Directions for Writing Samples
Grade 11 and Grade 12, Writing Strategies - WS 1.9
Students can revise something they have already written. A
writing prompt essay can be used.
For the revision they should keep in mind:
- What
is the purpose of your essay (the topic or position or point),
- Who is
your audience (someone who will read the essay, i.e., parents, teachers,
friends),
- What
genre is your essay (persuasive, expository, narrative, or response to
literature). and try to allow their own writer’s voice (your choice of
words, details, and explanations can reveal who you are inside-your voice)
to emerge. Sentences should be varied (simple, compound, and complex)
creating an easy-to-read flow, one after another, not short and choppy. Students
should try to refine their writing by making more precise word choices
that make clear the meaning (purpose-see above) and the tone (i.e.,
serious, casual, formal, sweet, funny) of their essay.