Generates writing ideas in French (e.g., with a concept map, a list, or a web, or in collaboration with another student).

Selects, with support, a graphic organizer for planning, based on the text type.

Selects the audiences for which a text is intended (e.g., students in the class, other students in the school, other students outside the school, the teacher, other teachers, parents, or a general audience).

Uses reference materials to help locate an equivalent word or expression (e.g., an English-French dictionary, a personal vocabulary list, or an illustrated dictionary).

Relies on several textual models as well as own ideas, to draft a 100 word, multi-paragraph expository, narrative or procedural text.

Proofreads the text for accuracy and meaning with the use of reference materials and classroom guidelines for organization, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

) Implements changes to the text based on a conference with a partner or the teacher in order to produce a final copy.

) Evaluates own written work based on the descriptors in a simplified French rubric or checklist.

Sets goals for the next writing experience.

Explains, with support, the rationale for inclusion of selected written texts in a traditional or digital portfolio.