[KNOWLEDGE]
Forms and Genres
- L1: Demonstrates limited understanding of persuasive writing forms and genres.
- L2: Demonstrates some understanding of persuasive writing forms and genres.
- L3: Demonstrates considerable understanding of persuasive writing forms and genres.
- L4: Demonstrates thorough understanding of persuasive writing forms and genres.

[THINKING]
Planning Skills
- L1: Uses planning skills with limited effectiveness.
- L2: Uses planning skills with some effectiveness.
- L3: Uses planning skills with considerable effectiveness.
- L4: Uses planning skills with thorough effectiveness.

Critical and Creative Thinking
- L1: Uses critical and creative thinking skills with limited effectiveness.
- L2: Uses critical and creative thinking skills with some effectiveness.
- L3: Uses critical and creative thinking skills with considerable effectiveness.
- L4: Uses critical and creative thinking skills with thorough effectiveness.

[COMMUNICATION]
Expression of Ideas
- L1: Expresses ideas with limited clarity and persuasiveness.
- L2: Expresses ideas with some clarity and persuasiveness.
- L3: Expresses ideas with considerable clarity and persuasiveness.
- L4: Expresses ideas with thorough clarity and persuasiveness.

Text Organization
- L1: Organizes text with limited coherence and logic.
- L2: Organizes text with some coherence and logic.
- L3: Organizes text with considerable coherence and logic.
- L4: Organizes text with thorough coherence and logic.

[APPLICATION]
Language Conventions
- L1: Applies language conventions with limited accuracy.
- L2: Applies language conventions with some accuracy.
- L3: Applies language conventions with considerable accuracy.
- L4: Applies language conventions with thorough accuracy.

Vocabulary
- L1: Uses vocabulary with limited precision and variety.
- L2: Uses vocabulary with some precision and variety.
- L3: Uses vocabulary with considerable precision and variety.
- L4: Uses vocabulary with thorough precision and variety.