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Creative Writing Standard: Writing Process

Organizing Topic Benchmark Indicator Prewriting A. Formulate writing ideas and identify a topic appropriate to

the purpose and audience. B. Develop writing targeting a specific 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.

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

3a. Determine the usefulness of and apply appropriate pre- writing tasks (e.g., background reading, interviews or surveys). 3b. Select subject for interview and prepare journalistic narrative. 4. Establish and develop a clear thesis statement for informational writing or a clear plan or outline for narrative writing. 5a. Use organizational strategies (e.g., notes and outlines) to plan writing. 5b. Use appropriate organizational skills including pre-writing techniques and format for a variety of purposes. 5c. Use appropriate organizational skills, language, and format for a variety of purposes. 6a. 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.

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Creative Writing Standard: Writing Process

Organizing Topic Benchmark Indicator Drafting, Revising and Editing

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

6b. Compose expository papers in proper format for various and specific purposes. 18. Prepare setting(s), description, character sketches and plot outline for narrative writing.

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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). 8a. 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. 8b. Construct paragraphs that contain necessary elements and effectively join paragraphs that contain necessary elements to create a unified composition. 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.

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Creative Writing Standard: Writing Process

Organizing Topic Benchmark Indicator Drafting, Revising and Editing

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

11a.Reread and analyze clarity of writing, consistency of point of view and effectiveness of organizational structure. 11b.Use editing and revision techniques to improve overall development and effect of narrative writing. 12a.Add and delete information and details to better elaborate on a stated central idea and to more effectively accomplish purpose. 12b.Use descriptive techniques to create a picture through writing. 12c.Use figures of speech to achieve aesthetic effect when writing. 13. Rearrange words, sentences and paragraphs, and add transitional words and phrases to clarify meaning and maintain consistent style, tone and voice. 14a. Use resources and reference materials (e.g., dictionaries and thesauruses) to select effective and precise vocabulary that maintains consistent style, tone and voice. 14b.Develop narrative techniques by using resources to improve vocabulary and writing style.

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Creative Writing Standard: Writing Process

Organizing Topic Benchmark Indicator Drafting, Revising and Editing

E. Construct grammatically correct, clear and focused sentences.

15a.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. 15b.Apply editing strategies to eliminate slang and improve conditions.

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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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G. Prepare writing for publication that is legible, follows an appropriate format and uses techniques such as electronic resources and graphics.

10. Use available technology to compose text.

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H. 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., for 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, tabs, spacing and columns) and graphics (e.g., drawings, charts and graphs to enhance the final product. Use proper MLA documentations of resources (endnotes, works cited). Understand the meaning and consequences of plagiarism. 17b.Choose appropriate evaluated and revised writing from completed assignments for submission to outside publication.