Dias De Los Muertos Essay
Directions: You will write an essay noting the differences and
similarities between the Mexican holiday of días de los muertos and
the European and American holiday of Halloween.
For your writing task, you will have the opportunity to follow all of
the steps of the writing process: prewriting, writing a draft,
revising and editing your first draft, and writing a final draft.
The Final Draft of this essay is DUE ON FRIDAY, OCT. 29th
Rubric
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An A paper!
Has an introductory paragraph.
Describes fully the días de Los muertos Holiday.
Describes fully how Halloween came to be the way it is now.
Describes how días de los muertos and Halloween are the
same.
Describes how días de los muertos and Halloween are
different.
Has a conclusion paragraph.
Has evident and successful organization.
Has complete sentences, correct capitalization and
punctuation, correct spelling.
A good paper, B to C grade
1. Has an introductory paragraph.
2. Has some description about días de los muertos Holiday.
3. Has some description about how Halloween came to be the
way it is now.
4. Has some description about how Halloween and Days of the
Dead are the same.
5. Has some description about how Halloween and Days of the
Dead are different.
6. Has a conclusion paragraph.
7. Has some organization.
8. Has complete sentences, mostly correct capitalization and
punctuation and your spelling is mostly correct.
A paper that doesn’t meet expectations and is
of low QUALITY, D and F grade
1. Does not have an introductory paragraph and/ or conclusion
paragraph.
2. Has very little information about días de los muertos or
Halloween.
3. Doesn’t really show similarities or differences between días
de los muertos and Halloween.
4. There are many punctuation, capitalization, and spelling
errors.
5. There is little or no organization.
6. Not all sentences are complete, with capital letters at the
beginning and punctuation at the end.
7. Your paper is clearly not in FINAL DRAFT form.