Writing Skills

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Writing

	0007 Role of Audience and Purpose

	0008 Idea Development, Fluency, and Organization

	0009 Writing that Effectively Communicates Intended Messages

	0010 Apply Revision Strategies

	0011 Standard Writing Conventions

	Practice Writing Tests

	0012 Prepare an Organized, Developed Composition
		Guidelines for Passing
		Essay Skills
		Determine the Purpose for Writing
		Formulate a Thesis or Statement of Main Idea
		Organize Ideas and Details Effectively
		Provide Adequate, Relevant Supporting Material
		Use Effective Transitions
		Demonstrate a Mature Command of Language
		Avoid Inappropriate Slang, Jargon, and Cliches
		Use a Variety of Sentence Patterns Effectively
		Maintain a Consistent Point of View

		Practice Writing an Essay


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0012 Prepare an Organized, Developed Composition

Guidelines for Passing

Each essay will be scored on a scale of 1 to 4, with 4 being the best. A score of 3 is a marginal passing score, 2 a marginal fail, and one is a definite failing score. The table below provides guidelines at to how each essay will be scored.

WEST-B Writing Score Scale
Score	Score Point Description
4	A "4" is a well-organized and developed composition that effectively addresses the assigned content, purpose, and audience.
	*	The writer effectively addresses the given topic and remains focused on that topic; the discussion is fluent and includes language and style appropriate for the audience, purpose, and occasion.
	*	The composition is well organized with a logical sequence of ideas and clear writing.
	*	The writer's position is well developed with relevant, strong, and effective supporting information; the reasoning is strong.
	*	The composition exhibits careful and precise word choice; sentence structures are varied and effective.
	*	The composition includes no more than minor flaws in standard spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

3	A "3" is an adequately organized and developed composition that addresses the assigned content, purpose, and audience.
	*	The writer addresses the given topic and generally remains focused on that topic; the discussion is coherent and includes language and style generally appropriate for the audience, purpose, and occasion.
	*	The composition is adequately organized with a logical sequence of ideas and generally clear writing.
	*	The writer's position is adequately developed with generally relevant, strong, and effective supporting information; the reasoning is generally sound.
	*	The composition exhibits adequate word choice; sentence structures are generally effective.
	*	The composition may include some flaws in standard spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

2	A "2" is a somewhat organized and developed composition that partially addresses the assigned content, purpose, and audience.
	*	The writer may address, but lose focus on, the given topic; the discussion may be confused or include some language and style inappropriate for the audience, purpose, and occasion.
	*	The composition is somewhat disorganized with a questionable sequence of ideas and/or some unclear writing.
	*	The writer's position is partially developed with somewhat relevant but generally weak and ineffective supporting information; the reasoning may be simplistic.
	*	The composition exhibits some lack of care and precision in word choice; sentence structures may be weak or lack variety.
	*	The composition may have distracting flaws in standard spelling, capitalization, and punctuation

1	A "1" is a poorly organized and developed composition that inadequately addresses the assigned content, purpose, and audience.
	*	The writer fails to address or remain focused on the given topic; the discussion lacks coherence and/or includes language and style inappropriate for the audience, purpose, and occasion.
	*	The composition is poorly organized with an illogical sequence of ideas and/or unclear writing.
	*	The writer's position is poorly developed with little, if any, relevant supporting information; the reasoning is unsound or absent.
	*	The composition exhibits careless and imprecise word choice; sentence structures are flawed.
	*	The composition includes significant errors in standard spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

U	The response is unscorable because it is unrelated to the assignment, is illegible, is primarily in a language other than English, or does not contain a sufficient amount of original work to score.

B	The essay response sheet is blank.