Sunday, May 6, 2018

My Writing Goals and Action Plan

I have to work hard on organization and sentence fluency, but my biggest weakness is fleshing out ideas into words. I’ve always had this problem. Each year I think I get better at it though. It is important because language is how we communicate. I want my language to match my thoughts, so it is easy for people to understand.

I think this might be the most important post for me of the portfolio. I’ve learned a lot about what happens if I do not consistently work hard at composing words on paper. I get into a bad place. So, goals are going to be very important.

I want to keep building the skills I have been improving so this summer, as I read, I will use immersion reading, and I will annotate. I will practice my dictation and typing skills so that it does not take so long. I think that is part of the problem, the physical slowness combined with trying to get ideas into the written word. Each week, I want to practice making a claim and using the standards list we used for Purple Hibiscus. I want to start with my own…

1.      Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

2.      Analyze in detail how an author’s ideas or claims are developed and refined by particular sentences, paragraphs, or larger portions of a text (e.g., a section or chapter).

3.      Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

4.      Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a specific purpose and audience.

5.      Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences.

6.      Run Grammarly before I submit!

7.      Improve Making Claims!

…but take it from there and work on others.  I want to be prepared to do well next school year.

Finally, I want to continue to regrow the joy of words I have been rediscovering. I think I will write some poetry.





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My Writing Goals and Action Plan

I have to work hard on organization and sentence fluency, but my biggest weakness is fleshing out ideas into words. I’ve always had this ...