Persuasive Essay Rubric - Mishicot Agriscience



Essential Question Essay – Large Animal Science – Dairy Science

Students must MEET or EXCEED standard on the asterisked indicators in order to meet standard on the essay

Exceeds Standard Meets Standard Almost to Standard Below Stand.

(A) (B/C) MUST REWRITE NO REWRITE

| |Thesis is precise, knowledgeable, significant,|Thesis is precise, but may lack some detail or |Thesis may be unclear or irrelevant |Thesis/Claims are missing to a |

|Thesis/Claims |and distinguished. |significance | |point that distracts and takes away|

| | | |Claims are present. May lack detail to the point|from entire organization of the |

| |Three separate supported claims that each |Three separate supported claims are present. |that they do not support thesis or may lack |paper. |

| |support thesis with detail and evidence. | |three claims. | |

| |Develops the topic thoroughly by selecting the|Develops the topic by selecting significant and |Attempts to develop the topic using facts and |Does not develop the topic by |

| |most significant and relevant facts, concrete |relevant facts, concrete details, quotations, or |other information, but evidence is inaccurate, |selecting information and examples |

|Use of Evidence |details, quotations, or other information and |other information and examples (W2) |irrelevant, and/or insufficient |from the text(s) |

| |examples | | | |

| | |Integrates information into the text selectively to |Attempts to integrate information into the text |Does not integrate information from|

| |Skillfully integrates information into the |maintain the flow of ideas and advance the |selectively to maintain the flow of ideas and |the text |

| |text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas|thesis(W8) |advance the thesis, but information is | |

| |and advance the thesis | |insufficient or irrelevant |Does not assess the strengths and |

| | |Assesses the strengths and limitations of each | |limitations of each source |

| |Skillfully assesses the strengths and |source (W8) |Attempts to assess the strengths and limitations| |

| |limitations of each source | |of each source, but misinterprets information | |

| |Skillfully draws evidence from five or more |Draws evidence from research to support analysis and|Attempts to draw evidence (one source must be | |

|Use of Analysis |sources (one must be video) and informational |thesis/claim from three or more sources (one must be|video) to support analysis and thesis/claim but |Does not use evidence from the |

| |texts to support analysis and thesis/claim |video) (W9) |evidence is insufficient and/or irrelevant |informational texts to support |

| | | | |analysis and/or thesis/claim |

| |Skillfully delineates and evaluates the |Delineates and evaluates the argument and specific |Attempts to delineate and evaluate the argument | |

| |argument and specific claims in cited texts, |claims in cited texts, assessing whether the |and specific claims in cited texts, assessing |Does not delineate or evaluate |

| |assessing whether the reasoning is valid and |reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and |whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence |claims |

| |the evidence is relevant and sufficient |sufficient (R8) |is relevant and sufficient, but analysis is | |

| | | |insufficient | |

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| |Organization skillfully sequences the |Organization logically sequences the claim(s), |Attempts to create a logical organization, but |Does not provide logical |

| |claim(s), reasons, and evidence. |reasons, and evidence.(W1) |may be missing some elements of the assignment |organization |

| |Provides a concluding statement or section |Provides a concluding statement or section that | | |

|Organization, |that skillfully follows from or supports the |follows from or supports the argument presented (W1)|Attempts to provide a concluding statement or |Does not provide |

|Writing Style, |argument presented |Produces clear and coherent writing in which the |section that follows from or supports the |a concluding statement or section |

|Conventions |Skillfully produces clear, coherent, |development, organization, and style are appropriate|argument presented, but statement does not |that follows from or supports the |

| |sophisticated writing in which the |to task, purpose, and audience (W4) |support thesis |argument presented |

| |development, organization, and style are | | | |

| |appropriate to task, purpose, and audience |Follows the standard (MLA) format for citation with |Attempts to produce clear and coherent writing, |Does not produce clear and coherent|

| | |few and/or minor errors and uses in-text citations. |but errors in conventions and writing style |writing |

| |Follows the standard (APA) format with no | |detract from understanding | |

| |errors and uses in-text citations. | | |Does not follow the standard format|

| | | |Attempts to follow the standard format for | |

| | | |citation but with several errors or lack of | |

| | | |in-text citations. | |

Essential Question – Why does milk continue to be staple commodity since 10,000 B.C.?

DUE Monday 12/5 via Google Docs

Tips For Success:

-Start with an outline/guide

-Ensure all information is HS quality, cited and supports your claim

-Read and re-read your essay and/or have a peer/supporter edit

-Balance opinion with EVIDENCE that supports your opinion (at least 3 different types of sources and 2 different website resources – ex: video, website, article, text, notes, etc.)

-Use time to your advantage, do not procrastinate

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