| Writing Features
& Descriptions |
General Writing
Challenge Areas |
How can the arts
help student writers. |
Focus
Topic or subject established by the writer in response to the
writing task
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Some student writers need help to explore and explode
topics in prewriting.
Some students need help to narrow focus and
identify their audience and purpose.
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How can the arts help student writers
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Generate or brainstorm ideas?
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Focus or frame their brainstormed ideas?
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Evaluate the importance of ideas for relevance
to the focus of their compositions?
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Re-focus and revise writing that has lost focus?
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