Criteria
Message
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How clearly can the student develop and organize relevant ideas?
1-2
• The development of ideas is
confusing; supporting details are limited and/or not appropriate
• The ideas are irrelevant and/or repetitive
Format
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How correctly does the student produce the required text type?
3
• The ideas are relevant to some extent
• The development of ideas is evident at times; supporting details are sometimes appropriate
4
• The ideas are mostly relevant • The development of ideas is
coherent; supporting details are mostly appropriate
• Conventions appropriate to the
• Conventions appropriate to the
• Does not maintain focus
• Blog summarises events • sometimes on-task; purpose is
• Blog summarises events and
To what extent are the conventions of text types appropriate?
text type are very limited
not always clear. Digresses regularly
• The ideas are relevant • The development of ideas is coherent and effective; supporting details are appropriate
6-7
• The development of ideas is
coherent and thorough; supporting details are highly appropriate
• The ideas are relevant and effective
• Conventions appropriate to the text type are not used.
5
text type are evident
makes comment about them
• mostly on-task; purpose can be identified but with occasional digressions
• Conventions appropriate to the text type are effective and evident.
• Blog reflects on events and provides some personal opinion
• stays on-task; purpose is clear with few digressions
• Conventions appropriate to the text type are manipulated effectively and applied with flair.
• Blog reflects on events and clearly draws personal conclusions
• clear attention to the task;
purpose is clear and there are no informal digressions
Language
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How effectively and accurately does the student use language?
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• some degree of clarity and
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• some degree of accuracy in
the use of language is not readily comprehensible many lapses in grammar and sentence fluency
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vocabulary, register, and style is rarely accurate, appropriate, or effective
coherence in the use of language
grammar and sentence fluency
• vocabulary, register, and style is sometimes appropriate in connection with the assignment
• adequately clear and coherent use of language
• only a few significant lapses in grammar and sentence fluency
• some care shown in the choice
of vocabulary; adequate use of register and style appropriate to the assignment
• wide range of vocabulary is used accurately and effectively, with very few errors.
• no significant lapses in
grammar and sentence fluency
• effective use of register and style appropriate to the assignment
• wide range of vocabulary is
used accurately and effectively, with no errors
• highly effective register and style appropriate to the assignment
• combines colloquialisms with complex phrases