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