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| Capitalization | | I have capitalized the first word of each sentence.
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| | | I have capitalized the names of people.
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| | | I have capitalized the names of months, days, and holidays.
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| | | I have capitalized the names of cities, states, countries, continents and famous places (.e.g, Empire State Building).
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| | | I have capitalized titles of books, movies, etc.
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| Conventions | | My paragraphs are sound.
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| | | Each of my paragraphs has one main idea.
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| | | I used correct grammar.
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| | | I used commas, periods, question marks, and exclamation points correctly.
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| | | I used quotation marks around dialogue.
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| | | I used apostrophes correctly in contractions and possessives.
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| | | My handwriting is legible.
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| | | My printout contains no typos.
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| Fluency | | My sentences begin in different ways.
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| | | My sentences build upon the ones before.
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| | | My sentences are of different lengths.
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| | | The meaning of each of my sentences is clear.
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| | | My sentences flow from one to another.
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| | | There are no run-on sentences.
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| | | There are no sentence fragments.
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| Ideas | | I used brainstorming and a concept map or outline to create and organize ideas.
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| | | My ideas are logically related to one another.
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| | | Ideas are written in my own words.
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| | | I understand my topic.
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| | | My report is clear and focused. I stay on topic.
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| | | My details give the reader important information.
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| | | I have listened to suggestions from the teacher or peer writers.
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| Organization | | My report is sequenced in a logical order.
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| | | My introduction is exciting and inviting.
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| | | My ideas flow well and are clearly connected to one another.
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| | | I have a satisfying conclusion.
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| Word Choice | | Every word seems just right.
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| | | I used a lot of descriptive words (adjectives and adverbs).
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| | | My words paint pictures in the reader's mind.
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| | | I use strong words like "darted" and "exclaimed".
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| | | I used synonyms to add variety.
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