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Argumentative Essay 
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: RX52X6B
By LaNeta
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Subject: English  
Type: Assessment  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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  Poor

1 pts

Fair

2 pts

Good

3 pts

Organization

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Poor

The response has little or no discernible organizational structure. The response may be related to the claim but may provide little or no focus:
• claim may be confusing or ambiguous; response may be too brief or the focus may drift from the purpose and/or audience
• few or no transitional strategies are evident
• introduction and/or conclusion may be missing
• alternate and opposing argument(s) may not be acknowledged *
Fair

The response has an inconsistent organizational structure:
• claim may be somewhat unclear, or the focus may be insufficiently sustained for the purpose and/or audience
• inconsistent use of transitional strategies and/or little variety
• introduction or conclusion, if present, may be weak
• alternate and opposing argument(s) may be confusing or not acknowledged *
Good

The response has an evident organizational structure and a sense of completeness.
• claim is clear, and the focus is mostly maintained for the purpose and audience
• adequate use of transitional strategies with some variety to clarify relationships between and among ideas
• adequate introduction and conclusion
• adequate progression of ideas from beginning to end; adequate connections between and among ideas
• alternate and opposing argument(s) are adequately ackn
Evidence

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Poor

The response provides minimal elaboration of the support/evidence for the claim and argument(s) 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 or attribution to source material
• vocabulary is limited or ineffective for the audience and purpose
Fair

The response provides uneven, cursory elaboration of the support/evidence for the claim and argument(s) 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 or attribution to source material
• vocabulary use is uneven or somewhat ineffective for the audience and purpose
Good

The response provides adequate elaboration of the support/evidence for the claim and argument(s) that includes reasoned analysis and the use of source material. The response adequately develops ideas, employing a mix of precise with more general language:
• adequate evidence (facts and details) from the source material is integrated and relevant, yet may be general
• adequate use of citations or attribution to source material
• vocabulary is generally appropriate for the audien
Conventions

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Poor

The response demonstrates little or no command of conventions:
• infrequent use of correct sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling
Fair

The response demonstrates a partial command of conventions:
• limited use of correct sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling
Good

The response demonstrates an adequate command of conventions:
• adequate use of correct sentence formation, punctuation, capitalization, grammar usage, and spelling




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