iRubric: IGCSE Writing rubric

Communicates some relevant meaning

Communication is clearer, though not consistently so, and there is occasional
awareness of purpose and audience; generally simple vocabulary though with
occasional appropriate use of more complex words.

Usually communicates clearly so that ideas can be followed without difficulty; more
sustained awareness of purpose and audience with some deliberate selection of vocabulary for effect

Communicates clearly, engaging the audience through the conscious selection of detail to suit purpose and the selection of vocabulary for effect. Increasingly, discourse markers will be integrated and used to facilitate organisation.

Communicates effectively most of the time with detailed and developed ideas and evidence of more sophisticated vocabulary and phrasing. Begins to manipulate reader’s response.

Communicates in a convincing and/or compelling way, fully engaging the reader with
sustained personal voice and delightful vocabulary choices.

Some attempt to organise ideas into sentences; evidence of some conscious separation of ideas for clarity

Begins to show variation in, and some control of, sentence structures; uses simple and compound sentences with occasional complex sentences.

Conscious variation of sentence structures may be found in short sentences or
exclamations for effect, rhetorical questions, or in complex sentences linked with appropriate discourse markers e.g. “Firstly, the most important …”. Variation is unlikely
to be sustained; may be some lack of control and grammatical insecurity.

Sentence structures are varied (short sentences or exclamations for effect, rhetorical questions, complex sentences), generally grammatically secure and, at times, effective.

Uses a wide range of sentence structures effectively.

Clear and controlled manipulation of sentence structures for effect.