Work through the stages of a writing process (e.g., pre-writing, drafting, revising successive versions).

Select and use pertinent before, during, and after strategies to construct meaning when writing.

Understand and apply cues and conventions including pragmatic, textual, syntactical, semantic/lexical/morphological, graphophonic, and others to communicate meaning when writing.

Write clear, coherent sentences and paragraphs that develop a central idea.

Create compositions with an introductory paragraph that establishes a central idea in key sentence(s), supporting paragraphs with simple facts, details, and explanations, and a concluding paragraph that summarizes the points.

Write descriptions and narratives (3-5 paragraphs) that relate observations and recollections of an event or experience and use sensory details.

Write information reports (3-5 paragraphs) that focus on a central question about an issue or situation, include facts and details, and draw from more than one source of information (e.g., speakers, books, newspapers, other sources).

Write procedures with clear directions and explanations.

Write summaries that contain the main ideas of the text or presentation and the most significant details.

Communicate and demonstrate understanding by creating original texts (e.g., poem, play, letter, journal entry) and by writing responses to texts, supporting judgements through references to both the text and prior knowledge.