Scoring Guideline: Elementary
Score = 6
Excellent* Develops ideas well and uses many details related to the topic.
* Has excellent organization and stays focused throughout the essay.
* Has varied sentence structure.
* Displays good word choices.
* Contains little or no errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation; errors do not prevent understanding.
Persuasive mode
* Clearly states the position and eﬀectively persuades the reader of a certain viewpoint.

Score = 5
Skillful* Develops ideas with some details.
* Is clearly organized; information is presented in an orderly way.
* Shows some variety in sentence structure.
* Displays some good word choices.
* May contain some errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation; errors do not prevent understanding.
Persuasive mode
* Clearly states the position and persuades the reader.

Score = 4Suﬃcient* Provides clear ideas, but not fully developed; may have few details.
* Provides a clear order of information; provides pieces of information that are generally related to each other.
* Generally has simple sentences; may display uneven control over sentence structure.
* Contains mostly simple word choices but may show some examples of good word choices.
* Contains errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation that generally do not prevent understanding.
Persuasive mode
* States a position and makes some attempt to persuade the reader.

Score = 3
Uneven* Provides limited or incomplete information; may be a list or an outline.
* Is not organized in most of the essay or does not provide information in the correct order.
* Displays uneven control over sentence structure.
* May have some poor word choices.
* Contains errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation that sometimes prevent understanding.
Persuasive mode
* While a position is stated, either it is not clear or not developed.

Score = 2
Insuﬃcient* Provides little information and makes little attempt at development.
* Is very disorganized or too brief to ﬁnd organization.
* Displays little control over sentence structure.
* Has incorrect word choices in much of the essay.
* Contains misspellings, missing words, and incorrect word order; errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
are severe enough to make understanding very diﬃcult in much of the essay.
Persuasive mode
* Either a position is not clearly given or little attempt is made at persuasion.

Score = 1
Unsatisfactory* Attempts a response, but may only copy the prompt or be extremely brief.
* Displays no control over organization.
* Displays no control over sentence structure.
* Has incorrect word choices throughout most of the essay.
* Contains misspellings, missing words, and incorrect word order; errors in grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation
severely prevent understanding throughout the essay.
Persuasive mode
* Little eﬀort is made to persuade, either because there is no position taken or no support is given.
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