Grading Rubric: Grammar Conventions

Dimension Exemplary
A
Competent
B
Emerging
C
Failing
D
Scor
e
Structure Paragraph breaks
reinforce the
organizational
structure.
Basically sound
paragraph breaks that
reinforce the
organizational
structure.
Paragraphs
sometimes run
together or begin at
inefective places.
Paragraph breaks may
be highly irregular or
so frequent (every
sentence) that they
bear no relation to the
organization of the
text.
Sentence
Structure
ll sentences are
!ell"constructed !ith
varied structure.
#ost sentences are
!ell"constructed and
there is some varied
sentence structure in
the essay.
$ome sentences are
!ell"constructed% but
others are fragments
or run"on.
#ost sentences lack
proper construction&
there are frequent run"
on or fragmented
sentences.
Punctuation Proper use of
commas% semi"colons
and end of sentence
punctuation.
'o errors in
capitalization.
(ccasional errors in
the use of commas%
colons% semi"colons
and end of sentence
punctuation.
)e! errors in
capitalization
)requent errors in the
use of punctuation
such as comma
splices% misuse of
commas% colons or
semi"colons% and
apostrophes disrupt
the *o! of the text.
)requent errors in
capitalization.
+epeated errors in the
use of commas%
colons% semi"colons%
apostrophes% and end
of sentence
punctuation impede
understanding of the
text.
+epeated errors in
capitalization.
Spelling ,orrect spelling% even
of more di-cult
!ords.
$pelling that is
usually correct%
especially on common
!ords.
$pelling errors
distract the reader&
misspelling of
common !ords
occurs.
)requent spelling
errors signi.cantly
impair readability.
Sentence
Parts
Parallelism in verb
use% noun"pronoun
agreement& proper
use of ad/ectives%
adverbs and
prepositions.
(ccasional errors in
verb use% noun
pronoun agreement%
ad/ectives% adverbs or
prepositions.
0rrors in verb use%
noun pronoun
agreement%
ad/ectives% adverbs or
prepositions that
distract and confuse.
0xcessive errors in
verb use% noun
pronoun agreement%
ad/ectives% adverbs or
prepositions that