ASPECT1 Grammar Structure Relevancy of information Vocabulary & spelling

No grammar errors; uses advanced Demonstrates excellent grasp of Demonstrates firm grasp of Uses extensive vocabulary and
sentence structure and grammar paragraph structure and material and uses the most incorporates vocabulary from
organization of text relevant information, incorporates lessons. No spelling errors
all aspects requested in prompt
POINTS (TOTAL=20) 6 5 4 5
2
1-3 minor grammar errors, uses good Demonstrates good grasp of Demonstrates good grasp of Demonstrates good vocabulary
sentence structure. paragraph structure and material and uses mostly relevant and incorporates some vocabulary
organization of text. Text is information, incorporates all from lessons. 1-3 spelling errors
cohesive. aspects requested in prompt.
POINTS 5 4 3 4
4-5 minor grammar errors, uses Demonstrates adequate grasp of Demonstrates adequate grasp of Demonstrates adequate
adequate sentence structure. paragraph structure and material and uses some relevant vocabulary with 1 or 2 examples of
organization of text. Text is mostly information, incorporates most vocabulary from the lessons. 4-6
cohesive. aspects requested in prompt. spelling errors.
POINTS 4 3 2 3
6-7 grammar errors (or fewer but Demonstrates less than adequate Demonstrates poor grasp of Demonstrates less than adequate
serious); poor sentence structure. grasp of paragraph structure and material, information is mostly vocabulary. 7-
organization of text. Cohesion is irrelevant, does not incorporate all 8 spelling errors.
affected. aspects requested in prompt.
POINTS 3 2 1 2
More than 7 grammar errors; Poor grasp of paragraph structure Extremely poor grasp of material, More than 8 spelling errors.
extremely poor sentence structure. and organization of text. Text is information is irrelevant, does not Limited vocabulary.
not cohesive. respond to prompt.
3 4
POINTS Between 2 and 1 1 0 1
Errors are so frequent that text cannot Paragraph structure and Did not respond to the prompt, Vocabulary is extremely limited.
be evaluated or understandability is organization is so poor that text information is too limited to Spelling mistakes are pervasive
compromised. cannot be evaluated. evaluate, or student writes about
a different topic.
5
POINTS 0 (DIRECT FAIL) 0 (DIRECT FAIL) 0 (DIRECT FAIL) 0 (DIRECT FAIL)

1
We have decided that the grammar component should have a stronger impact on the final grade, followed by structure & vocabulary, and, finally, relevance. Notice that the spelling
component is now included in the vocabulary section.
2
We would also like to highlight the fact that what matters is not only the number of errors, but also the type of errors. For instance, errors involving Subject-Verb agreement, or involving
incorrect verb forms are too serious at this level.
3
Since the maximum points for grammar is 6, this adjustment was considered necessary.
4
I can’t see the difference between this and the previous one.
5
We also understand that a zero in any of the aspects involves a direct fail: if the grammar, the vocabulary or the structure is too poor then they are below the required level; and if they
write about a different topic, they cannot pass (it would be too easy for them, simply to learn something by heart and then use it no matter what the prompt is....!!!)