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MEANING: Understanding of Task
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Student demonstrates general lack of or minimal understanding of the task
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Student demonstrates a basic understanding of task - some evidences of lack of understanding
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Student demonstrates a very good understanding of the task
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Student demonstrates an excellent understanding of the task
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DEVELOPMENT: The use of relevant and appropriate details to support main idea of essay
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The use of a few details- some are irrelevant- to support main idea of essay
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Some use of relevant details to support main idea of essay
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Adequate use of details to support main idea of essay- Needs some more development
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Excellent use of all relevant details to support main idea of essay.
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ORGANIZATION: Evidence of a beginning, middle and end of essay with use of transitional markers that create a flow of ideas or coherence
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Partial evidence of a structure in the essay. No use of transitional markers and there is little evidence of coherence
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Some evidence of a structure with room for improvement- Topic sentences and transitional markers are absent
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Clear evidence of a structure with good use of transitional markers to create coherence
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Excellent structure with clear cut beginning, middle and end There are evidences of topic sentences and transitional markers that create coherence.
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LANGUAGE USE: Word choice and sentence structure
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Word choice is simple and evidence of only simple sentence structure. There are errors in sentence construction
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Word choice is simple and there is some evidence of the use of more than only simple sentences. No errors in sentence construction
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Use of mature vocabulary and evidence of a variety of sentence structure
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Use of superior vocabulary and evidence of a variety of sentence structure
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CONVENTIONS: Punctuation, spelling and grammar
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Many errors in spelling grammar and punctuation that
hinder comprehension
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Some errors in spelling grammar and punctuation that do not hinder comprehension
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A few errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation that are not noticeable
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No errors in grammar, punctuation and spelling
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Total---->
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