Admittedly, the short length of the piece precludes Lauren s demonstrating syntactic range. However, the sentences that comprise the sample are complete syntactic units made up of subject-verb constructions. It is not, however, incorrect. The vocabulary is appropriate for the topic. Lauren s word choice in this piece represents language that children would use orally or would hear spoken by peers.
Misspellings are consistent throughout the piece.
It also demonstrates knowledge of spacing and directionality.