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Book 8 / Unit 3
Writing Rubric
   WRITING RUBRIC

Target Function Target Lexis Target Grammar

• Making predictions about • Milestones: buy a home, buy • Future perfect

the future your first car, decide on a • Future perfect continuous
degree, get a full-time/part-time
job, get a promotion, go abroad,
graduate, learn to drive, move
out, open a bank account, retire,
start a career

Limited Ability Developing Ability Good Ability Strong Ability

(1 point) (2 points) (3 points) (4 points)

Attempts, but is Is able to make Is able to make Is able to make

unable, to make predictions about predictions about predictions about
Communicative
predictions about their future, but their future, but their future.
Competence
their future. message is not incompletely. e.g. ''I will be rich in
clear. e.g. ''I will be rich.'' 10 years time.''
e.g. ''I am rich.''

Uses one target Uses two target Uses three target Uses at least four
lexical item with lexical items, but lexical items, target lexical items
Vocabulary
errors. may confuse words. sometimes with correctly.
spelling errors.

Gives an Attempts to use Uses target Uses target

unstructured target grammar grammar with grammar correctly.
response. structure. errors/mistakes. e.g. “In 10 years
Grammar e.g. ''In 10 years e.g. ''In 10 years time, I will have been
time, I live in a big time, I am living in a living in a big house
house.'' big house 2 years.'' for 2 years.''

Punctuation marks Punctuation Punctuation Punctuation

and capital letters marks and capital marks and capital marks and capital
Punctuation and are random. letters are used letters are used letters are used
Capitalization inconsistently. appropriately with appropriately.
no more than two
errors.

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