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Criteria Ratings Pts
Comprehensibility/organization
threshold: pts
12 pts
Excellent
Essay is understandable, topic is clear, essay has a beginning, middle and end, and sentences flow without any disconnect or confusion.
10 pts
Good
Essay is understandable, topic is clear, essay has a beginning, middle and end, but sentences may not always be logically connected.
8 pts
Needs Improvement
Essay is mostly understandable, topic is clear, but disorganized. There are no relationships from one sentence to another.
6 pts
Not Passing
very hard for me to understand the essay. Unclear which topic the student is addressing.
pts
12 pts
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Use of new grammar
threshold: pts
4 pts
Excellent
student uses 4-5 new grammar points in the proper context, grammar clearly contributes to the meaning of the essay
3 pts
Good
student uses 2-3 new grammar points mostly in the proper context
2 pts
Needs Improvement
Student uses 1-2 new grammar points, may not use them in the proper context
1 pts
Not Passing
student does not use any new grammar points
pts
4 pts
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Linguistic Accuracy
threshold: pts
3 pts
Excellent
student makes few grammatical or word choice errors (1-2)
2 pts
Good
student makes few grammatical or word choice errors (3-4)
1 pts
Needs improvement
student makes some grammatical or word choice errors (5-6)
0 pts
Not Passing
student makes many grammatical or word choice errors. (7+)
pts
3 pts
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Creativity
threshold: pts
1 pts
Excellent
Conversation covers the given topics with excellent detail, creative use of vocabulary, humor, etc.
0.75 pts
Good
Conversation covers the given topics with good detail, diverse vocabulary
0.5 pts
Needs Improvement
Conversation covers the given topics with little to no detail
0 pts
Not Passing
Conversation barely covers the given topics
pts
1 pts
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Total Points: 20 out of 20