Strategies used will depend on purpose and context. These may include making predictions, asking questions, paraphrasing, forming images, making inferences, determining importance, identifying themes, and drawing conclusions.

Writing can be a reflective and reflexive process, connecting individuals to others.

• creatively and critically manipulating appropriate elements, including language, for a desired effect
• consciously and purposefully making stylistic choices

Students expand their understanding of the range of real-world audiences. These can include children, peers, and community members, as well as technical, academic, and business audiences.