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Home - English Language Arts - Writing - Grade 7
 
Below are the indicators for Grade 7.  Click on the numbers in the left-hand column to access resources in the following categories:
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Writing Processes
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 1. Generate writing ideas through discussions with others and from printed material, and keep a list of writing ideas.
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 2. Conduct background reading, interviews or surveys when appropriate.
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 3. Establish a thesis statement for informational writing or a plan for narrative writing.
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 4. Determine a purpose and audience.
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 5. Use organizational strategies (e.g., rough outlines, diagrams, maps, webs and Venn diagrams) to plan writing.
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 6. Organize writing with an effective and engaging introduction, body and a conclusion that summarizes, extends or elaborates on points or ideas in the writing.
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 7. Vary simple, compound and complex sentence structures.
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 8. Group related ideas into paragraphs, including topic sentences following paragraph form, and maintain a consistent focus across paragraphs.
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 9. Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, colorful modifiers and style as appropriate to audience and purpose.
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 10. Use available technology to compose text.
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 11. Reread and analyze clarity of writing.
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 12. Add and delete information and details to better elaborate on a stated central idea and to more effectively accomplish purpose.
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 13. Rearrange words, sentences and paragraphs, and add transitional words and phrases to clarify meaning.
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 14. Use resources and reference materials (e.g., dictionaries and thesauruses) to select more effective vocabulary.
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 15. Proofread writing, edit to improve conventions (e.g., grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization) and identify and correct fragments and run-ons.
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 16. Apply tools (e.g., rubric, checklist and feedback) to judge the quality of writing.
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 17. Prepare for publication (e.g., for display or for sharing with others) writing that follows a format appropriate to the purpose, using such techniques as electronic resources, principles of design (e.g., margins, tabs, spacing and columns) and graphics (e.g., drawings, charts and graphs) to enhance the final product.
Writing Applications
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 1. Write narratives that maintain a clear focus and point of view and use sensory details and dialogue to develop plot, character and a specific setting.
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 2. Write responses to novels, stories, poems and plays that provide an interpretation, a critique or a reflection and support judgments with specific references to the text.
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 3. Write business letters that are formatted to convey ideas, state problems, make requests or give compliments.
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 4. Write informational essays or reports, including research, that present a literal understanding of the topic, include specific facts, details and examples from multiple sources, and create an organizing structure appropriate to the purpose, audience and context.
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 5. Write persuasive essays that establish a clear position and include relevant information to support ideas.
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 6. Produce informal writings (e.g., journals, notes and poems) for various purposes.
Writing Conventions
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 1. Spell high-frequency words correctly.
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 2. Use commas, end marks, apostrophes and quotation marks correctly.
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 3. Use semicolons, colons, hyphens, dashes and brackets correctly.
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 4. Use correct capitalization.
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 5. Use all eight parts of speech (e.g., noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, interjection).
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 6. Use dependent and independent clauses.
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 7. Use subject-verb agreement with collective nouns, indefinite pronouns, compound subjects and prepositional phrases.
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 8. Conjugate regular and irregular verbs in all tenses correctly.
Research
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 1. Generate a topic, assigned or personal interest, and open-ended questions for research and develop a plan for gathering information.
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 2. Identify appropriate sources and gather relevant information from multiple sources (e.g., school library catalogs, online databases, electronic resources and Internet-based resources).
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 3. Identify and explain the importance of validity in sources, including publication date, coverage, language, points of view, and describe primary and secondary sources.
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 4. Select an appropriate structure for organizing information in a systematic way (e.g., notes, outlines, charts, tables and graphic organizers).
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 5. Analyze and organize important information, and select appropriate sources to support central ideas, concepts and themes.
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 6. Integrate quotations and citations into written text to maintain a flow of ideas.
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 7. Use an appropriate form of documentation, with teacher assistance, to acknowledge sources (e.g., bibliography, works cited).
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 8. Use a variety of communication techniques, including oral, visual, written or multimedia reports, to present information that supports a clear position with organized and relevant evidence about the topic or research question.
Communications: Oral and Visual
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 1. Demonstrate active listening strategies (e.g., asking focused questions, responding to cues, making visual contact).
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 2. Draw logical inferences from presentations and visual media.
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 3. Interpret the speaker's purpose in presentations and visual media (e.g., to inform, to entertain, to persuade).
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 4. Identify and explain the persuasive techniques (e.g., bandwagon, testimonial, glittering generalities, emotional word repetition and bait and switch) used in presentations and media messages.
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 5. Demonstrate an understanding of the rules of the English language and select language appropriate to purpose and audience.
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 6. Adjust volume, phrasing, enunciation, voice modulation and inflection to stress important ideas and impact audience response.
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 7. Vary language choices as appropriate to the context of the speech.
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 8. Deliver informational presentations (e.g., expository, research) that:
a. demonstrate an understanding of the topic and present events or ideas in a logical sequence;
b. support the controlling idea or thesis with well-chosen and relevant facts, details, examples, quotations, statistics, stories and anecdotes;
c. include an effective introduction and conclusion and use a consistent organizational structure (e.g., cause-effect, compare-contrast, problem-solution);
d. use appropriate visual materials (e.g., diagrams, charts, illustrations) and available technology; and
e. draw from multiple sources and identify sources used.
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 9. Deliver formal and informal descriptive presentations that convey relevant information and descriptive details.
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 10. Deliver persuasive presentations that:
a. establish a clear position;
b. include relevant evidence to support position and to address counter-arguments; and
c. consistently use common organizational structures as appropriate (e.g., cause-effect, compare-contrast).
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