Content, Organization, and Style Scoring Guide
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Content, Organization, and Style Scoring Guide
Ideas 4- Maintains consistent focus on topic and has selected relevant details/elaboration 3- Maintains adequate focus on topic and has adequate supporting details/elaboration 2- Demonstrates an inconsistent focus, and includes some support details, but may include loosely related details, or extra info not related to topic.
Organization 4- Has a logical organization pattern, sense of wholeness/completeness- hook, topic sentence, body paragraphs, and complete conclusion. 3- Has a logical organizational pattern- conveys a sense of wholeness but some lapses occur. 2- Shows an attempt at organization, but has little sense of wholeness/completeness.
Transitions 4- Provides transitions which clearly connect ideas. 3- Provides adequate transition in an attempt to connect ideas. 2- Provides weak transitions that are inconstant.
Word Choice 4- Uses language effectively, by exhibiting word choices that are engaging and appropriate 3- Uses adequate language and appropriate word choice. 2- Has Limited and predicable vocabulary, and may not be appropriate for audience.
Sentence Structure 4- Includes sentences of varied length and structure 3- Introduces sentences that are somewhat varied in length and structure. 2- Has little to no variety in sentence length and structure.
Voice 4- Allows the reader to sense the person behind the words. 3- Provides the reader with some sense of the person behind the words. 2- Attempts somewhat to give the reader a sense of the person behind the words. Convention Scoring Guide
Grammar and Usage 2- Consistently follows the rules for Standard English for grammar and usage 1-Generally follows the rules for Standard English for grammar and usage 0-Mostly does not follow the rules of Standard English for grammar and usage
Spelling 2-Consistently follows the rules for Standard English for spelling and commonly used words 1-Generally follows the rules for Standard English for spelling and commonly used words 0-Mostly does not follow the rules of Standard English for spelling and commonly used words Capitalization 2-Consistently follows the rules for Standard English for capitalization 1-Generally follows the rules for Standard English for capitalization 0-Mostly does not follow the rules of Standard English for capitalization Punctuation 2-Consistently follows the rules for Standard English for punctuation 1-Generally follows the rules for Standard English for punctuation 0-Mostly does not follow the rules of Standard English for punctuation
Complete Sentences 2-Exhibits the use of complete sentences except 1-Generally exhibits the use of complete sentences 0-Errors in sentence structure impede communication- lots of Fragments and run-ons Indents ALL Paragraphs 2-Indicates paragraphs consistently 1-Indicates paragraphs for the most part 0-Mostly does not indicate paragraphs
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