French Level 1: Writing Rubric
Score
Demonstrates
excellence.
A sympathetic native
speaker would have no
difficulty understanding.
Demonstrates
competence.
…. would understand with
some difficulty.
Suggests a lack of
competence.
…. would understand with
much patience and
negotiation of meaning.
Demonstrates
a lack of
competence.
…. would have minimal to
no understanding.
Task Completion
Comprehensibility
Vocabulary
Language Control
How well does the
student achieve the
target performance?
Completely addresses
the task. Demonstrates
understanding of main
ideas, cognates, familiar
topics, and possibly
unfamiliar topic.
May go above and
beyond by creating in
the language.
5 pts
Partially addresses the
task. Demonstrates basic
understanding of main
ideas, cognates, and
familiar topics.
4-3 pts
Minimally addresses the
task. Demonstrates little
understanding of main
ideas, cognates, and
familiar topics.
How well is the student
understood?
How extensive and applicable
is the student’s vocabulary?
How accurate is the student’s
language?
Consistently communicates
meaning with appropriate
pace, intonation, and
pronunciation.
Includes a wide variety of
vocabulary that expands the
topic.
Consistently demonstrates a
high degree of control of
structures:
 Subject-verb agreement
 Noun-adjective agreement
 Word order
2 pts
Falls short of addressing
the task. Demonstrates
no understanding of
main ideas, cognates, or
familiar topics.
1 pt
2 pts
2 pts
Falls short in communicating Includes limited vocabulary.
meaning because of
Vocabulary is inaccurate or
inappropriate pace,
unrelated to the topic.
intonation, or pronunciation.
Uses linking words and
modifiers.
5 pts
Partially communicates
meaning with mostly
appropriate pace,
intonation, and
pronunciation.
4-3 pts
Minimally communicates
meaning because of
frequently inappropriate
pace, intonation, or
pronunciation.
1 pt
5 pts
5 pts
Partially demonstrates
control of structures:
 Subject-verb agreement
 Noun-adjective agreement
 Word order
4-3 pts
4-3 pts
Includes basic vocabulary.
Minimally demonstrates
Some vocabulary may be
control of structures:
inaccurate or unrelated to the  Subject-verb agreement
topic.
 Noun-adjective agreement
 Word order
Includes a variety of
vocabulary related to the
topic, but there may be minor
inaccuracies.
1 pt
2pts
Falls short in demonstrating
control of structures:
 Subject-verb agreement
 Noun-adjective agreement
 Word order
1 pt