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Writing

Virginia SOL 9.W.2

Plan, organize, and revise writing to address specific audiences and purposes using the writing process.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Plan and organize writing to address a specific audience and purpose using the writing process.
  • Compose a thesis statement that clearly communicates the writer's position or assertion.
  • Establish, support, and maintain a central idea with evidence throughout a piece of writing.
  • Organize ideas in a logical sequence to exhibit unity.
  • Use transitions, precise vocabulary, and sentence variety to create a cohesive structure.
  • Show relationships between arguments, evidence, and ideas.
  • Use background knowledge to expand ideas and add depth.
  • Utilize reference materials when necessary.
  • Identify and address counterarguments and provide a rebuttal where appropriate.