Cues and Conventions CC2.4 (c) Understands and applies the purposefully chooses language for a chooses appropriate language for a attempts to choose language for a language and purpose is unclear or appropriate cues and conventions (pragmatic, particular audience and purpose particular audience and purpose particular audience and purpose inappropriate textual, syntactical, semantic/lexical/ morphological, graphophonic, and other) to beginning to develop tone and voice attempting to develop tone and voice with support, attempting to develop tone and voice not evident construct and communicate meaning when tone and voice writing. writes sentences using writes sentences using periods, sometimes writes sentences using writes sentences using periods, consistently rarely periods, question marks, commas and question marks, commas and capitals periods, question marks, commas and question marks, commas and capitals capitals correctly capitals correctly correctly uses an interesting variety of sentence occasionally uses a variety of sentence rarely uses provided sentence openings openings and types openings and types uses a variety of sentence openings and and types types intentionally uses connecting words occasionally uses connecting words rarely uses connecting words uses simple connecting words attempts to stay on topic consistently on topic rarely stays on topic stays on topic experiments with the use of masterfully uses appropriate and rarely uses appropriate and descriptive appropriate and descriptive words to descriptive words to add interest and uses appropriate and descriptive words to add interest and detail detail (e.g., strong verbs, descriptive add interest and detail (e.g., strong words to add interest and detail (e.g., adjectives and adverbs) verbs, descriptive adjectives and strong verbs, descriptive adjectives and adverbs) adverbs) uses correct spelling uses phonetic spelling uses some conventional spelling meticulously prints letters of uses predominantly conventional illegibly prints letters consistent size, shape, and spacing. forms letters of inconsistent size, spelling shape, and spacing legibly prints letters of consistent size, shape, and spacing
Cues and Conventions CC2.4 (c) Understands and applies the appropriate cues and conventions (pragmatic, textual, syntactical, semantic/lexical/ morphological, graphophonic, and other) to construct and communicate meaning when writing. purposefully chooses language for a particular audience and purpose beginning to develop tone and voice consistently writes sentences using periods, question marks, commas and capitals correctly uses an interesting variety of sentence openings and types intentionally uses connecting words consistently on topic masterfully uses appropriate and descriptive words to add interest and detail (e.g., strong verbs, descriptive adjectives and adverbs) uses correct spelling meticulously prints letters of consistent size, shape, and spacing. chooses appropriate language for a particular audience and purpose attempting to develop tone and voice writes sentences using periods, question marks, commas and capitals correctly uses a variety of sentence openings and types uses simple connecting words stays on topic uses appropriate and descriptive words to add interest and detail (e.g., strong verbs, descriptive adjectives and adverbs) uses predominantly conventional spelling legibly prints letters of consistent size, shape, and spacing attempts to choose language for a particular audience and purpose with support, attempting to develop tone and voice sometimes writes sentences using periods, question marks, commas and capitals correctly occasionally uses a variety of sentence openings and types occasionally uses connecting words attempts to stay on topic experiments with the use of appropriate and descriptive words to add interest and detail (e.g., strong verbs, descriptive adjectives and adverbs) uses some conventional spelling forms letters of inconsistent size, shape, and spacing language and purpose is unclear or inappropriate tone and voice not evident rarely writes sentences using periods, question marks, commas and capitals rarely uses provided sentence openings and types rarely uses connecting words rarely stays on topic rarely uses appropriate and descriptive words to add interest and detail uses phonetic spelling illegibly prints letters
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