Creative Writing

Write expressive, informative, and persuasive literary texts effectively.

Demonstrate the distinguishing characteristics of various written forms such as fictional writing, short stories, poetry, and drama in his/her own writing.

Elaborate writing when appropriate such as using concrete images, figurative language, sensory observation, dialogue, and other rhetorical devices to enhance meaning.

Employ various points of view to communicate effectively.

Choose topics and forms to develop fluency and voice.

Use word choice, sentence structure, and repetition to create tone.

Organize ideas in writing to ensure coherence, logical progression, and support for ideas.

Select and apply prewriting strategies to generate ideas, develop voice, and plan.

Develop drafts by organizing ideas such as paragraphing, outlining, adding, and deleting.

Use vocabulary, sentence structure, organization, and rhetorical devices appropriate to audience and purpose.

Use effective sequence and transitions to achieve coherence and meaning.

Revise drafts by rethinking content, organization, and style.

Frequently refine selected pieces to publish for general and specific audiences.

Write both independently and collaboratively.

Use correct capitalization and punctuation.

Spell with accuracy in the final draft.

Demonstrate control over grammatical elements such as subject-verb agreement, pronoun-antecedent agreement, and verb forms in the final draft.

Analyze and discuss published pieces as writing models such as use of suspense, repetition for emphasis, various points of view, literary devices, and figurative language.

Generate and apply peer and self-assessment.

Accumulate, review, and evaluate his/her own written work to determine its strengths and weaknesses and to set goals as a writer.