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Argumentation/Opinion Text-Based Writing Rubric Grades 11–12 Score of 4 Score of 3 Score of 2 Score of 1 Reading/Research The writing – effective use of available resources supports an opinion with relevant and sufficient facts and details from resources with accuracy credible sources* The writing – adequate use of available resources an opinion with relevant and sufficient facts and details from resources with accuracy credible sources* The writing – limited use of available resources supports an opinion with relevant and sufficient facts and details from resources with accuracy uses credible sources* The writing – inadequate use of available resources to support an opinion with relevant and sufficient facts and details from resources with accuracy to use credible sources* Development The writing – all aspects of the writing task with a tightly focused response develops the claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both anticipates the audience’s knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases effective use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – the writing task with a focused response the claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both the audience’s knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases adequate use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – the writing task with an inconsistent focus develops the claim(s) and counterclaims fairly and thoroughly, supplying the most relevant evidence for each while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both anticipates the audience’s knowledge level, concerns, values, and possible biases limited use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – to address the writing task but lacks focus to establish a claim or proposal the claim or proposal using insufficient and/or irrelevant details to support reasoning inadequate use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ uses skillfully skillfully
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