1st Grade Instructional Guide

Opinion Writing Rubric 1 st Grade

Score

Statement of Purpose / Focus and Organization (3-point rubric)

Conventions/Editing (3-point rubric)

The response adequately ●​ States an Opinion ●​ Supplies evidence (reasons) for the opinion about the topic ●​ Provides a concluding statement

The response demonstrates command of the conventions ●​ Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun “ I.” ●​ Use common nouns, verbs, and prepositions. ●​ Distinguish between common and proper nouns and capitalize appropriately. ●​ Use singular and plural nouns matching verbs ●​ Use personal, possessive and indefinite pronouns ●​ Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future ●​ Use common adjectives, conjunctions and determiners ●​ Use end punctuation for sentences ●​ Use punctuation to separate items in a series The response demonstrates partial command of the conventions ●​ Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun “ I.” ●​ Use common nouns, verbs, and prepositions. ●​ Distinguish between common and proper nouns and capitalize appropriately. ●​ Use singular and plural nouns matching verbs ●​ Use personal, possessive and indefinite pronouns ●​ Use verbs to convey a sense of past, present, and future ●​ Use common adjectives, conjunctions and determiners ●​ Use end punctuation for sentences ●​ Use punctuation to separate items in a series

3

The response is: ●​ Unclear ●​ Contains Irrelevant evidence (reasons) ●​ Minimal concluding statement

2

The response has: ●​ No stated opinion ●​ No evidence (reasons) ●​ No concluding statement ●​ illegible

The response demonstrates minimal command of conventions:

●​ Errors in usage may obscure meaning ●​ Inconsistent use of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling

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