EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT English
To enhance their skills in each English-related strand, students who score in the 13–15 score range may benefit from activities that encourage them to do the following:
| Score Range 13–15 |
| Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus |
- read writers of various genres and imitate their work
- revise writing to ensure that every sentence is necessary to the purpose of the piece and that no important information has been left out
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| Organization, Unity, and Coherence |
- write many simply organized short texts of various genres
- revise writing to ensure that information is in the best order
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| Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy |
- identify and revise obviously wordy, redundant, or cluttered material
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| Sentence Structure and Formation |
- revise writing to correct glaring shifts in verb tense or voice
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| Conventions of Usage |
- revise writing to correct basic grammar and punctuation errors
- practice and understand correct usage of common homonyms (e.g., their/there, past/passed)
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| Conventions of Punctuation |
- practice using punctuation correctly in simple sentences (e.g., “He ran, jumped, and swam.”)
- check for and correct unnecessary
commas
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