This pattern of linking reading to writing tasks is repeated with several of the core assignments. As the year proceeds, students are required to grapple not only with more challenging tasks. They also must demonstrate increasing sophistication in their writing. Other assignments ask students to evaluate an object or concept, persuade, offer commentary, and write about community. A college essay assignment often closes the year.
Students learn to use detail and marshal evidence and examples.
In effect, they learn to write strategically. In connection with many assignments, students learn how to use narration effectively when writing for different purposes, including process analysis, definition, persuasion, argument, division and classification, or various forms of commentary. These assignments allow students to plan and complete a draft then revise and edit their work into a finished piece. Students are made familiar with strategies for on-demand writing. Students learn more about writing with a purpose as they encounter challenges in expressive written communication.