ESL 420 Holistic Rubric (combines Writing and Language SLO’s. Language skills should be weighted more
heavily. Feel free to adapt this rubric to your own classes.)
Content/Organization
40%
•
Main Idea and
Support
•
Pattern of
development
•
Unity and coherence
Grammar/Vocabulary
60%
• Sentence structure
•
•
Mastery
Addresses the task with
clear evidence of
critical thinking
Accomplished
Addresses the task with
some evidence of critical
thinking
Adequate
Addresses the task with
limited evidence of
critical thinking
Developing
Addresses the task with
little evidence of critical
thinking
Inadequate
Task is addressed
briefly or not at all,
with no evidence of
critical thinking
Main idea developed
fully with relevant
details
Main idea developed
with some relevant
details
Main idea somewhat
developed with
adequate details
Incomplete development
of main idea
Effective progression of
ideas
Clear progression of
ideas
Apparent progression of
ideas
Unclear progression of
ideas
No progression of
ideas
Consistently unified
with a variety of
transitions
Clearly unified
with effective transitions
Adequately unified with
some use of transitions
Little sense of unity and
use of transitions
No sense of unity
or use of transitions
Fluency with sentence
structure with correct
word order in simple
and compound
sentences
Mostly correct use of
sentence structure in
simple and compound
sentences
Some errors in sentence
structure that do not
interfere with meaning
Significant errors in
sentence structure
Many serious errors in
sentence structure
Consistently correct use
of simple and
progressive tenses
Mostly correct use of
simple and progressive
tenses
Some errors in tense
that do not interfere
with meaning
Significant errors in verb
tenses that interfere with
meaning
Little or no control of
level appropriate verb
tenses
Varied basic vocabulary
with consistent use of
correct word forms
Good use of basic
vocabulary with
generally correct word
forms
Some use of basic
vocabulary with
generally correct word
forms
Frequent vocabulary
choice and word form
errors that interfere with
meaning
Little or no control of
basic vocabulary,
many word form errors
No support for main
idea
Grammar
Word choice and
forms
ESL 422 Holistic Rubric (combines Writing and Language SLO’s. Language skills should be weighted more
heavily. Feel free to adapt this rubric to your own classes.)
Content/Organization
40%
•
Main Idea and
Support
•
Pattern of
development
•
Unity and coherence
Grammar/Vocabulary
60%
• Sentence structure
•
Grammar
•
Word choice and
forms
Mastery
Addresses the task with
clear evidence of critical
thinking
Accomplished
Addresses the task with
some evidence of
critical thinking
Adequate
Addresses the task with
limited evidence of
critical thinking
Developing
Addresses the task with
little evidence of critical
thinking
Main idea developed
fully with relevant
details
Main idea developed
with some relevant
details
Main idea somewhat
developed with
adequate details
Incomplete development
of main idea
Effective pattern of
logical development
Clear pattern of logical
development
Apparent pattern of
logical development
Pattern of development
not clear
No pattern of
development
Consistently unified
with a variety of
transitions
Clearly unified with
effective transitions
Adequately unified with
some use of transitions
Little sense of unity and
use of transitions
No sense of unity
or use of transitions
Fluency with sentence
structure including
simple and compound
sentences & some
subordination
Few errors in sentence
structure, which do not
interfere with meaning
Some errors in sentence
structure, which do not
interfere with meaning
Good control of simple
and progressive tenses
and common modals
Mostly good control of
simple and progressive
tenses and common
modals
Some errors in tense
that do not interfere
with meaning
Varied vocabulary
with consistent use of
correct word forms
Some varied vocabulary
with generally correct
use of word forms
Limited vocabulary
with some errors in
word form, which do
not interfere with
meaning
Significant errors in
sentence structure
Significant errors in
level appropriate verb
tenses that interfere with
meaning
Frequent vocabulary
and word form errors
that interfere with
meaning
Inadequate
Task is addressed
briefly or not at all,
with no evidence of
critical thinking
No support for main
idea
Many serious errors
in sentence structure
Little or no control
of level appropriate
verb tenses
Limited vocabulary
and frequent mistakes
word forms that
interfere with
meaning
ESL 122 Holistic Rubric (combines Writing and Language SLO’s. Language skills should be weighted more
heavily. Feel free to adapt this rubric to your own classes.)
Content/Organization
40-45%
Mastery - 4
Addresses the task
thoughtfully and
completely with clear
evidence of critical
thinking
Accomplished - 3
Addresses the task
clearly with some
evidence of critical
thinking
Adequate - 2
Addresses the task
with evidence of
critical thinking
Developing - 1
Addresses the task, but
may contain off-topic
ideas. Little evidence of
critical thinking
Inadequate - 0
Task is addressed
briefly or vaguely or
not at all. No evidence
of critical thinking
•
Main Idea and
Support
Main idea developed
with specific support
Main idea developed
with support
Main idea developed
with some support
Main idea unclear with
weak development
No main idea, no
support
•
Pattern of
development
Effective pattern of
logical development
Clear pattern of logical
development
Apparent pattern of
logical development
Pattern of development
not clear
No pattern
development
•
Unity and coherence
Consistently unified
with a variety of
transitions
Clearly unified
with effective transitions
Adequately unified
with some use of
transitions
Little unity with
limited use of transitions
No unity
or use of transitions
Correct use of simple,
compound & common
complex sentences
Mostly correct use of
simple, compound &
common complex
sentences
Correct use of simple
sentences and most
compound & common
complex sentences
Frequent errors in use of
simple, compound &
common complex
sentence structures
Little control of
sentence structures
Strong control of verb
tenses
Good control of verb
tenses
Some control of verb
tenses
Appropriate & varied
vocabulary choice with
mostly correct forms
Appropriate vocabulary
choice with generally
correct word forms
Some vocabulary
choice errors and
incorrect forms, but
meaning generally
clear
Grammar/Vocabulary
55-60%
• Sentence structure
•
Grammar
•
Word choice and
forms
Weak control of verb
tenses
Frequent errors in
vocabulary choice that
interfere with meaning,
errors in word forms
Little control of verb
tenses
Limited use of
vocabulary. Little
control of word forms
ESL 33A Holistic Rubric (combines Writing and Language SLO’s. Language skills should be weighted more
heavily. Feel free to adapt this rubric to your own classes.)
Content/Organization
40
•
•
•
Thesis Statement
and Support
Pattern of
development
Unity and coherence
Grammar/Vocabulary
60%
• Sentence structure
Mastery - 4
Addresses the task
thoughtfully and
completely with strong
evidence of critical
thinking
Accomplished - 3
Addresses the task clearly
with evidence of critical
thinking
Adequate - 2
Addresses the task
with limited evidence
of critical thinking
Developing - 1
Addresses the task, but
may contain off-topic
ideas. Little evidence of
critical thinking
Inadequate - 0
Task is addressed
briefly or vaguely or
not at all. No evidence
of critical thinking
Multiple specific
examples linked to the
main idea
Some specific examples
linked to the main idea
Some examples with
weak link to the main
idea
Insufficient support
No support
Appropriate logical
pattern of development
Clear logical pattern of
ideas
Adequate logical
pattern of ideas
Unclear pattern of ideas
No logical pattern of
ideas
Coherent, unified
paragraphs with
effective use of
transitional devices
Mostly coherent, unified
paragraphs with good use of
transitional devices
Formulaic use of
transitional devices to
achieve coherence
Little coherence and
unity, inappropriate use
of transitional devices
No coherence or unity.
No use of transitional
devices
Fluency with good use
of subordination and
coordination
Good control of
subordination and
coordination
Some control of
subordination and
coordination
Numerous errors in
subordination and
coordination, or mostly
simple sentences
Many serious errors in
sentence structures
•
Grammar
Few errors in grammar,
which do not interfere
with meaning
Occasional errors in
grammar, which do not
interfere with meaning
•
Word choice and
forms
College-level
vocabulary; meaning
rarely unclear due to
vocabulary
Some use of college-level
vocabulary; meaning
mostly clear.
Some errors in
grammar, which may
interfere with meaning
Limited use of collegelevel vocabulary;
meaning usually clear.
Few errors in word
forms.
Many errors in
grammar, which
interfere with meaning
Frequent errors in word
choice and form
Many errors in
grammar, which
interfere with meaning
Many errors in word
choice and form
ESL 33B Holistic Rubric (combines Writing and Language SLO’s. Language skills should be weighted more
heavily. Feel free to adapt this rubric to your own classes.)
Content/Organization
40%
•
Thesis Statement
and Support
•
Pattern of
development
•
Unity and coherence
Grammar/Vocabulary
60%
• Sentence structure
Mastery - 4
Addresses the task with
strong evidence of
critical thinking
Accomplished - 3
Addresses the task
with evidence of critical
thinking
Adequate - 2
Addresses the task with
limited evidence of
critical thinking
Developing - 1
Addresses the task with
little evidence of critical
thinking
Inadequate - 0
Task is addressed
briefly, vaguely, or not
at all, with no evidence
of critical thinking
Thoughtful thesis and
extensive specific
support
Clear thesis and
effective support
Clear thesis and some
support
Weak thesis and support
Unclear thesis, limited
support
Strong logical pattern of
development
Clear logical pattern of
ideas
Adequate logical pattern
of ideas
Unclear pattern of ideas
No logical pattern of
ideas
Coherent, unified
paragraphs with a
variety of transitional
devices
Mostly coherent, unified
paragraphs with
transitional devices
Formulaic use of
transitional devices to
achieve coherence
Weak sense of
coherence and unity
No sense of coherence
or unity
Good control of varied
sentence structures
Control of sentence
structures with some
errors.
Little control of
sentence structures, or
mostly simple sentence
structures
Mistakes with simple
sentence structures
Correct and varied use
of all sentence
structures
•
Grammar
Few errors in grammar,
which do not interfere
with meaning
•
Word choice and
forms
Fluent style, with
effective use of collegelevel vocabulary
Some errors in
grammar, which do not
interfere with meaning
Some fluency in style
with appropriate use of
most college-level
vocabulary
Errors in grammar,
which do not interfere
with meaning
Errors in college-level
vocabulary, which do
not interfere with
meaning
Many errors in
grammar, may interfere
with meaning
Some college-level
vocabulary but errors
interfere with meaning.
Serious errors in basic
grammar
Many vocabulary
choice errors which
interfere with meaning