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id	skill_code	dimension	level	level_label	behavioral_description	sample_response	created_at	updated_at	active_version
41	L-STYLE-CHOICES	autonomy	1	Heavily Scaffolded	Student cannot identify or make deliberate language choices without direct teacher modeling. When asked to revise for style, the student either changes nothing or makes random substitutions — swapping a common word for a thesaurus synonym without understanding how it changes the sentence's effect. Cannot distinguish between a sentence that creates a specific mood, pace, or emphasis and one that simply conveys information. Requires the teacher to provide side-by-side examples of stylistic alternatives (short vs. long sentences, active vs. passive voice, concrete vs. abstract diction) and explicitly name what each version does differently before the student can attempt similar choices in their own writing.	The teacher showed us two sentences about the same thing. One was 'The old house stood at the end of the road' and the other was 'At the end of the road, abandoned and sagging, the house waited.' She asked which one created more of a feeling and I said the second one but I wasn't totally sure why. She said it was because the second one has more descriptive words and the sentence is arranged so you see the road first before the house, which builds up to it. Then she had us try it with our own sentences and I wrote 'The dog sat in the yard, brown and tired, looking at nothing' because I was trying to copy the pattern she showed us. I don't think I would have thought to move the words around like that on my own.	2026-05-24 00:17:32	2026-05-26 01:43:59	1