Argumentative Essay Rubric
1.
Take your stand on one of the debatable
social, economic, or moral issues.
Choose
the topic you care about. Remember: You are not presenting both sides of the
argument but try to talk a reader into your points of view.
2.
Think of the three (four, five) reasons/main
points/ arguments that back up your stand.
3.
Freewrite/ brainstorm/ cluster on the chosen
topic and come up with a preliminary
thesis.
4.
Start research, using reliable sources only
(.gov, .edu only).
5.
Read your sources and highlight/ circle/
box/ save facts, examples, testimonies you may use in your paper. Remember: it
is an argumentative essay, so it must
have a solid support. Do not use general phrases because they are not
convincing. Instead, use a lot of
statistics, examples, and expert opinions.
6.
Add you own voice to the paper. Conduct
interviews on the topic of your choice. Interview at least 50 (fifty) people of
all ages: classmates, family members, relatives, friends. Reflect your findings
in the paper.
7.
Make sure to include the opposing point of
view in your paper and concede its strength, so your readers see you as a fair
person. Then try to refute a
counterpart, finding logical errors of the opposing side and proving that your
opinion is valid.
8.
The paper should have five (5) entire pages plus Works Cited page (total 6 pages) and at
least five (5) quality sources.
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