iRubric: Full Process Persuasive Essay rubric

Rough Draft is missing, illegible, or off-topic.

Rough draft is poorly organized, with no clear introduction and/or conclusion. Transitions are sparce. The position statement or the persuasive thesis is missing. The supporting details are not logically located close to other information on the same subtopic. The writer may get off topic occasionally.

Rough Draft is mostly organized and has at least an introduction and a body. Both position statement and persuasive thesis are present. The conclusion is present, but might be lacking in either summary or directive to reader. Some of the indentations may be missing or one or two pieces of information out of order. The writer is on topic.

The rough draft is well organized. All paragraphs are clearly either indented or blocked. An introduction and a conclusion are both recognizable. Both are concise and clear. Effective transitions are used throughout. Body paragraphs are present and are developed uniformly. The writer stays on topic throughout. Vocabulary choices are mature and concise.

Pre-Write is missing, illegible, or off-topic.

Pre-Write is present, and on topic, but shows little in the way of effort. Persuasive thesis and/or position statement is unclear or missing. Topic has not been explored enough with support details and has no organizational categories of information for the planned five paragraphs.

Pre-Write is present and shows some effort. The propositon and position statements are indicated.The topic has enough supporting details, but shows no helpful means of organizing the information into categories for the five different paragraphs.

The Pre-Write is present, is rich with details that are organized into categories of information. The position statement and persuasive thesis are both present and clear.The pre-write is recognizable as either a freewrite, a chart, a brainstorm list, an outline, or a cluster.