Argumentation/Opinion Text-Based Writing Rubric Grade 6 Score of 4 Score of 3 Score of 2 Score of 1 The writing The writing The writing The writing – – – – makes effective use of available makes adequate use of available makes limited use of available makes inadequate use of available resources resources resources resources skillfully/effectively supports an supports an opinion with relevant and inconsistently supports an opinion fails to support an opinion with opinion with relevant and sufficient sufficient facts and details from with relevant and sufficient facts and relevant and sufficient facts and facts and details from resources with resources with accuracy details from resources with accuracy details from resources with accuracy accuracy uses credible sources* inconsistently uses credible sources* attempts to use credible sources* Reading/Research uses credible sources* The writing The writing The writing The writing – – – – addresses all aspects of the writing addresses the writing task with a addresses the writing task with an attempts to address the writing task task with a tightly focused response focused response inconsistent focus but lacks focus effectively establishes a plausible establishes a plausible claim or attempts to establish a plausible claim attempts to establish a claim or claim or proposal and acknowledges proposal or proposal proposal alternate or opposing claims supports claim(s) with clear reasons inconsistently supports claim(s) with supports claim(s) using reasons and skillfully supports claim(s) with clear and relevant and sufficient evidence clear reasons and relevant and evidence that are insufficient and/or reasons and relevant and sufficient sufficient evidence irrelevant demonstrates adequate use of writing Development evidence process (using technology if demonstrates limited use of writing demonstrates inadequate use of demonstrates effective use of writing process (using technology if writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ process (using technology if applicable) ∆ applicable) ∆ applicable) ∆
Argumentation/Opinion Text-Based Writing Rubric Grade 6 Score of 4 Score of 3 Score of 2 Score of 1 Reading/Research The writing – makes effective use of available resources skillfully/effectively supports an opinion with relevant and sufficient facts and details from resources with accuracy uses credible sources* The writing – makes adequate use of available resources supports an opinion with relevant and sufficient facts and details from resources with accuracy uses credible sources* The writing – makes limited use of available resources inconsistently supports an opinion with relevant and sufficient facts and details from resources with accuracy inconsistently uses credible sources* The writing – makes inadequate use of available resources fails to support an opinion with relevant and sufficient facts and details from resources with accuracy attempts to use credible sources* Development The writing – addresses all aspects of the writing task with a tightly focused response effectively establishes a plausible claim or proposal and acknowledges alternate or opposing claims skillfully supports claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant and sufficient evidence demonstrates effective use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – addresses the writing task with a focused response establishes a plausible claim or proposal supports claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant and sufficient evidence demonstrates adequate use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – addresses the writing task with an inconsistent focus attempts to establish a plausible claim or proposal inconsistently supports claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant and sufficient evidence demonstrates limited use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – attempts to address the writing task but lacks focus attempts to establish a claim or proposal supports claim(s) using reasons and evidence that are insufficient and/or irrelevant demonstrates inadequate use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆