Color-Coding System
Writing Standards
Color Response to Literature
Green 4. Re-enacts and retells stories.
Yellow 9. Makes explicit reference to
parts of the text when
presenting or defending a
claim.
Blue 7. Compares two books by the
same author.
Orange 10. Presents a plausible
interpretation of a book.
Brown 8. Discusses several books on
the same theme.
Purple 5. Produces simple evaluative
expressions.
Red 6. Makes simple comparisons
of the story to events or people
in their own lives.
Black 1. Writes stories, memoirs,
poems, songs and other literary
forms.
Pink 2. Demonstrates an ability to
reproduce some literary
language and styles they hear
and read.
Light Blue 3. Imitates a text or writes in a
genre.
Narratives Functional Writing Report Writing
5. Imitates narrative elements
and derives stories from books
they have read or had read to
them.
1. Evidences a plan in their 1. Can give instructions. 1. Gathers information pertinent
writing. to a topic, sort it into major
categories.
4. Demonstrates a growing 2. Describes, in appropriate 3. Demonstrates ability to
awareness of author’s craft by sequence and with a few communicate with readers by
employing some writing details, the steps one must take using details to develop their
strategies. to make or do a particular points; sometimes including
thing. pictures, diagrams, maps and
other graphics.
3. Frequently incorporates
drawings, diagrams or other
suitable graphics with written
text.
2. Independently recognizes and
exclude or delete extraneous
information.
2. Develops a narrative or
retelling containing two or more
appropriately sequenced events.
3. Claims, marks or identifies (3) pays attention to signing off
objects and places.
6. In some cases, begins to
recount not just events but also
reactions.