Writing Rubric

Dimension The response: 4 3 2 1

Purpose/Task Accomplishes the task;
includes many details
that are clearly connect
ed to the development of
the task, but there may
be minor irrelevancies.
Accomplishes the task;
includes some details that
are generally con nected
to the develop ment of the
task, but there may be
some irrel evancies.
Accomplishes the task; Attempts to accomplish
includes few details, the task; makes some
some of which may be reference to it but
only loosely connect ed provides few or no
to the task. There are supporting details.
many irrelevancies.

Organization Exhibits a logical and Exhibits a logical Attempts to provide a Exhibits little order;
The extent to coherent sequence sequence; provides a logical sequence and/or provides a series of
which
the response ex- throughout; provides a beginning, middle, and the beginning or ending separate sentences
hibits direction, clear sense of a begin- end. is abrupt or unclear. and/or disconnected
shape, and ning, middle, and end. ideas.
coher
ence. Makes smooth transi tions
between ideas.

Includes a wide variety Includes a variety of Includes basic Includes limited vocab

Vocabulary
Vocabulary of vocabulary that vocabulary related to some vocabulary ulary and/or most
expands the topic, but the topic. may be inaccurate or vocabulary is inaccurate
there may be minor unrelated to the topic. or unrelated to the
inaccuracies. topic.

• Demonstrates a high Demonstrates some Demonstrates some Demonstrates little

Structure/
degree of control of control of control of control of
Conventions
structure/conventions: structure/conventions: structures/conventions. structures/conventions:
• Subject-verb
• subject-verb • subject-verb • subject-verb
agreement
agreement agreement Errors do hinder agreement
• Tense
• present, past, future • present, past, future overall • present, past, future
• Noun-adjec
ideas expressed as ideas expressed as comprehensibility ideas expressed as
tive agreement
appropriate appropriate and/or there are appropriate
• Correct
• noun-adjective • noun-adjective numerous • noun-adjective
word order
agreement agreement agreement
• Spelling/dia
• correct word order • correct word order - • correct word order
critical marks
• spelling/diacritical • spelling/diacritical • spelling/diacritical
marks marks marks

Errors do not hinder Errors do not hinder Errors impede over all
overall overall comprehensibility of
comprehensibility of comprehensibility of passage.
the passage. the passage.

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