COMPOSING/WRITTEN EXPRESSION 4 3 2 1 CENTRAL IDEA Clear thesis stating position or Clear position May focus on a position Fails to take a position side AND General focus on audience Inconsistent focus on No focus on audience or Focus on appropriate audience audience or fails to identify inappropriate audience POSITION an audience ORGANIZATION Effective introduction Adequate introduction Weak introduction No introduction Follows a logical Evidence of an organizational Inconsistent organizational Fails to organize ideas AND organizational plan plan plan Lacks unity due to major UNITY Evidence and reasons are Evidence and reasons are Lack of unity due to major digressions organized logically organized logically digressions Shifts in point of view Ideas are unified with few Few minor digressions Shifts in point of view Absence of transitions digressions Point of view may shift Limited or inconsistent use connecting ideas Maintains a consistent point of occasionally but does not of transitions within and view distract the reader across paragraphs Uses transitions effectively to Uses transitions effectively to connect ideas within and connect ideas within and across paragraphs across paragraphs COUNTERCLAIMS Effectively addresses Adequately addresses Attempts to address Fails to address counterclaims and counterclaims and counterclaims counterclaims counterevidence effectively counterevidence May not distinguish Introduces claim(s), May acknowledge or counterclaims from other acknowledge and distinguish distinguish the claim(s) from evidence the claim(s) from alternate or counterclaims opposing claims EVIDENCE AND Contains precise and relevant Contains adequate evidence Contains limited evidence Contains little or no evidence (examples, (examples, illustrations, (examples, illustrations, evidence (examples, DETAILS illustrations, reasons, events, reasons, events, and/or reasons, events, and/or illustrations, reasons, details) supporting purpose details) supporting purpose details) supporting purpose events, and/or details) and audience and audience and audience supporting purpose and audience Details clarify and defend the Some details clarify and Few details clarify or writer’s position; fully and defend the writer’s position, defend the writer’s position Little or no elaboration clearly elaborates ideas. minor lapses in elaboration Ideas may be a list of List of general unrelated Shows how evidence supports Some evidence supports the general, underdeveloped statements each main point of the main argument statements argument Limited justification of how Provides justification of how the evidence supports the the evidence supports the claims claims
COMPOSING/WRITTEN EXPRESSION 4 3 2 1 CENTRAL IDEA AND POSITION Clear thesis stating position or side Focus on appropriate audience Clear position General focus on audience May focus on a position Inconsistent focus on audience or fails to identify an audience Fails to take a position No focus on audience or inappropriate audience ORGANIZATION AND UNITY Effective introduction Follows a logical organizational plan Evidence and reasons are organized logically Ideas are unified with few digressions Maintains a consistent point of view Uses transitions effectively to connect ideas within and across paragraphs Adequate introduction Evidence of an organizational plan Evidence and reasons are organized logically Few minor digressions Point of view may shift occasionally but does not distract the reader Uses transitions effectively to connect ideas within and across paragraphs Weak introduction Inconsistent organizational plan Lack of unity due to major digressions Shifts in point of view Limited or inconsistent use of transitions within and across paragraphs No introduction Fails to organize ideas Lacks unity due to major digressions Shifts in point of view Absence of transitions connecting ideas COUNTERCLAIMS Effectively addresses counterclaims and counterevidence effectively Introduces claim(s), acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims Adequately addresses counterclaims and counterevidence May acknowledge or distinguish the claim(s) from counterclaims Attempts to address counterclaims May not distinguish counterclaims from other evidence Fails to address counterclaims EVIDENCE AND DETAILS Contains precise and relevant evidence (examples, illustrations, reasons, events, details) supporting purpose and audience Details clarify and defend the writer’s position; fully and clearly elaborates ideas. Shows how evidence supports each main point of the argument Provides justification of how the evidence supports the claims Contains adequate evidence (examples, illustrations, reasons, events, and/or details) supporting purpose and audience Some details clarify and defend the writer’s position, minor lapses in elaboration Some evidence supports the main argument Limited justification of how the evidence supports the claims Contains limited evidence (examples, illustrations, reasons, events, and/or details) supporting purpose and audience Few details clarify or defend the writer’s position Ideas may be a list of general, underdeveloped statements Contains little or no evidence (examples, illustrations, reasons, events, and/or details) supporting purpose and audience Little or no elaboration List of general unrelated statements
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