Writing Curriculum Review Worksheet - Table 1 - ACT Writing College and Career Readiness Standards

Oct 9, 2026

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Writing Curriculum Review Worksheet organizes ACT Writing College and Career Readiness Standards into a review table. The worksheet lists core writing skills across task and analysis (I&A), building and strengthening arguments (D&S), organizing ideas (ORG), and language usage (L&C). For each standard, it provides prompts to identify whether it is included in a curriculum and to specify the first grade level or course where students are introduced, plus the grade level where proficiency is expected.

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Table 1. ACT Writing College and Career Readiness Standards

I&A (Understanding the task and writing with purpose)

I&A (Analyzing critical elements and perspectives)

D&S (Building and strengthening the argument)

ORG (Grouping and connecting ideas)

ORG (Employing an organizational strategy)

L&C (Using language to enhance meaning)

L&C (Applying conventions of standard written English)

Writing Curriculum Review Worksheet Table 1. ACT Writing College and Career Readiness Standards | Writing College and Career
Readiness Standards | | | For each skill, knowledge, or process: | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | Is it included
in your writing
curriculum? | At what grade level (or in which course) are students first introduced to it? | At what grade level (or in which course) are students
expected to demonstrate proficiency? | | I&A | 601 | Understanding the task and writing with purpose
• Generate a nuanced, precise thesis that establishes a perspective on a contemporary issue
• Engage critically with other perspectiveson the issue | | | | | I&A | 602 | Analyzing critical elements of an issue and differing perspectives on it
• Establish and employ an insightful context for analysis
• Examine implications, complexities and tensions, and/or underlying values and assumptions | | | | | D&S | 601 | Building and strengthening the argument
• Make skillful use of reasoning and examples to broaden the context for analysis, support the thesis, and arrive at deeper insight into the issue
• Effectively convey reasons why the argument is worth considering
• Enrich and strengthen ideas and analysis by considering factors that complicate the writer’s own perspective
• Anticipate objections by qualifying the argument | | | | | ORG | 601 | Grouping and connecting ideas
• Group and sequence ideas logically, creating a progression that increases the effectiveness of the argument
• Use transitions between and within paragraphs to strengthen the relationships among ideas | | | | | ORG | 602 | Employing an organizational strategy • Make use of a controlling idea or
purpose to unify and focus the argument | | | | | L&C | 601 | Using language to enhance meaning
• Make skillful and precise word choices that enhance the argument
• Make stylistic choices, including voice, tone, and diction, that are strategic and effective for the given writing purpose and topic | | | | | L&C | 602 | Applying the conventions of standard written English
• Compose sentences with clear and consistently varied structures
• Produce writing that is free of all but a few minor errors in grammar, usage, and mechanics | | | |

FAQs

What information does the worksheet request for each writing standard?

It asks whether each skill is included in the writing curriculum, the grade level or course where students are first introduced to it, and the grade level or course where students are expected to demonstrate proficiency.

Which areas of writing readiness are covered in the table?

The table covers task and analysis (I&A), building and strengthening the argument (D&S), organizing ideas (ORG), and using language and writing conventions (L&C).

What do the I&A standards focus on?

They focus on understanding the task with purpose and on analyzing critical elements of an issue, including using context and examining implications, complexities, and perspectives.

Oct 9, 2026

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