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Compare and Contrast Essay - Charles 
Cause and Effect Essay - Charles
Students will write a minimum of 3 paragraphs using information from our short story, Charles and the TV show Dennis the Menace. Each paragraph must have a topic sentences and supporting details. Each paragraph must be a minimum of 5 sentences in length. Spelling and grammar must be correct.
Rubric Code: T22B44X
By mparks22
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Subject: English  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8

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  Excellent

4 pts

Good

3 pts

Fair

2 pts

Needs Improvement

1 pts

Topic Sentences

Excellent

Student has a very strong topic sentence at the beginning of each sentence that clearly states the information that will be included in the paragraph.
Good

Student has a topic sentence for each paragraph that the reader can tell is about the topic.
Fair

Student's topics are difficult to understand how they connect to each paragraph.
Needs Improvement

Student's subject isn't on topic.
Supporting Details

Excellent

Paragraphs have strong supporting sentences that are clearly connected to the topic of each paragraph.
Good

Each paragraph has clear supporting sentences that are on topic.
Fair

Paragraphs contain some supporting details, but they are not all clear how they support the topic.
Needs Improvement

Paragraph is missing supporting sentences.
Spelling/grammar

Excellent

Minimum errors in conventions (spelling, grammar) that do not take away from the meaning of the topic.
Good

Conventions (spelling, grammar) errors are fewer than 4.
Fair

Conventions (spelling, grammar) large errors, but topic is still able to be understood.
Needs Improvement

Conventions errors take away from the meaning of the topic. It is hard to understand the writing due to large errors in conventions.
Structure

Excellent

Each paragraph includes a minimum of 5 sentences. There are a minimum of 3 paragraphs and there is a clear flow to the structure.
Good

Each paragraph includes 5 sentences, but the paragraph structure is unclear.
Fair

A few errors in paragraph and sentence requirements.
Needs Improvement

Directions on formatting were not followed - multiple errors in structure.
Theme

Excellent

The theme of Charles and Dennis the Menace was clearly stated and all supporting details supported the theme and were explained/expanded upon to where the reader has a clear understanding of the theme.
Good

The theme of Charles and Dennis the Menace was stated and the supporting details were there.
Fair

The theme of Charles and Dennis was not explained well in the supporting details.
Needs Improvement

The theme was unclear and the supporting details were unclear.
Compare and Contrast

Excellent

There were two paragraphs about similarities and two paragraphs about differences. The language that was used in each format clearly showed a compare or contrast. Textual evidence was clear and backed what was being compared or contrasted from the text/audio visual elements.
Good

There were two paragraphs about similarities and two paragraphs about differences, but the explanations/text evidence could have been stronger to back up the style of writing.
Fair

The compare and contrast paragraphs were difficult to see how the details backed up the topic.
Needs Improvement

Several details were missing/it was unclear about the comparisons/contrasts.




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