EVALUATION RUBRIC FOR WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS

CATEGORY 6 Exemplary 5 Strong Ideas & Content main theme supporting details Exceptionally clear, focused, engaging with relevant, strong supporting detail. Clear, focused, interesting ideas with appropriate detail.

4 Proficient

3 Developing Main idea may be cloudy because supporting detail is too general or even off-topic.

2 Emerging Purpose and main idea may be unclear and cluttered by irrelevant detail.

1 Beginning Lacks central idea; development is minimal or nonexistent. Lack of coherence; confusing. No identifiable introduction or conclusion

Score

Evident main idea with some support which may be general or limited. Organization is appropriate, but conventional. Attempt at introduction and conclusion

Organization structure introduction conclusion

Effectively organized in Strong order and logical and structure creative manner. Inviting intro Creative and and satisfying engaging intro closure. and conclusion. Expressive, Appropriate to engaging, audience and sincere. purpose. Strong sense of Writer behind audience. the words Shows emotion: humour, honesty, comes through. suspense or life. Descriptive, broad range of words. Word choice energizes writing. Easy flow and rhythm. Good variety in length and structure

Attempts at Lack of structure; organization; may disorganized and be a list of events hard to follow. Beginning and Missing or weak ending not intro and developed conclusion

Voice personality sense of audience

Evident commitment to topic. Inconsistent or dull personality.

Voice may be Writing is lifeless. Writing tends to be inappropriate or No hint of the flat or stiff. non-existent. writer. Little or no hint of Writing may seem writer behind mechanical. words.

Word Choice precision effectiveness imagery

Precise, carefully chosen Strong, fresh, vivid images.

Language is Limited range of functional and words. Words may be correct Monotonous, often appropriate. Some but mundane. repetitious, Descriptions vocabulary No attempt at sometimes may be misused. deliberate choice. inappropriate. overdone at times. Generally in control. Lack variety in length and structure. Some awkward constructions. Many similar patterns and beginnings. Difficult to follow or Often choppy read aloud. Monotonous Disjointed, sentence confusing, patterns. rambling. Frequent run-on sentences. Frequent significant errors may impede readability. Numerous errors distract the reader and make the text difficult to read.

Sentence Fluency rhythm, flow variety

High degree of craftsmanship. Effective variation in sentence patterns. Exceptionally strong control of standard conventions of writing.

Conventions age appropriate, spelling, caps, punctuation, grammar TOTAL

Control of most Strong control writing of conventions; conventions; errors are few occasional errors and minor. with high risks.

Limited control of conventions; frequent errors do not interfere with understanding.

EVALUATION RUBRIC FOR WRITTEN COMPOSITIONS

The written production grade will be based upon the following evaluation scale: A - Exemplary: 31-36 points (9 / 10) B - Proficient: 25-30 points (7 / 8) C - Partially Proficient: 19-24 points (5 / 6) D - Incomplete: less than 18 points (3 / 4)

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