Proficient+Writer

=Proficient Writer=
 * **Descriptor ** || **Notes ** ||
 * Writes persuasively about ideas, feelings, and opinions. ||  ||
 * Creates plots with problems and solutions. ||  ||
 * Begins to develop the main characters and describe detailed settings. ||  ||
 * Begins to write organized and fluent nonfiction, including simple bibliographies. ||  ||
 * Writes cohesive paragraphs including reasons and examples with guidance. ||  ||
 * Uses transitional sentences to connect paragraphs. ||  ||
 * Varies sentence structure, leads, and endings. ||  ||
 * Begins to use descriptive language, details, and similes. ||  ||
 * Uses voice to evoke emotional response from readers. ||  ||
 * Begins to integrate information on a topic from a variety of sources. ||  ||
 * Begins to revise for specific writing traits (e.g., ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, and conventions). ||  ||
 * Uses tools (e.g., dictionaries, word lists, spell checkers) to edit independently. ||  ||
 * Selects and publishes writing in polished format independently. ||  ||
 * Begins to use complex punctuation (e.g., commas, colons, semicolons, quotation marks) appropriately. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Begins to set goals and identify strategies to improve writing in different genres. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> ||