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Language Arts Literacy

Appendix A
Writing Skills Array - p. 132

Audience: Self Peers Community Larger society

Purpose:

Express, Explain, Inform, Persuade, Problem solve, Imagine, Reflect, Question, Entertain, Share, Enjoy, Explore, Record, Summarize, Collaborate, Respond, Create, Clarify, Develop point of view, Interpret, Evaluate, and Critique

Forms:

Letter
Report
Journal
Essay
Play/Skit
Editorial
Story/Novel
Poem
Advertisement
Review
Dialogue
Article
Speech

Activities for Constructing Meaning:
Using the full process of writing (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing, and postwriting) during which students may:

Ask questions
Draw
Use models or examples
Draw on personal experiences
Use graphic organizers or representations
Free write
Brainstorm
Select and research a topic
Confer with others
Select and use literary devices
Read their own work
Use writing aids and references
Develop central idea and details
Organize ideas
Elaborate
Identify opinion and convey point of view
Vary sentence structures
Proofread
Adjust syntax/semantics
Create or choose media/format
Integrate new vocabulary
Develop conclusions
Use and adjust sytiistic devices to engage audience

Purposes indicated in the Purpose box may also be used as Activities for Constructing Meaning.

Anticipated Outcomes:
Demonstrates effective writing by:

. communicating intended message to intended audience
. focusing on a central idea or topic
. providing supporting details
. providing an opening and a closing

developing a logical progression of ideas
using varied sentence structure and vocabulary
using conventions of English, as appropriate
engaging in all aspects of the writing process
analyzing his/her writing strategies, content, and composition of text