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Unit 4 Culminating Performance Task

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Students will demonstrate their knowledge of writing an argumentative essay.

Rubric Code: M92974

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Criteria
	Excellent 4 pts	Adequate 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Needs Work 1 pts
Introduction	Excellent Successfully includes an inviting lead, background information, and thesis statement. Previews the structure of the paper.	Adequate Attempts to include an inviting lead, background information, and thesis statement. Previews the structure of the paper.	Fair Includes a weak lead, background information, and thesis statment. Does not adequately preview the structure of the paper nor is it particularly inviting.	Needs Work Missing/uninviting lead and thesis statement. Background information is weak.
Claims	Excellent Establishes and maintains a substansive and credible argument. Develops claims and counterclaim fairly and thoroughly.	Adequate Establishes a credible claim . Develops a claim and counterclaim fairly.	Fair Establishes a claim. Makes note of counterclaim.	Needs Work Attempts to establish a claim, but lacks a clear purpose. Makes no mention of counterclaim.
Evidence	Excellent Successfully provides relevant and accurate information from all the sources. Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the text. Makes inferences from the texts.	Adequate Attempts to provide relevant and accurate information from most of the sources. Demonstrates a predominantly literal understanding of the text.	Fair May use some relevant and accurate information from some of the sources. May demonstrate some misunderstandgins or gaps in understanding the sources.	Needs Work Uses irrelevant and/or sparse details from a few of the sources.
5. Conclusion	Excellent The conclusion is strong and leaves the reader with a clear understanding of the writer's position.	Adequate The conclusion is recognizable and gives a good summary of the writer's position.	Fair The conclusion is recognizable, but does not adequately draw the writing to a close.	Needs Work There is no clear conclusion.
Transtions	Excellent A variety of thoughtful transitions are used. They clearly show how ideas are connected.	Adequate Transitions clearly show how ideas are connected, but there is little variety.	Fair Some transitions work well; but connections between other ideas are fuzzy.	Needs Work The transitions between ideas are unclear or nonexistant.
Conventions	Excellent Consistently uses standard English grammar and usage, including accepted use of standard capitalization and comma usage.	Adequate Generally uses standard English grammar and usage, including accepted use of standard capitalization and comma usage.	Fair Only sometimes uses standard English grammar and usage, including accepted use of standard capitalization and comma usage.	Needs Work Little evidence of use of standard English grammar and usage, including accepted use of standard capitalization and comma usage.

Keywords:

writing, 5-paragraph, essay, organization

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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