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Advanced
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Average
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Below Basic
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| Organization |
Uses definite beginning and concluding statements. Uses transition words and phrases to connect ideas. Story goes in chronological order.
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Shows a beginning sense of beginnings and endings. Has some logical patterning chronological order. Uses some transition words to connect ideas.
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Does not show knowledge of beginnings and conclusions. Use little to no transition words to connect ideas. Not in chronological order.
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| Conventions |
Consistently incorporates conventions of spacing and directional placement of letters. Regularly uses both upper case and lower-case letters. Varies use of punctuation.
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Typically incorporates conventions of spacing and directional placement of letters. Uses some upper case and lower-case letters. Limited variety of punctuation.
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Does not understand conventions of spacing and directional placement of letters. Uses no upper-case letters. No variety in punctuation.
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| Sentence fluency |
Written text begins to imitate oral fluency. Shows variety in sentence lengths and beginnings. Uses as many sentences as needed to finish text.
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Written text slightly correlates to oral fluency. Show some variety in sentence length and beginnings. Use the number of sentences needed for requirements.
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Written text does not imitate oral fluency. No variety in sentence length or beginnings. Not enough sentences to finish text statements.
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