TO WRITE SELF-EXPRESSIVE, NARRATIVE & INFORMATION-BASED TEXTS
Cycle 2
Beginning
Makes personal choices about
purpose, topic, and text type
Produces a variety of texts
Is aware of audience
Is aware of appropriate language
structures
Is able to organize ideas
Developing
I need the teacher’s help to choose the
topic I’m writing about
I choose my topic from suggestions
made by the teacher without help
I choose my own topic
without any help or suggestions
I always write about the same kinds
of things
I write about more than one topic
I write about a lot of different topics
using different genre
I use too few details for the reader to
understand and be interested in my
writing
I pay some attention to details in
order to help the reader make sense of
the story but I created little reader
interest
I edit or peer edit with assistance
I pay thoughtful attention to detail in
order to captivate the reader by
helping him/her to visualize and
understand my piece of writing
I am able to edit, peer edit and revise
my work without help
I am trying to sequence the events in
my writing but my beginning, middle,
or end is not clear;
I am able to write a clear beginning,
middle, and end;
I do not edit my writing nor do \I peer
edit
I am not yet able to clearly sequence
the events in my writing;
I am not yet able to write paragraphs
Is able to use conventions of print
Applying
Although I try to write clear sentences
my writing is difficult to read because
I have difficulty using punctuation,
spelling, and grammar
I make good use of paragraphs
I sometimes use paragraphs
effectively
Although I make several punctuation,
spelling, and grammar errors, the
ideas in my writing are still clear
I write clear sentences making good
use of punctuation, spelling, and
grammar