Micro skills for Writing

1.Produce graphemes and orthographic patterns of English.

2.Produce writing at an efficient rate of speed to suit the purpose.

3.Produce an acceptable core of words and use appropriate word order patterns.

4.Use acceptable grammatical systems (e.g., tense, agreement, pluralization), patterns, and rules.

5.Express a particular meaning in different grammatical forms.

6.Use cohesive devices in written discourse. 
7.Use the rhetorical forms and conventions of written discourse.

8.Appropriately accomplish the communicative functions of written texts according to form and purpose.

9.Convey links and connections between events, and communicative such relations as main idea, supporting idea, new information, given information, generalization, and exemplification.

10.Distinguish between literal and implied meanings of writing.

11.Correctly convey culturally specific references in the context of the written text.

12.Develop and use a battery of writing strategies, such as accurately assessing audience's interpretation, using prewriting devices, writing with fluency in the first drafts, using paraphrases and synonyms, soliciting peer and instructor feedback, and using feedback for revising and editing.