POINT

NEATNESS

CAPITALIZATION

PUNCTUATION

SPELLING

GRAMMAR

COMPLETE

SENTENCES

PARAGRAPH

FORM

4

The writing is extremely neat

All sentences begin with capitals and all proper nouns are capitalized

Ends all sentences with proper punctuation-uses quotation marks and commas correctly.

All words are spelled correctly

All writing is

grammatically correct

All sentences are complete (noun and verb)

All paragraphs are indented and have de tails supporting a topic sentence.

3

The writing is neatly done.

Most sentences begin with capitals most proper nouns are capitalized

Most sentences end with proper punctuation uses quotation marks and commas correctly most of the time.

A few words are spelled incorrectly

Most writing is

grammatically correct

A few sentences are incomplete

Most paragraphs

are indented and have de tails supporting a topic sentence.

2

The writing is not very neat

A few sentences begin with capitals and a few proper nouns are capitalized.

A few sentences end with proper punctuation-uses a few quotation marks and commas correctly most of the time.

Many words are spelled incorrectly

Much of the writing is grammatically incorrect

Many sentences

are incomplete

Some paragraphs are indented and have de tails supporting a topic sentence.

1.

The writing is sloppy

Rarely do sentences begin with capitals and rarely are proper nouns capitalized.

Almost all punctuation is improper.

Most of the words are spelled incorrectly

Most of the writing is grammatically incorrect

Most of the sentences are incomplete.

Rarely are paragraphs are indented and have de tails supporting a topic sentence.