Writeopinionpiecesontopicsortexts,supportingapointofviewwithreasons.
WRITING
CRAFT
EXCEEDS(4)
Clearlyintroducestheopinion
(claim)withanintroductory
statementorsection
Suppliessufficientreasonsand
organizesreasonstofullysupport
theopinion(claim)
Clearlyusesavarietyoflinking
wordsandphrasestoconnect
opinion(claim)andreasons
Providesaclearconcluding
statementorsection
MEETS(3)
Introducestheopinion(claim)
withanintroductorystatement
Suppliesandorganizesreasons
thataccuratelysupporttheopinion
(claim)
Useslinkingwordsandphrasesto
connectopinion(claim)andreasons
Providesageneralconcluding
statementorsection
APPROACHING(2)
Attemptstointroducetheopinion
(claim)withanintroductory
statement
Suppliesandorganizesafew
reasonsthatsupporttheopinion
(claim)
Attemptstousesomelinking
wordsandphrasestoconnect
opinion(claim)andreasons
Attemptstoprovidesome
concludingstatementorsection
DOESNOTMEET(1)
Little,ifany,attempttointroduce
theopinion(claim)isapparent
Little,ifany,attempttosupplyand
organizereasonsthatsupportthe
opinion(claim)
Little,ifany,attempttouselinking
wordsandphrasestoconnect
opinion(claim)andreasons
Little,ifany,attempttoprovidea
concludingstatementorsection
EXCEEDS(4)
MEETS(3)
APPROACHING(2)
DOESNOTMEET(1)
WRITING
MECHANICS
Consistentlyvariestheuseof
simple,compoundandcomplex
sentences
Consistentlydemonstrates
commandoftheconventionsof
StandardEnglishconsistentwith
effectivelyeditedwriting.Writingis
freeoferroringrammar,spelling
andlanguageusage,meaningisclear
throughoutthewriting
Whentechnologyisunavailable,
writingislegiblewithconsistently
correctformationofletters
Usessimple,compoundand
complexsentences
Generallydemonstratescommand
oftheconventionsofStandard
English.Theremaybeafewerrors
ingrammar,spellingandlanguage
usage,meaningisclearthroughout
thewriting
Whentechnologyisunavailable,
writingislegiblewithcorrect
formationofmostletters
Usessimpleandcompound
sentences
Occasionallydemonstrates
commandoftheconventionsof
StandardEnglish.Therearepatterns
oferrorsingrammar,spelling,and
languageusagethatoccasionally
impedeunderstandingofthewriting.
Whentechnologyisunavailable,
writingismostlylegiblewithcorrect
formationofletters
Usesmostlysimplesentencesor
incompletesentences
Littletonocommandofthe
conventionsofStandardEnglish.
Therearefrequentdistractingerrors
ingrammar.spelling,andlanguage
usagethatoftenimpede
understandingofthewriting
Whentechnologyisunavailable,
writingmayormaynotbelegible
withlimitedcorrectformationof
letters