Writing Conventions Assessment

Student Name __________________________	Date _________________________
Assignment ____________________________	Assessed by _________________________

Category	Description				Performance Level
	4	3	2	1
Paragraph Structure	Uses correct paragraph structure all of the time.	Uses correct paragraph structure almost all of the time. (1 or 2 mistakes)	Makes multiple errors with paragraph structure.	Makes several errors with paragraph structure.	____
Sentence Structure	Uses correct sentence structure all of the time.	Uses correct sentence structure almost all of the time. (1 or 2 mistakes)	Makes multiple errors with sentence structure.	Makes several errors with sentence structure.	____
Vocabulary	Correctly uses a variety of higher-level vocabulary	Uses correct vocabulary all or nearly all of the time. (1 or 2 mistakes)	Makes multiple errors with vocabulary.	Makes several errors with vocabulary.	____
Spelling	Uses correct spelling all of the time.	Uses correct spelling almost all of the time. (1 or 2 mistakes)	Makes multiple errors with spelling.	Makes several errors with spelling.	____
Capital Letters	Uses capital letters correctly all of the time.	Uses capital letters correctly almost all of the time. (1 or 2 mistakes)	Makes multiple errors with capital letters.	Makes several errors with capital letters.	____
Punctuation	Uses correct punctuation all of the time (periods, question marks, apostrophes)	Uses punctuation correctly almost all of the time (1 or 2 mistakes)	Makes multiple errors with punctuation	Makes several errors with punctuation	___
*Commas	Uses commas correctly all of the time.	Uses commas correctly almost all of the time. (1 or 2 mistakes)	Makes multiple errors with commas.	Makes several errors with commas.	____
*Quotation Marks	Uses quotation marks correctly all of the time.	Uses quotation marks correctly almost all of the time. (1 or 2 mistakes)	Makes multiple errors with quotation marks.	Makes several errors with quotation marks.	____