Points

Description

4

• maintains consistent focus on the topic and has ample supporting details
• has a logical organizational pattern and conveys a sense of completeness and wholeness
• provides transitions which clearly serve to connect ideas
• uses language effectively by exhibiting word choices that are engaging and appropriate for intended audience and purpose
• includes sentences, or phrases where appropriate, of varied length and structure
• allows the reader to sense the person behind the words

3

• maintains adequate focus on the topic and has adequate supporting details
• has a logical organizational pattern and conveys a sense of wholeness and completeness, although some lapses occur
• provides adequate transitions in an attempt to connect ideas
• uses effective language and appropriate word choices for intended audience and purpose<
• includes sentences, or phrases where appropriate, that are somewhat varied in length and structure
• provides the reader with some sense of the person behind the words

2

• demonstrates an inconsistent focus and includes some supporting details, but may include extraneous or loosely related material
• shows an attempt at an organizational pattern, but exhibits little sense of wholeness and completeness
• provides transitions which are weak or inconsistent<LI>has a limited and predictable vocabulary which may not be appropriate for the intended audience and purpose
• shows limited variety in sentence length and structure
• attempts somewhat to give the reader a sense of the person behind the words

1

• demonstrates little or no focus and few supporting details which may be inconsistent or interfere with the meaning of the test
• has little evidence of an organizations pattern or any sense of wholeness and completeness
• provides transition which are poorly utilized, or fails to provide transitions
• has a limited or inappropriate vocabulary for the intended audience and purpose
• has little or no variety in sentence length and structure
• provides the reader with little or no sense of the person behind the words

0

• response is "I don’t know"; response is a question mark (?); response is one word; response is only the title of the prompt; or the prompt is simply recopied.