Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Criteria
Student-friendly
language
Level 4
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
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Inclusion of rhetorical
devices and persuasive
techniques
Numerous devices
and/or techniques
used; complex layering
2 devices and/or
techniques used;
adequate complexity
Minimum of 2 devices
and/or techniques
used; limited
complexity
Insufficient
evidence
Creates insightful,
nuanced meanings;
synthesizes themes
Creates in-depth
interpretation with
careful attention to
the impact of theme
Constructing Content
W2.4 use appropriate words, phrases,
and terminology, and several different
stylistic devices, to communicate their
meaning and engage their intended
audience
Attempts to engage
senses and create
images is superficial,
insincere, and/or
incomplete
Limited sensory
engagement and/or
imagery created.
Limited language.
Creates general
meanings and
identifies/crafts
obvious thematic
elements
Constructing
Meaning
RLS 1.4 identify the important
information and ideas in both simple
and complex oral texts in several
different ways
Explanation of intended
content and impact on
target audience
Writers
purpose/intended
Writers
purpose/intended
audience somewhat
Insufficient
evidence
text
Writers
purpose/intended
audience is astute.
audience is wellnoted.
lacking or limited
Writers
purpose/audience is
unclear
Elaborates
interpretation by
making substantial
connections to
universal issues,
experiences, and/or
other texts
Extends
interpretations with
substantial references
to familiar issues,
other texts, and/or
own experiences
Provides
unsupported links to
own experience, but
connections are
unclear/irrelevant
Makes
Connections
RLS 1.6 extend understanding of both
simple and complex oral texts by
making connections between the ideas
in them and personal knowledge,
experience, and insights; other texts;
and the world around them
Insufficient
evidence