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/