Ready reckoner

1. CONFIDENTIAL Ready Reckoner
XL WRITING ANALYSIS
EXCELLENT TO VERYGOOD: 4 GOOD TO AVERAGE: 3 FAIR TO POOR: 2 VERYPOOR:1
CRITERIA SCORE LEVEL INDICATORS
CONTENT
8-10
• substantive & complete answer • comprehensive (range & depth) • insightful ideas(s)/
Creative angle • smooth development of thesis • totally relevant to assigned topic
5-7
• rather good coverage • fair grasp of subject • rather adequate range • some significant
ideas • limited development of thesis • mostly relevant to topic, but lacks detail
2-4
•tangential treatment • limited significance • run of the mill repetitive ideas • little
substance • inadequate topic development • overgeneralisation
0-1
• skirts/misses the question • poor grasp of subject • not enough ideas • non-substantive
• irrelevant & distracting
ORGANIZATION
&
STRUCTURE
8-10
•some remarkable ideas • well-structured • effective development • clearly supported
•logically organized • appropriate discourse markers • sufficient & focussed paragraphs
5-7
•somewhat choppy • loosely organized but main ideas stand out • limited support
• incomplete progression but meaning comes through • few, repeated discourse markers
2-4
•Jerky& non fluent •ideas confused or disconnected •lacks logical sequencing and/or
support • discourse markers missing • no paragraphing • inappropriate language and or
form • under length
0-1
•does not communicate •no or scanty ideas •poor organization • or not enough to evaluate
LANGUAGE
USE
8-10
• sophisticated range of sentence structure & vocabulary • effective choice and usage of
word /idiom • correct collocation, felicitous phrasing/expressions • word form mastery
• few errors • appropriate register
5-7 • prosaic & dreary style •adequate range • some errors in choice of idiom, collocation,
word choice & formation but meaning not obscured
2-4 • limited range • frequent errors of word/idiom form, choice, usage • meaning confused
or obscured • few & repeated vocabulary • makes dull reading
0-1 • no mastery of even simple sentences • MT translation • code mixing • limited/repeated
vocabulary, idioms • insufficient data to evaluate
GRAMMAR
&
MECHANICS
8-10
• Grammar errors nearly absent • conventions & mechanics nearly accurate • few errors
of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing
5-7
• occasional errors confined to rare and problematic uses • simpler sentences error free
• some errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, • meaning at times confused or
obscured
2-4 • frequent breaches of S-V agreement, numbers, aux. verbs, articles or prepositions •
significant errors of spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing • frequent short
hand symbols • poor handwriting • meaning confused or obscure
0-1 • poor mastery of grammar • causes strain to the reader • dominated by error of grammar,
spelling, punctuation, capitalization, paragraphing • handwriting illegible • not enough to
evaluate