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iRubric: Compare/Contrast Writing: Artistic Styles rubric

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Compare/Contrast Writing: Artistic Styles Compare/Contrast Writing: Artistic Styles The purpose of this rubric is to allow the younger student to know what the expectations are for writing a comparing/contrasting essay. The student will compare and contrast any two of the four artists we have studied this week: Diego Rivera, Andy Goldsworthy, Chuck Close, and Salvador Dali. Students will write three paragraphs: introductory, a differences paragraph, and a similarities paragraph. Students should use at least five new vocabulary words. Rubric Code: H4BBWA By joanneob Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Compare/Contrast Essay
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts
Topic Sentence	Excellent Student has a topic sentence introducing the topic of this writing and the two artists' names.	Good Student has a topic sentence but does not flow in a way to introduce topic and subjects.	Fair Student has an introduction mentioning the subjects but not the two artists' names.	Needs Improvement Student does not have a topic sentence.
Capitalization	Excellent All sentences begin with a capital letter.	Good Most sentences begin with a capital letter	Fair Few, if any sentences start with a capital letter.	Needs Improvement None of the sentences start with a capital letter.
End Marks/Punctuation	Excellent All sentences have the correct end marks.	Good Most sentences have the correct end marks.	Fair Few, if any of the sentences have the correct end mark.	Needs Improvement None of the sentences have the correct end mark.
Comparison points	Excellent There are three clear comparison examples (similarities) between the artists.	Good There are two comparison examples (similarities) between the artists.	Fair There is one comparison example (similarity) between the artists.	Needs Improvement Student has not provided any comparison examples (similarities) between the artists.
Contrasting points	Excellent There are three clear contrasting examples (differences) between the artists.	Good There are two clear contrasting examples (differences) between the artists.	Fair There is one clear contrasting example (difference) between the artists.	Needs Improvement Student has not provided any contrasting examples (differences) between the artists.