Georgia Milestones Grade 7 ELA EOG Writing Rubrics: Two-Trait Rubric, Genre: Argumentative

4 points

The student's response is a well-developed argument that effectively relates and supports claims with clear reasons and relevant text-based evidence. • Effectively introduces claim(s) • Uses an organizational strategy to clearly present reasons and relevant evidence logically • Supports claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence using specific, well-chosen facts, details, or other information from credible sources and demonstrates a good understanding of the topic or texts • Acknowledges and counters opposing claim(s), as appropriate • Uses words, phrases, and/or clauses that effectively connect and show direct, strong relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence • Establishes and maintains a formal style that is appropriate for task, purpose, and audience • Provides a strong concluding statement or section that logically follows from the argument presented

3 points

The student's response is a complete argument that develops and supports claims with some text-based evidence. • Clearly introduces claim(s) • Uses an organizational strategy to present reasons and evidence • Uses facts, details, definitions, examples, and/or other information to develop claim(s) • Attempts to acknowledge and/or counter opposing claim(s), as appropriate • Uses words, phrases, or clauses that connect and show relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence • Uses a formal style fairly consistently that is appropriate for task, purpose, and audience • Provides a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented

2 points

The student's response is an incomplete or oversimplified argument that partially supports claims with loosely related text-based evidence. • Attempts to introduce claim(s) • Attempts to use an organizational structure which may be formulaic • Attempts to support claim(s) with facts, reasons, and other evidence sometimes, but logic and relevancy are often unclear • Makes little, if any, attempt to acknowledge or counter opposing claim(s) • Uses few words, phrases, or clauses to connect ideas; connections are not always clear • Uses a formal style inconsistently or an informal style that does not fit task, purpose, or audience • Provides a weak concluding statement or section that may not follow the argument presented

1 point

The student's response is a weak attempt to write an argument and does not support claims with adequate text-based evidence. • May not introduce claim(s), or they must be inferred • May be too brief to demonstrate an organizational structure, or no structure is evident • Has minimal support for claim(s) • Makes no attempt to acknowledge or counter opposing claim(s) • Uses minimal or no words, phrases, or clauses to connect ideas • Uses very informal style that is not appropriate for task, purpose, or audience • Provides a minimal or no concluding statement or section

0 points

The student will receive a condition code for various reasons: • Blank • Copied • Too Limited to Score/Illegible/Incomprehensible • Non-English/Foreign Language • Off Topic/Off Task/Offensive

3 points

The student's response demonstrates full command of language usage and conventions. • Effectively varies sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style • Shows command of language and conventions when writing • Any errors in usage and conventions do not interfere with meaning*

2 points

The student's response demonstrates partial command of language usage and conventions. • Varies some sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style • Shows some knowledge of language and conventions when writing • Has minor errors in usage and conventions with no significant effect on meaning*

1 point

The student's response demonstrates weak command of language usage and conventions. • Has fragments, run-ons, and/or other sentence structure errors • Shows little knowledge of language and conventions when writing • Has frequent errors in usage and conventions that interfere with meaning*

0 points

The student will receive a condition code for various reasons: • Blank • Copied • Too Limited to Score/Illegible/Incomprehensible • Non-English/Foreign Language • Off Topic/Off Task/Offensive