Mar k / Crite rion
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Content (relevance and development of ideas)
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Organization (cohesion, paragraphing, and format)
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Vocabulary (style andaccuracy)
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Grammar (style and accuracy) and Punctuation
(accuracy)
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6
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consistent and intentional misuse of
register* may
indicate a writer’spersonal style.
All content points are fully
addressed and
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Uses a wide range of advanced connectors accurately; referencing is mostly clear.
Uses paragraphs to separate ideas; all paragraphs revolve around one idea or a set of like ideas; the size of each paragraph allows for a proper and balanced development of ideas.
The format is appropriate
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Uses a range of advanced vocabulary appropriately; uses less common lexical items with occasional in appropriacies.
Has good control of word formation; may make occasional errors in producing less common word forms.
Spells common vocabulary items correctly; very few (one or two) occasional spellingmistakes may be present.
May occasionally misspell less common
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Writes simple and compound sentence forms correctly and demonstrates variety in
length and complexity.
Uses complex sentences accurately,
Rare errors in grammar and/or punctuation
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developed in a balanced way.
*Such misuse of register should not harm the format of
writing.
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lexical items.
Errors in word choice and/or spelling do not distort meaning.
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5
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All content is relevant to the task; insignificant content omissions may be present.
The register on the whole corresponds to the requirements of the task;
occasional and inconsistent misuse of register may be present.
Most content points are addressed,but their
development may be slightly imbalanced.
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Uses a range of basic connectors accurately and attempts to use more advanced connectors, but not always accurately, and referencing, but not always clearly or appropriately.
Uses paragraphs to separate ideas; most paragraphs revolve around one idea or a set of like ideas; the size of each paragraph may reflect imbalanced development ofideas.
The format is appropriate.
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Uses a range of everyday vocabulary appropriately; uses less common lexical items, but may make frequent errors.
Has good control of word formation; may make errors in producing less common word forms.
Spells common vocabulary items correctly; few (no more than five) occasional spellingmistakes may be present.
common lexical items.
Errors in word choice and/or spelling do not distort meaning.
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Writes simple and compound sentence forms correctly, but
does not
demonstrate variety in length.
grammar and/or punctuation do not distort meaning.
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4
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task; insignificant content omissions may be present.
The register on the whole corresponds to the requirements of the task.
Most content
points are addressed, but
some content points may be
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connectors accurately.
Uses paragraphs to separate ideas, but tends to misuse paragraphing (a script is a set of very short
paragraphs or some paragraphs may be much longer than other ones for no apparent reason).
The format is generally appropriate.
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generally appropriately, while occasionally overusing certain lexical items.
Has good control of word formation; can produce common word forms correctly.
May make infrequent errors in spelling more difficult words.
Errors in word choice and/or spelling rarely distort meaning.
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compound sentence forms correctly.
While errors in grammar and/or punctuation are noticeable, meaning is rarely distorted.
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more fully
covered than others.
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3
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Some content is relevant to the
task; significant content omissions may be present.
register barely
corresponds to the requirements of the task.
Only some content points, which are minimally
addressed.
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Uses some basic connectors,
but these may be inaccurate or repetitive.
paragraphs, but may not use them to separate ideas (a script may have random breaks between paragraphs).
The format may be inappropriate in places.
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Uses basic vocabulary reasonably appropriately.
Has some control of word formation; can produce some common word forms correctly.
Makes frequent errors in spelling more difficult words, but simple words are spelled correctly.
Errors in word choice and/orspelling distort meaning at times.
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Writes simple sentence forms mostly correctly.
Errors in grammar and/or punctuation may distort meaning at times.
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2
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Severe irrelevances and misinterpretatio ns of the task may be present.
Only few content points, which are minimally addressed.
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May use a very limited rangeof basic cohesive devices, and those used may not indicate alogical relationship between ideas.
Attempts to write in paragraphs, but their use may be confusing (may start every sentence with a new line).
The format may be inappropriate.
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Uses an extremely limitedrange of vocabulary.
Has very limited control of word formation; can produce a few common word forms
correctly.
Makes many errors in spelling, including a range of simplewords.
Errors in word choice and/orspelling distort meaning.
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Writes some simple sentence forms correctly.
Frequent errorsin grammarand/
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1
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largely misinterpreted and the response is barely relevant tothe task.
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Links are missing or incorrect.
Does not write in paragraphs at all (a script is a block of text).
The format is not appropriate.
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Can only use a few isolated
words and/or memorized phrases.
Has essentially no control of word formation; can barely produce any word forms.
Displays few examples ofconventional spelling.
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No evidence of sentence forms.
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