Connecting+Writer

=Connecting Writer=


 * **Descriptor ** || **Notes ** ||
 * Writes in a variety of genres and forms for different audiences and purposes independently. ||  ||
 * Creates plots with a climax. ||  ||
 * Creates detailed, believable settings and characters in stories. ||  ||
 * Writes organized, fluent, and detailed nonfiction independently, including bibliographies with correct format. ||  ||
 * Writes cohesive paragraphs including supportive reasons and examples. ||  ||
 * Uses descriptive language, details, similes, and imagery to enhance ideas independently. ||  ||
 * Begins to use dialogue to enhance character development. ||  ||
 * Incorporates personal voice in writing with increasing frequency. ||  ||
 * Integrates information on a topic from a variety of sources independently. ||  ||
 * Constructs charts, graphs, and tables to convey information when appropriate. ||  ||
 * Uses prewriting strategies effectively to organize and strengthen writing. ||  ||
 * Revises for specific writing traits (e.g., ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, and conventions) independently. ||  ||
 * Includes deletion in revision strategies. ||  ||
 * Incorporates suggestions from others on own writing independently. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';">Uses complex punctuation (e.g., commas, colons, semicolons, quotation marks) with increasing accuracy. || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> ||