Fluent+Writer

=Fluent Writer=


 * **Descriptor ** || **Notes ** ||
 * Begins to write organized fiction and nonfiction (e.g., reports, letters, biographies, and autobiographies). ||  ||
 * Develops stories with plots that include problems and solutions with guidance. ||  ||
 * Creates characters in stories with guidance. ||  ||
 * Writes poetry using carefully chosen language. ||  ||
 * Begins to experiment with sentence length and complex sentence structure. ||  ||
 * Varies leads and endings with guidance. ||  ||
 * Uses description, details, and similes with guidance. ||  ||
 * Uses dialogue with guidance. ||  ||
 * Uses a range of strategies for planning writing. ||  ||
 * Adapts writing for purpose and audience with guidance. ||  ||
 * Revises for specific writing traits (e.g., ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, and conventions) with guidance. ||  ||
 * Incorporates suggestions from others about own writing with guidance. ||  ||
 * Edits for punctuation, spelling, and grammar with greater precision. ||  ||
 * Uses tools (e.g., dictionaries, word lists, and spell checkers) to edit with guidance. ||  ||
 * <span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Develops criteria for effective writing in different genres with guidance. || <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> ||