| Student: | Date: | Topic: |
| SCORE | RANGE | CONTENT CRITERIA | COMMENTS |
| 30-27 | EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: knowledgeable • substantive • thorough development of thesis • relevant to assigned topic | ||
| 26-22 | GOOD TO AVERAGE: some knowledge of subject • adequate range • limited development of thesis • mostly relevant to topic, but lacks detail | ||
| 21-17 | FAIR TO POOR: limited knowledge of subject • little substance • inadequate development of topic | ||
| 16-13 | VERY POOR: does not show knowledge of subject • non-substantive • not pertinent • OR not enough to evaluate |
| SCORE | RANGE | ORGANIZATION CRITERIA | COMMENTS |
| 20-18 | EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: fluent expression • ideas clearly stated/ supported • succinct • well-organized • logical sequencing • cohesive | ||
| 17-14 | GOOD TO AVERAGE: somewhat choppy • loosely organized but main ideas stand out • limited support • logical but incomplete sequencing | ||
| 13-10 | FAIR TO POOR: non-fluent • ideas confused or disconnected • lacks logical sequencing and development | ||
| 9-7 | VERY POOR: does not communicate • no organization • OR not enough to evaluate |
| SCORE | RANGE | VOCABULARY CRITERIA | COMMENTS |
| 20-18 | EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: sophisticated range • effective word/idiom choice and usage • word form mastery • appropriate register | ||
| 17-14 | GOOD TO AVERAGE: adequate range • occasional errors of word/idiom form, choice, usage but meaning not obscured | ||
| 13-10 | FAIR TO POOR: limited range • frequent errors of word/idiom form, choice, usage • meaning confused or obscured | ||
| 9-7 | VERY POOR: essentially translation • little knowledge of English vocabulary, idioms, word form • OR not enough to evaluate |
| SCORE | RANGE | LANGUAGE USE CRITERIA | COMMENTS |
| 25-22 | EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: effective complex constructions • few errors of agreement, tense, number, word order/function, articles, pronouns, prepositions | ||
| 21-18 | GOOD TO AVERAGE: effective but simple constructions • minor problems in complex constructions • several errors of agreement, tense, number, word order/function, articles, pronouns, prepositions but meaning seldom obscured | ||
| 17-11 | FAIR TO POOR: major problems in simple/complex constructions • frequent errors of negation, agreement, tense, number, word order/function, articles,pronouns, prepositions and/or fragments, run-ons, deletions • meaning confused or obscured | ||
| 10-5 | VERY POOR: virtually no mastery of sentence construction rules • dominated by errors • does not communicate • OR not enough to evaluate |
| SCORE | RANGE | MECHANICS CRITERIA | COMMENTS |
| 5 | EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: demonstrates mastery of conventions • few errors of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing | ||
| 4 | GOOD TO AVERAGE: occasional errors of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing but meaning not obscured | ||
| 3 | FAIR TO POOR: frequent errors of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing • poor handwriting • meaning confused or obscured | ||
| 2 | VERY POOR: no mastery of conventions • dominated by errors of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing • handwriting illegible • OR not enough to evaluate |
| Total Score | Reader | Comments |
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