State of Israel

Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport

English Inspectorate

Rubric for Assessing Written Presentation - Modules F and G 2 0 0 6

Criteria
• information is relevant to the
topic
• text is well organized
• content is easily understood
Content and • text is written mostly in pupil's
Organization own words
8 6
• correct use of varied and rich
vocabulary
• appropriate choice of
Vocabulary word/idiom
• use of appropriate register
8 6
• correct use of advanced
language structures
• hardly any errors of word
order, connectors, pronouns,
Language Use
prepositions
16
• hardly any errors of spelling,
punctuation, capitalization,
Mechanics
correct use of paragraphing
8 6
Teachers can give in-between grades e.g. 14 pts.
Descriptors
• some information is
irrelevant to the topic
• text is fairly well organized
• content is sometimes
difficult to follow
• chunks of the text are not
written in pupil's own words
4 2
• correct use of appropriate
vocabulary
• several errors in choice of
word/idiom
• occasional use of
inappropriate register
4 2
• correct use of basic language
structures
• incorrect or no use of
advanced language structures
• several errors of word order,
connectors, pronouns,
prepositions
12 8 4
• several errors of spelling,
punctuation, capitalization,
run-ons, limited use of
paragraphing
4 2
• information is irrelevant to
the topic
• text is poorly organized
• content cannot be understood
• text is not written in pupil's
own words
0
• very limited or inappropriate
vocabulary
• frequent errors in choice of
word/idiom
• use of inappropriate register
0
• consistent incorrect use of
basic language structures
• frequent errors of word order,
connectors, pronouns,
prepositions
0
• frequent errors of spelling,
punctuation, capitalization,
run-ons, no paragraphing
0

Deduction for length:

# of Words Point Deduction # of Words Point Deduction

120 - 140 --- 70 – 80 13 - 17
110 – 120 1-3 60 – 70 17 - 20
100 - 110 3-7 50 - 60 20 - 23
90 – 100 7 - 10 less than 50 40
80 - 90 10 - 13

Deduction for letter format:

• If the format of presentation does not include all the required elements, deduct 2 - 4 points.

TOTAL: ___ / 40