START-UP 10 RUBRIC FOR WRITTEN PRODUCTION

Rubric for Written Production

Overall Content
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Focused on the topic and Usually focused on the topic and Written work lacked focus and
presented very interesting and presented somewhat interesting was not pertinent, boring and too
pertinent content while respecting and pertinent content whilst not short and not taking the needs of
the appropriate length of the respecting the appropriate length the targeted audience into
writing task and the needs of the (too long/short) and all the needs account.
targeted audience. of the targeted audience. (80-100 words)
(120-140 words) (100-120 words; 141-160 words)

Organisation
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Excellent organisation Satisfactory organisation with Minimal organisation or
respecting the type of format use of some transition transitions. Many repetitions
relevant to the task with very words/phrases and various and redundancies.
good use of transition repetitions and redundancies.
words/phrases. No repetitions or
redundancies.

Vocabulary
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Vocabulary was excellent: Rich, Vocabulary was quite good, Vocabulary was limited,
appropriate, varied, and related appropriate, varied, and related repetitive and only minimally
to the topic. No errors related to to the topic. Some errors related related to the topic. Many errors
context, spelling, collocation, to context, spelling, collocation, related to context, spelling,
and Portuguese interferences. and Portuguese interferences. collocation, and Portuguese
(4-5 good adjectives; 4-5 (2-3 good adjectives; 2-3 interferences.
good connectors; 4-5 good good connectors; 2-3 good (0-1 good adjectives; 0-1
adverbs) adverbs) good connectors; 0-1 good
adverbs)

Grammatical Accuracy
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Grammar was excellent. Almost Grammar was acceptable. Some Grammar was poor. Frequent
free of errors in punctuation, errors in punctuation, syntax and errors in punctuation, syntax and
syntax and structure (subject- structure (subject-verb structure (subject-verb
verb agreement), tense usage agreement), tense usage (present, agreement), tense usage (present,
(present, past and future simple, continuous past and future simple, continuous
past and future simple, continuous tenses), word order/concord tenses), word order/concord
tenses), word order/concord (plurals, adjectives, possessives, (plurals, adjectives, possessives,
(plurals, adjectives, possessives, determiners), prepositions, and determiners), prepositions, and
determiners), prepositions and no some Portuguese (L1) many Portuguese (L1)
Portuguese (L1) interferences. interferences. interferences.
4-5 examples of grammar 2-3 examples of grammar 0-1 examples of grammar
structures and items learnt in structures and items learnt in structures and items learnt in lass.
class. class.

Virgínia Barros, Luísa Barros, Maria José Rodrigues, Vanessa Reis Esteves
START-UP 10 RUBRIC FOR WRITTEN PRODUCTION

Written Fluency
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Flowing language. No struggle Combination of flowing and Choppy language.
to express ideas. Minimal reader choppy language. Some Significant reader effort
effort required. reader effort required. required.

To help you prepare the organisation and structure of your writing, you can ask yourself the
following questions about the following aspects of your work:
Clarity Can I elaborate further and explain what I mean?
Accuracy How can I verify what I want to say?
Precision Do I need to be more precise or give more details for others to understand
me?
Does my text relate to the topic I have been given?
Relevance Do the arguments and examples that I am presenting and giving relate to
the point I am trying to make?

What factors make the argument I am presenting difficult? What are

Depth
some of the complexities of his question?
Breadth Do I need to consider another point of view?
Does what I am saying make sense?
Logic
Does my text follow a logical and organised structure?
Significance Have I considered the most important problems/arguments/central ideas?
Have I made a personal investment in this writing exercise?
Fairness
Am I sympathetically representing the viewpoints of others?

Virgínia Barros, Luísa Barros, Maria José Rodrigues, Vanessa Reis Esteves