FAIR: Student has completed some but not most sections of the form, not all the information is appropriate. Only short phrases and single words are being used.
POOR: Student has completed some but not most sections of the form, most of the information is not appropriate. Only short phrases and single words are being used.
EXCELLENT: There is an established purpose and audience; all components of the writing prompt are thoroughly addressed; required length; very complete information; ideas supported with detail and evidence; appropriate use of images and visual materials (as requested by the prompt); relevant; on target; answers What? Why? How?
GOOD: Some ambiguity of purpose and/or audience; prompt is addressed, but not thoroughly; required length; adequate information; some development of ideas; some ideas lack supporting detail or evidence; appropriate use of images and visual materials (as requested by the prompt); leaves the reader asking a few What? Why? How?
FAIR: Purpose and/or audience unclear; almost required length; limited information; ideas present but not developed; lack of supporting detail or evidence; incomplete or somehow inappropriate use of images and visual materials (as requested by the prompt); leaves the reader asking What? Why? How? questions.
POOR: Too short; minimal information; information lacks substance; inappropriate or irrelevant information; no use or inappropriate use of images and visual materials (as requested by the prompt).
EXCELLENT: Required format (letter, essay, email, etc.); logically and effectively ordered; main points and details are connected; fluent; not choppy whatsoever; appropriate introduction and conclusion; appropriate use of connectors; images and visual support (when used) are integrated with text.
GOOD: Required format (letter, essay, email, etc.); an apparent order to the content is intended; somewhat choppy; loosely organized but main points do stand out although sequencing of ideas is not complete; weak introduction and/or conclusion; missing some connectors; images and visual support (when used) are integrated with text.
FAIR: Format acceptable; limited order to the content; lacks logical sequencing of ideas; ineffective ordering; very choppy; lack of most connectors; lacking a logical introduction or conclusion; images and visual support (when used) appear alongside text but are not necessarily well integrated.
POOR: Format not acceptable; series of separate sentences with no transitions; disconnected ideas; no apparent order to the content; no introduction and/or conclusion; images and visual support (when used) have no direct relation to text.
EXCELLENT: Student demonstrates mastery of grammar presented in the chapter; many accurate examples of all grammar from lesson; very few errors in subject/verb, adjective/noun agreement; work was well edited for language.
GOOD: Several accurate examples of grammar presented in the chapter; possibly missing a few examples of grammar from the chapter; occasional errors in subject/verb or adjective/noun agreement; some editing for language evident but not complete.
FAIR: A few accurate examples of grammar presented in lesson but not all; frequent errors in subject/verb agreement; frequent errors in adjective/noun agreement; erroneous use of language often hinders understanding; work was poorly edited for language.
POOR: Very few accurate examples of grammar presented in lesson; very frequent errors in subject/verb agreement; non-Spanish sentence structure; erroneous use of language makes the work difficult to understand or mostly incomprehensible; no evidence of having edited the work for language.