DLI 4th Grade Guide

meets grade level standards

mostly supports a perspective

multiple sources ●​ Uses some elaborative techniques ●​ Generally expresses

●​ Uses some transitional

strategies, such as words and phrases, to connect ideas ●​ Presents a mostly logical logical progression, or order ●​ Begins with an acceptable introduction and ends with a sufficient conclusion

interesting ideas using both precise and general language ●​ Uses mostly appropriate academic and domain-specific language ●​ Mostly uses different sentence structures

4th Grade Wonders Argumentative Rubric

Purpose, Focus, and Organization (4-point Rubric)

Evidence and Elaboration (4-point Rubric)

Conventions of Standard English (2-point Rubric)

Score

2

●​ Stays somewhat focused on the purpose, audience, and task, but may include unimportant details ●​ Does not make a clear claim or does not completely support a perspective ●​ Uses few transitional strategies to connect ideas ●​ May present ideas that do not follow a logical progression, or order ●​ May begin with an

●​ Shows some support of the claim with logical reasons ●​ Has weak and inappropriate examples of evidence or does not include enough sources ●​ May not use elaborative techniques effectively ●​ Express some interesting ideas, but ideas are simple and vague ●​ Uses limited academic and domain-specific language ●​ May use only simple sentence structures

●​ Has a sufficient

command of grammar and usage

●​ Has a sufficient command of capitalization,

punctuation, spelling, and sentence formation

●​ Has slight errors in grammar and usage that may affect meaning

inadequate introduction or end with an unsatisfactory conclusion

6.5.26