LEVEL 3
- Either longer or shorter pieces
of
writing intended to inform, explain,
request information, express opinions,
or give directions.
- Writing task has an established
format, such as a contract, lease,
financial report, or job description.
- Writing format may call for structural
elements, such as headings, a table of
contents, footnotes, etc.
- Non-routine writing tasks.
- Content of the writing may be
extensive but it is readily available
from established sources.
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BENCHMARK 8
- Links paragraphs to form coherent
texts to express ideas on familiar
abstract topics, with some support for
main ideas, and with an appropriate
sense of audience.
- Writes routine business letters (e.g.,
letters of inquiry, cover letters for
applications) and personal and formal
social messages.
- Fills out complex formatted
documents.
- Extracts key information and relevant
detail from a page-long text and
writes an outline or summary.
- Demonstrates good control
over common sentence patterns,
coordination and subordination,
and spelling and mechanics. Has
occasional difficulty with complex
structures (e.g., those reflecting
cause and reason, purpose,
comment), naturalness of phrases and
expressions, organization and style.
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LEVEL 3
- Writes detailed job specifications.
- Writes a work order that justifies
why and by what procedures the
work will be done.
- Writes reports for insurance claims
(precision and accuracy required).
- Prepares minutes of a meeting.
- Writes interpretive summaries of
respondents’ answers to survey
questions.
- Writes letters to explain/clarify and
request approval.
- Writes submissions to managers
outlining the characteristics of certain
products and presenting purchasing
options.
- Writes detailed incident/accident
reports.
- Prepares information sheets that
combine text and graphs to present
product information or summarize
trends.
- Local tour guides write research
notes and commentary for each tour.
- Writes shoplifting and incident
reports. This writing must be precise
and accurate since such reports may
be used in court.
- Writes articles for company
newsletters or material for product
presentations such as fashion shows.
- Writes memos to supervisors
suggesting changes to operating
procedures.
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BENCHMARK 8
- Conveys a personal message in a
formal letter or note or e-mail,
expressing or responding to sympathy,
clarifying a minor conflict, or giving
reassurance.
- Writes instructions about an
established process or procedures
given in a live demonstration, over the
phone, or from pre-recorded audio or
video material.
- Writes an outline or a summary of a
longer text.
- Conveys business messages as written
notes, memoranda, letters of request,
or work log entries, to indicate a
problem, to request a change, or to
request information.
- Writes a report / memo in paragraph
form (e.g., progress report, action
plan, incident inspection) about
what has been discovered or why
something is not working the way it
should.
- Writes an effective personal
resume, a formal cover letter, letter
of application for employment to
a personnel / human resources
manager; asks for an interview.
- Writes an essay / composition in
paragraph format describing how
a business operates (e.g., sawmill,
furniture manufacturing plant, farm,
bank, store, restaurant, courier
service, commercial laundry, hospital
kitchen, daycare, etc.)
- Writes an essay / composition on a
previously researched academic or
work-related topic to relate events,
describe, explain, express opinions or
argue a point.
- Writes in paragraph format to
relate/explain information in a pie,
line or bar graph, or in a process flow
chart; uses a flow chart to describe a
procedure or a process, in the correct
sequence.
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