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Spanish and Dutch (Native Speakers)
Grades 9-12
Writing
Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process.
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1. Prewriting: Uses a variety of prewriting strategies
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2. Drafting and Revising: Uses a variety of strategies to draft and revise written
work
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3. Editing and Publishing: Uses a variety of strategies to edit and publish written
work
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4. Evaluates own and others' writing
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5. Uses strategies to address writing to different audiences
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6. Uses strategies to adapt writing for different purposes (e.g., to explain, inform,
analyze, entertain, reflect, persuade)
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7. Writes expository compositions
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8. Writes fictional, biographical, autobiographical, and observational narrative
compositions
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9. Writes persuasive compositions that address problems/solutions or
causes/effects
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10. Writes descriptive compositions
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11. Writes reflective compositions
12. Writes in response to literature
13. Uses appropriate strategies (e.g., organizational pattern, format, language,
tone) to write personal and business correspondence (e.g., informal letters,
memos, job application letters, resumes)
Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing.
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1. Uses precise and descriptive language that clarifies and enhances ideas and
supports different purposes (e.g., to stimulate the imagination of the reader, to
translate concepts into simpler or more easily understood terms, to achieve a
specific tone, to explain concepts in literature)
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2. Uses paragraph form in writing
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3. Uses a variety of sentence structures and lengths (e.g., complex and
compound-complex sentences; parallel or repetitive sentence structure)
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4.Uses a variety of transitional devices (e.g., phrases, sentences, paragraphs)
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5. Uses a variety of techniques to provide supporting detail (e.g., analogies;
anecdotes; restatements; paraphrases; examples; comparisons; visual aids, such
as tables, graphs, and pictures)
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6. Organizes ideas to achieve cohesion in writing
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7. Uses a variety of techniques to convey a personal style and voice (e.g., stream
of consciousness, multiple viewpoints)
Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions.
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1. Uses pronouns in written compositions (e.g., reflexive, indefinite, interrogative,
compound personal)
2. Uses nouns in written compositions (e.g., collective nouns, compound nouns,
noun clauses, noun phrases)
3. Uses verbs in written compositions (e.g., present perfect, past perfect, and
future perfect verb tenses; progressive verb forms, compound verbs)
4. Uses adjectives in written compositions (e.g., adjective clauses, adjective
phrases; relocates adjectives following nouns they modify)
5. Uses adverbs in written compositions (e.g., adverb clauses, adverb phrases)
6. Uses conjunctions in written compositions (e.g., correlative and subordinating
conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs)
7. Uses conventions of spelling in written compositions spells high frequency,
commonly misspelled words from appropriate grade-level list uses a dictionary
and other resources to spell words
8. Uses conventions of capitalization in written compositions ( e.g., within divided
quotations; for historical periods and events, geological eras, religious terms,
scientific terms
9. Uses conventions of punctuation in written compositions
10. Uses commonly confused terms in written compositions (e.g., affect and
effect)
11. Uses APA format in written compositions
Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
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1. Uses appropriate research methodology
2. Uses a variety of print and electronic sources to gather information for research
topics (e.g., news sources such as magazines, radio, television, newspapers;
government publications; microfiche; telephone information services; databases;
field studies; speeches; technical documents; periodicals; Internet)
3. Uses a variety of primary sources to gather information for research topics
4. Uses a variety of criteria to evaluate the validity and reliability of primary and
secondary source information (e.g., the motives, credibility, and perspectives of
the author; date of publication; use of logic, propaganda, bias, and language;
comprehensiveness of evidence)
5. Synthesizes information from multiple research studies to draw conclusions that
go beyond those found in any of the individual studies
6. Uses systematic strategies (e.g., anecdotal scripting, annotated bibliographies,
graphics, conceptual maps, learning logs, notes, outlines) to organize and record
information
7. Scans a passage to determine whether it contains relevant information
8. Writes research papers
9. Uses a prescribed format and methodology for documenting reference sources