Grade 9 World Literature Information Text Analysis Writing Rubric

Grade 9 World Literature Information Text Analysis Writing Rubric

GRADE 8 PERSUASIVE ESSAY WRITING RUBRIC

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Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. / Does not provide valid arguments to support claims. Reasons and evidence are either unclear or irrelevant. / Writes arguments to support claims, but they may be lacking in strength. Reasons and evidence may need to be strengthened and/or clarified. / Writes effective arguments to support claims, and supports them with clear reasons and relevant evidence. / Writes strong arguments to support claims and supports them with clear reasons and relevant evidence
Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument present / Does not provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument present / Provides a concluding statement or section. However, it may not clearly follow from the argument present. / Provides a concluding statement or section that mostly follows from and supports the argument present. / Provides a strong concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument present.
Establish and maintain a formal style / Fails to establish and maintain a formal style. / Partially establishes and maintains a formal style. / Mostly establishes and maintains a formal style. / Is highly effective at maintaining a formal style.
Use appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts / Rarely uses appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts / Sometimes uses appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts / Effectively uses appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts / Is highly effective at using appropriate and varied transitions to create cohesion and clarify relationships among ideas and concepts.
Demonstrates command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking / Does not demonstratecommand of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking / Partially demonstratescommand of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking / Effectively demonstratescommand of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking / Demonstrates strong command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing and speaking
Demonstrates command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing / Does not demonstrate
command of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing / Partially demonstrates
command of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing / Effectively demonstrates
command of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing / Demonstrates strong command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing
Effectively incorporates research. (at least 2 citations) / Does not incorporate research. / Incorporates research, but it does not help with argument or 2 citations are not incorporated. / Effectively uses research to support arguments. Includes at least 2 citations. / Research is a key element in strongly supporting claims. At least 2 citations are used.