In Anne Arundel County Public Schools, the overall goal for the reading program is to enable students to read fiction and nonfiction for a variety of purposes . To Develop Interpretation - when the students clarify, revise, and extend their initial impression of a selection. To Formulate a Personal Response - when the students relate what has been read to their own life experiences. To Develop a Critical Stance - when the students analyze the author's craft or perspective. The overall goal of the writing program is to enable students to demonstrate effective writing in academic, social, and personal situations for a variety of purposes, audiences, and topics.
Writing is a process whereby writers move recursively through a series of stages as they compose.