Universidad del Norte Instituto de Idiomas Exigencia Idiomas VII Writing Rubric for Assessment Two: An Opinion Essay

y Criteria and Standards Content 100 Writers opinion is clear and very well-supported. Includes many excellent examples, details, reasons, and facts. 85 Writers opinion is clear and well-supported. Includes many good examples, details, reasons, and facts.

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70 Writers opinion is clear and adequately supported. Includes adequate examples, details, reasons, and facts.

50 Writers opinion is clear but may be poorly supported. May include few examples, details, reasons, or facts.

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20 May not correspond to assignment guidelines or options. Opinion may not be clear or supported. May include very few examples, details, reasons, or facts. May not be four paragraphs. Introductory paragraph may not have a hook or thesis statement. Body paragraphs may have very poor topic sentences or limited support. Concluding paragraph may not restate thesis. Organization may cause many problems. Many vocabulary errors and/or very limited range of vocabulary. Many general grammatical errors. These errors often interfere with communication. Grammar is severely inappropriate for the level.

Introductory Paragraph and Essay Organization

Four paragraphs. Introductory paragraph includes an excellent hook and thesis statement. Both body paragraphs have an excellent topic sentence and support. Concluding paragraph restates the thesis. Ideas are very well organized.

Four paragraphs. Introductory paragraph includes a good hook and thesis statement. Both body paragraphs have a good topic sentence and support. Concluding paragraph restates the thesis. Ideas are well organized.

Four paragraphs. Introductory paragraph includes an adequate hook and thesis statement. Both body paragraphs have a topic sentence and support. Concluding paragraph restates the thesis. Ideas are organized adequately.

Four paragraphs. Introductory paragraph may not have an adequate hook or thesis statement. Body paragraphs may have poor topic sentences and/or limited support. Concluding paragraph may not restate thesis. Organization may cause some problems. Frequently inaccurate use of vocabulary and/or limited range of vocabulary. Frequent grammatical errors. These errors interfere slightly with communication. Grammar is inappropriate for the level.

Vocabulary

Accurate use of vocabulary. Excellent range of vocabulary.

Mostly accurate use of vocabulary. Good range of vocabulary. Few grammatical errors. These errors do not interfere with communication. Grammar is appropriate for the level.

Occasionally inaccurate use of vocabulary. Adequate range of vocabulary. Occasional grammatical errors. These errors do not interfere with communication. Grammar is appropriate for the level.

Grammar present simple and progressive, present perfect, present perfect progressive, past simple and progressive, future tenses, modals, ifclauses, noun clauses, passive, past unreal conditionals Sentence Variety simple, compound, complex, compoundcomplex sentences

Very few grammatical errors. These errors do not interfere with communication. Grammar is appropriate for the level.

Excellent use of all sentence types covered in class with no structural or punctuation errors. Excellent sentence variety. Error-free spelling, capitalization, and spacing. Minor general punctuation errors.

Good use of all sentence types covered in class with minimal structural or punctuation errors. Good sentence variety. Few spelling, capitalization, and spacing errors. Minor general punctuation errors.

Adequate use of most of the sentence types covered in class with few structural or punctuation errors. Adequate sentence variety. Some spelling, capitalization, spacing, and general punctuation errors.

Limited use of sentence types covered in class with some structural or punctuation errors. Limited sentence variety. Frequent spelling, capitalization, spacing, and general punctuation errors.

Very limited use of sentence types covered in class and/or there are many errors. Very limited sentence variety.

*Mechanics

Many spelling, capitalization, spacing, and general punctuation errors.

*General punctuation is assessed in Mechanics not in Sentence Variety. In this level, examples of general punctuation include apostrophes (in contractions or possessives) and commas in lists.