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Standard 5: 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.

4.   Determine a purpose and audience and plan strategies (e.g.,       adapting focus, content structure and point of view) to address       purpose and audience.

 

B.  Determine the usefulness of organizers and apply appropriate       pre-writing tasks.

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

3.   Establish and develop a clear thesis statement for informational       writing or a clear plan or outline for narrative writing.

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

6.   Organize writing to create a coherent whole with an effective and       engaging introduction, body and conclusion, and a closing       sentence that summarizes, extends or elaborates on points or

      ideas in the writing.

 

C.  Use revision strategies to improve the style, variety of sentence       structure, clarity of controlling idea, logic, effectiveness of word       choice, and transitions between paragraphs, passages or ideas.

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

8.   Use paragraph form in writing, including topic sentences that       arrange paragraphs in a logical sequence, using effective       transitions and closing sentences and maintaining coherence       across the whole through the use of parallel structures.

 

D.  Use revision strategies to improve the style, variety of sentence       structure, clarity of controlling idea, logic, effectiveness of word       choice, and transitions between paragraphs, passages or ideas.

9.   Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, colorful       modifiers and style as appropriate to audience and purpose and       use techniques to convey a personal style and voice.

 

E.   Edit to improve sentence fluency, grammar and usage.

15.  Proofread writing, edit to improve conventions (e.g., grammar,       spelling, punctuation and capitalization) identify and correct       fragments and run-ons and eliminate inappropriate slang or       informal language. Participate in peer and group editing.

 

F.   Apply tools to judge the quality of writing.

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

 

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