| Level
| Description of the achievement level:
Students performing at the level should be able to:
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| Basic achievement level descriptions
| Create an appropriate response to the topic,
purpose and audience
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| Present ideas that are relevant to the topic,
purpose, and audience and show evidence of
thinking and writing approaches that support
development of ideas
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| Use supporting details relevant to the topic,
purpose, and audience
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| Create a response that usually focuses on the topic
and whose organizational structure shows some
evidence of appropriate thinking and writing
approaches
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| Sentences are correct and the response uses some
sentence variety as appropriate to communicate
relationships among ideas
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| Use word choice that is clear and appropriate for the topic, purpose, and audience
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| Use voice and tone that are appropriate for the topic, purpose, and audience
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| Use grammar, usage, and mechanics that are
mostly correct but with a few distracting errors
that may occasionally impede understanding
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| Marginal Achievement Level Descriptions
| Create a response that`s inappropriate to the topic, purpose and audience
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| Present the ideas that are mostly unsupported, undeveloped, unclear. Present the ideas that do not progress fluently in the response, there are some unity problems
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| Present a response that length is inappropriate for the task. Create the writing piece that is too short, without development of ideas
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| Present a response that has a poor organization, the organization shows the writer`s problems with thinking and writing approaches, the organization interferes with the meaning
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| Use sentences that are incorrect; word choice is unclear and inappropriate; and
there is little or no control of appropriate voice and tone.
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| Grammar, usage, and mechanics are sometimes correct but with frequent distracting
errors that impede understanding
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| Advanced Achievement Level Descriptions
| Create an insightful response to the topic,
purpose, and audience
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| Present thoughtful and complex ideas to support the topic and effectively use approaches for
thinking and writing that support development of ideas
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| Create a response with an organizational structure
that has a clear and effective logical progression
of ideas and that reflects effective use of relevant
thinking and writing approaches
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| Use sentences that are well controlled and varied,
as appropriate, to communicate relationships
among ideas
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| Use specific and precise word choice appropriate
for the topic, purpose, and audience
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| Use voice and tone that are well controlled for the
topic, purpose, and audience
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| Demonstrate strong command of grammar, usage,
and mechanics and use these elements to enhance
the presentation of ideas
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| Proficiency Achievement Level Descriptions
| Create a competent response to the topic, purpose,and audience
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| Present some ideas that support the topic, purpose, and audience and show consistent evidence of effective thinking and writing approaches that support development of ideas
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| Use specific and relevant supporting details to
develop ideas
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| Create a response that is organized logically,
using effective and relevant thinking and writing
approaches to support a logical progression of
ideas
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| Use sentences that are controlled and that are
varied, as appropriate, for the topic, purpose, and audience
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| Use some specific and precise word choice that is appropriate to communicate relationships among ideas
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| Use voice and tone that are controlled and
appropriate for the topic, purpose, and audience
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| Use grammar, usage, and mechanics that are
mostly correct but with a few distracting errors
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