The Internet TESL Journal

Essay Evaluation Form

Alice Delaney Dana Walker
aiw@speakeasy.org

ESSAY EVALUATION              WRITER'S NAME___________________
                              EDITOR'S NAME___________________
CONTENT POINTS  (60)___________            TOTAL _____________
STYLE-GRAMMAR   (40)___________

IDEA Important 15 14 12 10 8 Basic Interesting Boring USE OF EXAMPLES Enough 15 14 12 10 8 None Strong Weak/Cliche UNITY Logical 15 14 12 10 8 Disorganized Consistent 15 14 12 10 9 Inconsistent point of view p.o.v. CONTENT POINTS________/60
SENTENCES Clear 5 4 3 2 1 Wordy Concise Repetitious Fragments VOCABULARY Specific 5 4 3 2 1 General Precise Vague GRAMMAR Paragraphing 5 4 3 2 1 Too short or Clear too long Spelling Good 5 4 3 2 1 Weak Mechanics 5 4 3 2 1 Punct., etc. Professional Amateur, careless Parallelism 5 4 3 2 1 Confusing Strong title 5 4 3 2 1 Weak title Strong 1st parag. 5 4 3 2 1 Weak 1st parag. Strong end Weak end STYLE-GRAMMAR POINTS_________/40


The Internet TESL Journal, Vol. II, No. 2, February 1996
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/