New Jersey Core Curriculum Content
Standards
A. Writing as a Process (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing,
postwriting)
1. Engage in the full writing process by writing daily and
for sustained amounts of time.
3. Analyze and revise writing to improve style, focus and
orginization, coherence, clarity of thought, sophisticated work
choice and sentence variety, and subtlety of meaning.
4. Review and edit work for spelling, usage, clarity, and fluency.
5. Use the computer and word-processing software to compose, edit,
and publish a peice.
B. Writing as a Product (resulting in a formal product or publication)
1. Analyzing characteristics, structures, tone, and features of
language of selected genres and apply this knowledge to own
writing.
4. Write multi-paragraph, complex pieces across the curriculum using
a variety of strategies to develop a central idea
5. Write a range of essays and expository pieces across the
curriculum, such as persuasive, analytic, critique, or position
paper.
8. Foresee readers� needs and develop interest through strategies
such as using precise language, specific details, definitions,
descriptions, examples, anecdotes, analogies, and humor as well
as anticipating and countering concerns and arguments and
advancing a position.
9. Provide compelling openings and strong closure to written pieces.
10. Employ relevant graphics to support a central idea
C. Mechanics, Spelling, and Handwriting
1. Use Standard English conventions in all writing, such as
sentence structure, grammar and usage, punctuation,
capitalization, and spelling.
2. Demonstrate a well-developed knowledge of English syntax to
express ideas in a lively and effective personal style.
4. Use transition words to reinforce a logical progression of
ideas.
5. Exclude extraneous details, repetitious ideas, and
inconsistencies to improve writing.
6. Use knowledge of Standard English conventions to edit own writing
and the writing of others for correctness.
D. Writing Forms, Audiences, and Purposes (exploring a variety of forms)
1. Employ the most effective writing formats and strategies for
the purpose and audience.
2. Demonstrate command of a variety of writing genres
3. Evaluate the impact of an author�s decisions regarding tone, word
choice, style, content, point of view, literary elements, and
literary merit, and produce an interpretation of overall
effectiveness.
5. When writing, employ structures to support the reader, such as
transition words, chronology, hierarchy or sequence, and forms,
such as headings and subtitles.
7. Demonstrate personal style and voice effectively to support the
purpose and engage the audience of a piece of writing.
