Name _______________________Date __________Teacher _____________________Period________
4 (consistent control)
SOL Scoring Rubric
3 (reasonable control)
2 (inconsistent control)
1 (little or no control)
___elaboration is purposeful
___thinness in elaboration lapses
___minor organizational lapse
___few shifts in point of view
___transitions are appropriate
___intro and or conclusion may be
contrived
___no one idea is central
___unelaborated reasons/examples
___lack of focus prevents unity
___no introduction or conclusion
___focus on central idea lacking
___no elaboration evident
__writing jumps from point to point
without unifying central idea
__no organizational strategy
___specific word choice/info makes
message clear at times
___few examples of figurative language
___competent sentence variety
___occasional-not distracting
___imprecise bland lang.
___no consistent voice
___uneven information
___lacks sentence variety
___awkward constructions make
writing unclear
___flow is not present
___word choice, information are general,
vague, repetitive
___lack of sentence variety makes piece
monotonous
several awkward constructions reduce
stylistic effect
___no voice emerges
Consistently uses standard…
Reasonably uses standard…
Inconsistently applies rules of…
___capitalization
___punctuation
___usage
___sentence formation
___spelling
___agreement
____capitalization
___punctuation
___usage
___sentence formation
___spelling
___agreement
___capitalization
___punctuation
___usage
___sentence formation
___spelling
___agreement
Shows little or no control of Usage or
Mechanics
___density and variety errors overwhelm
performance
___frequent errors make writing difficult
to understand
___does not meet minimum standards of
competence
Composing
___organization creates unity
___main idea is fully elaborated
with examples,
events, details
___transition connect ideas
___careful logic present
___strong introduction and
conclusion
Written Expression
___message clearly presented
___precise information
___purposeful word choice
___varied sentence structure
Usage/Mechanics