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SPANISH COMPOSITION EVALUATION CRITERIA
STUDENT___________________________
DATE_____________ TOPIC______________________
| LEVEL |
CRITERIA
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| THESIS |
| 25-22 |
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: Thesis is
clear and adequately reflects the purpose of the assignment;
evidence is relevant and adequately supports the thesis. |
| 21-18 |
GOOD TO AVERAGE: Minor weakness in
thesis and/or use of evidence (e.g., thesis somewhat ambiguous or
vague or slightly off the topic; evidence sometimes irrelevant or
inadequate to support all statements.) |
| 17-11 |
FAIR TO POOR: Major weakness in
thesis and/or use of evidence (e.g., thesis ambiguous or very
vague or ignores the purpose of the assignment; evidence scanty or
not related to the points under discussion). |
| 10-5 |
VERY POOR: Absence of thesis and/or
absence of relevant evidence. |
| ORGANIZATION |
| 20-18 |
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: Sequence of
ideas (paragraphs) in the paper is clear, logical, and complete;
paragraphs have topic sentences, transitions, and are internally
coherent. |
| 17-14 |
GOOD TO AVERAGE: Minor weaknesses in
overall organizational pattern and/or paragraph structure (e.g.,
some irrelevant ideas/paragraphs included; some ideas omitted or
not fully developed; some paragraphs with no major point). |
| 13-10 |
FAIR TO POOR: Major weaknesses in
organization and/or paragraph structure (e.g., frequent
digressions; few transitions; serious omissions or
underdevelopment). |
| 9-7 |
VERY POOR: lack of overall
organization and/or absence of coherent paragraphs (e.g., no
explicit relationships among ideas in the paper; many one-sentence
paragraphs, etc.). |
| VOCABULARY |
| 20-18 |
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: Vocabulary
of sophisticated range; effective use of word/idiom choice and
usage, word form mastery, appropriate register. |
| 17-14 |
GOOD TO AVERAGE: Vocabulary shows
adequate range; occasional errors of word/idiom form, choice, and
usage, but meaning is not obscured. |
| 13-10 |
FAIR TO POOR: Vocabulary has limited
range, frequent errors of word/idiom form, choice, usage; meaning
is confused or obscured. |
| 9-7 |
VERY POOR: Vocabulary is essentially
translation; clear projection from English. |
| LANGUAGE USE |
| 25-22 |
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: Good
construction of sentences, including proper word order, referents,
subject-verb agreement, parallel structure, modifier and clause
placement; few errors of agreement, tense, number, articles,
pronouns, prepositions. |
| 21-18 |
GOOD TO AVERAGE: Minor weaknesses in
grammar; few grammatical errors that, in the context of the essay,
cause the reader some distraction; effective but simple
constructions; several errors in agreement, tense, number, word
order/function, articles, pronouns, prepositions, but meaning
seldom obscured. |
| 17-11 |
FAIR TO POOR: Major weaknesses in
grammar that cause the reader significant distraction; frequent
errors of negation, agreement, tense, number, word order/function;
frequent errors of articles, pronouns, prepositions and/or
fragments, run-ons, deletions; meaning is confused or
obscured; reads like a translation from English. |
| 10-5 |
VERY POOR: Poor grammar; virtually
no mastery of sentence construction rules; dominated by errors;
does not communicate. |
| MECHANICS |
| 10-9 |
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: Shows
mastery of conventions of spelling, punctuation, capitalization,
paragraphing, and accent marks. |
| 8-7 |
GOOD TO AVERAGE: Occasional errors
of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing, and accent
marks, but meaning is not obscured. |
| 6-5 |
FAIR TO POOR: Frequent errors of
spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing, and accent
marks; meaning is confused or obscured. |
| 4-2 |
VERY POOR: Shows no mastery of
conventions; dominated by errors of spelling, punctuation,
capitalization, paragraphing, and accent marks. |
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