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Social studies Argument Writing Social studies Argument Writing Prompt - Is John Brown a hero or a villain? Rubric Code: K24W465 By jdinkel Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 6-8

Argument Writing
	4 4 pts	3 3 pts	2 2 pts	1 1 pts
Opening Paragraph	4 The opening paragraph is well-thought out. It includes (1) an understanding of who John Brown was (2) and a clearly stated claim.	3 The opening paragraph needs more information about who John Brown was or your claim isn't clear.	2 The opening paragraph only contains 1 of the requirements.	1 The opening paragraph doesn't have any of the required elements.
Reasons with support	4 All three reasons are stated clearly and support the claim with relevant information.	3 1 or 2 reasons are named and/or some of the reasons are missing relevant evidence to support the claim.	2 1 or 2 reasons are named with no relevant evidence to support the claim.	1 There are no reasons to support the claim.
Evidence	4 Every reason has evidence with proper citation.	3 1 or 2 of the reasons have evidence with proper citation or citation is missing on some of the reasons.	2 Evidence is missing from all 3 reasons and/or none of the 3 reasons are cited.	1 There is no evidence to support the claim.
Conclusion	4 The conclusion ends with a strong restatement of claim and name the 3 reasons again.	3 The conclusion sums up the claim by restating it, but it does not make a final, powerful statement about the topic and/or some reasons are renamed (evidence should not be restated).	2 There is an attempt at a conclusion, but it doesn't restate the claim or it doesn't rename the reasons.	1 There is no proper conclusion. The writing just ends without restating the claim and reasons. There is no closing paragraph. 0 points