SAT Writing Rubric - Ms. Bellon's Classroom



SAT Timed Essay Rubric

|Score |Development of Position |Organization |Use of Language |Sentence Structure |Grammar and Word Usage |

|1 |No plausible position is taken on |Disorganized; little or no |Contains fundamental |Severely flawed sentence |Grammar and word usage are so |

|75-70 |the topic; severely lacking in |focus; incoherent |vocabulary mistakes |structure |poor that they interfere with |

| |examples, reasons and/or evidence | | | |meaning; very poor mechanics |

| | | | | |(like punctuation) |

|2 |Position on topic is unclear or |Poorly organized; lacks |Poor use of language; |Frequent problems with |Grammar and word usage mistakes |

|79-76 |extremely limited; inappropriate |focus; problems with |indicates very limited |sentence structure |are frequent and interfere with |

| |examples or reasons; insufficient |coherence or flow of ideas |vocabulary and poor word | |meaning; poor mechanics |

| |evidence | |choice | | |

|3 |Position on topic demonstrates |Limited in organization and |Displays developing use of |Some problems with sentence |Contains many mistakes in grammar|

|83-80 |critical thinking skill applied |focus; demonstrates lapses in|language; contains indications|structure; lacks a variety of |word usage and mechanics |

| |inconsistently; inadequate |coherence or flow of ideas |of weak vocabulary and poor |sentence structures | |

| |examples, reasons or evidence | |word selection | | |

|4 |Position on topic demonstrates |Generally organized and |Displays adequate, but |Good sentence structure; |Contains some mistakes in |

|88-84 |competent critical thinking skill;|focused; demonstrates some |inconsistent, use of language;|demonstrates some variety of |grammar, word usage and mechanics|

| |example, reasons and evidence are |coherence and attention to |vocabulary used is generally |sentence structure | |

| |adequate |the flow of ideas |appropriate | | |

|5 |Position is effectively developed |Well organized and focused; |Displays competent use of |Good sentence structure; |Generally free of mistakes in |

|94-89 |through strong critical thinking |demonstrates coherence and |language; uses appropriate |demonstrates variety in |grammar, word usage and mechanics|

| |skill; examples, reasons and |ideas flow well |vocabulary |sentence structure | |

| |evidence are generally appropriate| | | | |

|6 |Position effectively and |Well organized and clearly |Displays skillful use of |Good sentence structure; |Free of most mistakes in grammar,|

|100-95 |insightfully developed through |focused; clearly coherent and|language; vocabulary is |demonstrates meaningful and |word usage and mechanics |

| |outstanding critical thinking |ideas flow seamlessly |accurate and varied; words are|skilled variety of sentence | |

| |skill; examples, reasons and | |appropriately and skillfully |structure | |

| |evidence are clearly appropriate | |chosen | | |

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