identify the topic, purpose, and audience for a variety of writing tasks (e.g., an academic essay examining a theme in one of Shakespeare’s plays for the teacher; a speech about an Aboriginal leader or role model for peers; a rite-of-passage narrative relating the experience of a fictional character for peers and adults; a narrative about a significant personal moment in their own Grade 9 experience for new Grade 9 students; an article on a local issue for a community newspaper)