Writing
Virginia SOL 8.W.2
Generate, organize, and compose multi-paragraph texts using the writing process, focusing on thesis, central idea, evidence, transitions, voice, and conclusions.
What students need to be able to do
- Generating and organizing ideas using writing process
- Planning, drafting, revising, and editing
- Developing multi-paragraph texts
- Composing thesis statements
- Stating positions or explaining purposes
- Establishing central ideas
- Aligning central ideas with thesis
- Maintaining organized structure and formal style
- Fitting structure to form and topic
- Providing elaboration and unity throughout writing
- Maintaining consistent point of view
- Stating and defending conclusions or positions
- Using reasons and precise, relevant evidence
- Providing complete explanation of how evidence and details support position
- Addressing counterclaims when appropriate
- Using appropriate and varied transitions
- Signaling shifts in writing
- Clarifying relationships among ideas and concepts
- Developing voice and tone
- Using vivid and precise vocabulary
- Enhancing meaning of writing
- Expanding and embedding ideas
- Creating sentence variety
- Providing concluding statements or sections