Focus on Grammar 3

Scoring Rubrics for Speaking and Writing

Scoring Rubrics for Speaking and Writing provides feedback to students for the speaking and writing tasks included in the Student
Book. Teachers are encouraged to use these rubrics, as well as write specific notes based on each students performance.
Click on the links below to view the Scoring Rubrics.
Scoring Rubrics for Speaking
Scoring Rubrics for Writing

Scoring Rubric for Speaking

Tips for using the speaking rubric
Give a copy of the rubric to the class before you use it.
Tell students that you will evaluate their speaking using the rubric.
The speaking rubric can also be found in a printable format on the Power Point presentations CD-ROM found in the back of this Teachers
Manual.
Give feedback for the different areas identified in the rubric: vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, fluidity, topic organization, and communication.
Point out some strong points and weak points. Use language that a student can understand and give examples of what the student did or didnt
say when possible. Example comments: You used a lot of vocabulary and expressions from the unit. OR You need to work on verb forms. Review the verb
forms needed for the future conditional.

OR

Your sentences were usually complete and clear, but sometimes you hesitated a lot.

Its recommended that you discuss the assigned rating and your feedback with each student in a timely manner in order to be most effective
and helpful.
SPEAKING RUBRIC
Communication

Fluidity

Topic

Almost always clear

and accurate

Speaks smoothly, little

hesitation

Successfully organizes
and develops topic

Communicates
information and
opinions effectively

Uses a variety of
structures, makes
some errors

Usually clear and

accurate, some
problem areas

Speaks with some

hesitation, does not
usually interfere with
communication

Topic is organized,
needs more
development

Most information and

opinions are
communicated clearly

Uses limited
vocabulary and
expressions, some
errors

Uses basic structures,

makes frequent errors

Errors sometimes
make it difficult to
understand student

Speaks with
hesitation, frequently
interferes with
communication

Topic not organized,

needs development

Information and
opinions are not clear

Uses basic vocabulary

and expressions,
makes many errors

Uses basic structures,

makes many errors

Very weak; student

cannot be understood

Hesitates frequently
when speaking,
interferes with
communication

Does not stay on the

topic

Is not able to
communicate
information and
opinions

Grammar

Rating

Vocabulary

Uses variety, with few

errors

Uses a variety of
structures, with few
errors

Uses variety, makes

some errors in word
choice

Pronunciation

Scoring Rubric for Writing

Tips for using the writing rubric
Give a copy of the rubric to the class before you use it.
Tell students that you will evaluate their writing using the rubric.
The writing rubric can also be found in a printable format on the Power Point presentations CD-ROM found in the back of this Teachers Manual.
Give feedback by writing comments for the different areas identified in the rubric: topic, sentence structure, vocabulary, grammar.
Use language that a student can understand and, when possible, give examples of what the student did or didnt do. Example comments: You
addressed the topic and gave very clear examples to support your ideas. OR You tried to use a lot of vocabulary and expressions from the unit, but review the
meanings of the items I marked in red. OR You need to work on verb forms. Review regular and irregular verb forms in the simple past.

Its recommended that you discuss the assigned rating and your feedback with each student in a timely manner in order to be most effective and
helpful.
WRITING RUBRIC

Rating
5

Topic is addressed and well organized; includes clear explanations or details

Includes mostly complex sentence types, with few errors
Uses a variety of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions; makes few errors in word choice
Uses complex grammar structures, with few errors

Topic is addressed and generally well organized; includes some explanations or details
Includes some variety of sentence types, but with occasional errors
Varies vocabulary and expressions, but makes occasional errors in word choice
Uses some complex grammar structures, but with errors

Topic is not addressed completely, but writing is organized; explanations or details need more development
Uses little variety in sentence type, but does not have many errors
Attempts to vary vocabulary and expressions, but makes some errors in word choice
Does not use complex grammar structures, but does not make many grammar errors

Topic is somewhat addressed, but writing is not organized and lacks explanations or details
Uses only basic sentence types and makes frequent errors
Uses limited vocabulary and with frequent errors
Uses simple grammar structures, but with some errors

Topic is not addressed; there are no explanations or details

Most sentences have errors
Has many errors in vocabulary usage, even at the basic level
Uses only simple grammar structures, and makes many errors