WRITING ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (PARAGRAPH)
CONTENT (5) ORGANIZATION (5) VOCABULARY (4) GRAMMAR (4) MECHANICS (2)
• No relevance to the given topic • Completely disorganized • No level-appropriate • Serious lack of language • No control over spelling and
or task not attempted • No unity and coherence vocabulary • No attempt to use learned punctuation, capitalization,
0 • No development of ideas • Poor knowledge of words and structures and paragraph indentation
word forms etc…
•Considerably irrelevant to the • Disorganized (no sentence with main • Uses limited range of level - • The language is rarely clear •Occasional errors in spelling,
given topic idea or supporting sentences) appropriate vocabulary. • Significant defects in the use of punctuation, capitalization,
•Shows little knowledge of • Serious disorganization. • Most of them are inaccurate or even basic structures paragraph indentation, etc.,
1 subject • Mostly incoherent; ideas and examples irrelevant • Frequent errors in agreement, which do not interfere with
are disconnected / almost no signal or • Translation-based errors number, tense, negation, word meaning
linking words order, articles, pronouns,
prepositions.
• Inadequate coverage of the • Inadequately organized (badly expressed • Shows some use of varied word • Few examples of learned • Almost no errors in
topic with inappropriate and/or or misplaced sentences, insufficient choice that is relevant to the structures conventions of spelling,
insufficient ideas and examples supporting ideas/very short details/ no content • Occasional mistakes in using punctuation, capitalization,
2 sentence which concludes the paragraph. • Frequent word errors; appropriate grammatical paragraph indentation, etc
• Considerably incoherent; ideas are not inappropriate choice and usage structures, which cause problems
well connected in conveying the message.
• Adequate coverage of the • Adequately organized ( i.e: a weak • Adequate range of level- •No major difficulties in the use
topic, but addresses the topic sentence (containing the main idea) with appropriate vocabulary that is of appropriate grammatical
using somewhat appropriate correct placement, unbalanced relevant to the content structures
and/or sufficient ideas development of supporting ideas or a weak • Some errors of word/idiom • Some problems in the use of
3 concluding sentence) choice, but effective transmission complex constructions.
• Mostly coherent and fluent passage; of meaning.
ideas flow meaningfully and logically, but
may contain some redundancy and some
unclear connections
• Good coverage of the topic • Generally well-organized (sufficiently • A wide range of level- •Use of a wide range of learned
with relevant, clear, appropriate, developed sentences) appropriate vocabulary that is structures effectively and
and sufficient ideas and examples • Coherent and fluent passage; ideas relevant to the content is used accurately.
4 generally flow meaningfully and logically effectively and accurately •Hardly any grammatical
• Very few mistakes in the word mistakes causing problem in
choice conveying the message.
• Very good coverage of the topic • Well-organized (a good sentence which
• Fully developed paragraph or contains the main idea, fully developed
paragraphs with very good supporting ideas, and a good sentence
5 justification which concludes the paragraph)
• Very coherent and fluent passage with
appropriate linking/signal words.
