Information+Writing+Challenges

Challenges students face with informational writing:

 * =====Introduce topic clearly=====
 * writing background information in an introduction for context
 * ====Organize ideas====
 * ====responding appropriately to a prompt and staying on topic====
 * ====**develop topic with relevant supporting details, good evidence**====
 * ====use transitions effectively====
 * ====Use precise and domain-specific vocabulary====
 * ====conclude/close effectively====
 * ====distinguishing between correlating events/factors and causes (in a cause and effect essay)====

Also, across all genres:

 * ====develop and strengthen writing by editing, revising, rewriting====
 * ====use technology to create, collaborate, publish====
 * ====**gather relevant information from multiple sources, summarize and paraphrase or quote without plagiarizing.**====
 * ====**extracting relevant information from text,**====
 * ====**distinguishing between fact and opinion**====
 * ====**making connections and interpreting an article or piece**====
 * ====**taking accurate and meaningful notes**====
 * ====**tempted to plagiarize information**====
 * ====**skim read for information**====
 * ====**determine what is important/what isn't**====
 * ====**get evidence from text to support ideas**====
 * ====**connect ideas without run-ons**====