Rubric

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Purpose & The paper/vlog compares and The paper/vlog compares The paper/vlog compares The paper/vlog compares or
Supporting Details contrasts items clearly. The paper and contrasts items clearly, and contrasts items clearly, contrasts, but does not include
points to specific examples to but the supporting but the supporting both. There is no supporting
illustrate the comparison. The information is general. The information is incomplete. information or support is
paper/vlog includes only the paper/vlog includes only the The paper/vlog may include incomplete
information relevant to the information relevant to the information that is not
comparison. comparison. relevant to
the comparison.

Organization & The paper/vlog breaks the The paper/vlog breaks the The paper/vlog breaks the Many details are not in a
Structure information into whole-to- whole, information into whole-to- information logical or expected order.
similarities- to-differences, or whole, similarities- to- into whole-to-whole, There is little sense that the
point-by-point differences, or point-by- similarities-to- differences, or work is organized.
structure. It follows a consistent point structure but does not point-by-point structure, but
order when discussing follow a consistent order some information is in the
the comparison. when discussing the wrong section.
comparison.
Some details are not in a
logical or expected order,
and this distracts the
reader/viewer.
Transitions The paper/vlog moves smoothly The paper/vlog moves from Some transitions work well; The transitions between ideas
from one idea to the next. The one idea to the next, but but connections between are unclear or nonexistent.
paper/vlog uses comparison and there is little variety. The other ideas are fuzzy.
contrast transition words to show paper/vlog uses
relationships between ideas. comparison and contrast
The paper/vlog uses a variety of transition words to show
sentence structures and relationships between
transitions. ideas.

Grammar & Spelling Writer/vlogger makes no errors in Writer/vlogger makes 1-2 Writer/vlogger makes 3-4 Writer/vlogger makes more
(Conventions) grammar or spelling that distract errors in grammar or errors in grammar or spelling than 4 errors in grammar or
the reader/viewer from the content. spelling that distract the that distract the spelling that distract the
reader/viewer from the reader/viewer from the reader/viewer from the
content. content. content.