1 Paragraph

4.0 pts

Excellent organization and transitions between ideas. Has all parts of a paragraph.

3.0 pts

Adequate organization for a paragraph, and there are adequte, not excellent, transitions and connections between ideas.

2.0 pts

This paragraph doesn't have the correct organization for a paragraph, or it has problems with transitions between ideas.

1.0 pts

This paragraph doesn't use the correct organization for a paragraph. It also lacks transitions between ideas.

4.0 pts

This paragraph is on topic and does an excellent job at developing the topic sentence. The points in the body are developed excellently.

3.0 pts

This paragraph is on topic and does an adequate, not excellent, job at developing the topic sentence. The points in the body are developed adequately.

2.0 pts

This paragraph is off topic or does not do a good job at developing ideas. The topic sentence has issues, or the body doesn't develop the topic sentence enough.

1.0 pts

This paragraph is off topic and does not develop a topic sentence or support in the body.

4.0 pts

This paragraph uses excellent grammar and mechancis for ESL 87 level. There is no more than one minor errors and no major errors.

3.0 pts

This paragraph uses adequate grammar and mechanics for ESL 87 level. There are no more than two minor errors and or one major error.

2.0 pts

This paragraph has some serious errors in grammar and mechanics for ESL 87 level. There are no more than three minor errors and or two major errors.

1.0 pts

This paragraph has many, severe errors in grammar and mechanics for ESL 87 level. There are more than four minor errors and or three or more major errors.

4.0 pts

For ESL 85 level, this paragraph does a great job at using vocabulary and correct word forms. There are no errors with vocabulary.

3.0 pts

For ESL 85 level, this paragraph does an adequate job at using vocabulary and correct word forms. There are no more than two vocabulary errors.

2.0 pts

For ESL 85, this paragraph has some serious errors in vocabulary word choice and word form. There are no more than four vocabulary errors.

1.0 pts

For ESL 85, this paragraph has many, severe errors with word choice and word form. There are five or more vocabulary errors in this paragraph.