Teaching Without Limits

This document follows the gradual release model of responsibility. Included is a modelled/shared writing task and also a guided template for helping young students write their own compare and contrast paragraphs. It is recommended that you use a simple venn diagram to brainstorm and organize ideas before completing the modelled, shared and guided writing tasks here.

This rubric is double sided (two pages). One rubric assesses students’ researching skills (reading expectations) and the other assesses students’ writing skills (writing expectations). Both rubrics aline with the Ontario Achievement Chart and include space for feedback and reflection. Both rubrics could be used for either self, peer or teacher assessment.