Stages of Writing: Codes use within graph

Order of Development	Stage of Writing	Code used within Graph
1	Scribbling	1S
2	Differentiation between drawing/writing	2D
3	Concepts of linearity, uniformity, left- right	3L/u
4	Development of letters/letter like shapes	4L
5	Combination of letters, possibly with spaces: letters, words, sentences	5S:W/S
6	Writing known, isolated words	6KW
7	Writing simple sentences: inventive spellings	7SS
8	Combining two or more sentences, complete thoughts	8CS
9	Control of punctuation – periods, capitalization, use of upper-.lower-case	9P/C
10	Form of discourse – stories, information materials, letters, etc.	10D