Chelsea Martinez

7-15-16
Name:__________________
Multicultural Folk Tale Essay
Directions: For this essay, please summarize, compare, and contrast three (3) folk tales,
of your choosing, from different cultures. Remember to include the titles of the folk tales,
identify to which culture they belong, and include a minimum of five (5) similarities and
five (5) differences. Use the main idea and supporting details paragraph structure. Proper
punctuation and grammar should be used.

Rubric
Points Possible:
Information

3
All of the

2
Most of the

1
3+ pieces of

included:

required

information has

information are

Titles, cultures,

information has

been included,

missing from

similarities,

been included in but 2+ items

the essay

differences
Grammar and

the essay
0-2 mistakes

are missing
3+ mistakes

5+ mistakes

structure
Content:

Summary

Main ideas are

Summary

Summarization

contains main

vague or

contains no

ideas and some

overpowered by

main ideas, only

supporting

supporting

supporting

details

details

details.

sentence
structure:
Capitalization,
punctuation,
and sentence

Total Points:
_________/9