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Argumentative 4 Paragraph Essay Rubric

Students will demonstrate their knowledge of writing an argumentative essay.

Rubric Code: UX27X3X

By csbrady

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Criteria
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Approaching 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Needs Work 1 pts	Enter Title 0 pts
Introduction	Excellent Successfully includes reasons, background information, and thesis statement.	Good Attempts to include reasons, background information, and thesis statement.	Approaching Includes a weak reasons, background information, and thesis statement.	Fair Missing an element or has weak reasons/or thesis statement. Background information is weak.	Needs Work Missing multiple elements.	Enter Title Not in essay format
Claims/Reasons	Excellent -Provides Reason/claim -Provides two pieces of evidence to support reason/claim -Explains why evidence supports reason/claim	Good -Develops reason/claims -Commentary supports claim (CD) -Includes some citations/references to text.	Approaching - Establishes a reason/claim. - Commentary somewhat supports claim (CD) -Weak references to text	Fair -Attempts to establish a reason/claim, but lacks a clear purpose. - Citations/references are illogical/opinions	Needs Work -Lacks a clear purpose -Little to no reference to text	Enter Title No reason/claim, no evidence
Claims/Reasons	Excellent -Provides Reason/claim -Provides two pieces of evidence to support reason/claim -Explains why evidence supports reason/claim	Good -Develops reason/claims -Commentary supports claim (CD) -Includes some citations/references to text.	Approaching - Establishes a reason/claim. - Commentary somewhat supports claim (CD) -Weak references to text	Fair -Attempts to establish a reason/claim, but lacks a clear purpose. - Citations/references are illogical/opinions .	Needs Work -Lacks a clear purpose -Little to no reference to text	Enter Title No reason/claim, no evidence
5. Conclusion	Excellent Well-written paragraph including: -restatement of the thesis -references to both reasons -strong concluding sentence/final plea.	Good Strong paragraph including: -restatement of the thesis -references to both reasons -concluding sentence/final plea.	Approaching Paragraph including: -restatement of the thesis -attempt to reference both reasons -concluding sentence/final plea.	Fair Missing element(s) -restatement of the thesis - reference to reasons -concluding sentence	Needs Work Does not successfully conclude the essay	Enter Title No conclusion
Grammer	Excellent Successfully uses end marks, Capitalization, basic spelling	Good Incorporates use of end marks, Capitalization, basic spelling most of the time	Approaching Incorporates use of end marks, Capitalization, basic spelling some of the time	Fair Weak use of end marks, Capitalization, basic spelling	Needs Work Very little use of end marks, Capitalization, and basic spelling	Enter Title Not legible, missing or a complete mess

Keywords:

writing, 5-paragraph, essay, organization

Subjects:

English

Types:

Writing

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