General Education Assessment FL 201 Writing Rubric

 
FOCUS
 
/ CULTURAL
 
CONTENT

4



3



2



1

Novice - High



Novice - Mid



Novice - Low



Inadequate

writes required number of sentences;  demonstrates significant knowledge of cultural differences;  well-thought-out and carefully developed with effective supporting detail; interesting to read

writes almost all required number of sentences; demonstrates partial knowledge of cultural differences; does not fully explore the topic; may incompletely support some ideas or includes irrelevant ideas

writes few sentences; demonstrates little knowledge of cultural differences as applied to the situational context described;  explores topic only superficially and develops inadequately many ideas; ideas may be unsupported or irrelevant

writes very little;  demonstrates no knowledge of cultural differences as applied to the situational context described

 
ORGANIZATION

4

3

2

 1

Novice - High

Novice - Mid

Novice - Low

Inadequate

flow of ideas is fluid and logical

flows adequately, but often disconnected

difficult to follow

no organization

 
GRAMMAR

4


3


2

 1

Novice - High


Novice - Mid


Novice - Low

Inadequate

uses various different sentences structures; at the appropriate level of complexity for 201;  only minor mistakes

some significant errors; tends to overuse simple construction; some repetition in structures

frequent significant errors;  meaning often confused or obscured

too many errors to understand

 
VOCABULARY

4

3

2

 1

Novice - High

Novice - Mid

Novice - Low

Inadequate

uses consistently appropriate vocabulary for each topic

accurate vocabulary but some errors and some repetitions

very limited vocabulary; many repetitions

vocabulary extremely limited;  English interference frequent

 
CONVENTIONS

4

3

2

 1

Novice - High

Novice - Mid

Novice - Low

Inadequate

almost no spelling errors;  good punctuation and presentation; easy to read

some spelling errors; not too hard to read

many spelling errors; sometimes hard to read

persistent and constant spelling errors; very hard to read