Grade 9 How Well Do You Write

English 1HOW WELL DO YOU WRITE CREATIVELY? (Have you interesting things to say and skilful ways of saying them?)Little Hero Stories

• Writing vividly engages reader

• Main points are fully relevant, substantial, comprehensive, accurate

• Very imaginative/perceptive/ mature/ some subtlety

• Writing engages reader well

• Main points are relevant, comprehensive and mostly accurate

• Imaginative/perceptive/thoughtful

• Writing adequately engages reader

• Main points show some development and are fairly comprehensive but may be narrow in range, incomplete, and/or superficial

• Quite imaginative/ perceptive /thoughtful

• Writing has some interest for reader

• Main points are developed but also basic and predictable, narrow in range, incomplete, and/or superficial

• Some imagination/ perception/ thought

• Writing has little interest for the reader

• Main points are thinly developed and/or inappropriate and/or stereotyped ideas and/or obvious gaps

• Little imagination

• The student’s writing is well organized and true to the style of a storybook

• The piece is put together in a very clear and logical way.

• Engaging, creative introduction and firm, thought-provoking / memorable conclusion

• The student’s writing is generally organized and mostly true to the style of a storybook

• The piece is clear and logical

• Engaging introduction and firm conclusion

• The student’s writing is organized in places and sometimes true to style of a storybook

• The piece is generally clear and logical

• Adequate introduction and conclusion

• The student’s writing is somewhat disorganized and rarely true to style of a storybook

• The piece has some logic

• Weak introduction and conclusion

• The student’s writing lacks a logical order and/or is rarely true to style of a storybook

• Very weak paragraphing

• Introduction and conclusion present

• Completely appropriate, precise and concise often/vivid/rich/figurative/technical/imaginative/ adventurous use of word and expression

• Completely appropriate register

• Appropriate and effective use of word and expression, with some signs of skillful choice

• Appropriate register

• Mostly appropriate use of word and expression

• Some lapses in appropriate register

• Adequate choices of word and expression but may be rather obvious/imprecise

• Significant lapses in register

• Inappropriate use of words and expression. Often vague or dull

• Inappropriate register or tone

• No lapses in sentence structure. Sentences are all correctly structured – no run-ons or fragments

• Sentence structures, lengths and openings are skillfully varied to support meaning/ mood/ purpose

• No significant lapses in sentence structure. Most sentences are correctly structured – no run-ons or fragments

• Sentence structures, lengths and openings are varied to support meaning/ mood/ purpose

• Some lapses in sentence structure. Most sentences are correctly structured – occasional run-ons or fragments

• Appropriate variety of sentence structures, lengths and openings

• Significant lapses in sentence structure including some fragments and/or run-ons

• Some variety of sentence structures, lengths and openings

• Many significant lapses in sentence structure including several or many fragments and/or run-ons

• Little sentence structure

• No (or very few) mechanical errors

• Layout/ word-processing supports the content (page numbers)

• Few mechanical errors

• Layout/word- mostly supports the content

• Occasional mechanical errors

• Layout/word-processing supports the content

• Some mechanical errors which do not hinder the reader unduly

• Layout/ word-processing sometimes supports the content

• Frequent mechanical errors which significantly hinder the reader

• Layout/ word-processing rarely supports the content