Title: 18 - Through the Contrast of Comparison...
Course: English 4A SU15 > Section: Unit: Read This Book!

Compare & Contrast

Bruce Lee used to say that through the contrast of comparison some new thing might grow. The purpose of these kinds of essays is to open up potential understanding or draw new conclusions about something by studying it in relation to something else.

Write a paragraph that addresses the following statement: The media portrayal of Frankenstein greatly conflicts with Mary Shelley's original story. Now, you can agree or disagree with that statement, but your end purpose is to outline how true or false that statement is based on examples that you provide and how well you make your argument. (Make sure that you provide reasoning and examples to support your conclusions.)

Grading form:

Key Ideas & Details Rubric

This rubric is aligned to the MN Academic Standards for Language Arts in the area of Reading Literature: Key Ideas & Details.

Writing Conventions

- 0-2 mistakes for spelling, grammar and writing mechanics.
- 3-4 mistakes for spelling, grammar and writing mechanics.
- 5-6 mistakes for spelling, grammar and writing mechanics.
- 7+ mistakes for spelling, grammar and writing mechanics.
Explicit/Implicit Support

- Cites 5 or more passages from the book to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
- Cites at least 4 passages from the book to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
- Cites at least 2 passages from the book to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
- Does not cite passages from the book to support analysis.
Theme

- Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.
- Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text but contains some reasoning errors.
- Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text but contains some reasoning errors that can make the conclusion difficult to understand.
- Contains some reasoning errors that make the conclusion difficult to understand or inaccurate.
Author Choice

- Demonstrates the impact of the author's choices relating to Plot & Characterization with support from text and additional opinion.
- Demonstrates the impact of the author's choices relating to Plot & Characterization with support from text or additional opinion.
- Demonstrates the impact of the author's choices relating to Plot & Characterization.
- Does not demonstrate the impact of the author's choices.