Performance Task II: Properties of a Well-Written Text

Instructions: Write a 200-word-essay that uses the techniques in effective writing in your activity notebook.
Write something about “The Most Important Lesson I’ve Learned in Life”. In writing your 200-word-essay,
be guided by the scoring rubric below.

Criteria Needs Improvement Satisfactory Very Satisfactory Excellent

3 pts. 5 pts. 7 pts. 10 pts.
Organization Ideas are unrelated to The idea was there but Few ideas presented Ideas are logically and
one another. organized. are organized accurately arranged.
logically
Coherence & No connection to the Lack of ideas. Some Few of the ideas Ideas are logically,
topic. points introduced are presented smoothly clearly, and smoothly
Cohesion inconsistent. linked to one another. linked to one another.
Language Use Inappropriate There are several There are few errors Content has proper
language use. errors in language use. in language use but language use.
the message is there.
Mechanics Limited vocabulary; There are several There are few Content has proper
errors impair grammatical errors. grammatical errors mechanics.
communication. Thoughts are vague but the clarity of the
ideas is still
established.