FRENCH 106                         EVALUATION OF WRITING ASSIGNMENTS

Grammar and spelling (40%)
Numerous errors interfere with comprehension              2          4          6

 
Numerous errors (needs proofreading)                                       7          8

Almost error free; facilitates reading                                            9          10

                                                                                                            _______ X 4 = ___
Content (information and vocabulary) (40%)
Minimal personalized elaboration of information             2          4          6
Minimal integration of relevant vocabulary
Numerous vocabulary errors
 
Adequate elaboration of information
Adequate integration of relevant vocabulary
Some distracting errors                                                             7          8
 
Engaging expansion of details or explanation provided
Broad in range, precise, and  expressive                                    9          10
                                                                                                      ________ X 4 = ___
Comprehensibility (10%)
Several incomprehensible passages                               2          4          6

Generally comprehensible, but needs interpretation                    7          8

Very comprehensible                                                                9          10

                                                                                                      ________ X 1= ____
Cohesiveness (10%)
Composition is a series of separate sentences                2          4          6
 
Composition has some continuity but remains choppy
or disjointed                                                                             7          8
 
Composition flows smoothly and has some style                        9          10
                                                                                                      ________ X 1= ____
                                                                                                  Total points ______
Adapted from Testing the Way We Teach, Harper , Lively, and Williams