Writing Assessment Criteria (Student-friendly version)
Communication and content
13-15
Very detailed. Has flair. Good narration. No ambiguity with communication.
Excellent linking. Pleasant to read. Can still have minor errors.
10-12
Detailed but some omissions. Pedestrian. Bit over-ambitious. Reasonably
linked.
7-9
Beginning to expand. Some linking. Some ambiguity when more ambitious
language attempted.
4-6
No description or opinions apart from simple likes/dislikes. Not easy to read.
No linking.
1-3
Not comprehensible. Much ambiguity. Isolated items comprehensible.
0
Nothing worthy of credit.
Knowledge and application of language
9-10
Confident use of more complex structures – e.g.: DOP, negatives,
superlatives, tenses. No repetition. Wide range of vocabulary. Fluent
sentences.
7-8
Some ambitious structures – e.g.: past infinitives, comparisons, negatives,
adverbs – not necessarily correct. Generally good verb use. Not just present
and perfect used.
5-6
Can conjugate verbs reasonably with evidence of more than one tense. –
not just using infinitives. Some subordination – e.g.: because.
3-4
No real verb control. Language is basic and limited. Some simple
subordination and some use of adjectives.
1-2
Very limited. Very little language awareness.
0
Nothing worthy of credit.
Accuracy
5
High level of accuracy.
4
Generally accurate. Accuracy can be variable when more complex
language attempted.
3
More accurate than inaccurate. Basic. Verbs inconsistent.
2
Many basic errors make it hard to understand.
1
Isolated examples of correct language. Very poor verb formation.
0
Nothing worthy of credit.
Notes:
 Accuracy 4 or 5 – must have some complex structures
 A mark of 6 or less for KAL can only have a maximum of 3 for accuracy
 A mark of 7 for KAL can have 4 for accuracy
 word count:
o 50
=
less than minimal
(KAL 1-3, Accuracy 2-3)
o 100
=
minimal
(KAL max. 6, Accuracy max. 3)
o 150
=
more than minimum
Grade
Max
Mark
A*
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
U
Raw mark boundary
30
24
21
18
15
12
9
7
4
0
Writing Assessment Criteria (Student-friendly version)
Communication and content
13-15
Very detailed. Has flair. Good narration. No ambiguity with communication.
Excellent linking. Pleasant to read. Can still have minor errors.
10-12
Detailed but some omissions. Pedestrian. Bit over-ambitious. Reasonably
linked.
7-9
Beginning to expand. Some linking. Some ambiguity when more ambitious
language attempted.
4-6
No description or opinions apart from simple likes/dislikes. Not easy to read.
No linking.
1-3
Not comprehensible. Much ambiguity. Isolated items comprehensible.
0
Nothing worthy of credit.
Knowledge and application of language
9-10
Confident use of more complex structures – e.g.: DOP, negatives,
superlatives, tenses. No repetition. Wide range of vocabulary. Fluent
sentences.
7-8
Some ambitious structures – e.g.: past infinitives, comparisons, negatives,
adverbs – not necessarily correct. Generally good verb use. Not just present
and perfect used.
5-6
Can conjugate verbs reasonably with evidence of more than one tense. –
not just using infinitives. Some subordination – e.g.: because.
3-4
No real verb control. Language is basic and limited. Some simple
subordination and some use of adjectives.
1-2
Very limited. Very little language awareness.
0
Nothing worthy of credit.
Accuracy
5
High level of accuracy.
4
Generally accurate. Accuracy can be variable when more complex
language attempted.
3
More accurate than inaccurate. Basic. Verbs inconsistent.
2
Many basic errors make it hard to understand.
1
Isolated examples of correct language. Very poor verb formation.
0
Nothing worthy of credit.
Notes:
 Accuracy 4 or 5 – must have some complex structures
 A mark of 6 or less for KAL can only have a maximum of 3 for accuracy
 A mark of 7 for KAL can have 4 for accuracy
 word count:
o 50
=
less than minimal
(KAL 1-3, Accuracy 2-3)
o 100
=
minimal
(KAL max. 6, Accuracy max. 3)
o 150
=
more than minimum
Grade
Max
Mark
A*
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
U
Raw mark boundary
30
24
21
18
15
12
9
7
4
0