This is a rubric that I created for my beginning ESL class to use with their writing assignments. In that class, we were practicing writing a paragraph about a picture. Every time we learned new things, I would model how they could use it to expand their paragraphs. I used this rubric to give them feedback so they could see their strengths and areas for improvement. Below the rubric are examples to help explain each of the categories.
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If you want to read more about writing in the beginning levels, I wrote a post about it on my personal blog. You can click here to read more on this topic.
Jessica Johnston is the ESL resource faculty at Woodland Community College. Before grad school, she taught EFL in Quito, Ecuador. She loves creating class material and developing curriculum.