Opinion Paragraph Writing Rubric

Name _____________________________________ Date ________________________

Opinion Paragraph Writing Rubric

Score Opinion Stated Support/Reasons

CUPS

4

The paragraph provides a clear, strong statement of the author's opinion on the topic. All the reasons/explanations are specific and relevant to strongly support the author's opinion. There are no errors or very few errors with capitalization, usage, punctuation and spelling which makes the paragraph exceptionally easy to read.

3 The paragraph provides a clear statement of the author's opinion on the topic.

Most of the reasons/explanations are specific and relevant to support the author's opinion. There are few errors with capitalization, usage, punctuation and spelling which make the paragraph easy to read.

2 The paragraph is written, but the author's opinion is not clear.

Few reasons/explanations are specific and may not be relevant to support the author's opinion.

There are some errors with capitalization, usage, punctuation and spelling which can distract the reader from the content.

1 There is no paragraph or the author's opinion is not stated.

Reasons/explanations are NOT relevant and do not support the author's opinion.

There are many errors with capitalization, usage, punctuation and spelling that distracts the reader from the content.

Name _____________________________________ Date ________________________

Opinion Paragraph Writing Rubric

Score Opinion Stated Support/Reasons

CUPS

4

The paragraph provides a clear, strong statement of the author's opinion on the topic. All the reasons/explanations are specific and relevant to strongly support the author's opinion. There are no errors or very few errors with capitalization, usage, punctuation and spelling which makes the paragraph exceptionally easy to read.

3 The paragraph provides a clear statement of the author's opinion on the topic.

Most of the reasons/explanations are specific and relevant to support the author's opinion. There are few errors with capitalization, usage, punctuation and spelling which make the paragraph easy to read.

2 The paragraph is written, but the author's opinion is not clear.

Few reasons/explanations are specific and may not be relevant to support the author's opinion.

There are some errors with capitalization, usage, punctuation and spelling which can distract the reader from the content.

1 There is no paragraph or the author's opinion is not stated.

Reasons/explanations are NOT relevant and do not support the author's opinion.

There are many errors with capitalization, usage, punctuation and spelling that distracts the reader from the content.

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