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Reasoning Through Language Arts 1
1 Creation of Arguments and Use of Evidence
Is there a thesis stating which argument is better and why?
Are criteria used to evaluate the text-based evidence?
Does text-based evidence support the thesis?
2 Development of Ideas and Organizational Structure
Score
2
1
0
2
Are the ideas well developed and presented logically?
Is the essay well organized?
Is there an awareness of audience and use of precise words?
3 Clarity and Command of Standard English Conventions
1
0
Are there different sentence types?
Does the grammar get in the way of understanding?
Is it long enough to show students can use Standard English?
1
0
Reasoning Through Language Arts 2
1 Creation of Arguments and Use of Evidence
Is there a thesis stating which argument is better and why?
Are criteria used to evaluate the text-based evidence?
Does text-based evidence support the thesis?
2 Development of Ideas and Organizational Structure
2
Score
2
1
0
2
Are the ideas well developed and presented logically?
Is the essay well organized?
Is there an awareness of audience and use of precise words?
3 Clarity and Command of Standard English Conventions
1
0
Are there different sentence types?
Does the grammar get in the way of understanding?
Is it long enough to show students can use Standard English?
1
0
Reasoning Through Language Arts 3
1 Creation of Arguments and Use of Evidence
Is there a thesis stating which argument is better and why?
Are criteria used to evaluate the text-based evidence?
Does text-based evidence support the thesis?
2 Development of Ideas and Organizational Structure
2
Score
2
1
0
2
Are the ideas well developed and presented logically?
Is the essay well organized?
Is there an awareness of audience and use of precise words?
3 Clarity and Command of Standard English Conventions
1
0
Are there different sentence types?
Does the grammar get in the way of understanding?
Is it long enough to show students can use Standard English?
1
0
2
Social Studies 1
1 Creation of Arguments and Use of Evidence
Does a prompt-based argument connect the 2 source texts?
Do multiple pieces of text-based evidence support the argument?
Does the student’s own knowledge also support their argument?
2 Development of Ideas and Organizational Structure
Are there several well developed ideas?
Are the ideas well organized and flow from one idea to the next?
Is there an awareness of audience (formal style/objective tone)?
3 Clarity and Command of Standard English Conventions
Are there different sentence types?
Does the grammar get in the way of understanding?
Is it long enough to show students can use Standard English?
Social Studies 2
1 Creation of Arguments and Use of Evidence
Does a prompt-based argument connect the 2 source texts?
Do multiple pieces of text-based evidence support the argument?
Does the student’s own knowledge also support their argument?
2 Development of Ideas and Organizational Structure
Are there several well developed ideas?
Are the ideas well organized and flow from one idea to the next?
Is there an awareness of audience (formal style/objective tone)?
3 Clarity and Command of Standard English Conventions
Are there different sentence types?
Does the grammar get in the way of understanding?
Is it long enough to show students can use Standard English?
Social Studies 3
1 Creation of Arguments and Use of Evidence
Does a prompt-based argument connect the 2 source texts?
Do multiple pieces of text-based evidence support the argument?
Does the student’s own knowledge also support their argument?
2 Development of Ideas and Organizational Structure
Are there several well developed ideas?
Are the ideas well organized and flow from one idea to the next?
Is there an awareness of audience (formal style/objective tone)?
3 Clarity and Command of Standard English Conventions
Are there different sentence types?
Does the grammar get in the way of understanding?
Is it long enough to show students can use Standard English?
Score
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
Score
2
1
0
1
0
1
0
Score
2
1
0
1
0
1
0