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Book 7 / Unit 3
Writing Rubric
   WRITING RUBRIC

Target Function Target Lexis Target Grammar

• Writing a funny story • amazing, awesome, hilarious, • comparison using 'as' – 'as'
incredible, funny, really funny,
ridiculous, unbelievable

Limited ability Developing ability Good ability Strong ability

(1 point) (2 points) (3 points) (4 points)

Attempts but is Is able to write a Is able to write a Is able to write a

unable to write a funny story but funny story but funny story.
Communicative
funny story. message is not incompletely. e.g. “The singing
Competence
clear. e.g. “When we were monkeys on the bus
e.g. “The bus was on the bus, that was were hilarious.”
hilarious.” hilarious.”

Uses one or two Uses up to three Uses up to six Uses at least seven
target lexical items target lexical items target lexical items, target lexical items
Vocabulary
with errors. but may confuse sometimes with correctly.
words. spelling errors.

Gives an Attempts to use Uses target Uses target

unstructured target grammar grammar with grammar correctly.
response. structure. errors/mistakes. e.g. “The crocodile
Grammar
e.g. “The crocodile e.g. “The crocodile was as funny as a
was like funny as a was funny as clown.” clown.”
clown.”

Punctuation marks Punctuation Punctuation Punctuation

and capital letters marks and capital marks and capital marks and capital
Punctuation and are random. letters are used letters are used letters are used
Capitalization inconsistently. appropriately with appropriately.
no more than two
errors.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
6% 12% 19% 25% 31% 37% 44% 50% 56% 62% 69% 75% 81% 87% 94% 100%

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