Writing Rubric

.5

Content

Written in a highly
effective persuasive,
formal and fact and
opinion based information.

Written in an effective
persuasive, formal and
fact and opinion based
information.

Written in a somewhat
effective persuasive,
formal and fact and
opinion based information.

Written with limited

amount of persuasive,
formal and fact and
opinion based information.

Organization

Fluent expression, ideas

clear/supported. Wellorganized. Logical
sequencing. Cohesive.

Somewhat choppy.
Loosely organized but
main ideas stand out.
Limited support. Logical
but incomplete
sequencing.

Not fluent. Ideas confused

or disconnected. Lacks
logical sequencing and
development.

Does not communicate.

No organization or not
enough to evaluate.

Vocabulary

Sophisticated range.
Effective word/idiom
choice and usage. Word
from mastering
appropriate register.
Effective constructions.
Few errors of agreement,
tense, number, word
order/ function, articles,
pronouns prepositions.

Adequate range.
Occasional errors of
word/idiom form, choice,
usage but meaning not
obscured.
Effective but simple
constructions. Several
errors of agreement
tense, number, word
order/function, articles,
pronouns, prepositions
but meaning seldom
obscured.

Limited range. Frequent

errors or word/idiom form,
choice usage-meaning
confused or obscured.

Essential translation- little

knowledge of English
vocabulary, idioms, word
form or not enough to
evaluate.
Virtually no mastery of
sentence construction
rules. Dominated by
errors. It does not
communicate or not
enough to evaluate.

Demonstrate mastery of
conventions. Few errors
of spelling, punctuation,
capitalization,
paragraphing.

Occasional errors of
spelling, punctuation,
capitalization,
paragraphing, but
meaning not obscured.

Language

Mechanics

TOTAL

1.5

Major problems in
construction. Frequent
errors of negations,
agreement, tense,
number, word
order/functions, articles,
pronouns, prepositions
and/or fragments, runons, deletions. Meaning
confused or obscured.
Frequent errors of
spelling, punctuation,
capitalization,
paragraphing. Poor
handwriting. Meaning
confused or obscured.

No mastery of
conventions. Dominated
by errors or spelling,
punctuation,
capitalization,
paragraphing. Handwriting
illegible. Or not enough to
evaluate.

SCORE