This strand focuses on the elements of effective writing. Good writing instruction incorporates multiple performance objectives into an integrated experience of learning for the student. The order of the concepts and performance objectives is not intended to indicate a progression or hierarchy for writing instruction. Instructional activities may focus on just one concept or many.
Concept 3: Voice
Voice will vary according to the type of writing, but should be appropriately formal or casual, distant or personal, depending on the audience and purpose.
Kindergarten
PO 1. Create pictures or text with distinctive personal style and originality.
Grade 1
PO 1. Create pictures and text that is expressive, individualistic, engaging, and lively.
Grade 2
PO 1. Show awareness of the audience through word choice and style.
PO 2. Write text that is expressive, individualistic, engaging, and lively.
Grade 3
PO 1. Show awareness of the audience through word choice and style.
PO 2. Convey a sense of originality, sincerity, liveliness, or humor appropriate to topic and type of writing.
Grade 4
PO1. Show awareness of the audience through word choice and style.
PO 2. Convey a sense of originality, sincerity, liveliness, or humor appropriate to topic and type of writing.
Grade 5
PO1. Show awareness of the audience through word choice and style.
PO 2. Convey a sense of originality, sincerity, liveliness, or humor appropriate to topic and type of writing.
PO 3. Use language appropriate for topic and purpose.
Grade 6
PO 1. Show awareness of the audience through word choice and style.
PO 2. Convey a sense of identity through originality, sincerity, liveliness, or humor appropriate to the topic and type of writing.
PO 3. Use language appropriate for the topic and purpose.
Grade 7
PO 1. Show awareness of the audience through word choice, style, and an appropriate connection with, or distance from, the audience.
PO 2. Convey a sense of identity through originality, sincerity, liveliness, or humor appropriate to the topic and type of writing.
PO 3. Use language appropriate for the topic and purpose.
Grade 8
PO 1. Show awareness of the audience through word choice, style, and an appropriate connection with, or distance from, the audience.
PO 2. Convey a sense of identity through originality, sincerity, liveliness, or humor appropriate to the topic and type of writing.
PO 3. Use language appropriate for the topic and purpose.
High School
PO 1. Show awareness of the audience through word choice, style, and an appropriate connection with, or distance from, the audience.
PO 2. Convey a sense of identity through originality, sincerity, liveliness, or humor appropriate to topic and type of writing.
PO 3. Choose appropriate voice (e.g., formal, informal, academic discourse) for the application.
PO 4. Use engaging and expressive language that shows a commitment to the topic.
PO 5. Use language appropriate to purpose, topic, and audience.