Cayman Islands Writing Exemplar

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 I bought new clothes”).

AF6: 

Conventions

 – Write with technical accuracy of syntax and punctuation in phrases,  

clauses and sentences

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The author correctly uses full stops or an exclamation mark at the end of each sentence, but is not yet familiar 

with questions marks (as is required in the opening hook). 

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The author consistently begins all sentences with capital letters and generally uses a capital “I” when necessary. 

The author is beginning to use capital letters for proper nouns, like “New York;” however, more instruction on this 

would improve accuracy. 

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In this text, the author has not demonstrated an understanding of commas. List making to add detail and use  

commas could be introduced (e.g., “Then I went shopping and I bought shirts, pants, and shoes”).