Your

 Name:  ___________________________     Writing  by:  ____________________________  

 
Persuasive  Writing:    
A  Rubric  by  Magical  Ms.  M  –  adopted  from  ReadWriteThink  
4  -­‐Super-­‐Duper   3  -­‐Good   2  -­‐Oops   1  -­‐  Please  Redo  
We  are  
looking  for…   More  than  4    
You  did  everything!   1-­‐2  things  missing   3-­‐4  things  missing  
things  missing  

¨ Catchy  –  invites  you  to  read    

¨ Has  a  topic  sentence  that  states  the  

Introduction   main  topic  
¨ Gives  a  preview  of  what  else  will  be  
said  in  the  writing  
 
¨ Details  are  in  a  logical  order  
Supporting  
Details   ¨ Presented  in  an  interesting  way  
¨ Details  support  the  topic  sentence  
 
Facts   ¨ All  information  is  true    
 
Persuasive   ¨ Uses  3  or  more  persuasive  strategies  
Strategies   to  convince  the  reader.  

¨ Strongly  completes  the  writing,    

wrapping  up  the  argument.  
¨ Restates  what  was  said  in  the  topic  
Conclusion   sentence  but  in  a  different  way.  
¨ Leaves  the  reader  with  a  clear  
understanding  of  what  the  writer  was  
arguing  for.  
       
 
             My  Thoughts:  
4  
Super-­‐
You  did   _________________________________________  
everything!  
Duper  
3  
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Few  mistakes  
Good   _________________________________________  
2   Lots  of  things  
Oops   missing.   _________________________________________  
1    
Please  
You  don’t  
quality   _________________________________________
Redo   commenting  
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