Juan Esteban Gallego Cano

Classroom Language Assessment Course

2020-1

WRITING RUBRIC

Context: 9th grade in a public school. Proficiency level: B1

Topic: Racial segregation in the USA in the 1960s

Task description:

Our school has a cooperation agreement with different schools in the USA. You have been selected to share all what you have learned
about modern history of the USA with an American e-pal who is studying the same content as you, before taking a final test. For doing
so, you are writing a review e-mail.

Instructions:
In your review e-mail, you list and describe the main events of the civil right struggles in the USA during the 1960s. At the end, include a
brief personal opinion about the impact of the these events in the American history. Use the simple past tense for the events, and the
simple present tense for the personal opinion. Write between 180 and 220 words.
Your text will be assessed in the following areas: sentence structure, vocabulary, content, spelling, text structure, and style.

Dimension Excellent (20-25) Competent (10-19) Needs work (0-9)

Sentence Structure and All sentences are correct, varied, Appropriate meaning is Limited meaning is conveyed.
Grammar consistent and meaningful. Syntax conveyed. Most sentences are The sentences are not varied
25% is appropriate. varied and consistent. nor are they consistently. They
-Simple and compound Experiments with syntax with lack appropriate syntax.
sentences
complexity and limited
-Subject-verb agreement
-Tense agreement
success.

Vocabulary The text includes a range of precise The text includes precise and The text includes very short
15% and effective words or group words. effective but limited words or range of effective and precise
-Adjectives Word choice is well matched to the word groups. Word choice words. The Word choice is not
-Proper names genres. fairly matches to the genres. precise nor does it match the
-Dates genres.
-Opinion words
Content Information is clearly connected to Information is somewhat linked Information is not connected to
25% the main points and has supporting to the topic and has the topic and provides no
-Factual information details unorganized details supporting details.
-General information
-Personal opinion
Spelling Correct spelling of all simple words Correct spelling of most Few examples of conventional
15% with minimum errors in some common and simple words. spelling or attempt
-Orthography challenging words.
-Cognades
Text structure and Style Coherent, controlled and complete Some parts of the text are not The text is not coherent, and
20% narrative connection. coherent, controlled and do not the narrative elements are
-Coherence drive to a complete narrative. disconnected.
-Clarity
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