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Persuasive Essay- Should We Conserve Energy? Persuasive Essay Students were to write a persuasive essay on why we should conserve energy. Rubric Code: FC68C4 By deap1999 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Persuasive Essay Rubric
	1 pts	2 pts	3 pts	4 pts
Arguments (Reasons)	1 Lists reasons but does not back up with facts or other support.	2 reasons are based on facts and prior knowledge that backs up some of their opinion; somewhat descriptive with argument	3 reasons are based on facts and prior knowledge that adequately backs up their opinion; mostly descriptive with argument	4 reasons are based on facts and prior knowledge that thoroughly back up their opinion; very descriptive with argument
Organization	1 The student does not have the 5 paragraphs that were part of the directions.	2 The student has the 5 paragraphs, but the student did not properly introduce or conclude the argument	3 The student has used 5 short paragraphs and introduced the arguments, provided detailed examples.	4 The student has used 5 or more paragraphs and introduced the arguments, provided detailed examples, and included a strong relevant conclusion
Introduction Paragraph	1 student had few of the three parts of the introduction including: -attention grabber - description of issue -opinion statement without giving anything away.	2 student had some of the three parts of the introduction including: -attention grabber - description of issue -opinion statement without giving anything away.	3 With much clarity the student had most of the three parts of the introduction including: -attention grabber - description of issue -opinion statement without giving anything away.	4 The student clearly had the three parts of the introduction including: -attention grabber - description of issue -opinion statement without giving anything away.
Conclusion Paragraph	1 with limited effectiveness, restated their opinion and summarized few (if any) of their reasons and brought their paper to a close.	2 with some success restated their opinion and summarized some of their reasons and brought their paper to a close. Grabbed attention of the reader with some success	3 with much success restated their opinion and summarized their reasons and brought their paper to a natural close. Grabbed attention of the reader with much success	4 successfully restated their opinion and summarized their reasons and brought their paper to a natural close. Successfully grabbed attention of the reader