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English
Department - CAHSEE Scoring Guides Response to Writing
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The Essay:
clearly
addresses all parts of the writing task
provides a meaningful
thesis, demonstrates a consistent tone and focus, and illustrates a
purposeful control of organization
thoughtfully
supports the thesis and main ideas with specific details and
examples
provides a variety
of sentence types and uses precise, descriptive
language
demonstrates a clear
sense of audience
contains few,
if any errors in the conventions of the English language. (Errors are
generally first-draft in nature) *
A Persuasive Composition:
States and maintains a position, authoritatively defends
that position with precise and relevant evidence and convincingly
addresses the readerís concerns, biases and expectations. |
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The Essay:
addresses all parts of the
writing task
provides a thesis,
demonstrates a consistent tone and focus, illustrates a control of
organization
supports the thesis and main
ideas with details and examples
provides a variety
of sentence types and uses some descriptive language
demonstrates a general
sense of audience
may contain some errors
in the conventions of the English language (Errors do no interfere with the
readers understanding of thesis) *
A Persuasive Composition:
states and maintains a position, generally defends that
position with precise and relevant evidence and addresses the readers
concerns, biases, and expectations |
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The Essay:
addresses only parts of
writing task
may provide a thesis,
demonstrates an inconsistent tone and focus and illustrates little, if any,
control of the organization
may support the thesis and
main ideas with limited, if any, details and/or examples
provides a few, if any, types
of sentence types and basic predictable language
demonstrates little or no
sense of audience
may contain several errors in
the conventions of the English language (Errors may interfere with the
readers understanding of the essay.) *
A Persuasive Composition:
Defends a position with little evidence and may address the readerís
concerns, biases and expectations. |
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The Essay may be too short
to evaluate or:
Addresses only one part of
the writing task
May provide a weak, if any,
thesis; demonstrates little or no consistence of tone and focus; and
illustrates little or no control of organization
Fails to support ideas with
details and/or examples
May provide no sentence
variety and uses limited vocabulary
May demonstrate no sense of
audience
May contain serious errors in
the convention s of the English language (Errors interfere with the readerís
understanding of the essay.) *
A Persuasive Composition:
Fails to defend a position with any evidence and fails to address the
readerís concerns, biases, and expectations.
* Conventions of the English language refer to grammar, punctuation,
spelling, capitalization and usage. |
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