Literature Evaluation Criteria

Student______________________

Date________________

Lesson#3-My Adjectives

Writing Model : Writing good descriptions using

adjectives
CATEGORY
Adjective
agreement

Writer makes no
errors in grammar or
spelling. All
adjectives and nouns
are correct and
agree in gender and
number.

Writer makes 1-2

errors in grammar or
spelling. Very few
adjectives and nouns
are incorrect in
gender and number.

Writer makes 3-4

errors in grammar or
spelling. Several
adjectives and nouns
are incorrect in
gender and number.

Writer makes more

than 6 errors in
grammar or spelling.
Many adjectives and
nouns are incorrect
in gender and
number.

Most adjectives are

well-constructed
which modifies the
noun used.

Most adjectives are

well-constructed but
do not match the
picture.

Adjectives are not

adequately chosen.
Random vocabulary
and adjectives are
used.

Variety in nouns All adjectives are

and adjectives. well-constructed

which modifies the

noun used.

Expression

Writer uses vivid

adjectives and
phrases to create
descriptions.

Writer uses vivid

adjectives but
occasionally the
words are used
inaccurately.

Writer uses
adjectives that
communicate clearly,
but occasionally the
nouns are used
inaccurately.

Writer uses limited

adjectives that does
not communicate
strongly or is
confusing.

Presentation

Paper is neatly
written with no
distracting
corrections.

Paper is neatly
written with 1 or 2
distracting corretions
(e.g.,dark cross-outs;
words written over).

The writing is
generally readable,
but the reader has to
exert quite a bit of
effort to figure out
some of the words.

Many words are

unreadable OR there
are several
distracting
corrections.

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