Kentucky Reading and Writing C.7.2.h
The Standard
- C.7.2
- Compose informative and/or explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts and information through the selection, organization and analysis of relevant content.
With some guidance, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
Kentucky Academic Standards for Reading and Writing (2025) · Text Types and Purpose
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students plan a draft with a reader and goal in mind. They use feedback to revise ideas, order, and tone, then edit errors or rewrite parts that miss the goal.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name who will read a piece and what they want that reader to understand or do. After feedback, they make changes that suit the reader and explain why.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think revision means fixing only spelling and commas. They may use the same wording for a friend and a principal, or add details that do not help the reader.
How to Assess It
- Give students this draft: 'The cafeteria line is too long. Fix it.' Ask them to rewrite it for the principal with a clear request and one reason, then identify a change they made for that reader.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a printed field trip request; have them cut and reorder sentences, then add a reason that would persuade the principal.
Post 'The library should stay open after school. Duh.' Ask partners to revise it for the principal and explain their word choices.
Give teams the note 'I lost my phone. Help!' and 90 seconds to rewrite it for classmates and the school office.
Have students request a new book from the school librarian, trade drafts, and revise their reasons before sending the requests.
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