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Name:_______________________________Date:______________ClassPeriod:______

Claim

Theparagraphhas
a
clear,strong
claim
inresponse
totheprompt.

Theparagraphhas
aclearclaimin
responsetothe
prompt.

Evidence

Therearethree
piecesofevidence
thatarestrong,
thorough,and
relevanttothe
claim.

Links

Score

Theclaimisnot
clearorrelevant
totheprompt.

Thereisnoclaim
inresponsetothe
prompt.

Therearethree
piecesofevidence
butonepieceof
evidenceisnot
strong,thorough,
orrelevant

Therearetwo
piecesofevidence
butoneisnot
strong,thorough,
orrelevant.

Thereisonlyone
pieceofevidence
ornoneofthe
evidenceis
strong,thorough,
orrelevant.

Allthreereasons
givenarespecific,
relevant,andshow
howeachpieceof
evidencesupports
theclaim.

Atleasttwoofthe
reasonsare
specific,relevant
andshowshowthe
evidencesupports
theclaim.

Reasoningisnot
relevantORdoes
notexplainhow
theevidenceused
supportsthe
claim.

Reasoningisnot
relevantAND
doesnotexplain
howtheevidence
usedsupportsthe
claim.

Sequencing

Claim,evidence,
links,counterclaim
&refutationarein
logicalorder.

Claim,evidence,
links,counterclaim
&refutationarein
reasonableorder.

Oneormore
elementsofthe
essaystructureare
notinorder.

Mostoftheessay
isnotinlogicalor
reasonableorder
or
oneormore
elementsare

missing.

Conventions

Strong,effective
useofrelevant
transitional
phrases.Thetext
says,This
positionis
incorrectbecause

Sometransitional
phrasesaremissing
orarenotrelevant
totheevidenceor
claimbeing
introduced.

Fewtransitional
phrasesare
includedormany
transitional
phrasesarenot
relevant.

Transitional
phrasesarenot
usedatallornone
ofthetransitional
phrasesusedare
relevant.

Grammar,
Spelling

Writingis
completelyfreeof
grammarand
spellingerrors.

Writinghassome
spellingor
grammarerrors
thatdonotaffect
theoverallquality
ofthewriting.

Writingcontains
frequentspelling
orgrammarerrors
thataffectthe
overallqualityof
writing.

Writingin
unintelligibleor
illegibledueto
thesignificant
spellingand
grammarerrors.

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