Excellent

Good

Average

Poor

Content/Ideas

· Relevant to topic

· Well-developed

· Lacks detail

· Insufficient ideas

· Ideas confused or disconnected

Organization

· Well-organized

· Focused

· Loosely organized

· Unorganized

· Unable to evaluate due to lack of content

Grammar (sentence structure, verb conjugations, agreement, articles, pronouns, prepositions)

· Use of complex structures with few errors

· Correct use of simple structures

· Use of complex structures with occasional errors

· Use of simple structures with few errors

· Use of simple structures with occasional errors

· Incorrect use of simple structures

Vocabulary (word choice)

· Variety of expressions

· Use of idioms

· Variety of expressions with occasional errors

· Basic expressions

· Limited use of English

· Meaning Confused or Obscured

· Frequent use of English

Mechanics (spelling, punctuation, capitalization)

· Few errors

· Occasional errors

· Frequent errors

· No apparent understanding of mechanics