Questions to Ponder for The Project : Writing 6.

7 The student will write narration, description, exposition, and persuasion a. Identify audience and purpose. b. Use a variety of prewriting strategies including graphic organizers to generate and organize ideas. c. Organize writing structure to fit mode or topic. d. Establish a central idea and organization. e. Compose a topic sentence or thesis statement, if appropriate (and believe me IT IS). f. Write multi-paragraph compositions with elaboration and unity. g. Select vocabulary and information to enhance the central idea, tone and voice. h. Expand and embed ideas by using modifiers, standard coordination, and subordination in complete sentences. i. Revise sentences for clarity of content including specific vocabulary and information. j. Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit and publish writing. Directions: Read section 6.7 of the Virginia Standards of Learning. CAREFULLY the sections titled Essential Understandings and Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Processes to help you understand what is expected. Use the back of the paper if you have any additional comments or questions. 1. Who will be your audience? 2. What is your purpose for writing?

3. How will your audience and purpose for writing affect how and what you write?

4. Why is it important to use prewriting strategies?

5. How will you use graphic organizers and other prewriting strategies to generate ideas?

6. How will you use graphic organizers and other prewriting strategies to organize ideas?

7. Why is it important to organize your writing?

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What are some ways to organize your writing?

9. How will you show what your central idea and organizational structure are?

10. Why are topic sentences important?

11. Why are thesis statements important?

12. How can we be sure that people use these appropriately?

13. What does it mean to write a multi-paragraph composition with elaboration?

14. What does it mean to write a multi-paragraph composition with unity?

15. Why is it important to select your vocabulary wisely?

16. How can vocabulary enhance the central idea of your paper?

17. How can vocabulary enhance the tone of your paper?

18. How can vocabulary enhance the voice of your paper?

19. Why is it important to carefully select what information to put in your paper?

20. How can information enhance the central idea of your paper?

21. How can information enhance the tone of your paper?

22. How can information enhance the voice of your paper?

23. Why is it important to use a variety of sentences in your writing?

24. How can using modifiers, coordination and subordination make your paper better (dont forget to read the essential knowledge part of the standards!)

25. Why is it vitally important to revise your writing, sentence by sentence, for clarity of content?

26. How can you be sure that someone who does not know the topic as well as you do will be able to understand your paper?

27. In what ways would you like to use technology to publish your writing?