Writers expand their ideas by adding vivid details.
What is Elaborating?
100
Writers limit their topics so they're specific and manageable.
What is Narrowing?
100
Writers add words and sentences, make substitutions a deletions, and move text around to communicate more effectively.
What is Revising?
200
Writers review and evaluate their compositions and judge how well they met the goals they set.
What is Evaluating?
200
Writers group, sequence, and prioritize ideas for their compositions.
What is Organizing?
200
Writers set action-oriented goals to direct their writing.
What is Setting Goals?
300
Writers design the layout for their final copies and ensure that their writing is legible and their illustrations enhance the text.
What is Formatting?
300
Writers carefully reread their writing to identify errors in spelling and other conventions.
What is Proofreading?
400
Writers monitor their progress and coordinate writing strategies.
What is Monitoring?
400
Writers ask themselves questions as they develop their compositions.
What is Questioning?
500
Writers collect words, sentences, and ideas for writing, often using their background knowledge, information they've collected through research, or other classroom resources.
What is Generating?
500
Writers review their writing to check the flow of ideas and determine whether they're meeting their goals.