• 1.0 Writing Strategies

  Students write clear, coherent, and focused essays. The writing exhibits students’ awareness of the audience and purpose. Essays contain formal introductions, supporting evidence, and conclusions. Students progress through the stages of the writing process as needed. 

  Organization and Focus 

  1.1 Create an organizational structure that balances all aspects of the composition and uses effective transitions between sentences to unify important ideas. 

  1.2 Support all statements and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts and statistics, and specific examples. 

  1.3 Use strategies of notetaking, outlining, and summarizing to impose structure on compo-sition drafts. 

  Research and Technology 

  1.4 Identify topics; ask and evaluate questions; and develop ideas leading to inquiry, investi-gation, and research. 

  1.5 Give credit for both quoted and paraphrased information in a bibliography by using a consistent and sanctioned format and methodology for citations. 

  1.6 Create documents by using word-processing skills and publishing programs; develop simple databases and spreadsheets to manage information and prepare reports. 

  Evaluation and Revision 

  1.7 Revise writing to improve organization and word choice after checking the logic of the ideas and the precision of the vocabulary. 

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• 2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics)

  Students write narrative, expository, persuasive, and descriptive texts of at least 500 to 700 words in each genre. The writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies outlined in Writing Standard 1.0. 

  Using the writing strategies of grade seven outlined in Writing Standard 1.0, students: 

  2.1 Write fictional or autobiographical narratives: 

  1. Develop a standard plot line (having a beginning, conflict, rising action, climax, and denouement) and point of view. 
  2. Develop complex major and minor characters and a definite setting. 
  3. Use a range of appropriate strategies (e.g., dialogue; suspense; naming of specific narrative action, including movement, gestures, and expressions). 

  2.2 Write responses to literature: 

  1. Develop interpretations exhibiting careful reading, understanding, and insight. 
  2. Organize interpretations around several clear ideas, premises, or images from the literary work. 
  3. Justify interpretations through sustained use of examples and textual evidence. 

  2.3 Write research reports: 

  1. Pose relevant and tightly drawn questions about the topic. 
  2. Convey clear and accurate perspectives on the subject. 
  3. Include evidence compiled through the formal research process (e.g., use of a card catalog,Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, a computer catalog, magazines, newspapers, dictionaries).
  4. Document reference sources by means of footnotes and a bibliography. 

  2.4 Write persuasive compositions: 

  1. State a clear position or perspective in support of a proposition or proposal. 
  2. Describe the points in support of the proposition, employing well-articulated evidence. 
  3. Anticipate and address reader concerns and counterarguments. 

  2.5 Write summaries of reading materials: 

  1. Include the main ideas and most significant details. 
  2. Use the student’s own words, except for quotations. 
  3. Reflect underlying meaning, not just the superficial details. 

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