Sustain focus on a specific topic or argument

Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard written

Support and illustrate arguments and explanations with relevant

English, including grammar, usage, and mechanics details, and examples

Create a logical progression of ideas or events, and convey the relationships among them

Establish a thesis that addresses the specific task and audience

Develop and maintain a style and tone appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience

Choose words and phrases to express ideas precisely and concisely

Assess the quality of one’s own writing, and, when necessary, strengthen it through revision

Use varied sentence structures to achieve cohesion between

When writing to inform or explain, students must convey sentence information clearly and coherently

When writing to inform or explain, students must demonstrate

Accurately incorporate source material into one’s own work understanding of content by reporting facts accurately while avoiding plagiarism

When writing arguments, students must establish a substantive claim

When writing arguments, students must link claims and evidence with clear reasons, and ensure that the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims

Students must acknowledge competing arguments or information, defending or qualifying the initial claim as appropriate

Gather the information needed to build an argument, provide an explanation, or address a research question

Recognize effective transitional devices within the context of a passage

Recognizes commonly confused or misused words or phrases

Places modifiers correctly

Uses coordination and subordination effectively

Recognizes parallel structure

Avoids inappropriate shifts in verb tense

Maintains agreement between pronoun and antecedent

Avoids inappropriate pronoun shifts

Maintains clear pronoun references

Uses proper case forms

Uses adjectives and adverbs correctly

Uses appropriate degree forms

Avoids fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences

Uses standard verb forms

Maintains agreement between subject and verb

Uses standard spelling

Uses standard punctuation

Uses standard capitalization

Use technology as a tool to produce, edit, and distribute writing

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