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Standard 4: Writing Process

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Benchmark

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A.  Formulate writing ideas, and identify a topic   appropriate to the       purpose and audience.

1.   Generate writing ideas through discussions with others and       from printed material, and keep a list of writing ideas.

 

B   Select and use an appropriate organizational structure to refine       and develop ideas for writing.

 

 

2.   Determine the usefulness of and apply appropriate pre-writing       tasks (e.g., background reading, interviews or surveys).

3a.  Establish and develop clear and appropriate   leads for news       stories.

3b. Practice proper interviewing techniques.

3c. Practice accurate note taking techniques.

4a.  Determine a purpose and audience and plan strategies (e.g.,       adapting formality of style, including explanations or

      definitions as appropriate to audience needs) to address purpose       and audience.

4b. Formulate sound articles for editorials.

5a.  Use organizational strategies (e.g., notes and outlines) to plan       writing.

5b.  Create news articles using specific newswriting techniques       when given a set of related facts.

6.   Organize writing to create a coherent whole using the inverted       pyramid style of newswriting.

 

C.  Use a variety of strategies to revise content, organization and       style and to improve word choice, sentence variety, clarity and       consistency of writing.

7a. Use a variety of sentence structures and lengths (e.g., simple,       compound and complex sentences; parallel or repetitive       sentence structure).

7b. Use a variety of strategies to revise content, organization and       style and to improve word choice, sentence variety, clarity and       consistency of writing.

7c.  Proofread each other’s work competently.

9.   Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, colorful       modifiers and styles as appropriate to audience and purpose,

      and use techniques to convey a personal style and voice.

11.  Reread and analyze clarity of writing, consistency of point of       view and effectiveness of organizational structure.

12.  Add and delete examples and details to better elaborate on a       stated central idea, to develop more precise analysis or       persuasive argument or to enhance plot, setting and character in       narrative texts.

13.  Rearrange words, sentences and paragraphs, and add       transitional words and phrases to clarify meaning and achieve       specific aesthetic and rhetorical purposes.

14.  Use resources and reference materials (e.g., dictionaries and       thesauruses) to select effective and precise vocabulary that       maintains consistent style, tone and voice.

 

D.  Apply editing strategies to improve conventions for publication.

15.  Proofread writing, edit to improve conditions (e.g., grammar,       spelling, punctuation and capitalization).

 

E.   Apply tools to judge the quality of writing.

16.  Apply tools (e.g., rubric, checklist and feedback) to judge the       quality of writing.

 

F.   Prepare writing for publication that follows an appropriate       format and uses a variety of techniques to enhance the final       product.

10.  Use available technology to compose text.

 

 

 

F.   Prepare writing for publication that follows an appropriate       format and uses a variety of techniques to enhance the final       product.

 

 

17a.Prepare for publication (e.g., display or for sharing with others)       writing that follows a manuscript form appropriate for the       purpose, which could include such techniques as electronic       resources, principles of design (e.g., margins, tables, spacing

      and columns) and graphics (e.g., drawings, charts and graphs)       to enhance the final product.

17b.Practice publishing design and layout techniques.

 

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