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Opinion wriitng Opinion wriitng Rubric Code: YXA3C54 By Ana1964 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Education Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Opinion writing
	Needs Work 1 pts	Proficient 2 pts	Excellent 3 pts
Introducation Introduction Stating Opinion and Attention Grabber	Needs Work Opinion is not clearly stated. Tried to introduce a topic and opinion which is focused but had trouble. Does not get the reader's attention.	Proficient Opinion is easily stated. Includes a sentence that gains the readers attentions. The opinion is clearly stated and maintained throughout	Excellent Opinion is clearly stated. Provided an interesting statement using descriptive words to gain the reader's attention. It is clearly supported through the whole piece.
Reasons Opinion is supported with at least three reasons	Needs Work Provided atleast one reason but less than three reasons and did not support the topic.	Proficient Provided three reasons to support the opinion . The writer wrote a few sentences about each reasons	Excellent Provided three or more reasons. Used strong detail and choose the reasons to convince the reader. The writer used examples to support her reasons.
transition words The writer included a variety of words to connect ideas to the reason. Such as and, also, another etc	Needs Work Does not include transition words	Proficient Transition words were used to connect the reasons.	Excellent Uses a variety of transition words to connect the reasons to the opinion, For example Such as
mechanics and grammar conventions spelling, punctuation, grammar	Needs Work Did not proofread. Many punctuation, spelling or grammatical errors. It was difficult to understand meaning .	Proficient Proofread well contains a few punctuation, spelling or grammatical errors (2-3) but the writing piece is easily understood.	Excellent Contains 0-1 errors. Proofread very well.
Conclusion Did the writer provide a strong conclusion?	Needs Work Opinion is poorly restated or is not there.	Proficient Opionion is restated and provided an additional comment that supported his opinion.	Excellent Opinion is restated using an original restatement. Leaves the reader with something to think about.