DIRECTED WRITING - CRITERIA FOR LANGUAGE MARKING

BANDS DW MARKS LANGUAGE

Very accurate - occasional first draft slips

SENTENCE STRUC.
Varied length and types sophisticated to achieve particular effects Varied length and types some complex structures !ome variety in length and types tendency to use one type e"g" simple sentences !ome variety in length and types tendency to use simple structure (ittle variety

VOCAB.
Wide range and very precise

PUNCTUATION
Accurate

SPELLING
Accurate

ORGANISATION
Paragraphs well planned, unified and linked

INTEREST VALUE
Welladdressed interest aroused and sustained Welladdressed relevant and sustained #elevant $ut interest not sustained

STYLE & TONE

Always appropriate

19-20

B C

16-18

1 -1!

Accurate - occasional minor errors / first draft slips enerally accurate

Wide range with some precision Wide enough to convey meaning may lack precision Ade%uate to convey meaning

Always accurate

Always accurate enerally accurate !imple words spelt correctly

Almost always accurate esp" for simple structures

Paragraphs evidence of planning, appropriately linked Paragraphs show unity and at times inappropriately linked

Appropriate

Appropriate

10-12

!ufficiently accurate with patches of clarity &eaning is never in dou$t" 're%uent serious errors &eaning fairly clear Very fre%uent serious errors, some $lurring !ome sense Very fre%uent serious errors that impede reading" *lurring in most parts ,ardly any sense

enerally accurate with a few mistakes

enerally correct

!ometimes lack planning and unity

#elevant $ut lacks interest

Appropriate

E U#

"-9

(imited

're%uent mistakes

're%uent mistakes 're%uent mistakes

(ack planning and unity (ack planning and unity sometimes no paragraphs ,ardly organised

!ome relevance (ittle relevance

At times inappropriate )ften inappropriate

$-6

!imple and repetitive

(imited

're%uent mistakes

U##

2-

Very few accurate simple sentences

(imited + repetitive

Very fre%uent mistakes

Very fre%uent mistakes

Very little relevance

,idden $y the high density of errors

U###

0-1

&ostly fractured

-xtremely limited + imprecise

*arely a$le to use correctly

Very weak

Very poor

,ardly any

,ardly any

CONTINUOUS WRITING - CRITERIA FOR MARKING BANDS CW MARKS $$-!0 LANGUAGE

Very accurate - occasional first draft slips Accurate - occasional minor errors/ first draft slips enerally accurate

SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Varied length and types sophisticated to achieve particular effects Varied length and types some complex structures !ome variety in length and types tendency to use one type e"g" simple sentences !ome variety in length and types tendency to use simple structure (ittle variety

VOCAB.
Wide range and very precise Wide range with some precision Wide enough to convey meaning may lack precision Ade%uate to convey meaning (imited

PUNCTUATION
Accurate

SPELLING ORGANISATION
Accurate Paragraphs well planned, unified and linked Paragraphs evidence of planning, appropriately linked Paragraphs show unity and at times inappropriately linked !ometimes lack planning and unity (ack planning and unity (ack planning and unity sometimes no paragraphs ,ardly organised

INTEREST VALUE
Welladdressed interest aroused and sustained Welladdressed relevant and sustained #elevant $ut interest not sustained #elevant $ut lacks interest !ome relevance (ittle relevance

B C

8-$

Always accurate

Always accurate enerally accurate !imple words spelt correctly enerally correct 're%uent mistakes 're%uent mistakes

2- "

Almost always accurate esp" for simple structures enerally accurate with a few mistakes 're%uent mistakes

D E U#

26- 1

!ufficiently accurate with patches of clarity &eaning is never in dou$t" 're%uent serious errors &eaning fairly clear Very fre%uent serious errors, some $lurring !ome sense Very fre%uent serious errors that impede reading" *lurring in most parts ,ardly any sense

20-2!

1$-19

!imple and repetitive

(imited

're%uent mistakes

U##

8-1

Very few accurate simple sentences

(imited + repetitive

Very fre%uent mistakes

Very fre%uent mistakes

Very little relevance

U###

0-"

&ostly fractured

-xtremely limited + imprecise

*arely a$le to use correctly

Very weak

Very poor

,ardly any