EXPLORE/PLAN/ACT English
To enhance their skills in each English-related strand, students who score in the 20–23 score range may benefit from activities that encourage them to do the following:
| Score Range 20–23 |
| Topic Development in Terms of Purpose and Focus |
- continue reading the work of writers of various genres; begin experimenting with a variety of writing styles
- revise fairly straightforward
writing to sharpen focus and coherence of entire piece
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| Organization, Unity, and Coherence |
- experiment with using words and phrases that create clear transitions in writing
- rearrange sentences in a paragraph in order to improve its coherence
- write introductions that capture the reader's interest, write
conclusions that provide a sense of closure, and describe the rhetorical effects that each creates
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| Word Choice in Terms of Style, Tone, Clarity, and Economy |
- continue to edit sentences for empty language, wordiness, and redundancy
- revise structurally complex sentences to correct vague or ambiguous pronoun references
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| Sentence Structure and Formation |
- revise writing to correct faulty
coordination and subordination of
clauses
- revise sentences to correct
inconsistencies in verb tense and
pronoun person
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| Conventions of Usage |
- check to be sure pronouns agree with antecedents in increasingly complex sentences
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| Conventions of Punctuation |
- use punctuation to set off nonessential information in a sentence
- recognize inappropriate uses of
commas
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