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Persuasive Letter to Santa Claus Persuasive Essay- Should We Conserve Energy? Students were to write a persuasive letter to Santa on whether they should be on Santa's nice or naughty list. Rubric Code: SX97996 By deap1999 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Persuasive Essay Rubric
	Level 1 1 pts	Level 2 2 pts	Level 3 3 pts	Level 4 4 pts
Arguments (Reasons)	Level 1 Lists reasons but does not back up with facts or other support.	Level 2 reasons are based on facts and prior knowledge that backs up some of their opinion; somewhat descriptive with argument	Level 3 reasons are based on facts and prior knowledge that adequately backs up their opinion; mostly descriptive with argument	Level 4 reasons are based on facts and prior knowledge that thoroughly back up their opinion; very descriptive with argument
Introduction/Conclusion Paragraph	Level 1 student had few of the three parts of the introduction including: -attention grabber - description of issue -opinion statement without giving anything away. with limited effectiveness, restated their opinion and summarized few (if any) of their reasons and brought their paper to a close.	Level 2 student had some of the three parts of the introduction including: -attention grabber - description of issue -opinion statement 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	Level 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. 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	Level 4 The student clearly had the three parts of the introduction including: -attention grabber - description of issue -opinion statement without giving anything away. successfully restated their opinion and summarized their reasons and brought their paper to a natural close. Successfully grabbed attention of the reader
Conventions	Level 1 Many major errors with conventions	Level 2 many minor errors with concventions	Level 3 very few minor errors with conventions	Level 4 very few if any errors with conventions