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Organization of
Ideas
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The paragraph has no
opening statement that relates to the question, some
examples in the body, and no closing statement
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The paragraph has no
opening statement that relates to the question, good
examples in the body, and no closing statement
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The paragraph has an
opening statement that relates to the question, examples
in the body, and has a good closing statement
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The paragraph has a
clearly worded opening statement, with insightful examples
in the body and an effective closing statement
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Communication of
Ideas
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few different points
of view have been identified clearly, and no examples
have been quoted from the text.
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Different points of
view have been identified somewhat unclearly, and few
examples have been quoted from the text.
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3 or more Different
points of view have been clearly identified, and appropriate
examples have been quoted from the text.
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More than 3 Different
points of view have been clearly and insightfully identified,
and appropriate text examples have been quoted.
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Inferencing
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The student demonstrates
little ability to infer meaning related to the topic.
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The student infers
some meaning which may or may not be related to the
topic, and partially discusses these inferences in their
writing.
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The student is able
to infer some meaning related to the topic, and discusses
these inferences in their writing
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The student is able
to infer deep meaning related to the topic, and discusses
these inferences thoughtfully in their writing
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Conventions of Writing
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The student shows multiple
errors of grammar, spelling, punctuation,capitals, or
word usage.
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The student shows some
errors of grammar, spelling, punctuation,capitals, or
word usage.
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The student shows few
errors of grammar, spelling, punctuation,capitals, or
word usage.
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The student shows 1
to 2 errors of grammar, spelling, punctuation,capitals,
or word usage.
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