Expressive Writing Checklist—High School

Created Feb. 7, 2024 by Clarity Innovations

	Often	Sometimes	Rarely/ Never	Dates Observed	Comments
Ideas: Student shares experiences and feelings through letters, notes, e-mail, personal essays, blogs, and Web sites.	¨	¨	¨
Student writes to analyze and evaluate learning.	¨	¨	¨
Student writes to set goals.	¨	¨	¨
Student writes to describe complex feelings.	¨	¨	¨
Student writes to generate and explore information, feelings, and ideas.	¨	¨	¨
Organization: Student’s writing has an engaging title.	¨	¨	¨
Student uses a variety of transitions.	¨	¨	¨
Student paces writing appropriately.	¨	¨	¨
Student paragraphs writing effectively.	¨	¨	¨
Student selects an appropriate format for writing.	¨	¨	¨
Student follows conventions for selected format.	¨	¨	¨
Voice: Student writes sincerely about a meaningful topic.	¨	¨	¨
Student writes with rhythm.	¨	¨	¨
Student selects appropriate personal details to enhance meaning.	¨	¨	¨
Word Choice: Student uses precise, specific language.	¨	¨	¨
Student uses powerful and interesting language.	¨	¨	¨
Sentence Fluency: Student varies sentence lengths to enhance meaning.	¨	¨	¨
Student varies sentence beginnings to enhance meaning.	¨	¨	¨
Student uses sentence fragments effectively.	¨	¨	¨
Conventions: Student proofreads for spelling.	¨	¨	¨
Student proofreads for punctuation.	¨	¨	¨
Student proofreads for capitalization.	¨	¨	¨
Student proofreads for Standard English.	¨	¨	¨

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