Writing and Representing
GCO 8: Students will be expected to use writing, and other forms of representation to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imaginations
8.1 Use a range of strategies in writing and other ways of representing to:
8.2 Expand appropriate note-making strategies from a growing repertoire (e.g., outlines, charts, diagrams)
8.3 Make deliberate language choices, appropriate to purpose, audience, and form, to enhance meaning and achieve interesting effects in imaginative writing and other ways of representing
GCO 9: Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes
9.1 Create written and media texts, collaboratively and independently, in different modes (expressive, transactional, and poetic), and in an increasing variety of forms use specific features, structures, and patterns of various text forms to create written and media texts
9.2 Address the demands of a variety of purposes and audiences:
9.3 Invite responses to early drafts of their writing/ media productions
GCO 10: Students will be expected to use a range of strategies to develop effective writing and media products to enhance their clarity, precision, and effectiveness
10.1 Use a range of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading, and presentation strategies
10.2 Demonstrate an increasing understanding of the conventions of written language in final products
10.3 Use technology with increasing proficiency to create, revise, edit, and publish texts
10.4 Demonstrate a commitment to shaping and reshaping pieces of writing and other representations through stages of development and refinement
10.5 Select, organize, and combine relevant information from three or more sources to construct and communicate meaning
8.1 Use a range of strategies in writing and other ways of representing to:
- frame questions and answers to those questions
- generate topics of personal interest and importance
- record, develop, and reflect on ideas, attitudes, and opinions
- compare their own thoughts and beliefs to those of others
- describe feelings, reactions, values, and attitudes
- record and reflect on experiences and their responses to them
- formulate and monitor goals for learning
- practice and extend strategies for monitoring learning
8.2 Expand appropriate note-making strategies from a growing repertoire (e.g., outlines, charts, diagrams)
8.3 Make deliberate language choices, appropriate to purpose, audience, and form, to enhance meaning and achieve interesting effects in imaginative writing and other ways of representing
GCO 9: Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes
9.1 Create written and media texts, collaboratively and independently, in different modes (expressive, transactional, and poetic), and in an increasing variety of forms use specific features, structures, and patterns of various text forms to create written and media texts
9.2 Address the demands of a variety of purposes and audiences:
- make choices of form, style, and content for specific audiences and purposes
9.3 Invite responses to early drafts of their writing/ media productions
- use audience reaction to help shape subsequent drafts
- reflect on their final drafts from reader’s/ viewer’s/ listener’s points of view
GCO 10: Students will be expected to use a range of strategies to develop effective writing and media products to enhance their clarity, precision, and effectiveness
10.1 Use a range of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, proofreading, and presentation strategies
10.2 Demonstrate an increasing understanding of the conventions of written language in final products
- use basic spelling rules and show an understanding of irregularities
- use appropriate syntax in final products
- use references while editing (e.g., dictionaries, classroom charts, electronic spell checkers, checklists, thesauri, other writers)
10.3 Use technology with increasing proficiency to create, revise, edit, and publish texts
10.4 Demonstrate a commitment to shaping and reshaping pieces of writing and other representations through stages of development and refinement
10.5 Select, organize, and combine relevant information from three or more sources to construct and communicate meaning