Weekly Task

English Grammar Subject

Designing Rubric for Assessing Students Writing based on Traditional Grammar
Context

By:

DEPATMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
UNIVERSITAS PENDIDIKAN INDONESIA

November 2018

Rubric for Students Writing based on Traditional Grammar Context

Item Criteria
Very Poor Fair to poor Good to average Excelent to very
Good

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 Content It does not touch the It is close to the idea It is matched the It develops the idea
idea or theme. or theme. idea or theme. or theme.
Organization Unorganized and Less organize, less Mostly organize, Well organized,
vague, no particular cohesive, less cohesive enough, cohesive and
flow. sequence almost sequence systematic.
Vocabulary Lack of vocabulary Repeatation words, Sufficient Rich Vocabulary,
( limitation) and no and frequents errors. vocabulary, certain variation of
idiom at all. errors of choice terminology, idiom
words and idioms usage
Tenses Many errors tenses Frequent errors in the Some Effective tenses
usage or use of tenses. misplacement usage
unappropriate usage. tenses.
Article Misusage of article Frequent mistakes in Several errors in Appropriate article
article usage article usage usage.
prepositions Unable to distinguish Incorrect in the use of Able to match the Using variation
the right usage preposition. preposition preposition
properly. appropriately.
Pronoun Majorly incorrect Some of usage are Variation of Effective and
pronoun placement. errors. pronoun but some appropriate usage.
errors in agreement
application.
Part of speech Failed to Fairly bias in Sometime the part Using varied part of
communicate part of determine whether of speech not in the speech and in
speech in the text noun or adjective. right order appropriate
placement.
Conjunction Incomprehensible Many repeatation and Variation of Well structure and
conjunction. the words choice for conjunction but appropriate
conjunction is still the some of the conjunction usage.
simple one. meaning are not
ssuitable.
Punctuation Extremely errors in Frequent errors in the Few misplace the Proper use of
the use of use of punctuation and punctuation and punctuation and no
punctuation and frequent errors in few errors in errors in
repeated errors in capitalization. capitalization. capitalization.
capitalization.
Voices Abundant errors Incoherent using Several mistakes Minimal misatakes
whether want to use voices in the certain but still and the text
passive or active position of text understandable. comprehensible
Spelling Generally mispelling Frequent spelling in Only few of Almost no errors and
in a sentence. one paragraph incorrect spelling mistakes in spelling.

Text Sample

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 Happiness

Humankind can’t continue their lives without desires. If one wants to be happy, surely, he has
to discover his best desires that provide him a happy life. Some of these desires that help to
continue our lives can be acceptance in our relationships, a good family life and strong social
relations. Trying to satisfy these desires has a great meaning to achieve happiness for me.

To start with, however embarrassed I am about this desire of mine, I have an obsession to
expect people to accept my thoughts and manners in every situation. Yes, this is not a good
characteristic and sometimes makes me an antipathetic person but trying to be accepted by
someone can give you happiness, too. Besides, if you can manage to make someone love you
knowing and accepting all about you, I think that is the absolute happiness.

Furthermore, it seems to me that family is the basic source of happiness. Certainly, I can’t
always be a good guy and sometimes I make them upset but I can’t stand seeing them upset.
Therefore, I try to do whatever necessary to make them happy. Consequently, when I see
happy family faces, I feel deeply happy.

Thirdly, to have friends is one of the most meaningful aspects of life. I believe that one
should have three very warm friends at least. For example, I can’t bear loneliness and if I
couldn’t share all my heart with these warm friends, I believe that I could never be happy. As
a consequence, if you feel like me, it will be worth improving your close relationships in
order to be happy.

To recap, humankind has a short life but he is given a lot of desires to be happy. Moreover, if
one wants to discover the meaning of his short life, he should look for it in desires. Whether
he finds it or not, he will taste happiness just by looking for it.

Checklist for Assessing Student’s Text Writing Sample

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 Criteria
Item Excelent to very
Very Poor Fair to poor Good to average
Good
Content - -  -
Organization - -  -
Vocabulary - -  -
Tenses - - - 
Article - - - 
prepositions - - - 
Pronoun - - - 
Part of speech - -  -
Conjunction - -  -
Punctuation - -  -
Voices - - - 
Spelling - - - 

Happiness

Humankind can’t continue their lives without desires. If one wants to be happy,
surely, he has to discover his best desires that provide him a happy life. Some of these desires
that help to continue our lives can be acceptance in our relationships, a good family life and
strong social relations. Trying to satisfy these desires has a great meaning to achieve
happiness for me.
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 To start with, however embarrassed I am about this desire of mine, I have an
obsession to expect people to accept my thoughts and manners in every situation. Yes, this is
not a good characteristic and sometimes makes me an antipathic person but trying to be
accepted by someone can give you happiness, too. Besides, if you can manage to make
someone love you knowing and accepting all about you, I think that is the absolute happiness.

Furthermore, it seems to me that family is the basic source of happiness. Certainly, I

can’t always be a good guy and sometimes I make them upset but I can’t stand seeing them
upset. Therefore, I try to do whatever necessary to make them happy. Consequently, when I
see happy family faces, I feel deeply happy.

Thirdly, to have friends is one of the most meaningful aspects of life. I believe that
one should have three very warm friends at least. For example, I can’t bear loneliness and if I
couldn’t share all my heart with these warm friends, I believe that I could never be happy. As
a consequence, if you feel like me, it will be worth improving your close relationships in
order to be happy.

To recap, humankind has a short life but he is given a lot of desires to be happy.
Moreover, if one wants to discover the meaning of his short life, he should look for it in
desires. Whether he finds it or not, he will taste happiness just by looking for it.

Explanation
1. Content
Excelent to very
Very Poor Fair to poor Good to average
Good
Content - -  -

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  The genre of the text above is argumentative text which tries to propose that
students’ ideas or opinion in defining happiness in three major definitions; 1)
acceptance in relationships, 2) a good family life, and 3) strong social relations.
Those three major definitions elaborated in brief definition and try to explain how
she/he will be happy in certain situation appropriate to his/her perception of
happiness. Moreover, some examples provided to more deeply elaborate the reason
and condition of happiness.

(1st thesis statement)…………………… if you can manage to make someone

love you knowing and accepting all about you, I think that is the absolute
happiness…………..
(2nd thesis statement)…………………… therefore, I try to do whatever
necessary to make them happy…………..
(3rd thesis statement)………………………. For example, I can’t bear
loneliness and if I couldn’t share all my heart with these warm friends, I
believe that I could never be happy…………

 The content is quite confusing because it needs additional information

appropriate to the facts that supported by his arguments

2. Organization
Very Fair to Good to Excelent to very
Poor poor average Good
Organization - -  -
 The overall organization of that text is pretty good but based on our opinion it
will be more systematic if the second thesis statement presented as the first thesis
statement because the family reason presented as the basic source of happiness.

(2nd thesis statement)………….. it seems to me that family is the basic source

of happiness………….

3. Vocabulary
Very Fair to Good to Excelent to very
Poor poor average Good
Vocabulary - -  -

 Overall the students used various vocabs in elaborating his/her thesis

statements but there was found inappropriate word to the meaning contextually.
Even though the vocabulary is not in the advance level, but almost no errors and
those words placement sufficiently and having some same words but didn’t impress
as repeating.

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 (4th paragraph)……… Thirdly, to have friends is one of the most
meaningful aspects of……….. (Thirdly—at last, lastly, the last)

4. Tenses
Very Fair to Good to Excelent to very
Poor poor average Good
Tenses - - - 

 That text meets to the one of language features of argumentative text which is
using present tense and consistently apply it until the last paragraph. No founded
any errors or mistakes and that text has suitable tenses.

……….Humankind can’t continue their lives without desires. If one wants to

be happy, surely, he has to discover his best desires………………
……….I can’t stand seeing them upset. Therefore, I try to do whatever
necessary to make them happy. Consequently, when I………….
……………he finds it or not, he will taste happiness just by looking for it….

5. Article
Very Fair to Good to Excelent to very
Poor poor average Good
Article - - - 
 There is no inappropriate article used in the whole text. Each article used plays
its role correctly. The article doesn’t overwhelming and the writer use those article
appropriately. Can be said all those articles suited well to the words.

……………..his best desires that provide him a happy life………….

……………..a good family life and strong social relations………….
……………..I have an obsession to expect people to accept my thoughts and
manners………..
…………is one of the most meaningful aspects of …………….

6. Prepositions
Very Fair to Good to Excelent to very
Poor poor average Good
prepositions - - - 
 There is no inappropriate prepositions used in the whole text. Each preposition
used plays its role correctly. In conclusion, every word matches with the
prepositions, and the writer place the preposition in the good order.

……… Trying to satisfy these desires has a great meaning to achieve

happiness for me………
……………it seems to me that family is the basic source of happiness…………
…………………relationships in order to be happy……………..
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 …………………he should look for it in desires. Whether………..
………………..he finds it or not, he will taste happiness just by looking for it………

7. Pronoun
Very Fair to Good to Excelent to very
Poor poor average Good
Pronoun - - - 
 There is no inappropriate pronoun used in the whole text. Each pronoun used
plays its role correctly.

…….desires. If one wants to be happy, surely, he has to discover his best

desires that provide him a happy l……..
……….Furthermore, it seems to me that family is the basic source……..
………Moreover, if one wants to discover the meaning of his short life, he
………should look for it in desires……..

8. Part of Speech
Very Fair to Good to Excelent to very
Poor poor average Good
Part of speech - -  -
 The writer uses variation of noun, adjective, verb, and adverb in the text.
e.g.
 Humankind, desires, happy life, situation, person Noun
 Discover, has, provide, makes, manage, accepted, see, seems Verb
 Happy, good, great, absolute, warm, worth, short, lot, upset Adjective
 Surely, Certainly, Consequently, deeply, thirdly Adverb

 It was found that some words are not appropriate to the part of speech needed
in the sentences. Completely, it was failed when some words in the same position
(parallelism) are not in the same category of its part of speech.

(2nd paragraph)………..manage to make someone love you knowing and

accepting all about you……….. (knowing and accepting—know, and
accept)

9. Conjunction
Very Fair to Good to Excelent to very
Poor poor average Good
Conjunction - -  -
 It was found that the only inappropriate conjunction is in the last thesis
statement which used the word thirdly. It will be better if the students wrote the
word lastly, at last, the last as his/her conjunction to the last thesis statement
because he started his elaboration of the first thesis statement by using to start with
and furthermore.

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 …………Thirdly, to have friends is one of the most meaningful aspects of life.
I believe that one should have three very warm friends at least. For example,
I can’t bear…………..(Thirdly—Lastly, at last, the last)

10. Punctuation
Very Fair to Good to Excelent to very
Poor poor average Good
Punctuation - -  -
 It was found that the only inappropriate punctuation is in the 2 nd paragraph,
exactly in the last sentence.

(2nd paragraph)………..manage to make someone love you knowing and

accepting all about you……….. (knowing and accepting—know, and accept
—it must use coma)

11. Voices
Very Fair to Good to Excelent to very
Poor poor average Good
Voices - - - 

 The text contained with active and passive form, but the active more usage
than passive. For example as below :

(Active) (Passive)
He has to discover his best desires Trying to be accepted by someone
I have an obsession He is given a lot of desires
This is not a good characteristic
I think that is the absolute happiness.
I can’t always be a good guy
I make them upset

12. Spelling
Very Fair to Good to Excelent to very
Poor poor average Good
Spelling - - - 

 There is no misspell found in the whole text. Each word wrote correctly.

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