Exhibits reasonable control of grammatical conventions appropriate to the writing task

· Exhibits reasonable control of sentence formation

· Exhibits reasonable control of standard usage including agreement, tense, and case

· Exhibits reasonable control of mechanics including use of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

Exhibits minimal control of grammatical conventions appropriate to the writing task

· Exhibits minimal control of sentence formation

· Exhibits minimal control of standard usage including agreement, tense, and case

· Exhibits minimal control of mechanics including use of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

Lacks control of grammatical conventions appropriate to the writing task

· Lacks control of sentence formation

· Lacks control of standard usage including agreement, tense, and case

· Lacks control of mechanics including use of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling