7th Grade Writing Skills
Prior Standards Implementation

The standards listed below have been replaced by a newer set of standards.

Please go to Current 7th Grade Language Arts Standards for current resources.

Writing
Complete a graphic organizer (e.g., clustering, listing, mapping, and webbing) with information from notes on a writing selection. 7.2.1 WP	Bibliographic Blunders (6-8) use note cards to collect information Cause and Effect Chain - graphic organizer Graphic Organizers - five main types of organizers
Select appropriate time order or transitional words to enhance the flow of a writing sample. 7.2.2 WO	Making an Argument: Effective use of Transition Words - Lesson plan; "explore and understand the use of transition words in context and write their own persuasive essay using transition words" A chart of the transitional devices - also called conjunctive adverbs or adverbial conjunctions Transitional Devices (Connecting Words) - Brought to you by the Purdue University Online Writing Lab Transitional Devices - transitional guides are connectives (symbols,words, phrases; sometimes whole sentences and paragraphs) that make possible a smooth "passing over" from one idea to the next. Using Transitions by Ruth Luman - Interactive PowerPoint show Using Transitions - Gap-fill exercise Writing Academic Essays - transition words
Identify the purpose for writing (e.g., to inform, to describe, to explain, to persuade). 7.2.3 WP	Seeing Integration from Different Viewpoints - lesson uses The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Coles Persuade Me - Using junk mail from home, students will be able to recognize and use persuasive techniques.
Identify the audience (formal/informal) for which the text is written. 7.2.4 WP
Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph. 7.2.5 WO	Trailblazing Conclusions (6-8) develop a sense of ending by using closure and thought-provoking statements
Supply a missing piece of information in an outline. 7.2.6 WO	Making an Outline - interactive outline maker Outline - Interactive outline maker Outline - information on how to map out an outline.
Rearrange multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order. 7.2.7 WO
Identify individual written selections as technical, narrative, persuasive and/or descriptive in mood. 7.2.8 T	Personal Narrative - writer's model Sample descriptive essay - advantages and disadvantages of a disability. Writing an Editorial -given a topic, create a paper on your position.
Select an appropriate thesis statement from a writing sample. 7.2.9 WO	Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements - from the OWL at Purdue Trailblazing Introductions (6-8) develop a sense of beginning by using strong leads
Select the best way to combine sentences to provide syntactic variety. 7.2.10 WP	Sentence Variety - explanation with examples. Sentence Variety - a worksheet
Identify the sentence(s) irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow. 7.2.11 WP	Information Elimination (6-8) model, instruct, and practice narrowing a topic for expository writing
Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context and flow of ideas in a paragraph. 7.2.12 WP
Select the most appropriate title for a passage. 7.2.13 WO
Identify levels of reliability among resources (e.g., eyewitness account, newspaper account, supermarket tabloid, and internet source). 7.2.14 T
Select illustrations, explanations, anecdotes, descriptions, and/or facts to support key ideas. 7.2.15 WO
Review Help
Released tests	FCAT Sample Reading Test - [2008] sample questions and test taking tips FCAT Sample Answer Book - [2008] Texas end-of-year reading test from 2003
FCAT Sample Test Book	The FCAT Sample Test Books are designed to help students become familiar with FCAT (Florida) by providing helpful hints and offering practice answering questions in different formats. Half of this document is math and half is reading.

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