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5. G RADING AND WRITING ESSAYS ENGLISH 6 Focus on writing

6. W RITING SCORE 6: The writer has very strong organizational, structural, and grammatical skills. 5: The writer has good organizational, structural, and grammatical skills. However, the essay contains some errors. 4: The writer has adequate organizational, structural, and grammatical skills. The essay contains a number of errors. 3: The writer shows evidence of organizational, structural, and grammatical skills that still need to be improved 2: The writer shows a minimal ability to convey ideas in written English. 1: The writer is not capable of conveying ideas in written English.

7. S AMPLE ESSAY Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Some people place a high value on loyalty to the employer. To others, it is perfectly acceptable to change jobs every few years to build a career. Discuss these two positions. Then indicate which position you agree with and why. Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

8. THE “6” ESSAY Strengthts of this essay It discusses all aspects of the topic It is clearly organized. The ideas are well developed. It has good, correct sentence structure. It has only a few spelling and grammar errors Weaknesses of this essay The concluding paragraph is rather weak

9. THE “5” ESSAY Strengthts of this essay It discusses the topic fully. It is clearly organizes. It has correct sentence structure. Weaknesses of this essay The sentence structure is very simple. There are some grammatical errors, particularly with articles.

10. THE “4” ESSAY Strengthts of this essay It answers the question fairly well. It is clearly organized. Weaknesses of this essay It copies too directly from the question. The ideas are not very well developed. There are several examples of incorrect sentence structure.

11. THE “3” ESSAY Strengthts of this essay It is clearly organized. It has good, correct sentence structure. Weaknesses of this essay It does not discuss the topic completely. There are errors in spelling and grammar.

12. THE “2” ESSAY Strengthts of this essay The overall organization is clear. The writer’s main point is clear. Weaknesses of this essay The sentence structure is poor. There are numerous errors in spelling and grammar. The ideas are not very well developed.

13. THE “1” ESSAY Weaknesses of this essay It does not discuss the topic completely. The ideas are disorganized and difficult to follow. There are many errors in spelling and grammar. There are many errors in sentence structure. It is too short.

14. G ENERAL STRATEGIES FOR WRITING Read the question carefully and answer the question exactly as it is stated. Organize your response very clearly. Whenever you make any general statement, be sure to support that statement. Stick to vocabulary and sentence structures that you know. Finish writing your essay a few minutes early so that you have time to proof what you wrote.