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Persuasive Writing - 5th Grade

Persuasive Writing about a stated opinion

Rubric Code: LX84BX3

By kmullins

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Persuasive Writing
	Smarter than a 5th Grader! 4 pts	You're a Writing Whiz! 3 pts	Stay Focused..almost there! 2 pts	Keep Trying 1 pts
Great Beginning	Smarter than a 5th Grader! You stated your purpose clearly in this piece of writing. The beginning is creative and thoughtful. Evidence of hook at beginning.	You're a Writing Whiz! You stated your purpose clearly in this piece of writing. Evidence of hook at beginning.	Stay Focused..almost there! You stated your purpose in this piece of writing. No hook at beginning.	Keep Trying A reader cannot be sure what your purpose was in writing this piece.
Persuasive Elements Point of View	Smarter than a 5th Grader! Your piece of writing contains at least 3 reasonable reasons of persuasion with an example for each reason.	You're a Writing Whiz! Your piece of writing contains at least 2 reasonable reasons of persuasion with an example for each reason.	Stay Focused..almost there! Your piece of writing contains at least 1 reasonable reasons of persuasion but does not give clear examples.	Keep Trying Your piece of writing does not contain at least 1-2 clear reasons of persuasion and does not give examples.
Voice and Ending	Smarter than a 5th Grader! Your piece of writing does a good job of retelling your purpose in the closing sentence. The ending is memorable for the reader.	You're a Writing Whiz! Your piece of writing does a good job of retelling your purpose in the closing sentence.	Stay Focused..almost there! Your piece of writing retells your purpose in the closing sentence, however it may be a little weak and need strengthening.	Keep Trying your piece of writing does not retell your purpose in the closing sentence.
Revise/Edit Sentence structure: run-on sentences, subject verb agreement. Use of transitions.	Smarter than a 5th Grader! You have revised and edited all errors. Great use of transition words. Sentence structure is correct on all sentences.	You're a Writing Whiz! You have revised and edited most errors. Transition words used, but be careful to choose the best transition words for each paragraph, sentence structure may have 1-2 errors.	Stay Focused..almost there! You have revised and edited a few errors. Very few transition words used, sentence structure needs work- 3 or more errors.	Keep Trying You have revised and edited almost no errors. 1-2 transition words used, more than 5 errors in sentence structure.
The Small Stuff Conventions, following directions, title, name, etc.	Smarter than a 5th Grader! Name, title, perfect punctuation, capitalization, spelling (even tough words you looked up in the dictionary), all commas are used appropriately neat 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, double spaced, I can tell you double checked your work!	You're a Writing Whiz! Name, title on paper, correct ending punctuation, correct capitalization in proper nouns and beginning of sentences, correct spelling of most words, most commas used appropriately,12 pt font, Times New Roman, double spaced.	Stay Focused..almost there! Stay focused, you're almost there... next time double check work for name, title on paper, correct ending punctuation, correct capitalization in proper nouns and beginning of sentences, correct spelling of most words, some of the typing guidelines were followed.	Keep Trying Needs improvement;<BR> You showed little or no effort to check work for name, title on paper, correct ending punctuation, correct capitalization in proper nouns and beginning of sentences, correct spelling of most words, following typing guidelines

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