Discussion Rubric 2 points: 1.5 points: 1 point: 0.5 points: CATEGORY Approaching Below Score Standards Standards Standards Standards The position The position A position statement statement statement is provides a clear, There is no Position provides a clear present, but does strong statement position Statement statement of the not make the of the author's statement. author's position author's position position on the on the topic. clear. topic. Includes 3 or more pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, Includes 3 or examples, real- Includes 2 pieces more pieces of life experiences) of evidence (facts, Includes 1 or evidence (facts, that support the statistics, fewer pieces of statistics, Support for position examples, real- evidence (facts, examples, real- statement. The life experiences) statistics, Position life experiences) writer anticipates that support the examples, real- that support the the reader's position life experiences). position concerns, biases statement. statement. or arguments and has provided at least 1 counter- argument. Most sentences Most sentences are well- All sentences are are well Most sentences constructed and Sentence well-constructed constructed, but are not well- there is some Structure with varied is no constructed or varied sentence structure. variation is varied. structure in the structure. essay.
Discussion Rubric CATEGORY 2 points: Standards 1.5 points: Standards 1 point: Approaching Standards 0.5 points: Below Standards Score Position Statement The position statement provides a clear, strong statement of the author's position on the topic. The position statement provides a clear statement of the author's position on the topic. A position statement is present, but does not make the author's position clear. There is no position statement. Support for Position Includes 3 or more pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real- life experiences) that support the position statement. The writer anticipates the reader's concerns, biases or arguments and has provided at least 1 counter- argument. Includes 3 or more pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real- life experiences) that support the position statement. Includes 2 pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real- life experiences) that support the position statement. Includes 1 or fewer pieces of evidence (facts, statistics, examples, real- life experiences). Sentence Structure All sentences are well-constructed with varied structure. Most sentences are well- constructed and there is some varied sentence structure in the essay. Most sentences are well constructed, but is no variation is structure. Most sentences are not well- constructed or varied.
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