Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Writing products can be short, such as a paragraph, or extended, such as constructed responses and essays.
- The skills required by the writing process.
- The development and organization 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 writing products.
- Identify the writing task, the purpose of writing, and the intended audience in order to appropriately adapt the development and organization 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 and organization of the writing.
- Formal academic writing should display their command of the English language.
Vocabulary
- Compose
- Edit
- Short products
- Extended products
- Writing development
- Writing organization
- Task
- Purpose
- Audience
- Command of language
