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Fig. Fx. Analytic Writing Scale for the Spanish Foreign Language Immersion ProgramUniversity of Minnesota, evise! "uly, #$$%

CONTENT 30 POINTS POSSIBLE

Score ange &riteria &omments

'( ) *+

xcellent to -ery oo! .addresses allaspects of the prompt .provides goodsupport for and development of all ideaswith range of detail .substantive

*% ) **

oo! to Average .prompt adequatelyaddressed .ideas not fully developed orsupported with detail, though main ideas areclear .less substance

*# ) #+

Fair .prompt may not be fully addressed(writer may appear to skirt aspects ofprompt) .ideas not supported well, mainideas lack detailed development .little

substance

#% ) #'Poor .doesnt adequately addressprompt .little to no support or developmentof ideas .nonsubstantive

ORGANIZATION 20 POINTS POSSIBLE


*( ) #/

xcellent to -ery oo! .wellframedand organi!ed (with clear introduction,conclusion) .coherent .succinct .cohesive(e"cellent use of connective words)

#+ ) #0 oo! to Average adequate, but loose

organi!ation with introduction andconclusion (though they may be limited or


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one of the two may be missing) .somewhatcoherent .more wordy rather than succinct.somewhat cohesive (good use ofconnective words)

#' ) #(

Fair .lacks good organi!ation (noevidence of introduction, conclusion) .ideasmay be disconnected, confused .lackscoherence .wordy and repetitive .lacksconsistent use of cohesive elements

$ ) +

Poor .confusing, disconnectedorgani!ation .lacks coherence, so much so

that writing is difficult to follow .lackscohesion

LANGUAGE USE/GRAMMAR/MORPHOLOGY 25 TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE


*1 ) **

xcellent to -ery oo! .great variety ofgrammatical forms (e.g., range of indicativeverb forms# use of sub$unctive) .comple"sentence structure (e.g., compoundsentences, embedded clauses) .evidenceof %&panishlike% construction .mastery ofagreement (sub$'verb# number'gender).very few errors (if any) overall with nonethat obscure meaning

*# ) #/

oo! to Average .some variety of

grammatical forms (e.g., attempts, thoughnot always accurate, of range of verb forms,use of sub$unctive) .attempts, though notalways accurate, at comple" sentencestructure (e.g., compound sentences,embedded clauses) .little evidence of%&panishlike% construction, though withoutclear translations from nglish .occasionalerrors with agreement .some errors (minor)that dont obscure meaning

#+ ) ## Fair .less variety of grammatical forms


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(e.g., little range of verb forms# inaccurate, ifany, attempts at sub$unctive) .simplisticsentence structure .evidence of %nglishlike% construction (e.g., some direct

translation of phrases) .consistent errors(e.g., with agreement), but few of which mayobscure meaning

#( ) 1

Poor .very little variety of grammaticalforms .simplistic sentence structure thatcontains consistent errors, especially withbasic aspects such as agreement .evidenceof translation from nglish .frequent andconsistent errors that may obscure meaning

VOCABULARY/WORD USAGE 20 TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE


*( ) #/

xcellent to -ery oo! .sophisticated,academic range .e"tensive variety of words.effective and appropriate word'idiom

choice and usage .appropriate register

#+ ) #0

oo! to Average .good, but note"tensive (less academic), range or variety.occasional errors of word'idiom choice orusage (some evidence of invention of %false%cognates), but very few or none that obscuremeaning .appropriate register

#' ) #(

Fair .limited and %nonacademic% range(frequent repetition of words) .moreconsistent errors with word'idiom choice orusage (frequent evidence of translation#invention of %false% cognates) that may(though seldom) obscure meaning .someevidence of inappropriate register

$ ) + Poor .very limited range of words.consistent and frequent errors with

word'idiom choice or usage (ample evidenceof translation) .meaning frequently


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obscured .evidence of inappropriateregister

MECHANICS 5 TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE


1

xcellent to -ery oo!.demonstrates mastery of conventions.few errors in spelling, punctuation,capitali!ation, and use of accents

0

oo! to Average .occasional errors inspelling, punctuation, capitali!ation, anduse of accents, but meaning is notobscured

'

Fair .frequent errors in spelling,punctuation, capitali!ation, and use ofaccents that at times confuses or obscuresmeaning

*

Poor .no mastery of conventions.dominated by errors in spelling,punctuation, capitali!ation, and use ofaccents

Total Score_____ COMMENTS:

&omposition ra!ing Sheet analytic(first draft *+ points# second draft + points)

-rench ++'++*'+**

2ame3

AMMA(/ ' 0 points possible)


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#st 4raft *n! 4raft

/ ' 1 0 2o or very few grammatical errors# meaning always clear.

3 *.1 4ccasional grammatical errors do not interfere with meaning.

0 * -requent grammatical errors sometimes interfere with meaning.

* .1 5ery frequent grammatical errors often interfere with meaning.

' + ' + 6ncomprehensible or not enough material to evaluate.

-5&A6ULA7 (/ ' 0 points possible)

#st 4raft *n! 4raft

/ ' 1 07ide range of vocabulary, used appropriately in all instances and withvery few or no spelling errors.

3 *.18ood range of vocabulary, occasional or very few errors in usage orspelling errors.

0 *5ocabulary somewhat limited# fairly frequent errors in usage and'orspelling.

* .15ery limited vocabulary# frequent errors in usage and'or spelling# literaltranslations from nglish.

' + ' +

"tremely limited vocabulary# e"cessive errors in usage and'or

spelling or not enough material to evaluate.


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S87L (3 ' * points possible)

#st 4raft *n! 4raft

3 *5aried sentence length and structure with some cohesive elements.9escriptive language. 7riter:s voice engages reader. -rench is asnatural as possible.

0 ' * .1 ' 6nformation is basic, with little elaboration, sentence variety, or use ofcohesive elements. &ome interference from nglish.

' + .1 ' +&imple sentences with few or no attempts to connect them. &ignificantinterference from nglish.

&52828 (3 ' * points possible)

#st 4raft *n! 4raft

3 ' 0.1 *;opic clearly and fully developed. 9etails, descriptions, e"amples, andanecdotes e"plain and clarify information.

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