Name: ____________________________ English 9 Honors Teacher: ___________________________ Date: _____________________________ Writing Goals & Progress Elements of CRAFT Elements of EDITING – – what good writers fixing mistakes writers do… make… strong voice sentence boundaries sentence sense/variety run-on sentences word power (mature vocabulary/use of fragments metaphorical language/show, tell) comma errors don’t strong verbs subject/verb agreement paragraphing for effect quotation marks effective introductions/conclusions pronoun agreement clear thesis pronoun vagueness flow (sequence/coherence) capitalization development/complexity of ideas apostrophes effective transitions semicolons special narrative strategies (flashback, time colons shifts) italics strong dialogue numbers parenthesis word choice spelling WRITING GOALS: Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 WRITING REFLECTION: My Most Challenging Writing Genre: (CIRCLE ONE) Synthesis (Research) / Argument (Persuasive) / Analysis / Creative Writing Why? _______________________________________________________________________________ My Techniques to Improve My Weakest Writing Style: ________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________
Name: ____________________________ English 9 Honors Teacher: ___________________________ Date: _____________________________ Writing Goals & Progress Elements of CRAFT – what good writers do… Elements of EDITING – fixing mistakes writers make… strong voice sentence sense/variety word power (mature vocabulary/use of metaphorical language/show, don’t tell) strong verbs paragraphing for effect effective introductions/conclusions clear thesis flow (sequence/coherence) development/complexity of ideas effective transitions special narrative strategies (flashback, time shifts) strong dialogue sentence boundaries run-on sentences fragments comma errors subject/verb agreement quotation marks pronoun agreement pronoun vagueness capitalization apostrophes semicolons colons italics numbers parenthesis word choice spelling WRITING GOALS: Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 WRITING REFLECTION: My Most Challenging Writing Genre: (CIRCLE ONE) Synthesis (Research) / Argument (Persuasive) / Analysis / Creative Writing Why? _______________________________________________________________________________ My Techniques to Improve My Weakest Writing Style: ________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________