Compare+and+Contrast+Paragraph+Instructions

**TITLE** : **The Hmong and the Latinos **
 * NAME: **
 * DATE: **

**the Somali women, the Latino immigrants or the Hmong farmers. Write a topic sentence and at least five sentences. ** ** Use and underline at least SIX signal words, including three to compare , and three to contrast . **
 *  In this paragraph compare and contrast two groups from the articles. You can choose from the articles about **


 * Compare: similar like same both also similarities **
 * Contrast: different although however instead unlike **
 * on the other hand **

PARAGRAPH RUBRIC


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ORGANIZATION || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1 ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Topic Sentence

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">/3 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The topic sentence is clear and has topic words. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The topic sentence has no topic word or clear topic. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The topic sentence is missing, has no topic word or clear topic. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">/3 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There are 5-6 complete sentences with different, specific details. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There are 4 or more sentences, but some are similar, incomplete, or do not support the topic. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There are 2 sentences or more, but few are complete, support the topic or give specific detail. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Signal Words <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">/3 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">At least six signal words are used and underlined. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Four or fewer signal words are used and underlined. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Few or no signal words are used or underlined. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">/3 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All words are spelled correctly. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All but 2 or 3 words are spelled correctly. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Many words (more than 5) are misspelled. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">/3 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All sentences begin with capital letters and end with periods. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Most sentences begin with capital letters and end with periods. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Only one or two sentences begin with capital letters and end with periods. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">/3 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The paragraph is indented and double-spaced. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The paragraph is not indented or not double-spaced. Name, date or title is missing. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The paragraph is single-spaced and not indented. Name, date, title are missing. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Supporting Details
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vocabulary/
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">SPELLING and || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">PUNCTUATION ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Spelling
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Capital letters, periods
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">FORMAT ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Paragraph form, name, date, &title
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Outline

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">/3 || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">THe paragraph was turned in and with an outline and shared on Google docs. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The outline is missing information, or the document was not shared. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The outline or the document was not shared. ||


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">TOTAL /21 **