Use the following assessment tool to assess the transactional writing by looking at the criteria and the categories of marks allocated in each category. Determine where you would place your learner and award a corresponding mark based on the descriptors in the assessment tool.


Marks 12 – 15 10 – 11 7 – 9 5 – 6 0 – 4 Criteria


Interesting and relevant content; no mistakes in structure and format; correct length. Excellent planning drafting, editing and final presentation. Excellent vocabulary; excellent and varied sentence structures used correctly.


Appropriate, relevant content; few or no mistakes in structure and format; correct length. Good planning, drafting, editing and final presentation. Good vocabulary; varied sentence structures used correctly.


Content is mostly appropriate and on topic; structure and format mostly correct; text a little too long or too short. Some planning, drafting, editing done, but there are quite a few mistakes. Some appropriate vocabulary and sentence structures used but with several usage mistakes.


Content is mostly inappropriate and often off the topic; structure and format mostly incorrect; text is much too short. Poor planning and little editing and revision. Only very basic vocabulary used; many spelling, punctuation and language errors make text confusing.


Content inappropriate and completely off the topic; structure and format completely incorrect; length is completely inappropriate. No evidence of processes of writing. Unsuitable vocabulary; so many errors that text has no meaning.


[15 marks] [Total: 30 marks]


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