to therequirements of the task; consistent and intentionalmisuse of register* mayindicate a writer’s personal style.
All content points are fully addressed and developed in a balanced way.
*Such misuse of register should not harm the format of writing.
Uses a wide range of connectors
accurately; referencing is mostly clear.
Uses paragraphs to separate ideas; all paragraphs revolvearound one idea or a set oflike ideas; the size of each paragraph allows for a proper and balanced development of ideas.
The format is appropriate, but may be modified for a better reading experience.
Uses a range of everyday vocabulary appropriately; attempts to use less common lexical items with occasional inappropriacies.
more advanced connectors, but not always accurately, and referencing,but not alwaysclearly or appropriately.
Uses paragraphs to separate ideas; most paragraphs revolve around one idea or aset of like ideas; the size of each paragraph may reflect imbalanced development of ideas.
The format is appropriate.
lexical items, but may make frequent errors.
Has good control of word formation; may make errorsin producing less common word forms.
Spells common vocabularyitems correctly; few (no more than five) occasional spelling mistakes may be present.
May often misspell lesscommon lexical items.
Errors in word choice and/or spelling do not distort
meaning.
does not demonstrate variety in length.
Occasio nal errors in gramma r and/or punctuat iondo not distort meaning
.
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Most content is relevant to thetask; insignificant contentomissions may be present.
The register on the whole corresponds
Most content points are addressed, but some content points may be more fully covered than others.
Uses a range of basic connectors accurately.
Uses paragraphs to separateideas, but tends to misuse paragraphing (a script is a set of very short paragraphs or some paragraphs may bemuch longer than other onesfor no apparent reason).
The format is generally
appropriate.
Uses everyday vocabulary generally appropriately, while occasionally overusingcertain lexical items.
Has good control of wordformation; can produce common word forms correctly.
May make infrequent errorsin spelling more difficult words.
Errors in word choice and/or spelling rarely distort
meaning.
Writes simple and some compou nd sentence forms correctl y.
While errors in grammar and/or punctuatio n are noticeable, meaning is rarely distorted.