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Persuasive Essay 
Rubric Code: DXXA749
By abenning
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Subject: (General)  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: 6-8

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  Above Standard

5 pts

Meets Standard

4 pts

Approaching Standard

3 pts

Standard

2 pts

Below Standard

1 pts

Introduction
1 pts

Students will be able to produce clear and coherent writing, in which the development organization and style are appropriate to the audience.
Above Standard

The claim is clearly written.
Essay uses questions and/or a personal story to hook the reader. Hook is excellent.
Meets Standard

The claim is clearly written.
Essay uses some type of catchy hook, but is not excellent.
Approaching Standard

The claim is not clearly written.
Essay uses some type of hook, but needs improvement.
Standard

The claim is not clearly written.
Below Standard

The claim is missing.
Reasons
1 pts

Students will be able to write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Above Standard

Essay includes 2 or more clear reasons.
Meets Standard

NA
Approaching Standard

includes reasons, but are very unclear and confusing.
Standard

only includes 1 reason.
Below Standard

reasons are unrelated and unclear to the claim.
Conclusion
1 pts

Students will be able to produce clear and coherent writing, in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to the audience.
Above Standard

Conclusion summarizes all reasons given and restates the claim.
Meets Standard

Conclusion summarizes some reasons given and restates the claim.
Approaching Standard

Conclusion summarizes the reasons but fails to restate the claim.
Standard

NA
Below Standard

Conclusion fails to restate the claim and fails to summarize the reasons.
Structure
1 pts

Students will be able to produce clear and coherent writing, in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to the audience.
Above Standard

All paragraphs are at least 5 or more sentences long.
Meets Standard

All paragraphs are at least 4 or more sentences long.
Approaching Standard

All paragraphs are at least 3 or more sentences long.
Standard

All paragraphs are at least 2 or more sentences long.
Below Standard

Essay is not written in paragraph form.
Transitions
1 pts

Students will be able to produce clear and coherent writing, in which the development , organization, and style are appropriate to the audience.
Above Standard

Essay includes transitions for every reason, the conclusion, and shift in examples/thinking.
Meets Standard

Essay includes transitions for every reason and the conclusion.
Approaching Standard

Essay is missing a transition.
Standard

Essay is missing ore than one transition.
Below Standard

Essay has no transitions.
Spelling/Grammar
1 pts

Students will be able to plan, edit, re-write, revise, and re-approach their writing.
Above Standard

The story has correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Less than 2 mistakes.
Meets Standard

There are few spelling, grammatical or punctuation errors which slow the reader down and make it difficult to understand. 3-4 errors.
Approaching Standard

There are several spelling, grammatical or punctuation errors in the story. 5-6 errors.
Standard

There are several spelling, grammatical or punctuation errors in the story, which makes reading and understanding it challenging. 7-9
Below Standard

Story has many spelling, grammar and punctuation errors making reading impossible/very frustrating. 9 or more errors.




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