Rubrik

Hello class,

This is the rubrik that is going to be used to evaluate your vocabulary assignments.

your teacher.

                  RUBRIC FOR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS

(70% Exactness)

Concept	Exceptional (6)	Competent (5-4)	Needs work  (3-2)	Incompetent (1-0)
Vocabulary (30%)	The writing displays  remarkable vocabulary mastery. Lexical density is high-level. Words and/or expressions are varied, complex, dated, and well collocated. Striking management/ use of affixes. Appropriate style and register in word choice. No wordiness, redundancy and/or pomposity present.	The writing displays good vocabulary usage. Lexical density is mid-level. Words and/or expressions variegate but tend to be outdated or/and simplistic. Minor errors in collocations. Style and register in word choice becomes unfitting at times. Good management/ use of affixes. Wordiness, redundancy and/or pomposity partially obfuscate the writing.	The writing displays fair vocabulary usage. Lexical density is low-level. Words and/or expressions are repeated, elementary and/or fall out of use. Major errors in collocations. Style and register is mostly inappropriate in word choice. Fair management/ use of affixes. Wordiness, redundancy and/or pomposity rather obfuscate the writing.	The writing  displays poor vocabulary usage. No lexical-density. Words and/or expressions are basic, over repeated and there is not even awareness of word fashion and collocations. Style and register is inappropriate in the whole writing. Poor and/or no management / use of affixes. Wordiness, redundancy and/or pomposity obfuscate the entire writing.
Grammar (20%)	The writing is flawless in tense, number and agreement. It includes a sophisticated variety of tenses and structures.	The writing has occasional grammatical mistakes (1 to 4) in tense, number or agreement. It includes a wide variety of tenses and structures.	The writing has few grammatical mistakes (5 to 9) in tense, number or agreement. It includes a restricted variety of tenses and structures.	The writing brims with grammatical mistakes (more than 10) in tense, number and agreement. There is no variety of tenses and structures.
Content (15%)	The writing is thoughtfully linked to the topic concerned. It begins or/and ends with the topic sentence given. Exemplary or impacting quality of ideas and rationale which readily draws the reader in. The writer is aware of the tone of the writing.	The writing is clearly linked to the topic concerned. It begins/ends with the topic sentence given but subjected to some modifications. Good quality of ideas and interesting rationale. The tone is uneven and possibly inappropriate in spots.	The writing tends to be digressive and unattached to the topic concerned. It begins/ends with the topic sentence given but does not begin/end this way or properly. Fair quality of ideas and vapid rationale. The tone is inconsistent in general.	The writing does not focus on the topic concerned and does not begin/end with the topic sentence given either. Inchoate ideas and illogical rationale which do not flow in meaning. The tone is inappropriate.
Organisation (15%)	Clear introduction, development and conclusion. The writing  successfully meets the amount of words requested. Strong paragraphs ordered to develop exposition.	Partly clear introduction, development or/and conclusion. The writing meets the amount of words requested. Puny paragraphs leading to sequence faltering.	Unclear introduction, development or/and conclusion. The writing barely meets the amount of words requested. Weak paragraphs which do not provide with details of the topic sentence. Flabby sequencing.	One paragraph or text divided but not by content. The writing does not meet the amount of words requested.
5.     Cohesion and Coherence (10%)	Proper and wide use of transitions and linking devices. The writing is fluent, laconic and rife with meaningful sentences which create a thorough association with previous statements with subsequent ones. Wide variety of sentence type and length.	Proper but narrow use of transitions and linking devices. The writing is logical, orderly but inconsistent for undeveloped or lack of meaningful sentences. Restricted variety of sentence type and length.	Some faltering in the use of transitions and linking devices, which are constantly repeated rendering the sentences disjointed and patchy. The writing lacks logics, order and/or consistency Some fragments and run-on sentences throughout. No variety of sentence type and length.	Transitions and linking devices are rarely used. The writing is bitty and sentences are not properly anchored. It is mechanical and lacks logics, order and consistency. Sentences are simplistic and fail to convey complex/abstract ideas.
Punctuation & Tidiness (5%)	The writing displays correct punctuation and case throughout. An ample variety of marks are used. The assignment is neat and well formed.	The writing falters in punctuation, with minor errors, though. It has some errors in capitalisation.  A reduced variety of marks is used, The assignment is not that neat and well typed.	The writing displays few punctuation and case errors. There is no a variety of marks. The assignment is somewhat untidy . (ink blots, crumbled etc.) and handwritten or typed in colours.	The writing has no punctuation patterns or uses them ineffectively. There is no/little capitalisation. The assignment is not duly presented (it has no cover page; it is stained or has ink blots, etc. ; the piece of paper is crumbled, has jagged edges, etc. ; it is written in colours or/and with a  sloppy handwriting, etc.)
Spelling (5%)	No spelling errors.	Few spelling errors. There is little congruency with the variety of English chosen.	Some spelling errors. There is no congruency with  the variety of English chosen.	Many spelling errors.
Total:              42 marks