V.+Writing+Process+Standard

=V. Writing Process Standard =

Students’ writing develops when they regularly engage in the major phases of the writing process. The writing process includes the phases of prewriting, drafting, revising and editing and publishing. They learn to plan their writing for different purposes and audiences. They learn to apply their writing skills in increasingly sophisticated ways to create and produce compositions that reflect effective word and grammatical choices. Students develop revision strategies to improve the content, organization and language of their writing. Students also develop editing skills to improve writing conventions.

**By the end of the K–2 program:** A. Generate ideas for written compositions. B. Develop audience and purpose for self-selected and assigned writing tasks. C. Use organizers to clarify ideas for writing assignments. D. Use revision strategies and resources to improve ideas and content, organization, word choice and detail. E. Edit to improve sentence fluency, grammar and usage. F. Apply tools to judge the quality of writing. G. Publish writing samples for display or sharing with others, using techniques such as electronic resources and graphics.

**By the end of the 3–4 program:** A. Generate ideas and determine a topic suitable for writing. B. Determine audience and purpose for self-selected and assigned writing tasks. C. Apply knowledge of graphics or other organizers to clarify ideas of writing assessments. D. Spend the necessary amount of time to revisit, rework and refine pieces of writing. E. Use revision strategies to improve the coherence of ideas, clarity of sentence structure and effectiveness of word choices. F. Use a variety of resources and reference materials to select more effective vocabulary when editing. G. Edit to improve sentence fluency, grammar and usage. H. Apply tools to judge the quality of writing. I. Prepare writing for publication that is legible, follows an appropriate format and uses techniques such as electronic resources and graphics. **By the end of the 5–7 program:** A. Generate writing topics and establish a purpose appropriate for the audience. B. Determine audience and purpose for self-selected and assigned writing tasks. C. Clarify ideas for writing assignments by using graphics or other organizers. D. Use revision strategies to improve the overall organization, the clarity and consistency of ideas within and among paragraphs and the logic and effectiveness of word choices. E. Select more effective vocabulary when editing by using a variety of resources and reference materials. F. Edit to improve fluency, grammar and usage. G. Apply tools to judge the quality of writing. H. Prepare writing for publication that is legible, follows an appropriate format and uses techniques such as electronic resources and graphics. Back to Language Arts Standards