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Opinion Writing

Students will be able to write their opinion on a topic, and support it with evidence.

Rubric Code: HX3BCCX

By ramirez820

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Subject: Education

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Opinion Writing
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Capitalization and Punctuation	Poor Contains 7 or more errors in capitalization and punctuation.	Fair Contains 5-6 or more errors in capitalization and punctuation.	Good Contains 3-4 or more errors in capitalization and punctuation.	Excellent Contains 0-2 or more errors in capitalization and punctuation.
Organization	Poor Little or no evidence of sentence or paragraph structure. Contains sentence fragments and/or run-on sentences.	Fair Sentences and paragraph structure is inconsistent. May contain some fragments and/or run-on sentences.	Good Sentences and paragraph structure is generally correct.	Excellent Sentences and paragraphs are complete, well written, and varied
Introduction	Poor Introduction statement does not include a question on the topic and makes no reference to personal opinion.	Fair Introduction statement is a weak. There is only a personal opinion.	Good Introduction statement includes a question about the topic and states personal opinion.	Excellent Introduction includes a question about the topic, personal opinion, and states the main ideas in a strong statement.
Conclusion	Poor Concluding statement makes no reference to personal opinion.	Fair Concluding statement is a weak summary of personal opinion.	Good Summarizes personal opinion in a concluding sentence.	Excellent Summarizes personal opinion and restates the main ideas in a strong concluding statement.
Focus	Poor Personal opinion is not stated. The issue is not addressed.	Fair A personal opinion is not clearly stated. The issue is not clearly addressed.	Good A personal opinion is stated. The issue being addressed is stated.	Excellent Strongly and clearly states a personal opinion. Clearly identifies the issue throughout the paragraph.
Spelling	Poor Contains 7 or more errors in spelling.	Fair Contains 5-6 errors in spelling.	Good Contains 3-4 errors in spelling.	Excellent Contains 0-2 errors in spelling.