Information report assessment criteria

Criteria A B C D E
Generic Uses a clear Uses an Organises text Demonstrates Provides no
structure structure identifiable using some basic limited ability to demonstration of
containing an structure that elements organise text skills and
introduction to set contains a simple (introduction under appropriate understandings
context and introduction and and/or a few headings. related to this
information is information is features of the task.
logically organised under topic) that make it
organised under appropriate generally
appropriate headings. recognisable as a
headings. report.
Subject Incorporates Attempts to Contains subject Contains some Provides no
matter and subject matter that organise subject matter relevant to relevant subject demonstration of
critical elaborates and matter and task, although matter that is skills and
thinking comments on supporting some ideas and briefly expressed understandings
specific information in a information may and or subject related to this
aspects/features. logical format. remain matter unrelated task.
undeveloped. to task.
Grammar Demonstrates a Contains simple, Contains simple Contains simple Provides no
variety of simple, compound & sentences in sentences. demonstration of
compound and complex sentence appropriate skills and
complex sentence structures & a range grammatical word understandings
structures without of sentence order, and some related to this
syntactic error. beginnings compound task.
appropriate to the sentences which
text: generally uses may be joined by
appropriate tense and or and then.
for text.
Punctuation Demonstrates Usually uses Usually Contains some Provides no
consistent use of capital letters, full demonstrates the punctuation that is demonstration of
most common stops, commas, correct use of full not used skills and
punctuation. question marks, stops, capital consistently. understandings
exclamation letters. related to this
marks correctly. task.
Spelling Demonstrates a Demonstrates a Demonstrates a Demonstrates a Provides no
very high level of high level of sound level of limited level of demonstration of
spelling accuracy, spelling accuracy spelling accuracy. spelling accuracy. skills and
with no spelling with limited understandings
errors. spelling errors. related to this
task.
Editing Evidence of Evidence of some Evidence of some Little or no Provides no
revising and revising and attempts to correct evidence of demonstration of
proof-reading to proofreading to own spelling and revising or skills and
maximise maintain meaning. punctuation: proofreading: understandings
meaning. may add, delete or with support, may related to this
change words to correct some task.
maintain meaning. spelling and
punctuation.