PSSA Composition Rubric for Summer Reading Persuasive Writing

4(A) Points: 80-72 = ______	Focus: Sharp, distinct controlling point presented as a position and made convincing through a clear, thoughtful, and substantiated argument with evident awareness of task and audience. Content Development: Substantial, relevant, and illustrative content that demonstrates a clear understanding of the purpose. Thoroughly elaborated argument that includes a clear position consistently supported with precise and relevant evidence. Rhetorical (persuasive) strategies are evident. Textual evidence is abundant and highly relevant. Organization: Effective organizational strategies and structures, such as logical order and transitions to develop a position supported with a purposeful presentation of content. Style: Precise control of language, stylistic techniques, and sentence structures that creates a consistent and effective tone.
3(B) Points: 71-64 = ______	Focus: Clear controlling point presented as a position and made convincing through a credible and substantiated argument with general awareness of task and audience. Content Development: Adequate, specific and/or illustrative content that demonstrates an understanding of the purpose. Sufficiently elaborated argument that includes a clear position supported with some relevant evidence. Rhetorical (persuasive) strategies may be evident. Textual evidence is present and relevant. Organization: Organizational strategies and structures, such as logical order and transitions, to develop a position supported with sufficient presentation of content. Style: Appropriate control of language, stylistic techniques, and sentence structures that creates a consistent tone.
2(C) Points: 63-56 = ______	Focus: Vague evidence of a controlling point presented as a position that may lack a credible and/or substantiated argument with an inconsistent awareness of task and audience. Content Development: Inadequate, vague content that demonstrates a weak understanding of the purpose. Insufficiently elaborated argument that includes an underdeveloped position supported with little evidence from text or minimally relevant evidence. Organization: Inconsistent organizational strategies and structures, such as logical order and transitions, to develop a position with inadequate presentation of content. Style: Limited control of language and sentence structures that creates interference with tone.
1(D) Points: 55-51 = ______	Focus: Little or no evidence of a controlling point presented as a position that lacks a credible and/or substantiated argument with minimal awareness of task and audience. Content Development: Minimal evidence of content that demonstrates a lack of understanding of the purpose. Unelaborated argument that includes an undeveloped position supported with minimal or no evidence from text. Organization: Little or no evidence of organizational strategies and structures, such as logical order and transitions, to develop a position with insufficient presentation of content. Style: Minimal control of language and sentence structures that creates an inconsistent tone.

PSSA Conventions Rubric for Summer Reading Persuasive Writing

4(A) Points: 20-18 = ____	Thorough control of sentence formation. Few errors, if any, are present in grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation, but the errors that are present do not interfere with meaning.
3(B) Points: 17-16 = ____	Adequate control of sentence formation. Some errors may be present in grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation, but few, if any, of the errors that are present may interfere with meaning.
2(C) Points: 15-14 = ____	Limited and/or inconsistent control of sentence formation. Some sentences may be awkward or fragmented. Many errors may be present in grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation, and some of those errors may interfere with meaning.
1(D) Points: 13 = ____	Minimal control of sentence formation. Many sentences are awkward and fragmented. Many errors may be present in grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation, and many of those errors may interfere with meaning.

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Composition Points ____ + Convention Points ____ = ____/100

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