Qualitative checklist for open-ended, spontaneous writing assessment.

Appendix B

Assessment

Qualitative checklist for open-ended, spontaneous writing assessment. Deford (1991)

	Evidence/Stage of Writing	Is this stage evident? Mark an “X” to designate evidence
1	Scribbling
2	Differentiation between drawing and writing
3	Concepts of linearity, uniformity, left to right motion
4	Development of letters and letter like shapes
5	Combination of letters, possibly with spaces indicating letters, words, and sentences
6	Writing known, isolated words
7	Writing simple sentences with use of inventive spellings
8	Combining two or more sentences to express complete thoughts
9	Control of punctuation – periods, capitalization, use of upper- and lower-case letters
10	Form of discourse – stories, information materials, letters, etc.

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