- WRITING STANDARDS
- WS1:1 (Habits and Processes)
- 1.1
Write daily
- 1.2
Generate own topics and make decisions about which
pieces to work on over several days
- 1.3
Extend pieces of writing, i.e. by turning a narrative
into a poem
- 1.4
Regularly solicit and provide useful feedback
- 1.5
Re-read, revise, edit, and proofread their work
- 1.6
Take on strategies and elements of author’s craft that
the class has discussed and their literary works
- 1.7
Apply commonly agreed upon criteria and their own
judgment to assess the quality of their own work
- 1.8
Polish at least 10 pieces throughout the year
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- WS2:1 (Narrative Writing)
- 1.1
Incorporate some literary or writing language that
does not sound like speech
- 1.2
Create a believable world and introduce characters,
rather than simply recount and chronology of events,
using specific details about characters and setting
and developing motives and moods
- 1.3
Develop internal events as well as external ones
- 1.4
Write in first and third person
- 1.5
Use dialogue effectively
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- WS2:2 (Report/Informational)
- 2.1
Have an obvious organizational structure
- 2.2
Communicate big ideas, insights or theories that have
been elaborated on or illustrated through facts,
details, quotations, statistics, and information
- 2.3
Usually have a concluding sentence or section
- 2.4
Use diagrams, charts, or illustrations as appropriate
to the text
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- WS2:3 (Functional/Procedural)
- 3.1
Establish a context for the piece
- 3.2
Identify the topic
- 3.3
Show the steps in an action in enough detail to follow
them
- 3.4
Include relevant information
- 3.5
Use language that is straightforward and clear
- 3.6
Frequently use pictures to illustrate steps in the
procedure
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- WS2:4 (Producing/Responding to
Literature)
- 4.1
Write stories, poems, memoirs, songs, and dramas
conforming to appropriate expectations for each form
- 4.2
Write a story using styles learned from studying
authors and genres
- 4.3
Write poetry using techniques they observe through a
study of the genre
- 4.4
Provide a re-telling
- 4.5
Write letters to the author
- 4.6
Make a plausible claim about what they have read
- 4.7
Write variations on the texts they have read, telling
the story from a new point of view, putting in a new
setting, altering a crucial character or rewriting the
ending
- 4.8
Make connections between the text and the own
ideas/lives
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- WS3:1 (Style and Syntax)
- 1.1
Use all sentence patterns typical of spoken language
- 1.2
Incorporate transition words and phrases
- 1.3
Use variations embeddings as well as coordination and
subordination
- 1.4
Use varying sentence patterns and lengths to slow
reading down, speed up, or create a mood
- 1.5
Embed literary language where appropriate
- 1.6
Reproduce sentence structures found in readings
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- WS3:2 (Vocabulary/Word Choice)
- 2.1
Use words from speaking vocabulary in writing
- 2.2
Make word choices that reveal they have options
- 2.3
Make choices on words based on accurately conveying
their meaning
- 2.4
Extend their writing vocabulary based on using
specialized words
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- WS3:3 (Spelling)
- 3.1
Use logic to spell unfamiliar words
- 3.2
Produce writing where most high frequency words are
spelled correctly
- 3.3
Correctly spell words with cvc, or one-syllable
- 3.4
Correctly spell words with endings, plural, verb
tenses
- 3.5
Use correct spelling patterns and rules
- 3.6
Use strategies (word wall, sounding out)
- 3.7
Engage in the editing process to correct spelling
errors
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- WS3:4
(Punctuation/Capitalization)
- 4.1
Use capitals at the beginning of each sentence
- 4.2
Use periods to end sentences
- 4.3
Approximate the use of quotations
- 4.4
Use capitals and exclamation marks for emphasis
- 4.5
Use question marks
- 4.6
Use common contractions
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