iRubric: 2nd Grade Opinion Writing rubric

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2nd Grade Opinion Writing Rubric Code: W99WX6 By topong11 Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

Opinion Writing
	Beginning 1 pts	Approaching 2 pts	Meeting 3 pts	Exceeding 4 pts
Overall	Beginning I did not write an opinion or give reasons for my opinion.	Approaching I wrote my opinion or my likes/dislikes and gave some reasons for my opinion.	Meeting I wrote my opinion or my likes/dislikes and gave reasons for my opinion.	Exceeding I told readers my opinion and ideas on a text or a topic and helped them understand my reasons.
Lead	Beginning In the beginning, I did not give my opinion.	Approaching In the beginning, I gave my opinion.	Meeting In the beginning, I not only gave my opinion, I also set readers up to expect that my writing will try to convince them of it.	Exceeding In the beginning, I not only set the readers up to expect that this will be a piece of opinion writing, I also tried to hook them into caring about my opinion.
Transitions	Beginning I did not connect parts of my piece with transition words.	Approaching I connected parts of my piece with some words like also, another, and because.	Meeting I connected parts of my piece using words like also, another, and because.	Exceeding I connected my ideas/reasons with my examples using words like for example and because. I connected one reason (or example) using words like also and another.
Ending	Beginning The ending I wrote does not remind readers of my opinion.	Approaching The ending I wrote slightly reminds readers of my opinion.	Meeting The ending I wrote reminds readers of my opinion.	Exceeding I worked on an ending. It might be a thought or comment related to my opinion.
Organization	Beginning My piece is not written in different parts and I do not have lines for each part.	Approaching My piece has different parts, but I do not have many lines for each part	Meeting My piece has different parts, and I wrote lots of lines for each part.	Exceeding I wrote several reasons why people should agree with my opinion, and wrote several sentences about each reasons.