MG Writing Process (Page 1 of 5)
Sixth Grade
WR-E-4.7.0
Focusing
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WR-M-4.8.0
Prewriting
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WR-M-4.9.0
Drafting
WR-M-4.10.0
Revising
(Content/Ideas)
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Academic Expectation(s)
Program of Studies
Proficiency Quest
Core Content Version 4.1
Seventh Grade
Eighth Grade
Connecting to content knowledge
Connecting to prior learning and experience
Initiating an authentic reason to write
Thinking about a subject, an experience, a question, an issue or a problem to determine a meaningful
reason to write
Selecting/narrowing topic
Establishing a purpose and central/controlling idea or focus
Identifying and analyzing the audience
Determining the most appropriate form to meet the needs of purpose and audience
Generating ideas (e.g., reading, journaling, mapping, webbing, note taking, interviewing, researching,
writing-to-learn activities
Organizing ideas – examining other models of good writing, appropriate text structures to match purpose,
various ways to organize information
Writing draft(s) for an intended audience
Developing topic, elaborating ideas, exploring sentence variety and language use
Organizing writing
Reflecting to determine where to add, delete, rearrange, define/redefine, or elaborate content
Conferencing with teacher or peer(s) to help determine where to add, delete, rearrange, define/redefine or
elaborate content.
Checking for accuracy of content
Considering voice, tone, style, intended audience, coherence, transitions
Comparing with rubric criteria and anchor papers/models
Considering effectiveness of language usage and sentences to communicate ideas
1.1 1.10 1.11 1.16
6th
7th
8th
SLO
SLO
SLO
Additional Resources:
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
Kentucky Department of Education (KDE)
K-8 Portfolio Marker Papers
Guide to Grammar & Writing
The Write Way
Depth of Knowledge
DOK 1 DOK 2 DOK 3 DOK 4
Bloom’s
Bloom’s & Williams
CPE’s
Related
Assessments
MG Writing Process (Page 2 of 5)
Sixth Grade Revising Skills
Core Content Version 4.1
Seventh Grade Revising Skills
Proficiency Quest
Related
Eighth Grade Revising Skills
Assessments
Idea Development
WR-06-4.10.4
Students will narrow topic for selected writing
WR-06-4.10.5
Students will identify topic sentence of a
paragraph
WR-06-4.10.6
Students will select appropriate supporting
details
WR-06-4.10.7
Students will identify extraneous/irrelevant
materials
Idea Development
WR-07-4.10.4
Students will narrow topic for selected writing
WR-07-4.10.5
Students will identify and compose a topic sentence
of a paragraph
WR-07-4.10.6
Students will select appropriate supporting details
WR-07-4.10.7
Students will identify extraneous/irrelevant materials
Idea Development
WR-08-4.10.4
Students will narrow topic for selected writing
WR-08-4.10.5 DOK 2
Students will identify and compose a topic
sentence of a paragraph
WR-08-4.10.6 DOK 2
Students will select appropriate supporting
details
WR-08-4.10.7 DOK 2
Students will identify extraneous/irrelevant
materials
Organization
WR-06-4.10.8
Students will correct sentences that are out
of chronological/sequential order or insert
new sentences in the correct
chronological/sequential position
WR-06-4.10.9
Students will apply the most effective
transitions
WR-06-4.10.10
Students will develop effective introductions
and closures for writing
Organization
WR-07-4.10.8
Students will correct sentences that are out of
chronological/sequential order or insert new
sentences in the correct chronological/sequential
position
WR-07-4.10.9
Students will apply the most effective transitions
WR-07-4.10.10
Students will develop effective introductions and
closures for writing
Organization
WR-08-4.10.8 DOK 2
Students will correct sentences that are out of
chronological/sequential order or insert new
sentences in the correct
chronological/sequential position
WR-08-.4.10.9 DOK 2
Students will apply the most effective
transitions
WR-08-4.10.10 DOK 2
Students will develop effective introductions
and closures for writing
Word Choice
WR-06-4.10.11
Students will eliminate redundant words and
phrases
WR-06-4.10.12
Students will choose the most specific word
for use in a sentence
Word Choice
WR-07-4.10.11
Students will eliminate redundant words and
phrases
WR-07-4.10.12
Students will choose the most specific word for use
in a sentence
Word Choice
WR-08-4.10.11 DOK 2
Students will eliminate redundant words and
phrases
WR-08-4.10.12 DOK 2
Students will choose the most specific word for
use in a sentence
Academic Expectation(s)
Program of Studies
1.1 1.10 1.11 1.16
6th
7th
8th
SLO
SLO
SLO
Communication Skills 1.3 1.4 1.12
DOK 1
Depth of Knowledge
DOK 2 DOK 3 DOK 4
Academic Expectations for all Content Areas
Problem Solving Skills 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Connecting & Integrating Knowledge
6.1 6.2 6.3
MG Writing Process (Page 3 of 5)
WR-M-4.11.0
Editing
(Conventions and Mechanics)
Proficiency Quest
Core Content Version 4.1
Checking for correctness
 Language usage
 Sentence structure
 Spelling
 Capitalization
 Punctuation
 Documentation of sources
 Using resources to support editing (e.g., spell check, dictionaries, thesauri, handbooks)
Sixth Grade Editing Skills
Seventh Grade Editing Skills
Eighth Grade Editing Skills
Language Usage
WR-06-4.11.13
Students will apply knowledge of subject/verb
agreement with both singular and plural
subjects
WR-06-4.11.14
Students will apply knowledge of present,
past, and future verb tenses
WR-06-4.11-15
Students will apply knowledge of
comparative and superlative forms of
adjectives and adverbs
WR-06-4.11.16
Students will apply knowledge of special
problems in usage(a, an, to, two, too, their,
there, they’re) pronoun references and
double negatives
WR-06-4.11.17
Students will apply knowledge of idiomatic
expressions
Sentence Structure
WR-06-4.11.18
Students will correct sentences that are runons or awkward
WR-06-4.11.19
Students will correct sentence fragments
WR-06-4.11.20
Students will combine short choppy
sentences effectively
WR-06-4.11.21 Students combine simple
sentences by using subordination and
coordination
WR-06-4.11.22 Students will correct
sentences with misplaced/and or dangling
modifiers
Language Usage
WR-07-4.11.13
Students will apply knowledge of subject/verb
agreement with both singular and plural subjects
WR-07-4.11.14
Students will apply knowledge of present, past and
future verb tenses
WR-07-4.11.15
Students will apply knowledge of comparative and
superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs
WR-07-4.11.16
Students will apply knowledge of special problems
in usage(a, an, to, two, too, their, there, they’re) and
pronoun reference with subjective
WR-07-4.11.17
Students will apply knowledge of idiomatic
expressions
Language Usage
WR-08-4.11.13 DOK 1
Students will apply knowledge of subject/verb
agreement with both singular and plural
subjects
WR-08-4.11.14 DOK 1
Students will apply knowledge of present, past
and future verb tenses
WR-08-4.11.15 DOK 1
Students will apply knowledge of comparative
and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs
WR-08-4.11.16 DOK 1
Students will apply knowledge of special
problems in usage (a, an to, two, too, their,
there, they’re) and pronoun reference with
subjective
WR-08-4.11.17 DOK 1
Students will apply knowledge of idiomatic
expressions
Sentence Structure
WR-07-4.11.17
Students will correct sentences that are run-ons or
awkward
WR-07-4.11.18
Students will correct sentence fragments
WR-07-4.11.19
Students will combine short choppy sentences
effectively
WR-07-4.11.21 Students combine simple sentences
by using subordination and coordination
WR-07-4.11.22 Students will correct sentences with
misplaced/and or dangling modifiers
Sentence Structure
WR-08-4.11.17 DOK 1
Students will correct sentences that are run-ons
or awkward
WR-08-4.11.18 DOK 1
Students will correct sentence fragments
WR-08-4.11.19 DOK 2
Students will combine short choppy sentences
effectively
WR-08-4.11.21 DOK 2
Students combine simple sentences by using
subordination and coordination
WR-08-4.11.22 DOK 2
Students will correct sentences with
misplaced/and or dangling modifiers
Related
Assessments
MG Writing Process (Page 4 of 5)
Sixth Grade Editing Skills
Spelling
WR-06-4.11.23
Students will apply knowledge of spelling
patterns, generalizations, and rules to
commonly used words
WR-06-4.11.24
Students will apply knowledge of spelling
patterns, generalizations, and rules to plural
forms of words
WR-06-.4.11.25
Students will apply knowledge of spelling
patterns, generalizations, and rules to
contractions
WR-06-4.11.26
Students will apply knowledge of spelling
patterns, generalizations and rules to change
verb endings
Capitalization
WR-06-4.11.27
Students will capitalize proper nouns, days,
months
WR-06-4.11.28
Students will capitalize the beginning of
sentences
WR-06-4.11.29
Students will capitalize the pronoun “I”
WR-06-4.11.30
Students will capitalize proper adjectives
WR-06-4.11.31
Students will capitalize first word in a quote
when appropriate
WR-06-4.11.32
Student will capitalize the first word and
every succeeding main word in a title
Academic Expectation(s)
Program of Studies
Core Content Version 4.1
Seventh Grade Editing Skills
Spelling
WR-07-4.11.23
Students will apply knowledge of spelling patterns,
generalizations, and rules to commonly used words
WR-07-4.11.24
Students will apply knowledge of spelling patterns,
generalizations, and rules to plural forms of words
WR-07-4.11.25
Students will apply knowledge of spelling patterns,
generalizations, and rules to contractions
WR-07-4.11.26
Students will apply knowledge of spelling patterns,
generalizations and rules to change verb endings
Capitalization
WR-07-4.11.27
Students will capitalize proper nouns, days, months
WR-07-4.11.28
Students will capitalize the beginning of sentences
WR-07-4.11.29
Students will capitalize the pronoun “I”
WR-07-4.11.30
Students will capitalize proper adjectives
WR-07-4.11.31
Students will capitalize first word in a quote when
appropriate
WR-07-4.11.32
Student will capitalize the first word and every
succeeding main word in a title
1.1 1.10 1.11 1.16
6th
7th
8th
SLO
SLO
SLO
Communication Skills 1.3 1.4 1.12
Proficiency Quest
Related
Eighth Grade Editing Skills
Assessments
Spelling
WR-08-4.11.23 DOK 1
Students will apply knowledge of spelling
patterns, generalizations, and rules to
commonly used words
WR-08-4.11.24 DOK 1
Students will apply knowledge of spelling
patterns, generalizations, and rules to plural
forms of words
WR-08-4.11.25 DOK 1
Students will apply knowledge of spelling
patterns, generalizations, and rules to
contractions
WR-08-4.11.26 DOK 1
Students will apply knowledge of spelling
patterns, generalizations and rules to change
verb endings
Capitalization
WR-08-4.11.24 DOK 1
Students will capitalize proper nouns, days,
months
WR-08-4.11.25 DOK 1
Students will capitalize the beginning of
sentences
WR-08-4.11.26 DOK 1
Students will capitalize the pronoun “I”
WR-08-4.11.27 DOK 1
Students will capitalize proper adjectives
WR-08-4.11.31 DOK 1
Students will capitalize first word in a quote
when appropriate
WR-08-4.11.32 DOK 1
Student will capitalize the first word and every
succeeding main word in a title
Depth of Knowledge
DOK 1 DOK 2 DOK 3 DOK 4
Academic Expectations for all Content Areas
Problem Solving Skills 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Connecting & Integrating Knowledge
6.1 6.2 6.3
MG Writing Process (Page 5 of 5)
Sixth Grade Editing Skills
Punctuation
WR-06-4.11.33
Students will correctly punctuate declarative,
exclamatory, interrogative and imperative
sentences
WR-06-4.11.34
Students will use commas in a series, a date, a
compound sentence, and the greeting and
closing of a letter
WR-06-4.11.35
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for commas in appositives, direct
address, and introductory phrases and clauses.
WR-06-4.11.36
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for apostrophes in possessives and
contractions
WR-06-4.11.37
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for periods in abbreviations and
acronyms
WR-06-4.11.38
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for semi-colons in items in a series
and combined sentences
WR-06-4.11.39
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for colons in introducing a list and
the business letter greeting
WR-06-4.11.40
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for quotation marks in dialogue, titles
and direct/indirect quotes
Documentation
WR-06-4.11.41
Students will document use of sources
Publishing
WR-M-4.12.0
Reflecting
WR-M-4.13.0
Core Content Version 4.1
Seventh Grade Editing Skills
Proficiency Quest
Related
Eighth Grade Editing Skills
Assessments
Punctuation
Punctuation
WR-08-4.11.33 DOK 1
WR-07-4.11.33
Students will correctly punctuate declarative,
Students will correctly punctuate declarative,
exclamatory, interrogative
exclamatory, interrogative and imperative
and imperative sentences
sentences
WR-08-4.11.34
DOK 1
WR-07-4.11.34
Students will use commas in a series, a date, a
Students will use commas in a series, a date, a
compound sentence, and the greeting and
compound sentence, and the greeting and
closing of a letter
closing of a letter
WR-08-4.11.35
DOK 1
WR-07-4.11.35
Students will correctly apply the rules of
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for commas in appositives, direct
punctuation for commas in appositives, direct
address, and introductory phrases and clauses.
address, and introductory phrases and clauses
WR-08-4.11.36
DOK 1
WR-07-4.11.36
Students will correctly apply the rules of
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for apostrophes in possessives and punctuation for apostrophes in possessives and
contractions
contractions
WR-08-4.11.37
DOK 1
WR-07-4.11.37
Students will correctly apply the rules of
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for periods in abbreviations and
punctuation for periods in abbreviations and
acronyms
acronyms
WR-08-4.11.38
DOK 1
WR-07-4.11.38
Students will correctly apply the rules of
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for semi-colons in items in a series
punctuation for semi-colons in items in a series
and combined sentences
and combined sentences
WR-08-4.11.39
DOK 1
WR-07-4.11.39
Students will correctly apply the rules of
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for colons in introducing a list and
punctuation for colons in introducing a list and
the business letter greeting
the business letter greeting
WR-08-4.11.40
DOK 1
WR-07-4.11.40
Students will correctly apply the rules of
Students will correctly apply the rules of
punctuation for quotation marks in dialogue,
punctuation for quotation marks in dialogue,
titles and direct/indirect quotes
titles and direct/indirect quotes
Documentation
Documentation
WR.07-4.11.41
WR-08-4.11.41
Students will document use of sources
Students will document use of sources
 Sharing final piece with intended audience
Reflecting upon
- Progress, growth and goals as a writer
- Literacy skills
- Who or what has influenced progress and growth
- Approaches used when composing (e.g., free-writing, mental composing, researching,
drawing, webbing)