English Language Arts and Reading.7.10.C

The student is expected to

revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety;

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Knowledge and Skills Statement

Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts--writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.

Students should be able to review their drafts and identify places within a composition where the ideas are expressed in an unclear or illogical way. Students should then be able to make necessary changes by adding information to clarify meaning, deleting extraneous information that obscures meaning, combining ideas to avoid redundancies, and rearranging the ideas to ensure logical progression.
the practice of varying the length and structure of sentences to avoid monotony, to provide appropriate emphasis and inflection, and to enhance the rhythm and flow of the written or oral text
the unique/distinct way a writer uses language; diction, syntax, sentence fluency, figurative language, and voice all contribute to a writer’s style (e.g., Hemingway’s writing style is terse, blunt, and conversational.)
the writer or speaker’s choice of words that is derived from their style, purpose, and need to communicate accurately, appropriately, and understandably to a specific audience; also known as diction

Research

1. Voyager Sopris Learning. (2008). The writing process for step up to writing. Step Up For Writing Series, Expository Paragraphs.  Retrieved from www.voyagersopris.com

Summary: This one-page resource outlines eight steps in the writing process. The stages include prewriting, planning, drafting, revising, editing, writing a final copy, proofreading, and submitting the final copy.

2. Blinde, L. (2008). How to Write an Effective Summary. Writing power: Energizing communication.  [Blog post]. Retrieved from blog.writingpower.net/2008/02/16/how-to-write-an-effective-summary

Summary: Blinde provide a simple approach to revising sentences. The technique is methodical and it addresses parts of speech as the primary approach to revising sentences. 

3. Readwritethink. (2019).Strategy guide: Implementing the writing process. International Literacy Association. 

Summary: This is a digital resources sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English. Although this strategy guide suggests grades K–5, the concepts are applicable for middle grades. The strategy guide addresses prewriting, drafting, revising and editing, rewriting, and publishing (completing the writing). Print resources are more appropriate for younger grades.