October 5th, 2020 
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Writing Benchmark Rubric
Claim/Counterclaim
States a specific, debatable, defensible, and significant claim.
Acknowledges alternate or opposing claims clearly and explicitly.
Reasons
States reasons that accurately support and enhance the claim.
Refers to and supports all reasons throughout the argument.
Evidence
Provides convincing, relevant, and specific facts and details from the text that support the claim and reasons stated.
Reader understands how the evidence supports the reason and claim.
Citation of evidence and/or use of in-text citations is accurate and appropriate.
Reasoning
Provides in-depth explanation into how the evidence supports the claim and reason.
Shows a deep understanding of the text by using real-life examples, explanations, and text analysis.
Expands the readers ability to understand the text.
Organization
Introduces the topic or text clearly, grabbing the readers attention.
Strategically groups all related ideas to clearly support the writers argument and ensure a logical flow for the reader.
Provides a conclusion that reinforces the argument and/or encourages a specific behavior.
Uses appropriate and varied transitions to link sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify relationships between ideas.
Audience-Appropriate Language (Style)
The style of the writing is appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Accurately uses grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific vocabulary.
Uses verbs in the active and passive voice and/or in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects.
Conventions Of English
Demonstrates a skillful command of the conventions of standard English grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Few or no errors in conventions.
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