I am a writer. I can communicate my ideas for a purpose: to entertain, inform, explain or persuade. My writing skills enable me to transcend subject disciplines, and so I am able to write as storyteller, a poet, geographer, a scientist, a designer, an historian, a mathematician and an engineer. I have been empowered: I understand the technical disciplines of grammar, punctuation, sentence construction and text structure; I know the intent and affect these aspects of writing have on an intended audience. I can use accurate vocabulary. I create and craft ideas for audiences beyond my classroom.
