DLI 4th Grade Guide

view ●​ Does not develop a narrative, setting, and/or characters ●​ Uses few or no transitional strategies, such as words and phrases, to connect ideas and events ●​ Tells a confusing story with no sequence of events

●​ Has confusing, unclear, or no examples of sensory, concrete, and figurative language ●​ Includes only simple sentence structures

capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and sentence formation ●​ Has some errors in grammar and usage that may affect meaning

0

●​ Does not have a

command of grammar and usage

●​ Does not have a command of capitalization,

punctuation, spelling, and sentence formation ●​ Has too many serious errors in grammar and usage that frequently disrupt meaning

4th Grade Wonders Argumentative Rubric

Purpose, Focus, and Organization (4-point Rubric) ●​ Stays focused on the purpose, audience, and task ●​ Makes a claim that clearly supports a perspective ●​ Uses transitional strategies, such as words and phrases, to connect ideas ●​ Presents ideas in a logical progression, or order ●​ Begins with a strong introduction and

Evidence and Elaboration (4-point Rubric)

Conventions of Standard English (2-point Rubric)

Score

4

●​ Effectively supports the claim with logical reasons ●​ Has strong examples of relevant evidence, or supporting details, from multiple sources ●​ Uses elaborative techniques, ●​ Expresses interesting ideas clearly using precise language ●​ Uses appropriate academic and domain-specific language ●​ Uses different sentence structures

ends with a conclusion

3

●​ Generally stays focused on the purpose, audience, and task ●​ Makes a claim that

●​ Mostly supports the claim with some logical reasons ●​ Has examples of mostly

relevant evidence, or supporting details,from

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