Writing

Virginia SOL 3.W.1

Compose various works for diverse audiences and purposes.

What students need to be able to do

  • Recognize distinctive patterns of organization in narrative, expository, and opinion writing.
  • Write personal or fictional narratives with naturally unfolding event sequences.
  • Write informative/explanatory texts that develop topics with facts and details.
  • Write opinion pieces supporting a point of view with facts and reasons.
  • Write in response to texts using supporting details from the text.