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Domain
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1.5.3.A. Write with a sharp, distinct focus identifying topic, task and audience.  
Focus
1.5.3.B. Write using well-developed content appropriate for the topic.
  • Gather and organize information.
  • Write a series of related sentences or paragraphs with one central idea.
  • Incorporate details relevant and appropriate to the topic.
 
Content
1.5.3.C. Write with controlled and/or subtle organization.
  • Sustain a logical order.
  • Include a recognizable beginning, middle and end.
 
Organization
1.5.3.D. Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition.
  • Use sentences of differing lengths and complexities.
  • Use descriptive words and action verbs.
 
Style
1.5.3.E. Revise writing to improve detail and order by identifying missing information and determining whether ideas follow logically.  
Revise
1.5.3.F. Edit writing using the conventions of language.
  • Spell common, frequently used words correctly.
  • Use capital letters correctly (first word in sentences, proper nouns, pronoun "I").
  • Punctuate correctly (periods, exclamation points, question marks, commas in a series).
  • Use nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions properly.
  • Use complete sentences (simple, compound, declarative, interrogative, exclamatory and imperative).
 
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