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Exposition Writing - Year 5 Exposition Writing - Year 5 Students are given a topic and are reqired to write a persuasive arguement either for or against it. Students are to ensure their writing has an introduction (stating their POV), three paragraphs supporting their POV, and a conclusion. Each paragraph is to discuss one key point supporting the arguement. Rubric Code: C3C824 By katied Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Persuasive Essay
	6 pts	4 pts	2 pts
Introduction and POV	6 Has a clear introduction that grabs audience attention. States a clear opinion or point of view (POV). Summarises what will be dicussed in the following paragraphs.	4 Has a somewhat clear introduction but does not grab the audience's attention. States an opinion or point of view, but it is not strong.	2 Introduction is not clear and there is no opinion statement.
Supporting paragraphs	6 Facts and reasons supporting POV are very convincing and are presented in order of importance. Each paragragh is planned well - discussing a particular fact.	4 Facts and reasons supporting POV are presented in reasonable order but not all reasons are convincing. Some paragraphs covered too many ideas.	2 Facts and reasons are weak and do not show strong support of POV. Paragraphs are non-identifiable or contain too many different ideas.
Organization	6 This essay is easy to follow. Nothing is out of place. All of the content in the paper connects to another. Three reasons are easy to identify.	4 The order works. Most of the content is connected. There is a stray thought here or there. Three reasons are presented but are hard to identify.	2 Some parts are definitely out of place. It is not easy to see how the content connects. Three reasons are missing and very unclear.
Conclusion	6 The conclusion summarizes the facts and reasons provided in the pararaphs and gives a persuasive call to action. The writer makes a strong statement that closes the paper.	4 The conclusion summarizes the facts and reasons but may be somewhat weak. A closing statement is represented.	2 The conclusion is weak and or missing. It does not summarize the reasons or make a closing statement.
Grammar and punctuation	6 The writing is carefully checked and contains easy to read, flowing sentences. There are no spelling or punctuation mistakes.	4 The writing has correctly formed sentences, however some may be difficult to read. There are frequent spelling or punctuation mistakes.	2 Sentences are poorly written. The writing contains many spelling mistakes and little or no attention is given to punctuation.