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Level Adv: Addresses all parts of the task effectively. There are at least three (Advanced Low) or four paragraphs, (Advanced High) each with a clear topic sentence and supporting sentences with concrete examples. There are appropriate transition words and a relevant concluding paragraph. The essay demonstrates research related to topic.
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18 |
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Level Adv: Addresses all parts of the task adequately; contains some relevant detail; some some ideas may not be well stated; may require minimal inference; written in adequately organized paragraph(s); Contains three (Advanced Low) or four (Advanced High) or more paragraphs; Level IH: Addresses all parts of the task effectively in two paragraphs. The topic sentences, supporting and conclusion of the composition are easily identified and clearly related to the topic.
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14 |
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Level Adv: Addresses the task in a general way but may have gaps; many ideas may not be well stated;may lack appropriate or sufficient detail or clear focus; may require some inference; may be loosely organized and/or fewer than required number of paragraphs. Level IH: Addresses the task adequately in two paragraphs. The topic sentences, supporting details and conclusion are identifiable. Some ideas require inference to understand, but are mostly related to topic.
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12 |
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Level Adv: Addresses the essay task minimally but relation to the task is evident; may be unfocused or unclear with few identifiable supporting details; does not demonstrate understanding of essay organization; fewer than required number of paragraphs.Level IH: Addresses task in a general way but ideas require inference to understand, and some sentences may not be clearly related to topic. The topic sentences, supporting details and/or conclusion are not present or can only be minimally identified even with effort; may be less than two paragraphs. Level IL: Addresses all parts of the task appropriately; ideas are comprehensible and clearly related to the topic; topic sentence, supporting details and concluding sentence are identifiable. The writing may contain minor errors that do not distract the reader.
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10 |
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Level IH: Addresses the task minimally even though two paragraphs may not be identifiable. Sentences are comprehensible and related to topic. Level IL: Addresses all parts of the task adequately. The sentences are comprehensible and related to the topic. At least four sentences are written. A topic sentence, details and concluding sentence are present but are not easily identified. May contain minor errors that do not confuse comprehension. Level BH: Addresses all parts of the task adequately. The sentences are comprehensible and related to the topic. At least four sentences are written. May contain minor errors that do not confuse comprehension.
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8 |
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Level IL: Addresses the task in a general way. Some sentences may require inference to understand. The writing lacks topic sentence, supporting details and/or concluding sentence. At least four sentences are identifiable. Levels BH: Addresses the task in a general way. Some sentences may require inference to understand. At least four sentences are identifiable.
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6 |
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Levels IL, BH: Addresses the task minimally but relationship to topic is evident. May lack appropriate or sufficient detail or clear focus. Many sentences require a substantial degree of inference to understand ideas. Fewer than four sentences are identifiable.
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4 |
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All levels: Nothing written or content is incomprehensible or inappropriate.
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0 |
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Paragraph(s) form (i.e. title, indentation, margins) is correct; Writing is neat and legible.
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3 |
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Paragraph(s) form is mostly correct. Writing is mostly neat and legible.
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2 |
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Paragraph(s) form (i.e. title, indentation, margins) is partially correct; writing may be legible but is not neat.
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1 |
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Composition does not have title and does not use appropriate indentation or margins and/or writing is neither legible nor neat.
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0 |
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Level Adv: Writing contains almost no errors in grammar, structure, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation.
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6 |
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Level Adv, IH: Writing contains only minor errors in grammar and/or structure that do not interfere with understanding and/or minor errors in spelling, capitalization, or punctuation that do not distract the reader.
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5 |
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Level Adv, IH, IL: Writing may contain some errors in grammar, structure, spelling, capitalization and/or spelling that may slow comprehension and/or distract the reader, but errors do not require inference for understanding. Level BL: Grammar, e.g. verb tenses, word order, etc. is mostly correct; most of the words are spelled correctly.
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4 |
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Level Adv, IH, IL: Writing contains grammatical errors that require the reader to infer meaning. There may be spelling, capitalization and/or punctuation errors that slow comprehension. Level BH, BL: Writing contains some errors in grammar, structure, capitalization and/or spelling that may slow comprehension and/or distract the reader, but meaning can be understood.
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3 |
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Level IH, IL, BH, BL: The writing contains errors in grammar, structure, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation that require the reader to use significant inference to understand meaning.
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2 |
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Level IL, BH, BL: Errors in grammar, structure, spelling, capitalization, or punctuation make the writing difficult to comprehend even with inference.
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1 |
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All Levels: Writing is not legible.
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