| Informational Writing |
The response reflects original writing throughout that directly addresses a clearly stated topic. It is focused on the audience and purpose of the task. The multi-paragraph organizational structure creates clarity and completeness. The response includes most of the following: a topic that is strongly maintained throughout, little, if any, loosely related material, a clearly evident organizational structure that includes a skillfully crafted introduction and conclusion, and a logical progression of ideas that reflects a skillful use of transitional strategies to move from one idea to another. |
The response reflects original writing throughout that directly addresses a clearly stated topic. It is focused on the audience and purpose of the task. The multi-paragraph organizational structure creates clarity and completeness. The response includes some of the following: a topic that is maintained throughout, some loosely related material, an organizational structure that includes an introduction and conclusion, and a progression of ideas that reflects a use of transitional strategies to move from one idea to another. |
The response reflects some original writing that addresses a stated topic. It is somewhat focused on the audience and purpose of the task. The organizational structure is somewhat clear and complete. The response includes a few of the following: a topic that is partially maintained, some loosely related material, an organizational structure that includes an introduction or conclusion, and a progression of ideas that somewhat reflects a use of transitional strategies. |
The response does not reflect original writing that addresses a stated topic. It is not focused on the audience and purpose of the task. The organizational structure is unclear and incomplete. The response includes few or none of the following: a topic that is maintained, loosely related material, an organizational structure, and a progression of ideas. |
| Ideas |
The response is exemplary and includes thorough and convincing evidence that is directly related to the purpose of the task. It includes relevant evidence, facts, and details from all sources. Elaboration of evidence is focused, original writing and is clearly connected to the topic. The response includes most of the following: strong evidence from all sources that is well integrated throughout, directly related to the task, and references the source(s), clear connection between points and evidence, effective use of a variety of relevant elaborative techniques (including but not limited to definitions and examples), and use of precise academic and domain-specific vocabulary that is clearly appropriate for the task. |
The response includes evidence that is directly related to the purpose of the task. It includes relevant evidence, facts, and details from all sources. Elaboration of evidence is focused writing and is connected to the topic. The response includes some of the following: evidence from all sources that is integrated throughout, directly related to the task, and references the source(s), connection between points and evidence, use of some relevant elaborative techniques (including but not limited to definitions and examples), and use of academic and domain-specific vocabulary that is appropriate for the task. |
The response includes some evidence that is related to the purpose of the task. It includes some relevant evidence, facts, and details from sources. Elaboration of evidence is somewhat focused writing and is somewhat connected to the topic. The response includes a few of the following: evidence from some sources that is somewhat integrated, somewhat related to the task, and may reference the source(s), limited connection between points and evidence, use of a few relevant elaborative techniques (including but not limited to definitions and examples), and use of some academic and domain-specific vocabulary. |
The response does not include evidence that is related to the purpose of the task. It includes limited or no relevant evidence, facts, and details from sources. Elaboration of evidence is weak or missing. The response includes few or none of the following: evidence from sources, connection between points and evidence, relevant elaborative techniques, and appropriate academic and domain-specific vocabulary. |
