The writing The writing The writing The writing – – – – effectively introduces the topic introduces the topic introduces the topic identifies the topic effectively organizes complex ideas, organizes complex ideas, concepts, organizes ideas, concepts, and has little or no evidence of purposeful concepts, and information so that and information so that each new information in a manner that may lack organization each new element builds on that element builds on that which cohesion (ideas may be rambling and/ which precedes it to create a unified precedes it to create a unified whole or repetitive) whole that supports the writing task uses appropriate and varied inconsistently uses appropriate and effectively uses appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of varied transitions to link the major transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify sections of the text, create cohesion, the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex and clarify the relationships among the relationships among complex ideas and concepts complex ideas and concepts Organization ideas and concepts provides a concluding statement or provides a concluding statement or provides an effective concluding section that follows from and supports section statement or a section that follows the information or explanation from and supports the information or presented (e.g., articulating explanation presented (e.g., implications or the significance of the articulating implications or the topic) significance of the topic) Score of 4 Score of 3 Score of 2 Score of 1
Organization The writing – effectively introduces the topic effectively organizes complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole that supports the writing task effectively uses appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts provides an effective concluding statement or a section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic) The writing – introduces the topic organizes complex ideas, concepts, and information so that each new element builds on that which precedes it to create a unified whole uses appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts provides a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic) The writing – introduces the topic organizes ideas, concepts, and information in a manner that may lack cohesion (ideas may be rambling and/ or repetitive) inconsistently uses appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts provides a concluding statement or section The writing – identifies the topic has little or no evidence of purposeful organization Score of 4 Score of 3 Score of 2 Score of 1