TNReady Grades 4-5 Opinion Rubric

4 points

In response to the task and the stimuli, the writing: • contains an effective and relevant introduction. • states and maintains a clear and sophisticated opinion or point of view. • utilizes effective organizational strategies to logically group and order ideas to support the writer’s purpose. • effectively establishes relationships among opinions, reasons, and evidence. • contains an effective and relevant concluding statement or section.

3 points

In response to the task and the stimuli, the writing: • contains a relevant introduction. • states and maintains a clear opinion or point of view. • utilizes adequate organizational strategies to logically group and order ideas to support the writer’s purpose. • adequately establishes relationships among opinions, reasons, and evidence. • contains a relevant concluding statement or section.

2 points

In response to the task and the stimuli, the writing: • contains a limited introduction. • states a weak opinion or point of view. • demonstrates an attempt to group related information, but ideas may be hard to follow at times. • establishes some relationships among opinions, reasons, and evidence, but there are lapses in focus. • contains a limited concluding statement or section.

1 point

In response to the task and the stimuli, the writing: • contains no or an irrelevant introduction. • states an unclear or an irrelevant opinion or point of view. • demonstrates an unclear organizational structure; ideas are hard to follow most of the time. • fails to establish relationships among opinions, reasons, and evidence; concepts are unclear and/or there is a lack of focus. • contains no or an irrelevant concluding statement or section.

4 points

In response to the task and the stimuli, the writing: • utilizes well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient evidence from the stimuli to insightfully support the writer’s opinion. • thoroughly and accurately explains and elaborates on the evidence provided, connecting the evidence to the writer’s opinion and demonstrating a clear, insightful understanding of the topic, task, and stimuli.

3 points

In response to the task and the stimuli, the writing: • utilizes relevant and sufficient evidence from the stimuli to adequately support the writer’s opinion. • adequately and accurately explains and elaborates on the evidence provided, connecting the evidence to the writer’s opinion and demonstrating a sufficient understanding of the topic, task, and stimuli.

2 points

In response to the task and the stimuli, the writing: • utilizes mostly relevant but insufficient evidence from the stimuli to partially support the writer’s opinion. Some evidence may be inaccurate or repetitive. • explains some of the evidence provided, connecting some of the evidence to the writer’s opinion and demonstrating only a partial understanding of the topic, task, and stimuli. There may be some level of inaccuracy in the explanation.

1 point

In response to the task and the stimuli, the writing: • utilizes mostly irrelevant or no evidence from the stimuli, or mostly/only personal knowledge to inadequately support the writer’s opinion. Evidence is inaccurate or repetitive. • inadequately or inaccurately explains the evidence provided; evidence and the writer’s opinion appear disconnected, demonstrating little understanding of the topic, task, and stimuli.

4 points

The writing: • illustrates consistent and sophisticated command of precise language and domain-specific vocabulary appropriate to the task. • utilizes sophisticated and varied transitional words and phrases

3 points

The writing: • illustrates consistent command of precise language and domain-specific vocabulary appropriate to the task. • utilizes appropriate and varied transitional words and phrases.

2 points

The writing: • illustrates inconsistent command of precise language and domain-specific vocabulary. • utilizes basic or repetitive transitional words and phrases.

1 point

The writing: • illustrates little to no use of precise language and domain- specific vocabulary. • utilizes no or few transitional words and phrases.

4 points

The writing: • demonstrates consistent and sophisticated command of grade-level conventions of standard written English. • may contain a few minor errors that do not interfere with meaning.

3 points

The writing: • demonstrates consistent command of grade-level conventions of standard written English. • contains occasional minor and/or major errors, but the errors do not significantly interfere with meaning.

2 points

The writing: • demonstrates inconsistent command of grade-level conventions of standard written English. • contains frequent errors that may significantly interfere with meaning.

1 point

The writing: • demonstrates limited command of grade-level conventions of standard written English. • contains numerous and repeated errors that seriously impede meaning.