INSTITUCIN UNIVERSITARIA COLOMBO AMERICANA NICA WRITING TASK RUBRICS Mario Surez These rubrics are to be used to evaluate

your performance in the writing process we are carrying out in class. They are also aimed at giving you the opportunity to reflect on the action you need to take in order to improve your skills.
JORDAN EXCELLENT (4.6) VERY GOOD (4) GOOD (3.5) NEEDS WORK (2) GRADE

PREWRITING

The student implements effectively the prewriting techniques studied and practiced.

DRAFTING

The student produces several drafts that show improvement in each one. The drafts reflect thought and development from the prewriting stage.

PROOFREADING

The student corrects most of the errors in grammar, capitalization or punctuation, so the paper is exceptionally easy to read. The concepts about the writing process are understood and effectively implemented.

ORGANIZATION AND PUNCTUATION

The contents have been presented in an elaborated way. The writing is focused and punctuation helped the student to show how ideas are connected.

FINAL PRODUCT

The student socialized documents that evidence a thorough understanding of the writing process and the objectives of the task.

The student has the The student has the ability to implement ability to implement the techniques the techniques practiced but, the practiced but, at some products evidence points, there are how difficult the inconsistencies techniques were for reflected in the the student to compositions created. understand and make use of. The student The student produces produces only one drafts that reflect very draft when more was inconsistent thought required. AND/OR about correcting The drafts show how mistakes or the student struggles consideration of the to engage in the prewriting. writing process properly. The student leaves in The student corrects many errors in some of the errors in grammar, grammar, capitalization and/or capitalization or punctuation that punctuation, so that catch the reader's the errors don't make attention and the paper hard to interrupt the flow. read. The concepts The concepts about about the writing the writing process process are do not seem to be understood. entirely understood. The ideas have been presented, but The contents are well- punctuation makes it hard to follow at organized and punctuation helps to some points. The support the students writing is not very focused so it seems intention. that the student could have done a more consistent The student The student socialized socialized documents documents that that evidence a evidence a good struggle to understanding of the understand the writing process and concepts of the the objectives of the writing process and task. the objectives of the task.

The student does not use the prewriting form correctly or does no prewriting at all.

4,60

The student produces only one draft when more was required. OR The drafts do not reflect thought or consideration of the prewriting.

4,80

The student does not make an effort to follow suggestions or improve on her/his own. Concepts about the writing process are still not clear or neglected.

4,80

The ideas have been presented, but the order does not make sense. It is difficult to see the connection of contents because punctuation does not help to support the meaning or intention of the student.

4,60

The student socialized documents that evidence little or no understanding of the concepts behind the writing process and the objectives of the task.

4,70

FINAL GRADE

The final grade is given considering the partial grades given at the end of each rubric of the document. The cells represent a general impression and help to build a concept based on the observation of the writing process.

4,70

COMMENTS: You did a very good job. Keep working on your routines to draft because it is not only about writing but self-monitoring your work by reading the paragraphs as units.