Essay Scoring Rubric



COMPOSITION SCORING RUBRIC

|  |  |TARGET |ACCEPTABLE |UNACCEPTABLE |

| | |9-10 |HIGH LOW |4-5 |

| | | |7-8          6 | |

|Content |_____ out of |Interesting content |Some interesting content;|Conventional ideas or |Cursory; gives the |

| |10 points |and presentation; |points not sustained or |clichés; little |impression of writing |

| | |ideas well conceived|not fully developed. |supporting detail |just to complete the |

| | |and developed with | |included. |assignment. |

| | |sufficient examples.| | | |

|  |  |5 |4 |3 |2 |

|Structure, Logic and|_____ out of |Logical progression |Logical progression of |Gaps in logic or no |Disorganized; appears |

|Transitions |5 points |of ideas with |ideas but often lacks |transitions. |to have been written as|

| | |well-executed |transitions. | |thoughts occurred to |

| | |transitions. | | |the writer. |

|  |  |13-15 |11-12 |9-10 |7-8 |

|Grammatical Accuracy|_____ out of |Appropriate level of|Confined to simpler |Errors frequently |Message is largely |

| |15 points |complexity in syntax|sentences or structures |affect |incomprehensible due to|

| | |with very few |with very few errors OR |comprehensibility, or |inaccurate grammar, |

| | |errors, if any. |shows variety and |very basic types of |which alters or |

| | | |complexity in syntax with|errors (subject-verb |obscures it, OR reader |

| | | |errors that do not affect|agreement; |must know English to |

| | | |comprehensibility. |noun-adjective |comprehend much of the |

| | | | |agreement, etc.) |message. |

|  |  |13-15 |11-12 |9-10 |7-8 |

|Vocabulary/ Word |_____ out of |Uses sufficient, |Usually uses |Often uses |Uses only elementary |

|Choice |15 points |appropriate, and |appropriate vocabulary |inappropriate, or |vocabulary; creates |

| | |varied vocabulary; |with some variety; some|non-specific |nonexistent words |

| | |English influence not |errors in usage that do|vocabulary; lack of |from English OR uses |

| | |apparent; rich variety|not affect the message;|variety in word |words in English; |

| | |of Spanish idioms; no |occasional appropriate |choice; avoids use of |translates English |

| | |literal translation |use of Spanish idioms. |Spanish idioms; |idioms verbatim. |

| | |from English. | |English-inluenced word| |

| | | | |choice. | |

|  |  |5 |4 |2-3 |0 |

|Punctuation, |_____ out of 5|Correct spelling |Occasional mechanical |Frequent mechanical |English spelling and |

|Spelling, and |points |(including accents) |errors. |errors. |punctuation: no |

|Presentation | |and punctuation; | | |accents; mechanical |

| | |neatly typed with | | |errors in most |

| | |correct format as | | |sentences. |

| | |specified (MLA). | | | |

|Total |_____ out of |  |  |  |  |

| |50 points | | | | |

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