Vocabulary, Grammar/Usage, Organization/Style, Communication of Ideas, and Rhetorical Devices.

Each part of the grid contains the descriptor which is used to evaluate how well the written piece performs. For each cell in the grid, a numeric value is assigned. The essay described below would have a grading value of 20 (4 points possible for each category). Actual numbers used will be based on the actual writing objective.

Pt.	Vocabulary	Gramar/Usage	Organization/Style	Ideas	Rhetorical Devices
4	Excellent/Appropriate control; choice; variety; easily understood by native speaker	Excellent control grammar, spelling, punctuation; very few errors	Sentence lengths & patterns varied; consistent tone; related ideas	Relevant, appropriate to task; content well communicated; completeness	Excellent logical flow; clear beginning, middle, end; accurate & consistent use of rhetorical devices
3	Good control/choice; moderate variety; native speaker puzzled	Good control grammar, spelling, punctuation; some avoidable errors	Some variety in sentence lengths & patterns; most ideas related; generally consistent tone	Generally good content though topic not fully explored; appropriate length	Good flow control; some sense of beginning & closure; mostly logical plan; inconsistent use of rhetorical devices
2	Fair control/choice; minimal variety; malapropisms obvious; difficult for native speaker	Fair control grammar, spelling, punctuation; many errors	Sentence lengths & variety inconsistent & seldom varied; tone inconsistent; strays from logical plan	Adequate content though epetitious & simplistic; inadequate length	Poor flow control; lacking sense of form; frequently misused rhetorical divices
1	Poor control and choice; definite lack of variety; native speaker mystified; great dissonance from L1	Excessive grammar, spelling, punctuation errors	Sentence lengths & patters repititious; tone lifeless w. little involvement; no logical plan	Inadequate development of ideas & content; poor communication; brevity hinders message	No attempt at flow; no sense of form; consistently misused rhetorical devices or none
0	Incomprehensible; inappropriate; no production	Meaning blocked; text dominated by errors	No evidence of organization & style	No relevance to task; not enough to evaluate	No devices used

Mechanical error evaluation - Letter grade relative to error ratio also used to evaluate Grammar/Usage above

15	A+		12	B+		9	C+		5	D+
14	A		11	B		8	C		4	D
13	A-		10	B-		7	C		3	D-
						6	C-		2	F