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Compare & Contrasting Paragraph You will compare & contrast The Lorax (the book) with The Lorax (the movie) as seen in class. Then you will write two paragraphs, one to compare & one to contrast. Rubric Code: TX3C826 By hartingb Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Compare/Contrast
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Comparison Paragraph	Poor The comparison paragraph is missing or isn't accurate.	Fair The comparison paragraph uses some accurate information.	Excellent The comparison paragraph uses accurate information to compare similarities with the book to the movie.
Contrast Paragraph	Poor The contrast paragraph is missing or isn't accurate.	Fair The contrast paragraph uses some accurate information.	Excellent The contrast paragraph uses accurate information to show differences between the book and the movie.
Topic Sentences	Poor Topic sentences are either missing or incorrectly written.	Fair There is only one topic sentence that is correctly written.	Excellent There is a topic sentence for each paragraph, two total, that are written correctly.
5 different comparison words	Poor There are multiple sentences missing or only one comparison word is used in the paragraph.	Fair There are less than 5 sentences in the comparison paragraph or comparison words are used more than once.	Excellent There are 5 sentences in the comparison paragraph. Each one uses a different comparison word.
5 different contrast words	Poor There are multiple sentences missing or only one contrast word is used in the paragraph.	Fair There are less than 5 sentences in the contrast paragraph or contrast words are used more than once.	Excellent There are 5 sentences in the contrast paragraph. Each one uses a different contrast word.
Complete Sentences	Poor None of the sentences are complete.	Fair Some of the sentences are complete with a subject and a verb.	Excellent All sentences are complete with a subject and a verb.
Capitalization	Poor None of the sentences use capital letters correctly.	Fair Some sentences begin with a capital letter or some proper nouns are capitalized.	Excellent All sentences begin with a capital letter and all proper nouns are capitalized.
Punctuation	Poor None of the sentences end with appropriate punctuation.	Fair Some sentences end with appropriate punctuation.	Excellent All sentences end with appropriate punctuation.