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2nd Grade Opinion Short Response Writing

Students were to give their opinion on a human activity that has positively impacted the environment and one that has negatively impacted the environment.

Rubric Code: YB7B2C

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Subject: English

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: K-5

Opinion Writing
	Emerging 2 pts	Progressing 3 pts	Meeting 4 pts	Exceeding 5 pts
Positive Opinion	Emerging I did write an opinion but gave no reasons for my opinion.	Progressing I wrote my opinion and gave one reason for my opinion.	Meeting I wrote my opinion and gave 2 reasons for my opinion.	Exceeding I wrote my opinion and gave several ideas or reasons to help others understand my thinking.
Content	Emerging I did not connect the learning to my opinion.	Progressing I connected parts of the learning to my opinion. I used reasons that are less significant or may be a misunderstanding of the information.	Meeting I connected the learning and demonstrated my understanding using the most important reasons.	Exceeding I connected the learning with several ideas/reasons and used examples in my reasoning to demonstrate understanding.
Negative Opinion	Emerging I did write an opinion but gave no reasons for my opinion.	Progressing I wrote my opinion and gave one reason for my opinion.	Meeting I wrote my opinion and gave 2 reasons for my opinion.	Exceeding I wrote my opinion and gave several ideas or reasons to help others understand my thinking.
Content	Emerging I did not connect the learning to my opinion.	Progressing I connected parts of the learning to my opinion. There may be some misunderstanding in my reasoning.	Meeting I connected the learning and demonstrated my understanding through my reasons.	Exceeding I connected the learning with several ideas/reasons and used examples in my reasoning to demonstrate understanding.
Overall Convention Quality	Emerging My work was difficult to read and understand. Most of my sentences were incomplete without capitals or periods. Also, most of my words were spelled incorrectly.	Progressing Some of my work was difficult to read. I had some complete sentences with capitals and periods. Some of my words were spelled correctly.	Meeting My work was easy to read and understand. Most of my sentences were complete. I had few errors with capitals and periods. Most of my words were spelled correctly	Exceeding My work was easy to read and understand. I wrote in complete sentences using capital letters and periods with all of my words spelled correctly.