They clarify the ideas and connect them to other literary works. The selections in Recommended Readings in Literature, Kindergarten Through Grade Eight illustrate the quality and complexity of the materials to be read by students. Literary Criticism 3.6 Analyze a range of responses to a literary work and determine the extent to which the literary elements in the work shaped those responses. Writing Strategies Students write clear, coherent, and focused essays. The writing exhibits students' awareness of the audience and purpose.
Essays contain formal introductions, supporting evidence, and conclusions.
Students progress through the stages of the writing process as needed. Organization and Focus 1.1 Create an organizational structure that balances all aspects of the composition and uses effective transitions between sentences to unify important ideas. 1.2 Support all statements and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts and statistics, and specific examples 1.3 Use strategies of notetaking, outlining, and summarizing to impose structure on composition drafts. 1.5 Give credit for both quoted and paraphrased information in a bibliography by using a consistent and sanctioned format and methodology for citations. Evaluation and Revision 1.7 Revise writing to improve organization and word choice after checking the logic of the ideas and the precision of the vocabulary.