RUBRIC FOR THE GUIDED WRITING

GRADE CONTENT:*: elaboration of ORGANIZATION: coherence (logical GRAMMAR: accuracy, range, VOCABULARY: accuracy, range,
ideas/information given order), cohesion (connectivity) & punctuation spelling
fluent presention of ideas
5 fulfills the task successfully is well-organized (easy to follow) - has a high level of grammatical - has a high level of lexical accuracy;
successfully - all the prompts given are included and - order of ideas is logical accuracy; may contain minor/rare may contain minor/rare errors
meets addressed properly - is cohesive through a wide range of errors - has a wide range of vocabulary
expectations cohesive devices, e.g., linkers, - has a wide range of structures - may contain minor/rare spelling
reference words, etc. - may contain minor/rare errors
punctuation errors
4 fulfills the task to a large extent is generally well-organized (requires - has a relatively high level of - has a relatively high level of lexical
meets - all prompts are included, but not all little effort to follow) grammatical accuracy; may contain accuracy; may contain occasional
expectations are addressed properly OR - order of ideas is generally logical occasional errors errors
there are missing prompts* - is cohesive through a variety of - has a good range of structures - has a good range of vocabulary
cohesive devices, e.g., linkers, - may contain occasional punctuation - may contain occasional spelling
reference words, etc. errors errors
3 fulfills the task to some extent is adequately organized (may require - has adequate control of - has adequate control of lexical
approaches - all prompts are included, but few are some effort to follow) grammatical accuracy; contains some accuracy; contains some noticeable
expectations addressed properly OR - problems with the order of ideas noticeable errors that do not hinder errors that do not hinder
there are missing prompts* - is adequately cohesive through understanding understanding
some cohesive devices, e.g., linkers, - includes an adequate range of - includes an adequate range of
reference words, etc. structures vocabulary
- may contain some punctuation - may contain some spelling errors
errors
2 fulfills the task to a limited extent is barely organized (hard to follow) - has limited grammatical accuracy; - has limited lexical accuracy;
needs - information is limited / repetitive - severe problems with the ordering contains frequent errors that may contains frequent errors that may
development - there are missing prompts* of the ideas hinder understanding hinder understanding
- displays limited cohesion - includes a limited range of - includes a limited range of
structures vocabulary
- may contain frequent punctuation - may contain frequent spelling
errors errors
1 hardly fulfills the task is not organized at all - has very limited grammatical - has very limited lexical accuracy;
is inadequate - information is extremely limited - doesn’t display a notion of cohesion accuracy; contains very frequent contains very frequent errors that
- there are missing prompts* errors that hinder understanding hinder understanding
- includes a very limited range of - includes a very limited range of
structures vocabulary
- may contain very frequent - may contain very frequent spelling
punctuation errors errors

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*Missing prompts table

The task ___ prompt Paper merits a

includes ___ is/prompts maximum of ___
prompts. are missing for content
2 1 2
3 1 3
2 2
4 1 4
2 2
3 1
5 1 4
2 3
3 2
4 1
6 1 4
2 3
3 2
4 2
5 1

GUIDELINES
1- If a response is under the word limit and thus does NOT answer the question effectively, take points off for Content accordingly.
2- If the response exceeds the word limit, do not penalize.
3- Range in grammar concerns the grammar points covered and expected in the relevant DBE group, and range in vocabulary concerns the vocabulary
students are expected to know in the relevant DBE group.
4- If a response gets 1 for Content, it can get a maximum of 2 for Organization, Grammar, and Vocabulary.
e.g., Content 1 > Organization: 2, Grammar: 2, Vocabulary: 2. This paper can get a maximum of 7 out of 20 on the MT.
5- An outline is included: C&A.
6- Insufficient response (only a few sentences / pieces of relevant information): The paper merits 1 in total*.
7- The output is off-topic: The paper merits 1 in total*.
8- No attempt at the task (blank paper): The paper merits 1 in total*.

* The paper merits in total: 1/20 in midterms; 1/100 in PEPs.

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 FOR AN E-MAIL FOR A BLOG POST FOR A LETTER FOR A REVIEW
Expectations Students are expected to Students are expected to Students are expected to Students are expected to address all the
address all the prompts given address all the prompts address all the prompts prompts properly using the appropriate
properly, use the appropriate properly using the properly, use the appropriate register.
register, and start and end their appropriate register. register, and start and end
e-mail appropriately. their letter appropriately.
What-if case There is no -1 from Introduction of Do not There is no -1 from Use of simple or Penalize for
scenarios proper beginning total the blog is missing penalize. proper total repetitive words, Vocabulary
and/or ending (e.g., I write beginning such as "good," accordingly.
(There is no about… The and/or ending "bad," "interesting,"
greeting or name of my (There is no rather than more
closure and/or blog comes greeting or nuanced or
there is no from…) closure and/or descriptive terms:
indentation after there is no
the greeting indentation
and/or before the after the
closure) greeting
and/or before
the closure):
There are -1 from Date or Do not There are -1 from Confusion in the Penalize for
informal total if subheading penalize. informal total if review's structure, Organization
elements (e.g., there is missing elements (e.g., there is such as jumping accordingly.
emojis, wanna, repetitive emojis, wanna, repetitive between plot points
gonna, etc.) use of gonna, etc.) use of and personal
throughout the informal throughout the informal opinions without
text: elements in text: elements in clear separation:
a formal e- a formal
mail task:* letter task
*Do not penalize if the task Shallow or overly Penalize for
requires writing an informal e- general comments Content
mail. (e.g., "The movie accordingly.
was fun"), instead
of providing
detailed analysis or
supporting
opinions: