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8-2-W-2

Page history last edited by Tanya Phillips 5 years, 6 months ago

 

Standard 2: Reading and Writing Process

Students will use a variety of recursive reading and writing processes.

WRITING: Students will develop and strengthen writing by engaging in a recursive process that includes prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. 
8.2.W.2 Students will plan (e.g., outline) and prewrite a first draft as necessary.

Student Actions 

Teacher Actions 

  • Students will develop a writing plan to organize their writing.
  • Students will prewrite (brainstorm, think about, and narrow a topic), as necessary.

  • Students will write a first draft.

  • Students will use an outline to visualize the bigger picture of their writing. 

 

 

  • Teachers provide a variety of organizational materials, such as graphic organizers, rubrics, templates, etc.

  • Teachers provide guidelines for the writing task.
  • Teachers model a variety of brainstorming strategies.
  • Teachers guide students to think about and narrow a topic.
  • Teachers provide multiple opportunities to prewrite.  
  • Teachers provide time for students to complete a first draft.

 

 

Supporting Resources 

Teacher Insights 

ELAOK Framework: Student Proficiency Levels (website)

Utah State's Open CourseWare: Narrowing Down a Topic (website)

Rubric maker(website)

KU Writing Center: Pre-writing Approaches(website) 
  • Prior to the pre-writing stage, students should have clear understanding of the writing task.

    • Teachers should provide clear rubrics (holistic or analytical) that reflect the task and purpose.

    • See Student Proficiency Levels to help determine actionable points on rubrics that can be directly tied to standards.

  • While some formal assignments may have specific graphic organizers, (after scaffolding) students should eventually feel comfortable enough to choose an organizational tool based on the task.

  • During pre-writing students should select a specific topic.

    • Utah State’s Open CourseWare provides a good model for how to help students narrow down a topic.

  • Graphic organizers are an effective way for students to plan writing.

    • Examples of graphic organizers can be found here.

  • There are many pre-writing approaches available in textbooks, writing handbooks, and online, such as from the KU Writing Center. However, the main goal is to first determine audience and purpose. Students should be provided guidance but should use whatever strategy works best for them (and the teacher).

  • Revising and editing are not stand-alone processes that are to be done just before publishing, but as with all parts of the process, should be done periodically, both formally (with specific guidance) and informally (through frequent reminders to check for errors).

Due to recursive nature of the standards, it is essential that teachers are aware of how all objectives within and between strands work together for optimal instruction.

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