Needs

Criteria Excellent (5) Good (4) Satisfactory (3) Improvement (2) Inadequate (1)

Accurate and varied Mostly accurate use

use of tenses and of tenses and Frequent errors in Numerous errors
Grammar and grammatical grammatical Some errors in tense tense usage and in tense usage
Tense Usage structures. structures. usage and grammar. grammar. and grammar.

Well-developed ideas Adequately Ideas are somewhat Ideas are unclear Incoherent and
Content and with clear, relevant developed ideas with underdeveloped with and lack insufficient
Development details and examples. some relevant details. limited details. development. content.

Well-organized with a Generally organized Somewhat organized Poor organization Chaotic

Organization clear introduction, with an introduction, with lapses in with a lack of organization with
and Structure body, and conclusion. body, and conclusion. structure. structure. no clear structure.

Extremely
Rich and varied Adequate vocabulary Limited vocabulary Poor vocabulary limited
Vocabulary vocabulary used with some attempts at with repetitive choice and limited vocabulary and
and Expression appropriately. variety. expressions. expression. expression.

Fully addresses the Addresses the prompt Somewhat addresses Completely

Relevance to given prompt with with overall the prompt with Does not fully deviates from the
the Prompt clear relevance. relevance. limited relevance. address the prompt. prompt.

Highly creative and Shows creativity with Completely lacks

Creativity and original ideas some original Limited creativity Lacks creativity creativity and
Originality demonstrated. elements. with common ideas. and originality. originality.

Demonstrates a high Frequent issues Poor language

Language level of control over Generally controls the Some issues with with language control with
Control language. language well. language control. control. severe issues.

Engaging and well-

Highly engaging, written with some Adequate but lacks Difficult to follow Incoherent and
Overall well-crafted, and room for the engaging and and lacks challenging to
Impression enjoyable to read. improvement. polished quality. engagement. understand.