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5 Paragraph Opinion Essay 5 Paragraph Opinion Essay ESL Rubric Code: SX5AXW8 By hags65 Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: 9-12

Opinion Essay
	Highly Effective (80-100%) 4 pts	Effective (70-79%) 3 pts	Developing (60-69%) 2 pts	Ineffective (50-59%) 1 pts
Introduction Knowledge	Highly Effective Introductory Paragraph expresses an opinion and has three strong reasons.	Effective Expresses an opinion and has three reasons.	Developing Offers an opinion but reasons are not fully thought out or lacking creativity, or there is only one or two reasons.	Ineffective There is an opinion, two or three reasons missing.
Supporting Evidence Knowledge	Highly Effective Three paragraphs are about a reason and have supporting evidence that helps us understand the reasons in depth.	Effective Three paragraphs are about a reason and have some supporting evidence that helps us understand the reasons in depth.	Developing It is unclear what each paragraph is about and the supporting evidence has nothing to do with the reasons.	Ineffective Paragraphs have no evidence.
Conclusion Knowledge	Highly Effective The conclusion re-states the introduction in different words and tells why it is important	Effective The conclusion re-states the introduction in different words but doesn't tell why it is important.	Developing The conclusion doesn't re-state the introduction in other words and doesn't tell why it's important	Ineffective There is no conclusion
Subject Verb Agreement/Grammar Application	Highly Effective All subject and verbs are in agreement throughout the essay. There are no tense errors	Effective Most subject and verbs are in agreement in the essay. Most verbs are in the correct tense.	Developing Some subject and verbs agree in the essay. Some verbs are not in the correct tense.	Ineffective The subjects do not agree with the verbs. Almost all verbs are used incorrectly
Capitalization Communication	Highly Effective All capitalization is used correctly through out the essay.	Effective Most sentences have correct capitalization.	Developing Some sentences have correct capitalization.	Ineffective Almost no sentences have the correct capitalization.
Punctuation Communication	Highly Effective All sentences have correct punctuation.	Effective Most sentences have correct punctuation.	Developing Some sentences have correct punctuation.	Ineffective Almost no sentences have correct punctuation.