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SCORING GUIDE
GRADE 6-2022
SECTION A
TASK 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Listening and Speaking Rubrics
Criteria Exceeding Meeting Approaching Below
Expectation Expectation Expectation Expectation
(Level 4) (Level 3) (Level 2) (Level 1)
Communication Almost Good Hesitates with Weak
(Pronunciation, perfect/error-free pronunciation frequent errors pronunciation
intonation, and pronunciation and and intonation of pronunciation skills and
audibility) intonation. There with few errors and intonation. intonation and
is effort to sound but the learner is Meaning can be many errors.
like a native clearly heard and guessed from the Lacks sequence
speaker. The can be judged as responses. Not and inaudible.
learner is clearly the response is audible and No meaning can
heard as the logical and easy difficult to be derived from
response is to follow. follow. the responses.
logical and very So, it is difficult
easy to follow. to follow.
Comprehension Interprets all Interprets most Interprets some Exhibits lack of
(Correct questions in questions in questions in understanding of
responses and context. context. context. the questions or
appropriate Responds to all Responds to most Responds to does not respond
vocabulary) questions questions some questions to questions at
appropriately. appropriately. appropriately. all.
Uses a variety of Uses the Use limited
vocabulary in appropriate vocabulary in
response to vocabulary in response to
questions. response to questions.
questions.
Use of Non- Uses a variety of Uses nonverbal Occasionally Hardly uses
Verbal Cues nonverbal cues: cues uses some nonverbal cues.
(confidence, facial appropriate facial appropriately: nonverbal cues Makes no eye
expressions, body expressions, body facial and sometimes contact with the
posture, eye postures, expressions, body and speaks with teacher, keeps
contact, gestures) gestures, pauses, postures and confidence. looking down
poise and gestures. and away while
meaningful eye Maintains speaking.
contact with the meaningful eye
teacher at all contact with the
times and speaks teacher most of
with confidence. the times and
speaks with
confidence.
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Note: Use the assessment rubric to assess Listening and Speaking (for Part I and Part II,
assess the learner on both, and award once).
Suggested Responses
Part 1
1. I felt happy/good/proud/excited/delighted/glad
2. Because I did well in English/the teacher was happy with me/to encourage me/to
make me happy/it was a present
3. I worked hard/I like English/I needed a present
4. Thank you

Part 2

5. On a Friday afternoon
6. Garde 6
7. Grade 6, one goal; Grade 5, two goals
8. Grade 5

Listening and Speaking (8 marks)

Conversion Table

Performance Levels Marks

Level 4 (responds to all the 8 prompts plausibly in accordance with 8
the rubrics)
Level 3 (responds to 6- 7 prompts plausibly in accordance with the 6-7
rubrics)

Level 2 (responds to 4 - 5 prompts plausibly in accordance with the 4-5

rubrics)
Level 1 (responds to 1 - 3 prompts plausibly in accordance with the 1-3
rubrics)

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TASK 2: READING ALOUD
Reading Aloud Rubrics
Criteria Exceeding Meeting Approaching Below
Expectation Expectation Expectation Expectation
(Level 4) (Level 3) (Level 2) (Level 1)
Speed Reads correctly Reads correctly at Reads correctly Reads correctly
(Number of more than 90 least 90 words between 45 to 89 below 45 words
words read words within 1 within 1 minute. words Reading is in a minute.
correctly per minute. Reading is smooth sometimes halted Reading
minute) Reading is and natural; and the reader does proceeds with
consistently pauses are where not pause difficulty and
smooth and they should be effectively at many words are
natural; pauses are most of the sentence ends and repeated. There
consistently reading time. commas. are many stops
where they should and starts that
be throughout the make the reading
reading time. hard to follow.
Volume and Reads clearly and Reads clearly and Reads clearly and Often mumbles
Accuracy loudly. loudly enough, loudly some parts and cannot be
(Loudness, Pronounces correctly of the passage. understood.
pronunciation correctly more pronounces all the Pronounces Pronounces
and grouping than 90 words in 90 words. Groups correctly 45 to 89 below 45 words.
of words) the passage. many words words. Groups Volume is too
Groups words logically when some words soft to be heard;
logically reading. logically when reads word by
throughout when reading. word and must
reading. be assisted.
Reading with The voice carries The voice carries The voice The voice is
Expression appropriate appropriate sometimes carries monotone
(Intonation, inflection (rising inflection (rising appropriate throughout and
mood, and and falling) and and falling) and inflection, and the carries no
facial the tone changes the tone changes tone sometimes inflection and
expressions) to capture the to capture the changes to capture the tone does not
mood of the text mood of the text the mood of the change to carry
throughout. The most of the time. text. The voice does the mood of the
voice varies The voice varies not vary according text.
according to according to to characters and
characters and characters and monotone is
uses appropriate uses appropriate common.
pitch (loudness pitch (loudness Sometimes uses
and softness) and softness) most facial expressions
throughout. of the time. most of the time.
Uses facial Uses facial
expressions expressions most
throughout. of the time.

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Reading Aloud: Volume, Accuracy and Reading with Expression (4 marks)
Conversion Table

Performance Levels Marks

Level 4 4

Level 3 3

Level 2 2

Level 1 1

Number of Words Read Correctly Per Minute (4 marks)

Conversion Table
Performance Levels Number Marks
of words
Level 4 90-187 4
Level 3 90 3
Level 2 45-89 2
Level 1 0-44 1

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SECTION B
TASK 3: READING COMPREHENSION
1. To carry water home/the borehole was far from home.
2. To avoid falling.
3. It is dangerous to ride on a donkey’s back.
4. Ran
5. To help one anointer/to become responsible members of the society/Boys and girls can
do the same tasks.
6. C
7. Work
8. They can get sick/they can die/they can run away from home.
9. He knew Javan’s voice/they were neighbours
10. Water/leaves/soil (accept any plausible answer)
11. The house could have burnt down/the kitten could have died.
12. Responsible
13. In telephone conversations we cannot see the people we are talking to/in face to face we
can see the people we are talking to.
14. Through what we say/if they do not use polite words.
15. It makes us sound polite/friendly.
16. Dialogue/chat
Reading Comprehension (16 marks)
Conversion Table
Performance Levels Marks
Level 4 13-16
Level 3 9-12
Level 2 5-8
Level 1 1-4

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TASK 4: GRAMMAR
17. Since
18. So
19. Isn’t
20. Do
21. Across
22. On
23. Visiting
24. Better
25. Heavier
26. More
27. Who
28. Everybody
29. The bag was carried by Rono.
30. The National Anthem was sung by the learners.

Grammar (14 marks)

Conversion Table

Performance Levels Marks

Level 4 13-14
Level 3 9-12
Level 2 5-8
Level 1 1-4

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TASK 5: WRITING
Writing Rubrics
Criteria Exceeding Meeting Approaching Below
Expectation Expectation Expectation Expectation
(Level 4) (Level 3) (Level 2) (Level 1)
Grammar Almost excellent Good use of There are There are many
and use of grammar, grammar, moderate errors errors throughout
Mechanics of variety of punctuation, of grammar, in the sue of
Writing punctuation spelling, and punctuation, grammar,
marks, spelling, capitalization. spelling, and punctuation,
and There are a few capitalization. spelling and
capitalization. errors, but they do But some errors capitalization and
Errors are so few not impede can impede the reader can
and minor that reading. reading and only guess
they do not meaning. meaning
impede reading.

Handwriting Neat and easily Neat and easily Untidy but Not easily
readable readable, many readable; some readable, many
throughout, letters are letters are letters are not
many letters are correctly spaced correctly spaced correctly spaced
correctly spaced and sized within and sized within and not sized
and sized within lines; many spaces lines; some within lines;
lines; spaces between words are spaces between many spaces
between words the correct size. words are not between words
are the correct the correct size. are not the correct
size throughout. size.
Vocabulary Almost free of Few errors of Frequent errors Many errors of
errors of subject- subject-verb of subject verb subject-verb
verb agreement, agreement that do agreement, agreement, most
very good not impede range of structures are
choice of words, communication, vocabulary is incorrect
and wide range limited and
Selection of vocabulary
of vocabulary there is no
vocabulary is repeated and
and use of varied attempt to vary
appropriate to the communication is
expressions. expressions.
context. difficult.
Organization Exhibits an Exhibits a logical Attempts to Exhibits no sense
exceptionally sequence, there is provide a of order and
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 clear sense of a sense of unity logical provided a series
unity and order and order, there is sequence, there of separate
a sense of is some sense of sentences and
throughout,
beginning, middle beginning, disconnected
there is a clear
and ending and middle and ideas and it is
sense of
makes smooth ending and difficult to
beginning,
transition between some smooth follow.
middle and
ideas. transition
ending and
between ideas.
makes smooth
transition
between ideas.

Writing (10 marks)

Conversion Table

Performance Levels Marks

Level 4 8-10

Level 3 5-7

Level 2 3-4

Level 1 1-2

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GRADE 6 ENGLISH 2022
ASSESSMENT SHEET
SECTION A
Name of the Learner Listening and Number of Reading Aloud
Speaking Words
Read Correctly
Per Minute

(Marks) (Marks)
(Marks)
8 6-7 4-5 1-3 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1

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