Genre

Writing

Structure

Writing
Features

Purpose and
Audience

Information Report

Developing

Language

Satisfactory

No general classification
provided.
Few facts are given.
Some facts are not
researched or inaccurate.
Sub-headings not used
correctly or many facts
written under incorrect
sub-heading.
Mainly copied word-forword.
Formal and factual
language mainly used.
Tense changes throughout.
Few adjectives used.

Mainly copied word-forword.

Many incorrectly
structured sentences used.
Only uses simple
sentences.
Many capital letters and
full stops used incorrectly.
Spelling not checked or
corrected.
Developing an
understanding of purpose.
Limited interesting
information given to
describe or classify.

Good

Attempted to identify topic

but minor details are incorrect
in classification.
Several facts are given.
Information is mainly
researched and correct.
Sub-headings mainly used
correctly.

Beginning to write in own

words
Formal and factual language
used.
Present tense mainly used
correctly.
Beginning to use adjectives.

Mainly uses correctly

structured sentences.
Beginning to use a variety of
sentence starters.
Mainly uses simple sentences.
Capital letters and full stops
mainly used correctly.
Some spelling checked and
corrected.

Name:

Shows an understanding of
purpose and audience through
language choices.
Some interesting information
given to describe and classify.

Date

Excellent

Topic identified with an accurate

classification
Several detailed facts are given.
Some facts are informative and
interesting.
Information is researched and
correct.
Sub-headings mainly used
correctly.
Mainly written in own words
Formal, factual, descriptive
language used.
Technical vocabulary used.
Present tense used consistently.
Some adjectives used.

Correctly structured sentences

used.
Uses a variety of sentence
starters.
Beginning to use conjunctions to
link ideas, using some compound
or complex sentences.
Capital letters and full stops used
correctly.
Most spelling checked and
corrected.
Shows a good understanding of
purpose and audience through
language choices.
Interesting information given in a
way that describes and classifies.

Topic identified with a detailed,

accurate classification
Many detailed facts are given.
Several facts are informative and
interesting.
Information is researched and
correct.
Sub-headings used correctly.
Written in own words
Formal, factual, descriptive,
comparative language used.
Technical vocabulary used.
Present tense used consistently.
Many adjectives used.
Beginning to use adverbs.
Correctly structured sentences used.
Uses a variety of interesting
sentence starters.
Uses conjunctions to link ideas,
using several compound or complex
sentences.
Capital letters, full stops and other
punctuation used correctly.
All spelling checked and corrected.

Shows an excellent understanding of

purpose and audience through
language choices.
Interesting information given in a
way that describes, classifies and
compares.

Score:

Grade:

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