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iRubric: 3rd Grade Comparative Essay Rubric

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3rd Grade Comparative Essay Rubric 3rd Grade Comparative Essay Rubric An essay that compares the daily lives of ancient Romans to students' daily lives Rubric Code: Z9CA2W By barbieza Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

3rd Grade Descriptive Writing
	1 1 pts	2 2 pts	3 3 pts
Grammar
Capitalization/Punctuation/Formatti Beginning of sentence and for proper nouns. Using (. ! ?) Are all paragraphs indented? Does the essay contain 3 paragraphs?	1 Significant errors in using upper and lower case letters. Significant amount of punctuation errors. Little or no indentation and/or paragraph breaks.	2 Generally uses proper capitalization, with few errors. Generally uses proper punctuation, with few errors. Most indentation and/or paragraph breaks are present.	3 Consistent use of proper capitalization with no errors. Consistent use of proper punctuation with no errors. All indentation and paragraph breaks are present.
Spelling	1 Significant amount of misspelled words.	2 Most of words of spelling correctly, and few are misspelled.	3 Consistently displays correct spellings in words.
Content
Introductory & Closing Paragraph Is there an introductory paragraph that introduces the topic of the essay? Is there a closing paragraph that concludes what the writer has said?	1 Absence of an introductory paragraph. Absence of a closing sentence.	2 Introductory paragraph present, but does not effectively introduce the topic of the essay. Closing sentence present, but does not effectively conclude the topics that are discussed in the essay.	3 Introductory paragraph present and serves as a proper introduction to the topic of the essay. Closing sentence present and serves as a proper conclusion of the topics that are discussed in the essay.
Supporting Details	1 The essay compares or contrasts, but does not include both. There are no examples to support the comparison or the support information is incomplete.	2 The essay compares and contrasts items clearly, but there are only few examples to support the comparison or the supporting information is incomplete.	3 The essay compares and contrasts items clearly. The essay has many examples to support the comparison and the essay points to specific examples to illustrate the comparison.
Sentence Variety Do all of the sentences have a variety of structures?	1 Sentences show no variety. All sentences display the same structure.	2 Sentences show little variety. Most sentences display the same structure.	3 Sentences display a great variety of structures.