Georgia Milestones Seven-Point Two-Trait Rubric for Opinion Genre Grade 4

The student's response is a well-developed opinion piece that effectively examines a topic and supports a point of view, with reasons, clearly based on text as a stimulus. • Effectively introduces a topic and clearly states an opinion • Creates an effective organizational structure that logically groups ideas and reasons to support the writer's purpose • Provides clear reasons that are supported by facts and details • Uses linking words and phrases effectively to connect opinions and reasons • Provides a strong concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented

The student's response is a complete opinion piece that examines a topic and supports a point of view based on text. • Introduces a topic and states an opinion • Provides some organizational structure that groups ideas and reasons to support the writer's purpose • Provides reasons that are supported by facts • Uses some linking words to connect opinions and reasons • Provides a concluding statement or section related to the opinion presented

The student's response is an incomplete or oversimplified opinion piece that examines a topic and partially supports a point of view based on text. • Attempts to introduce a topic and state an opinion • Attempts to provide some organization, but structure sometimes impedes the reader • Attempts to provide reasons that are sometimes supported by facts • Uses few linking words to connect opinions and reasons; connections are not always clear • Provides a weak concluding statement or section that may not be related to the opinion

The student's response is a weak attempt to write an opinion piece that examines a topic and does not support a text-based point of view. • May not introduce a topic or state an opinion • May not have any organizational structure evident • May not provide reasons that are supported by facts • May not use any linking words to connect opinions and reasons • Provides a minimal or no concluding statement or section

The student will receive a condition code for various reasons: • Blank • Copied • Too Limited to Score/Illegible/Incomprehensible • Non-English/Foreign Language • Off Topic/Off Task/Offensive

The student's response demonstrates full command of language usage and conventions. • Has clear and complete sentence structure, with appropriate range and variety • Shows knowledge of language and its conventions when writing • Any errors in usage and conventions do not interfere with meaning*

The student's response demonstrates partial command of language usage and conventions. • Has complete sentences, with some variety • Shows some knowledge of language and its conventions when writing • Has minor errors in usage and conventions with no significant effect on meaning*

The student's response demonstrates weak command of language usage and conventions. • Has fragments, run-ons, and/or other sentence structure errors • Shows little knowledge of language and its conventions when writing • Has frequent errors in usage and conventions that interfere with meaning*

The student will receive a condition code for various reasons: • Blank • Copied • Too Limited to Score/Illegible/Incomprehensible • Non-English/Foreign Language • Off Topic/Off Task/Offensive