Writing Domains

Focus

• Sticks to the topic

• Chooses a topic that is important to him/her

Content

• Includes details to maintain focus

• Paints a picture in the readers' mind and by using adjectives

Organization

• Writes in an organized manner

• Writes a beginning, middle, and end

• Uses connecting words (first, then, next, finally, etc.)

Style

• Writes using interesting words (W.O.W: Wonderful Outstanding Words ).

• Sentences vary (length, experimenting with craft, dialogue, etc.)

Conventions

• Spacing between words

• Writes in complete sentences

• Uses capitals correctly

• Uses punctuation correctly at a developmentally appropriate level

• Spells words at a developmentally appropriate level (Phonetic, Transitional, Conventional)

• Spells learned Sight Words correctly and includes vowels in all words