c. Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. Progression to Mastery Key Concepts Guiding Prompts Recognize connections cohesion What is the relationship between thesis, concepts between your thesis, Transition words, phrases, and evidence concepts, and evidence? clauses Identify how transitions How do you transition from create cohesion and clarify various ideas and concepts? relationships in a written Do your transitions create piece cohesion among ideas and concepts? Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. Progression to Mastery Key Concepts Guiding Prompts Identify or determine Domain-specific vocabulary Is the language you have appropriate domain-specific chosen precise and clear? vocabulary Are you using vocabulary Use domain-specific appropriate for the vocabulary to increase or domain of the topic? precision and clarity Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic e. Establish and maintain a formal style. Progression to Mastery Key Concepts Guiding Prompts Recognize the difference Style (e.g., formal, informal, What makes the piece between formal and specific to audience) formal? informal style Awareness of audience Is the language you have Establish and maintain a chosen precise and clear? Forms (e.g., letters to formal style appropriate to appropriate Have you maintained a audience and purpose individuals/organizations formal writing style? Establish and maintain an (editor, boards, business), appropriate style throughout summaries, reports (book, a piece of writing research), essays, articles (newspaper, magazine), Establish and maintain a messages/memos, notices, formal style biography, autobiography, reviews) f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented. Progression to Mastery Key Concepts Guiding Prompts
c. Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. Progression to Mastery Key Concepts Guiding Prompts Recognize connections between thesis, concepts and evidence Identify how transitions create cohesion and clarify relationships in a written piece Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts. cohesion Transition words, phrases, clauses What is the relationship between your thesis, concepts, and evidence? How do you transition from various ideas and concepts? Do your transitions create cohesion among ideas and concepts? d. Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic. Progression to Mastery Key Concepts Guiding Prompts Identify or determine appropriate domain-specific vocabulary Use domain-specific vocabulary to increase precision and clarity Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic Domain-specific vocabulary Is the language you have chosen precise and clear? Are you using vocabulary appropriate for the or domain of the topic? e. Establish and maintain a formal style. Progression to Mastery Key Concepts Guiding Prompts Recognize the difference between formal and informal style Establish and maintain a formal style appropriate to audience and purpose Establish and maintain an appropriate style throughout a piece of writing Establish and maintain a formal style Style (e.g., formal, informal, specific to audience) Awareness of audience Forms (e.g., letters to appropriate individuals/organizations (editor, boards, business), summaries, reports (book, research), essays, articles (newspaper, magazine), messages/memos, notices, biography, autobiography, reviews) What makes the piece formal? Is the language you have chosen precise and clear? Have you maintained a formal writing style? f. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented. Progression to Mastery Key Concepts Guiding Prompts
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