the whole paper.
Citations and form

Poor

The essay does not follow the 5 paragraph essay and lacks detail. The student did not include 3 supporting details to their argument. It does not have clear quotes or citations.
Fair

The essay follows a 5 paragraph essay form. The body paragraphs supporting details are mixed together and/or does not follow the thesis. Quotes and citations are not clear.
Good

The essay follows the 5 paragraph essay form. However, the supporting detail paragraphs do not include sufficient detail. There is 2 quotes that are cited but may not completely prove what the writer is arguing.
Excellent

The essay follows the 5 paragraph essay form. The student is very descriptive in each supporting detail paragraph. There is at least 2 quotes that prove what the writer is arguing and are cited in the paper.
Corrections

Poor

The essay has not been revised sufficently because there are many errors within the paper that make it difficult to read and follow.
Fair

There are several errors in the essay. The student may have revised the essay once, but missed 6-8 sentence structure, spelling, or grammatical errors.
Good

There are a few errors in the essay. The student obviously proof-read the essay but may have missed 2-3 sentence structure, spelling, or grammatical errors.
Excellent

There are no errors in the essay. The student obviously used multiple reading strategies (i.e. reading out-loud) to fix all sentence structure as well as spelling and grammar errors.
Government description

Poor

The essay does not have a clear description of what types of government either country has.
Fair

The essay mentioned two types of government, but they are not clearly described.
Good

The essay has briefly explained two different types of government but does not go into much detail about the differences and similarities between the two.
Excellent

The essay has thoroughly described the similarities and differences between two different types of governments.
Entity of the Government

Poor

The reader is unclear about what entity the writer chose to compare and contrast.
Fair

The essay has mentioned one entity of the US government but it is unclear what entity of another country's government they were comparing and contrasting to.
Good

The essay has explained one entity of the US government and has attempted to compared and/or contrasted it to a similar entity in a different country's government.
Excellent

The essay has thoroughly explained one entity of the US government and has compared and contrasted it to a similar entity in a different country's government.




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