B.

,Holistic Rubrics for Writing Skills (as adapted and modified from 2004 Foreign Language Program of Studies, Fairfax County Public Schools)
Level Task Completion Minimal completion of the task and/or content frequently 1 inappropriate; Text barely comprehensible. Inadequate and/or inaccurate use of basic language structures. Partial completion of the task; content mostly appropriate; ideas undeveloped; Text mostly comprehensible, requiring 2 interpretation on the part of the reader. Emerging use of basic language structures. Completion of the task; content appropriate; ideas adequately developed; Text comprehensible requiring 3 minimal interpretation on the part of the reader; Emerging control of basic language structures. Superior completion of the task; content appropriate; ideas well developed and well-organized. Text readily 4 comprehensible, requiring no interpretation on the part of the reader. Control of basic language structures. Variety of complete sentences and of cohesive devices. Rich use of vocabulary. Level of Discourse & Vocabulary Attempted use of complete sentences; no or almost no cohesive devices. Inadequate and/or inaccurate use of vocabulary. Predominant use of complete yet repetitive sentences; no or almost no cohesive devices. Somewhat Inadequate and/or inaccurate use of vocabulary. Emerging variety of complete sentences and some cohesive devices. Adequate and accurate use of vocabulary Mechanics Inaccurate spelling, use of diacritical marks, punctuation, and/or capitalization. Somewhat inaccurate spelling, use of diacritical marks, punctuation, and/or capitalization.

Mostly inaccurate spelling, use of diacritical marks, punctuation, and/or capitalization. Few or no errors in spelling, use of diacritical marks, punctuation, and/or capitalization.

Specific Description of each criterion Highest Possible Score (HPS) = the number of items in the test a. Task Completion includes whether the student delivered his/her message with significant and relevant information; it also incorporates the adequacy or inadequacy of basic language structures in the sentences: sentence fragments, parallelism, etc. b. Level of Discourse and Vocabulary consists of using different structure of sentences in presenting the thought of the sentence. This reflects the writing style of the student: simple or sophisticated. It also embraces appropriateness of prepositions, conjunctions, and content words in the sentences. c. Mechanics: integrates the use of punctuation marks, capitalization, correct spelling of words, proper indention, appropriate transition signals, and proper margin

Standard Deductions:

DEDUCTION SCHEME (-) 10 (-) 1

TASK COMPLETION, COMPREHENSIBILITY & LANGUAGE CONTROL - Automatic deduction for every irrelevant and non-responsive answer in every paragraph (relevance & responsiveness) - Automatic deduction for inconsistent voice and verb tenses in every paragraph (consistency of voice & verb tenses) - Deduction for every incomplete and/or incorrect sentence (complete sentence/language structure) LEVEL OF DISCOURSE & VOCABULARY

(-) 5 (-) 3 (-) 1 (-) .5 (-) .5 (-) .5 (-) .5 (-) 1 (-) 1 (-) 1.5

- Automatic deduction for every paragraph composed of all simple sentences (variation & sentence structure) - Automatic deduction for every paragraph if half of the numbers of the sentences in a paragraph are simple sentences (variation & sentence structure) - Deduction for inappropriate transition signal (suitability of function words) - Inappropriate pronoun including unclear noun antecedent (suitability of function words) - Incorrect conjunctions (suitability of function words) - Incorrect preposition (suitability of function words) - Incorrect be-verbs (suitability of function words) - Deduction for inappropriate or awkward usage (suitability of content words) - Deduction for every repeated/skipped word (repetitive/redundant usage) - Deduction for every repeated/skipped phrase (repetitive/redundant usage) MECHANICS

(-) .5 (-) .5 (-) .5 (-) 1 (-) 5 (-) 5 (-) .5

- Deduction for misspelled words - Deduction for error in capitalization - Deduction for error in punctuation mark - Deduction for unindented paragraph - Automatic deduction for ineligible handwriting - Automatic deduction for improper margin - Deduction for every erasure