CLS Rubric
CLS Rubric
CLS Rubric
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The response has relevant ideas and content The response is presented coherently and
developed in detail to create a clear and logically to help the development of ideas, usually
consistent relationship between the writer and with an introduction and conclusion.
reader.
Well-crafted paragraphs contribute to the
The text type is clearly established, e.g. an structure of the text.
article, report, etc., and the tone is appropriate to
the ideas and is sustained.
The main features of the text type are evident Paragraphs/sections are evident and help to
and the tone is appropriate for the purpose and is structure the text.
largely sustained.
Some sentence features are used to clarify and Polysyllabic, ambitious and more complex, lower
emphasise meaning. frequency words are used successfully.
Mostly simple compound structures based on a Some polysyllabic and more difficult words in
variety of connectives. frequent use are spelled correctly.