Grades 9 to 12 - Writing Strategically
High school students are expected to strengthen their expressive and technical abilities in order to develop their unique perspectives and write with power and purpose. The WEX Method™ of teaching writing includes teaching students to read literature and other required texts with a heightened awareness of how an author conveys meaning. The result is a deeper engagement with the text that leads to insightful analysis and better essays. High school students not only learn to recognize the strategies authors use to make an impact on readers, they have daily practice in using those strategies themselves. Ultimately, students learn to write strategically and with full command of the technical and expressive skills necessary to communicate their ideas clearly, correctly, and with power.
Getting Started:
- WEX Habits & Routines to Develop a Writing Community
Skills covered:
- Focus (topic development)
- Showing (using evidence)
- Strong Verbs
- Sensory Detail
- Dialogue & Evidence I
- Character Development
- Setting & Context I
- Logical Structure I
- Punctuating & Formatting Dialogue
- Logical Structure II
- Dialogue & Evidence II
- Setting & Context II
- Varying Sentence Style
- Minimizing Cliché
- Playing with Voice
- Sentene Mechanics & Usage II
- Verb Tense
- Subject Agreement II
- Dialogue & Evidence III
- Logical Structure III
- Setting & Context III
- Sustaining Mood & Tone
Genre Units:
- Personal Essay
- Short Story
- Response to Literature
- Persuasive Essay
