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Year 4 Discussion Writing Task

Is Australia Day a celebration for Aboriginal people in Australia?

Rubric Code: A6C5CC

By meganrobinson

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Subject: English

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: K-5

Year 4 Discussion Writing Task
	Extensive Knowledge 5 pts	Thorough Knowledge 4 pts	Sound Understanding 3 pts	Basic Understanding 2 pts	Elementary Knowledge 1 pts
Text Type Discussion	Extensive Knowledge My writing has a clear introduction that grabs the audience's attention. My writing summarises what will be dicussed in the following paragraphs.	Thorough Knowledge My writing clearly outlines the issue and provides a strong statement of position. My writing gives some indication of the arguments I will give.	Sound Understanding My writing has a somewhat clear introduction but does not grab the audience's attention. I provide a satisfactory statement of position.	Basic Understanding My writing provides very little introduction to explain the statement of position.	Elementary Knowledge My introduction is not clear and there is no statement of position.
Arguments	Extensive Knowledge I provide a sophisticated level of arguments with detailed supporting evidence in my writing.	Thorough Knowledge Well supported arguments are provided in my writing and are presented in order of importance.	Sound Understanding Some arguments are provided in my writing followed by logically sequenced elaborating sentences. Facts and reasons are presented in reasonable order.	Basic Understanding Limited arguments are presented in my writing including some elaboration. Some facts and reasons to support arguments are provided but are not convincing. Some arguments are not relevant or connected to the topic.	Elementary Knowledge The arguments in my writing are weak and do not show strong support of a statement of position. I have not provided any elaboration.
Restate Position	Extensive Knowledge My conclusion is outstanding. After briefly reiterating the arguments for and against, I come to a recommendation as to which is the stronger case.	Thorough Knowledge My conclusion summarises the facts and reasons provided in the pararaphs and outlines a recommendation.	Sound Understanding My conclusion summarises the facts and reasons. A closing statement completes the discussion.	Basic Understanding My conclusion summarises the facts and reasons but is somewhat weak. A closing statement is not represented.	Elementary Knowledge The conclusion in my writing is weak or missing. It does not summarise the reasons or make a closing statement.
Sentence Structure	Extensive Knowledge Every paragraph has sentences that vary in length. All sentences are well-constructed with varied structure.	Thorough Knowledge Almost all paragraphs have sentences that vary in length. Most sentences are well-constructed with varied structure	Sound Understanding Almost all paragraphs have sentences that vary in length. Most sentences are well-constructed but have a similar structure.	Basic Understanding Almost all paragraphs have sentences that vary in length. Sentences lack structure and appear incomplete or rambling.	Elementary Knowledge There is no evidence of paragraphs or sentence structure in my writing.
Grammar and Punctuation	Extensive Knowledge My writing displays an outstanding use of punctuation, tense and spelling. It contains a sophisticated balance of simple, compound and complex sentences. My use of tense is correct and consistent	Thorough Knowledge My writing is carefully checked and is easy to read. Most difficult words are spelt correctly. I have used appropriate punctuation. I ahve also used a combination of simple, compound and complex sentences. My use of tense is correct and consistent	Sound Understanding My writing uses a range of well-structured sentences, beginning to include complex sentences. Correct simple punctuation is evident (commas, full stops). My use of tense is correct and consistent.	Basic Understanding My writing has correctly formed sentences, however some do not flow or connect well. There are some spelling or punctuation mistakes. Some inconsistencies in tense.	Elementary Knowledge My writing is poorly written. There are many spelling mistakes and little or no attention is given to punctuation. No consistent use of tense is evident.
Modality	Extensive Knowledge My writing uses a range of language to clearly present the arguments and offers supporting evidence. Highly emotive words express feelings and good use of effective time connectives.	Thorough Knowledge My writing uses a range of language to clearly present the arguments and offers supporting evidence.	Sound Understanding My writing contains language to support some arguments and some emotive words used to express feelings.	Basic Understanding The language in my writing is not very convincing. It uses simple emotive words and some time connectives.	Elementary Knowledge My writing is lacking in meaning and there is little or no use of emotive words. No time connectives evident.
Handwriting	Extensive Knowledge My handwriting is neat with no distracting corrections.	Thorough Knowledge My handwriting is neat with few distracting corrections.	Sound Understanding My writing is mostly neat with 1 or 2 distracting corrections (e.g.,dark cross-outs; words written over).	Basic Understanding My writing is generally readable, but the reader has to exert quite a bit of effort to figure out some of the words.	Elementary Knowledge Many words are unreadable OR there are several distracting corrections.
Knowledge of topic	Extensive Knowledge Relevant, telling, quality details give the reader important information that goes beyond the obvious or predictable. All supportive facts are reported accurately.	Thorough Knowledge Supporting details and information are relevant, but one key issue or portion of the answer is unsupported. Almost all supportive facts are reported accurately.	Sound Understanding Supporting details and information are relevant, but several key issues or portions of the answer are unsupported. Most supportive facts are reported accurately.	Basic Understanding Supporting details and information are typically unclear or not related to the topic.	Elementary Knowledge No facts are reported in my writing or most are inaccurately reported.

Keywords:

Aboriginal, British Colonisation, discussion

Subjects:

English

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