Points

Description

4

·   Maintains consistent focus on topic and has selected and relevant details

·   Has a logical organizational pattern and conveys a sense of completeness

and wholeness

·   Provides transitions which clearly serve to connect ideas

·   Uses language effectively by exhibiting word choices that are engaging and appropriate for intended audience and purpose

·   Includes sentences, or phrases where appropriate, of varied length and structure

·   Allows the reader to sense the person behind the words

3

·   Maintains adequate focus on the topic and has adequate supporting details

·   Has a logical organizational pattern and conveys a sense of wholeness and completeness, although some lapses occur

·   Provides adequate transitions in an attempt to connect ideas

·   Uses adequate language and appropriate word choices for intended audience

and purpose

·   Includes sentences, or phrases where appropriate, that are somewhat varied

in length and structure

·   Provides the reader with some sense of the person behind the words

2

·   Demonstrates an inconsistent focus and includes some supporting details,

but may include extraneous or loosely related material

·   Shows an attempt at an organizational pattern, but exhibits little sense of wholeness and completeness

·   Provides transitions which are weak or inconsistent

·   Has a limited and predictable vocabulary which may not be appropriate for the intended audience and purpose

·   Shows limited variety in sentence length and structure

·   Attempts somewhat to give the reader a sense of the person behind the words

1

·   Demonstrates little or no focus and few supporting details which may be inconsistent or interfere with the meaning of the text

·   Has little evidence of an organizational pattern or any sense of wholeness

and completeness

·   Provides transitions which are poorly utilized, or fails to provide transitions

·   Has a limited or inappropriate vocabulary for the intended audience and purpose

·   Has little or no variety in sentence length and structure

·   Provides the reader with little sense of the person behind the words

Z

·   Response is “I don’t know”; response is a question mark (?); response is one word; response is only the title of the prompt; or the prompt is simply recopied