Justifying/arguing
Justifying own arguments and evaluating others’ arguments in writing.
| W.6.1
| W.6.8
| W.8.9
| WHST.6-8.1
| WHST.6-8.8
| WHST.6-8.9
| L.6.1
| L.6.2
| L.6.3
| L.6.6
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a) Justify opinions by providing some textual evidence (e.g., quoting from the text) or relevant background knowledge, with substantial support.
b) Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with some basic modal expressions (e.g., can, has to).
a) Justify opinions or persuade others by providing relevant textual evidence (e.g., quoting from the text or referring to what the text says) or relevant background knowledge, with moderate support.
b) Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with a variety of familiar modal expressions (e.g., maybe/probably, can/could, must).
a) Justify opinions or persuade others by providing detailed and relevant textual evidence (e.g., quoting from the text directly or referring to specific textual evidence) or relevant background knowledge, with light support.
b) Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with nuanced modal expressions (e.g., probably/certainly/definitely, should/would, might) and phrasing (e.g., In my opinion. . . ).
Justifying/arguing
Justifying own arguments and evaluating others’ arguments in writing.
| W.6.1
| W.6.8
| W.8.9
| WHST.6-8.1
| WHST.6-8.8
| WHST.6-8.9
| L.6.1
| L.6.2
| L.6.3
| L.6.6
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a) Justify opinions by providing some textual evidence (e.g., quoting from the text) or relevant background knowledge, with substantial support.
b) Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with some basic modal expressions (e.g., can, has to).
a) Justify opinions or persuade others by providing relevant textual evidence (e.g., quoting from the text or referring to what the text says) or relevant background knowledge, with moderate support.
b) Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with a variety of familiar modal expressions (e.g., maybe/probably, can/could, must).
a) Justify opinions or persuade others by providing detailed and relevant textual evidence (e.g., quoting from the text directly or referring to specific textual evidence) or relevant background knowledge, with light support.
b) Express attitude and opinions or temper statements with nuanced modal expressions (e.g., probably/certainly/definitely, should/would, might) and phrasing (e.g., In my opinion. . . ).
