Grammar Scoring Guide for Essays

 

Trait

Outstanding

Acceptable

Unacceptable

Self-evaluation

This was attached to your final draft and it is complete. 10

This is attached and most of it is completed. 7

This is attached but is not completed or it is not attached. 0

Rough draft

This was attached to your final draft and it has been peer-edited. 10

 

This is attached but it has not been peer-edited or it is not attached. 0

Spelling errors

There are 2 or less spelling errors. 10

There are 3-4 spelling errors. 7

There are more than 4 spelling errors. 0

Run-on sentences

There are 0-1 run-on sentences. 15

There are 2 run-on sentences. 10

There are more than 2 run-on sentences. 0

Fragments

There are 0-1 fragments. 15

There are 2 fragments. 10

There are more than 2 fragments. 0

Subject-verb agreement

There are 0-1 subject-verb agreement errors. 15

There are 2 subject-verb agreement errors. 10

There are more than 2 subject-verb agreement errors. 0

Capitalization

There are 0-2 errors in capitalization. 10

There are 3-4 errors in capitalization. 7

There are more than 4 capitalization errors. 0

Punctuation

There are 0-3 errors in punctuation. 15

There are 4-6 errors in punctuation. 10

There are more than 6 errors in punctuation. 0

TOTAL 100 points