GRADING RUBRIC FOR COMPOSITIONS

First Draft (70 pts) written in class by hand

Organization

No structural coherence, ideas not well connected, no paragraph separation 234

Some coherent structure, a few transitions, some paragraph separation567

Good paragraph structure and use of transitions, main ideas well stated, flows smoothly8910

Content

Minimal information provided, inadequate development of topic, repetitive567

Pertinent information provided, adequate development of topic91011

Information is very complete and relevant to topic, detail provided to enhance

main ideas, thorough development of topic 131415

Vocabulary

Inadequate/ limited range for this level; repetitive; frequent spelling/ accent errors567

Adequate range for this level; good use of chapter vocab; occasional errors91011

Broad range; great use of chapter vocab; very few or no spelling/ accent errors131415

Grammar

Lack of attention to grammar points covered in class; frequent errors101315

Adequate accuracy in grammar points; adequate range of structures and tenses202325

Wide range of grammatical structures with great accuracy/ few errors262830

Comments ______FIRST DRAFT GRADE/ 70

Second Draft (30 pts) typed at home and corrected

No evidence of revisions 0

Minor changes (many uncorrected errors / erroneous corrections; no added content)91113

Some improvement(some uncorrected errors / erroneous corrections; little added content)151720

Good improvement(few uncorrected errors / erroneous corrections; good added content)222426

Great improvement(remaining problems are minimal; improvement in all categories) 282930

Comments ______SECOND DRAFT GRADE/ 30

FINAL GRADE/ 100

CORRECTION CODE FOR COMPOSITIONS

I will correct your compositions by underlining the word or words that need to be corrected. A symbol taken from the list below will be written under the underlined words to guide you in your corrections. The list below contains explanations and examples that clarify the symbols used. Correct forms for the examples given are in parentheses.

aacento (missing or misplaced accent mark): dia (día)

cconcordancia (agreement): María estudian. (estudia); El libro es blanca. (blanco); La coche es azul. (El)

ggramática (wrong grammatical element): Juan está a la universidad (en)

oortografía (spelling): responsibilidad (responsabilidad), espanol (español)

vocvocabulario: En la sala hay una tabla y dos sillas (mesa)

s/econfusión de SER / ESTAR: Ana es muy cansada (está)

p/iconfusión de PRETERITE / IMPERFECT: Cuando fue niño (era)

p/pconfusión de POR / PARA: El regalo es por mi madre (para)

viverbo incorrecto (wrong verb): No puse ir a clase (pude); No sé tu hermano (conozco)

tvtiempo incorrecto del verbo (wrong verb tense): Ayer Pedro estudia mucho (estudió); Me gusta nadando. (nadar)

cnconjugación no-existente (non-existant verb conjugation): Yo sabo hablar español. (sé); No podí ir a clase (pude)

[...]reescribir completamente (completely re-write the material in brackets, not comprehensible)

xomitir (delete) the underlined word or phrase

insertar (insert) an extra, necessary word