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Final Essay for Academic ESL II Opinion Essay esl1 Rubric Code: XX5BXAC By dahlhauser Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Opinion
	Highly Effective 4 pts	Effective 3 pts	Developing 2 pts	Needs Work 1 pts
Introduction	Highly Effective Introductory Paragraph expresses an opinion and has three strong reasons.	Effective Expresses an opinion and has two reasons.	Developing Offers an opinion but reasons are not fully thought out or lacking creativity, or there is only one reason.	Needs Work There is an opinion, one or both reasons missing.
Supporting Paragraphs	Highly Effective All three paragraphs have a topic sentence. They are about a specific point and have supporting details that helps us understand the reasons in depth.	Effective Two paragraphs have clear topic sentences. At least two are about a reason and have some supporting details that helps us understand the reasons in depth	Developing It is unclear what each paragraph is about, there are no clear topic sentences, and the supporting details has nothing to do with the reasons.	Needs Work Paragraphs have few details and no clarity is given in the form of a topic sentence.
Conclusion	Highly Effective The conclusion re-states the introduction in different words and tells why it is important.	Effective The conclusion re-states the introduction in different words but needs additional work to show the reader why it is important.	Developing The conclusion doesn't re-state the introduction in other words and doesn't tell why it's important or brings in new details not mentioned in the intro.	Needs Work There is no clear conclusion.
Subject Verb Agreement, Grammar	Highly Effective All subject and verbs are in agreement throughout the essay. There are no tense errors.	Effective Most subject and verbs are in agreement in the essay. Most verbs are in the correct tense.	Developing Some subject and verbs agree in the essay. Some verbs are not in the correct tense.	Needs Work The subjects do not agree with the verbs. Almost all verbs are used incorrectly
Punctuation	Highly Effective All sentences have correct punctuation. There are no run-on sentences; conjunctions and commas are used correctly.	Effective Most sentences have correct punctuation.	Developing Some sentences have correct punctuation.	Needs Work Almost no sentences have correct punctuation.