Argumentation/Opinion Text-Based Writing Rubric Grade 3 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 Research 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/ 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 states an opinion states an opinion states an opinion states an opinion effectively provides reasons to support provides reasons to support the inconsistently provides reasons to provides reasons to support the the opinion that are sufficient and opinion that are sufficient and relevant support the opinion that are sufficient opinion that are insufficient and/or relevant and relevant irrelevant demonstrates adequate use of writing Development demonstrates effective use of writing process (using technology if demonstrates limited use of writing demonstrates inadequate use of process (using technology if process (using technology if writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ applicable) ∆ applicable) ∆ applicable) ∆ The writing The writing The writing The writing – – – – effectively introduces the topic or text introduces the topic or text being introduces the topic or text being identifies the topic being written about written about written about has little or no evidence of purposeful creates an organizational structure in creates an organizational structure has a progression of ideas that may organization which related ideas are grouped to lack cohesion (ideas may be rambling uses linking words and/or phrases to support the and/or repetitive) connect opinion and reasons writer’s purpose effectively uses linking words and/or inconsistently uses linking words and/ provides a concluding statement or phrases to connect opinion and or phrases to connect opinion and section Organization reasons reasons provides an effective concluding provides a sense of closure statement or section
Argumentation/Opinion Text-Based Writing Rubric Grade 3 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 states an opinion effectively provides reasons to support the opinion that are sufficient and relevant demonstrates effective use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – addresses the writing task with a focused response states an opinion provides reasons to support the opinion that are sufficient and relevant demonstrates adequate use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – addresses the writing task with an inconsistent focus states an opinion inconsistently provides reasons to support the opinion that are sufficient and relevant demonstrates limited use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ The writing – attempts to address the writing task but lacks focus states an opinion provides reasons to support the opinion that are insufficient and/or irrelevant demonstrates inadequate use of writing process (using technology if applicable) ∆ Organization The writing – effectively introduces the topic or text being written about creates an organizational structure in which related ideas are grouped to support the writer’s purpose effectively uses linking words and/or phrases to connect opinion and reasons provides an effective concluding statement or section The writing – introduces the topic or text being written about creates an organizational structure uses linking words and/or phrases to connect opinion and reasons provides a concluding statement or section The writing – introduces the topic or text being written about has a progression of ideas that may lack cohesion (ideas may be rambling and/or repetitive) inconsistently uses linking words and/ or phrases to connect opinion and reasons provides a sense of closure The writing – identifies the topic has little or no evidence of purposeful organization
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