10° GRADE 

RUBRIC FOR FINAL PAPER 3 RD

MARKING PERIOD 
ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY STYLE A  B  C  D 
 
COMPOSITION 
NAME:SANTIAGO FERNANDEZ FERNANDEZ, JUAN FELIPE MUÑOZ SCORE: 
TORIJANO, JUAN JACOBO GIRALDO DATE: 
 
The purpose of this document is to give both Students and Teachers a guideline of what to
take into account or to consider at the moment of designing and writing the final paper of
the 3 Marking Period. The result of checking and following the rubric will help students
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include and apply all the topics, concepts and general reflections, which altogether have
studied, worked and discussed within class sessions throughout the school year.  
STUDENT’S
GUIDELINES 
CHECK-UP 
PRE-WRITING PROCESS:   
 
1. THE NOTE TAKING PROCESS   
The notes presented by the student show that he/she:   
 
Designs a formal informative text by taking into account some information
about nowadays national interest problematic to promote and persuade people
to be part of it.  Are the notes from the movie added up to the final written
production?
2. ARGUMENTATIVE  ASPECTS (INTERTEXTUALIZATION)   
1.1. Is it possible to identify the different aspects of argumentation in the text?  
Was the movie Erin Brockovich used as the main text to be analyzed? Were at
least two of your partners’ TIK-TOK videos included in the text?
1.2. Can the student show different examples the argumentation elements  
within the text? 
3. OUTLINE   
3.1. Is the structure: introduction / body / conclusion evident in the outline?   
3.2. Is the problematic question/thesis stated?     
3.3. Are the supporting ideas presented (2 or 3) in each paragraph?   
3.4. Is the problematic question/thesis solved in the conclusion?   
3.5. Is the Outline a 5-paragraph-text structure? 
WHILE-WRITING PROCESS:  
ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY STYLE COMPOSITION
1. FORM   
1.1. How many paragraphs are there?   
1.2. Does every paragraph have a topic sentence?   
1.3. Does every paragraph have 2 or 3 developed supporting ideas, through its  
supporting sentences? 
1.4. Does every paragraph have a concluding sentence?   
1.5. Is the structure: introduction / body / conclusion evident in the  
composition? 
2. CONTENT   
2.1. Throughout the developing of the text is it described, analyzed and stated  
the position towards the problematic of a current factual Colombian issue? Is
there a solution proposed and the necessary elements in the arguments to
convince the government to support your ideas?
2.2. Is the concept of the inter-textualization and the correct use of  
bibliographical reference (APA style) in the text evident? 
3. LANGUAGE SKILLS   
3.1. Throughout the composition, is it present and in (COLORED CODES)  
the…?: 
Correct use of the Tenses 
Direct and indirect object 
Verb Patterns  
Reported Speech  
Passive Causative  
Connectors 
Mixed Conditionals
Future perfect
4. PROFESSIONAL ATTITUDE   
4.1. Has your individual-work process contributed to the while-writing moment  
of your text? 
4.2. Does your Final Paper presentation contain all the parameters of a formal  
text?