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Writing Rubric

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OER PROJECTWRITING RUBRIC1Unless otherwise noted, this work is licensed under CC BY 4.0. Credit: “Writing Rubric”, OER Project, https://www.oerproject.com/ExemplaryProficientDevelopingNotPresentClaimandFocusMakeafullydevelopedclaimthatishistoricallydefensibleandrespondstotheassignment.Establishastronglineofreasoningandmaintainaprecisefocusondefendingthedescribedclaim.Developtheclaimandcounterclaimswhilethoroughlyaddressingthedemandsoftheprompt.Notes:AnalysisandEvidenceCiteappropriateandvalidevidencetosupporttheclaim,drawinginformationfrommultiple sourcestodefendthepositionandeffectivelyrefutecounterclaims.Describetherelationshipbetweenthebroaderhistoricalcontextandthetopic.Usehistoricalreasoningandthoroughlyexplainhowtheevidencesupportstheclaim.Usediscipline-specificvocabulary—suchaskeytermsfromthelesson,unit,orcourse—to supportanalysis.Demonstrateunderstandingofthesources,acknowledginginconsistenciesorweaknessesin evidence,andfullyexplaintherelationshipbetweentheclaimandtheevidenceusedtosupportit.Notes:
OER PROJECTWRITING RUBRIC2ExemplaryProficientDevelopingNotPresentOrganizationPresentideasinastructurethatsupportsreaderunderstandingofyourclaimandreasoning:Orderthesourceevidenceandexplanationsinawaythatreinforcesyourargument.Explainhowtheevidenceandreasoningconnectsandsupportstheclaim.Craftastrongintroductionandconclusion.Includecleartransitionsbetweeneachsubtopicandsectiontoshowtheconnectionsamongtheideas.Notes:LanguageandStyleSelectwordsintentionallytocommunicateideasclearly,and:•Furtheryourreader’sunderstandingofyourclaimandtheargumentyouaremaking.•Convinceyourreaderofthevalidityofyourstanceandclaim.•Conveyyourknowledgeaboutthetopic.Usesentencestructurestypicalinhistoricalwritingandvarythemto:•Showconnectionsamongyourideas,claim,andevidence.•Conveyyourexpertise.•Helpthereaderunderstandtheclaimandseethevalidityandfollowyourargument across your essay.Useformalwritingstructuresandlanguage.UsetheconventionsoftheEnglishlanguagesothaterrorsdon’tinterferewiththereader’s understanding.Notes:
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