Write to communicate ideas, information, and experiences pertaining to a topic by creating easy-to-follow writing (including a short report, a procedure, a letter, a story, a short script, and a poem) with a clear purpose, correct paragraph structure, and interesting detail.
| (a) |
Work through the stages of a writing process (e.g., pre-writing, drafting, revising selected draft material, sharing) and begin to write for extended periods of time. |
| (b) |
Select and use appropriate strategies (before, during, and after) to communicate meaning when writing. |
| (c) |
Understand and apply the suitable pragmatic, textual, syntactical, semantic/lexical/morphological, graphophonic, and other cues and conventions to construct and communicate meaning when writing. |
| (d) |
Write compositions (e.g., three-paragraph reports) that describe and explain familiar objects, events, and experiences. |
| (e) |
Write narratives that provide a context within which an action takes place and includes characters and their traits, setting, and problem and solution in students' stories. |
| (f) |
Create characters and events from outside students' personal environment. |
| (g) |
Write descriptions that use concrete sensory details. |
| (h) |
Begin to use excitement, humour, suspense, and other creative devices. |
| (i) |
Write personal letters, thank-you notes, invitations, and logs. |
| (j) |
Extend, rework, and polish pieces of writing for an audience in and beyond the classroom. |
