Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Writing pieces can be short, such as a paragraph, or extended, such as constructed responses and essays.
- A narrative is a piece of writing that tells a story.
- The purpose of argumentative writing is to convince the reader to take action or adopt a particular position.
- Informative or explanatory text is a piece of writing that provides factual information that was gathered from multiple research sources.
- The development, organization, style, and tone of writing will change depending on the writing task, the purpose of the writing, and the intended audience.
- Formal academic writing should demonstrate an appropriate command of language.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Compose short and extended clear, coherent narrative, argument, and informative/explanatory writings.
- Identify the writing task, the purpose of writing, and the intended audience in order to appropriately adapt the development, organization, style, and tone of the writing.
- Demonstrate command of the written language.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- There are different genres of writing that serve various purposes.
- The writing task, purpose, and audience should be considered in the development, organization, style, and tone of the writing.
- Formal academic writing should display their command of the English language.
Vocabulary
- Short writings
- Extended writings
- Narrative writing
- Argumentative writing
- Informative/explanatory writing
- Writing development
- Writing organization
- Style
- Tone
- Task
- Purpose
- Audience
- Command of language
