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To be college-and career-ready writers, students must take task, purpose, and audience into careful consideration, choosing words, information, structures, and formats deliberately.!ey need to know how to combine elements of different kinds of writing—for example, to use narrative strategies within argument and explanation within narrative—to produce complex and nuanced writing.”  \nCommon Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (41) .  \n!e contents ofthis manual are designed to provide a baseline of expectations for writing at the highschool level in Howard County public schools and to standardize basic stylistic elements across all high schools for students and teachers.!is publication is intended to be a resource for students and to supplement classroom instruction.  \nIncoming freshmen are generally familiar with much of the language in this manual, such as the “6+1 Traits of Writing®” and “!e Big6™ Information Literacy Strategies”that are introduced in elementary and middle school language arts classes. Other elements may be new and are taught as part  \nof the essential curriculum.  \nIndividual teachers in various content areas may assign additional or modified requirements depending on the discipline, the course, and the specific assignment.  \n!e development of this document was a team effort of the Secondary Language Arts Office and the High School English Instructional Team Leaders.  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \n6+1 TRAITS OF WRITING®  \nIdeas ................................................................1  \nFour Modes of Discourse............................................... 1  \n!esis Statement/Claim................................................ 1  \nOrganization ...........................................................1  \nStrategies for Developing Paragraphs .....................................1  \nStrategies for Writing Introductions and Conclusions ........................1  \nTransitions ..........................................................2  \nVoice ................................................................2  \nRhetorical Devices ....................................................2  \nRhetorical Appeals....................................................2  \nWord Choice ........................................................... 3  \nHistorical Present ....................................................3  \nActive and Passive Voice ...............................................3  \nFigures of Speech .....................................................3  \nSound Devices ....................................................... 3  \nSentence Fluency........................................................4  \nConventions............................................................4  \nPunctuation: semi-colon, dash, hyphen, ellipsis ..............................4  \nTitles ..............................................................5  \nChecklists for Revision and Presentation .....................................5  \nProofreading Symbols ....................................................6  \nPresentation ............................................................7  \nRESEARCH TO BUILD AND PRESENT KNOWLEDGE  \n!e Big6™ .......................................................... 8  \nAcademic Integrity ...................................................8  \nTypes of Plagiarism ................................................... 8  \nQuoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing .....................................8  \nResearch Terminology ....................................................9  \nRules for Documenting Sources (MLA Style) ................................10  \nParenthetic","cbCaimUOZFiXVOjb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimUOZFiXVOjb","pdf",837549,20,"English","# 6+1 Traits of Writing®\n## Ideas\n## Four Modes of Discourse\n# Research to Build and Present Knowledge\n## The Big6™\n## Academic Integrity\n# Writing for Exams\n## SAT Exams\n## Advanced Placement Exams\n# Ideas and Organization\n## #1-IDEAS","[{\"question\":\"What is the main goal of the manual for high school writers?\",\"answer\":\"To establish baseline expectations for writing at the high school level and standardize basic stylistic elements across Howard County public schools.\"},{\"question\":\"Which planning factors are emphasized for becoming college- and career-ready writers?\",\"answer\":\"Students should consider task, purpose, and audience when choosing words, information, structures, and formats.\"},{\"question\":\"What frameworks does the manual reference from earlier school years?\",\"answer\":\"It references the “6+1 Traits of Writing®” and “The Big6™ Information Literacy Strategies” introduced in elementary and middle school language arts classes.\"}]","HIGH SCHOOL WRITING MANUAL AND STYLE GUIDE - INTRODUCTION - BECOMING COLLEGE-AND CAREER-READY WRITERS | PDF",1790087140]