Juanita completes all writing tasks well by drawing on prior knowledge and combining new concepts. Also, her written samples show little spelling, punctuation or word order mistakes. Her common writing mistakes usually occur when she tries to translate difficult words rather than to consider an easier word in English (i.e. In this period, Victor is growing with his family). Therefore, it would be beneficial for her future teachers to consider providing her a list of key words as they introduce new ideas or build content knowledge.

Within the context of academic writing, she is only beginning to add sophistication (i.e. longer noun groups), write cohesively (i.e. linking words, transitional words) and vary her sentence structure (sentence