English Language Arts and Reading.8.10.A

The student is expected to

plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal interests;

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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.

Task students with planning a first draft for writing. Collect student plans through formal means or through conference before students start to draft their writing. Their plans should reflect use of strategies to ensure they have thought and planned for the writing beforehand.

Students’ plans should include the following:

  • The topic
  • The purpose
  • The genre selected with an explanation of how the genre suits topic and purpose
  • An indication of the intended audience 


Further Explanation

Students are expected to plan the rough draft of a piece of writing as the first step in the writing process. Often referred to as prewriting, students choose the topic, identify the audience and intended purpose, and begin to organize their thoughts using any number of strategies such as brainstorming.

the author’s primary goal in a piece of writing, such as to narrate, to argue, to review, to explain, or to examine
the type or class of a work, usually categorized by form, technique, or content Literary genres include tragedy, comedy, poetry, novel, short story, creative/literary nonfiction, etc. and the sub genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, horror, satire, etc.; nonfiction genres include biography, essay, memoir, historical text, scientific text, academic reporting, etc.
Designing the rough draft of a piece of writing, often referred to as prewriting, is the first step in the writing process. In this stage, students should choose their subjects (topics), identify the target audience and intended purpose, and begin to organize their thoughts using a number of strategies such as discussing their ideas with others.

Research

1. Klein, P. D., & Rose, M. A. (2010). Teaching argument and explanation to prepare junior students for writing to learn. Reading Research Quarterly, 45(4), 433–461. Retrieved from https://dx.doi.org/10.1598/RRQ.45.4.4

Summary: In this study, Klein and Rose examine how students respond to various writing tasks and assignments. The teachers used the process writing approach, which included creating an outline, drafts, and a final paper. The revision and edit process lends itself to implementing teacher and peer oral and written feedback. The study reveals that there are specific as well as varied means to teach the writing process to students. Students must use prior knowledge and have access to relevant external sources (i.e. internet).

2. Lucidchart. (2017, December 12). 4 steps to wrangling the writing process. [Web log post]. Retrieved from https://www.lucidchart.com/blog/4-steps-to-wrangling-the-writing-process

Summary: This blog include the four steps in the writing process—prewriting, writing, revising and editing. Additional resources are embedded hyperlinks. Graphic examples and templates are also included. Complete access will require setting up a free account.

3. Composition Writing Studio. The Writing Process. University of Purdue’s Online Writing Lab. Retrieved from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/685/05/ 

Summary: This online resource offers a complete overview of the writing processes and the components involved in each. The overview includes definition of terms, examples, graphs and charts as appropriate, and additional resources.