Knowledge and Skills Statement
Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.
Demonstrated Proficiency of ELA.7.10.E
Task students with considering their audience as they select a format in which to share a final piece of writing. You may consider pairing your students with those from an elementary classroom. Each student in this mixed-grade-level pairing can then read their published pieces to each other.
Further Explanation
Students are expected to prepare refined, completed drafts for specific intended audiences. Students should be able to consider the intended audience during all stages of the writing process—brainstorming to final revising and editing—sothe intended purpose for writing is achieved.
Supporting Information for ELA.7.10.E
Research
Voyager Sopris Learning. (2008). The writing process for step up to writing. Step Up For Writing Series, Expository Paragraphs. Retrieved from www.voyagersopris.com
Summary: This one-page resource outlines eight steps in the writing process. The stages include prewriting, planning, drafting, revising, editing, writing a final copy, proofreading, and submitting the final copy.