World Languages (French, German, Spanish)
Presentational Writing Performance Rubric, Level I
Meets Expectations
Points
Proficiency Ratings
Category
Is the student understood?
25-23 (5 per category)
Intermediate Low
Novice High
Understood with some
Understood with little
difficulty by most readers
difficulty by most
readers
Approaches Expectations
22-18 (4 per category)
Novice Mid
Understood with difficulty
by most readers
(Comprehensibility)
Production
Level
How well
does the
student use
the
language?
Vocabulary
Accuracy
Organization
Begins to Approach
Expectations
17-9 (3 per category)
Novice Low
Not understood or
understood only by
readers accustomed to
language learners
3 points
Uses single words or
phrases to convey
meaning; delivers
information that may or
may not be appropriate
for the task
Exerts Little to No
Effort
8-0 (0 per category)
None
Student gives little to
no effort to address
the task
0 points
Student gives little to
no effort to address
the task
5 points
Uses sentences
consistently to convey
meaning; uses
connectors with more
than a few sentences;
delivers information that
is appropriate for the
task
5 points
Vocabulary range is
basic but adequate to
accomplish the task;
choice of vocabulary
that is rarely repetitious
5 points
Communication is rarely
hampered by errors in
spelling and
punctuation, but it is
occasionally hampered
by word choice and
grammar
5 points
Organizes information
appropriately; supports
main idea with a few
examples
5 points
Uses mostly simple
sentences to convey
meaning; uses connectors
with a few sentences;
delivers information that is
appropriate for the task
4 points
Uses words, phrases, and
some short simple
sentences to convey
meaning; delivers
information that may or
may not be appropriate for
the task
5 points
Vocabulary range is limited
but is adequate to
accomplish the task; choice
of vocabulary is
occasionally repetitious
5 points
Communication is
occasionally hampered by
errors in word choice,
grammar, spelling, and
punctuation
4 points
Vocabulary range is too
limited to accomplish the
task; choice of vocabulary
is repetitious
3 points
Vocabulary range is
extremely limited and
does not accomplish the
task
0 points
Student gives little to
no effort to address
the task
4 points
Communication is often
hampered by errors in word
choice, grammar, spelling,
and punctuation
3 points
Communication is
severely hampered by
errors in word choice,
grammar, spelling, and
punctuation
0 points
Student gives little to
no effort to address
the task
5 points
Organizes information
appropriately; supports
main idea with at least one
example
4 points
Organizes information
appropriately most of the
time but attempts to support
main idea are not adequate
0 points
Student gives little to
no effort to address
the task
5 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
Presents isolated
information with no
attempt at organization;
does not attempt to
support main idea
3 points
0 points
Revised 2011-12