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Argumentative Essay

I can write an argument to support a claim with clear reasons and relevant evidence. This means I will introduce a claim and organize the reasons and evidence clearly, support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources, use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationship among claim and reasons and provide a concluding statement that follows the argument presented

Rubric Code: CX4A36X

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Subject: English

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Statue of Liberty Essay Enter rubric description
	Advanced 5 pts	Proficient 4 pts	Basic 3 pts	Below Basic 2 pts
Organization Claim, Topic Sentences	Advanced The response has an evident organizational structure and a sense of completeness. • claim is clear and focused • strong use of topic sentences • student's original introduction and conclusion is strong	Proficient The response has an evident organizational structure and a sense of completeness. • claim is mostly clear • strong use of topic sentences • sample introduction and conclusion is used	Basic The response has an inconsistent organizational structure: • claim may be somewhat unclear • topic sentences may be somewhat unclear • introduction or conclusion, if present, may be weak	Below Basic The response has little or no structure. The response may be related to the claim but may provide little or no focus: • claim may be confusing; response may be too brief • introduction and/or conclusion may be missing or too brief
Evidence Sources Cited Correctly, Evidence Supports Claim/Topic Sentence	Advanced The response provides excellent elaboration of the support/evidence for the claim that includes reasoned analysis and the use of source material. • strong evidence (facts and details) from the source material is integrated and relevant, • strong use of citations	Proficient The response provides adequate elaboration of the support/evidence for the claim that includes reasoned analysis and the use of source material. • adequate evidence (facts and details) from the source material is integrated and relevant, yet may be general • adequate use of citations	Basic The response provides uneven, little elaboration of the support/evidence for the claim that includes some reasoned analysis and partial or uneven use of source material. • some evidence (facts and details) from the source material may be weakly integrated, imprecise, repetitive, vague, and/or copied • weak use of citations	Below Basic The response provides minimal elaboration of the support/evidence for the claim that includes little or no use of source material. • evidence (facts and details) from the source material is minimal, irrelevant, absent, incorrectly used, or predominantly copied • insufficient use of citations
Conventions Capitalization, Spelling, Punctuation, Sentence Structure	Advanced The response demonstrates an excellent command of conventions: • nearly perfect use of correct sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling	Proficient The response demonstrates an adequate command of conventions: • adequate use of correct sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling	Basic The response demonstrates a partial command of conventions: • limited use of correct sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling	Below Basic The response demonstrates little or no command of conventions: • infrequent use of correct sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling

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