Here is the scoring rubric for CXC English A summary questions This is a tool that you can use

to help assess your skill level in writing CXC English A summaries It can also be used to diagnose where you are having problems in your summary writing and thus direct you to the areas of your summary writing where you need more practice.

Skill levels 1= Ready for the CXC english A exam 2= More practice needed 3= Practice and peer coaching needed 4= Professional coaching needed 5= Intense professional coaching needed

CXC Summary criteria

1 Length

The The summary is summary is within the a bit longer stated word than the limit stated word limit. (>6)

The summary is much The The summary longer than the stated summary is is somewhat word limit (>18). as long as longer than the original the stated passage. word limit. (>12)

2 Form

The The The sunmary The sunmary is written summary is sunmary is is written in in note/bullet form written in written in paragraph There several paragraph paragraph form mistakes in grammar form form There are and punctuation (>12) There are There are many few several mistakes in mistakes in mistakes in grammar and grammar grammar punctuation and and (>18). punctuation. punctuation (>6). (>12).

The sunmary is written in note/bullet form There many mistakes in grammar and punctuation (>18)

Main idea of Main idea Main idea of Main idea of the the passage of the the passage passage is not stated at isstated in passage is stated at all, it the first is stated in the end of issuggestedor implied. 3 sentence or the middle the sentences. of the summary. Content summary.

The main idea of the passage is not stated, suggested or implied in the summary.

4 Content 2

The writer The writer The writer The writer uses personal uses only uses uses minor knowledge and nonessential mainly details and essential details from information essential non-essential the passage to support from the information information the main idea of the passage to and some from the support the minor passage to

The writer uses mainly personal information to support the main idea of the

main idea of details support the the from the main idea of summary. passage to the support the summary. main idea of the summary The writer uses his own words to write the summary. The writer uses some words from the passage to write the summary (>12). The writer uses some words in the summary which have the same logical sequence as the passage. The writer uses some sentences from the passage to write the summary (>3).

summary.

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5 Process

The writer The writer uses sections copies the (chunks) from the whole passage to write the passage for summary. the summary.

The writer uses words in the summary 6 which have the same Meaning logical sequence as the passage.

The writer The writer uses words in uses words in the summary which do the summary not have a sequence which have a similar to the passage. similar sequence as the passage.

The writer uses words in the summary which do not show any logical sequence