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Schoolwide Argument-Writing System
High School of Arts and Technology, 2018–2019
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Our schoolwide instructional focus was argument writing. I led teacher leaders in developing standards-aligned rubrics across content areas through multiple iterations, classroom testing, and revision based on evidence in student work. The rubric shown here is the resulting version.
I then designed the supporting system that made the standard operational: student folders and a common cover sheet that allowed teachers and students to track performance and next steps across prompts and marking periods. That system appears on the second page below.
Supporting transcription: argument folder cover sheet
Page 2 — Argument Folder Cover Sheet, 2017–2018
Name ______________ Course ______________ Teacher ______________
| MP | Argument Prompt | Claim | Elaboration | Organization | Conventions / Content | Next Steps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ex. | Below · Approaches · Meets · Exceeds (rated per dimension) | 1. Check that each body paragraph is focused on one main idea. 2. The organization of reasons in the intro should match the order they're developed in the essay. | ||||
| 1 | Below · Approaches · Meets · Exceeds | |||||
| 2 | Below · Approaches · Meets · Exceeds | |||||
| 3 | Below · Approaches · Meets · Exceeds | |||||
| 4 | Below · Approaches · Meets · Exceeds | |||||
| 5 | Below · Approaches · Meets · Exceeds | |||||
| 6 | Below · Approaches · Meets · Exceeds | |||||
Each marking period, students revisited this sheet to review performance across claim, elaboration, organization, and conventions and to identify a concrete next step.