RUBRIC

FOR
DESCRIPTIV
E WRITING
AMIRAH
VENESSA
DHARSHIGA
HAZIRAH

Criterion Descriptors

Grading
Levels

Task
Observations
(according to
syllabus)

Content
(3 marks)

Covering all
points (1m)

5 excellent
achievement

Describing
persons/places
/events/objects

Meeting length
requirements
(1m)

4 good
achievement

Development of
ideas (1m)

3 adequate
achievement
2 limited
achievement
1 poor
achievement

Criterion

Descriptors

Grading
Levels

Task
Observations
(according to
syllabus)

Organisation
and Cohesion

Paragraphing
(3m)

5 excellent
achievement

Linking
devices (3m)

4 good
achievement

Describe the
whole
description and
present ideas

Mechanics
(punctuation)
(2m)

3 adequate
achievement

(10 marks)

Layout and
handwriting
(2m)

2 limited
achievement
1 poor
achievement

Criterion

Descriptors

Structures Range of
and
vocabulary (3m)
Vocabulary
(10m)
Appropriate of
vocabulary
(2m)
Range of
structures (3m)
Accuracy of
grammar (2m)

Grading
Levels

Task
Observations
(according to
syllabus)

5 excellent
achievement

Sequence of
tenses

4 good
achievement

Consistency in
using tenses

3 adequate
achievement
2 limited
achievement
1 poor
achievement

Criterion Descriptors

Grading
Levels

Task
Observations
(according to
syllabus)

Style
(2m)

5 excellent
achievement

Formal

Adequacy of
vocabulary
(formal/informal)
(1m)
Adequacy of
structures
(formal/informal)
(1m)

4 good
achievement
3 adequate
achievement
2 limited
achievement
1 poor
achievement