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.
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.
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.
POOR: format not acceptable; series of separate sentences with no transitions; disconnected ideas; no apparent order to the content; no introduction and/or conclusion.
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.
EXCELLENT: student maximized opportunities for use of words presented in lesson; precise and effective word use and choice; rich and varied vocabulary.
GOOD: several examples of words presented in lesson, but there was opportunity for more; some erroneous word usage or choice; limited variety of vocabulary.
FAIR: used a few words presented in the lesson; erroneous word use or choice leads to confused or obscured meaning; some literal translations and invented words; some words used repetitively.
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