At this level, students are creating with the language using a variety of discrete sentences. As students improve their level of discourse, they incorporate cohesive devices to produce connected sentences with the ultimate goal of producing paragraph-length discourse. Sentences consist basically of the same simple pattern, mostly complete yet repetitive. There are no or almost no cohesive devices. 2 points - Variety of discrete sentences, some cohesive devices.
Sentences have a variety of verbs and possibly of subject pronouns.
Some sentences may be longer. Sentences have a wide variety of verbs and possibly of subject pronouns. Many sentences are connected,there is emerging evidence of paragraph-length discourse. Sentences have a wide variety of verbs and possibly of subject pronouns. There is evidence of paragraph-length discourse.