Developing and Organizing Content
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Generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and audience
- identify the topic, purpose, and audience for several different types of writing tasks
- generate and focus ideas for potential writing tasks, using several different strategies and print, electronic, and other resources, as appropriate
- locate and select information to support ideas for writing, using several different strategies and print, electronic, and other resources, as appropriate
- identify, sort, and order main ideas and supporting details for writing tasks, using several different strategies and organizational patterns suited to the content and the purpose for writing
- determine whether the ideas and information gathered are relevant to the topic, sufficient for the purpose, and meet the requirements of the writing task
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Lessons
Magazine Production
Scripting a Crime Drama
Images of Learning: Secondary
Sex in Advertising
The Pornography Debate
Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking
Thinking About Hate
Deconstructing Web Pages
Tip Sheet
How To Discourage Plagiarism
How to Search the Internet Effectively
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Using Knowledge to Form Style
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Draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience
- write for different purposes and audiences, using several different literary, graphic, and informational forms
- establish an identifiable voice in their writing, modifying language and tone to suit the form, audience, and purpose for writing
- use appropriate descriptive and evocative words, phrases, and expressions to make their writing clear and vivid for their intended audience
- explain how their own beliefs, values, and experiences are revealed in their writing
- revise drafts to improve the content, organization, clarity, and style of their written work, using a variety of teacher-modelled strategies
- produce revised draft pieces of both simple and complex texts written to meet criteria identified by the teacher, based on the curriculum expectations
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Lessons
Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns
Scripting a Crime Drama
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Applying Knowledge and Conventions
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Use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively
- proofread and correct their writing, using guidelines developed with the teacher and peers explain the relationship between media works and their audiences
- use several different presentation features, including print and script, fonts, graphics, and layout, to improve the clarity and coherence of their written work and to engage their audience
- produce pieces of published work to meet criteria identified by the teacher, based on the curriculum expectations
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Lessons
The Pornography Debate
Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking
Tip Sheet
How To Discourage Plagiarism
How to Search the Internet Effectively
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Reflecting on Skills and Strategies
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Reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process
- describe several different strategies they used before, during, and after writing, explain which ones they found most helpful, and identify several specific steps they can take to improve as writers
- identify several different skills they have in listening, speaking, reading, viewing, and representing, and explain how these skills help them write more effectively
- select several examples of different types of writing that they think most clearly reflect their growth and competence as writers, and explain the reasons for their choice
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