Participate in collaborative discussions about arguments by evaluating claims, findings, and evidence from a source.
Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards:
7.W.1.a
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.W.7.1a
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE7W1a
Kentucky Academic Standards (KAS):
W.7.1.a
Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards:
W.7.1a
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
W.7.1.b
Ohio's Learning Standards:
W.7.1.b
Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
California Common Core State Standards:
W.7.1.a
Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and address alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
7W1a
Introduce a precise claim, acknowledge and distinguish the claim from a counterclaim,
and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
Tennessee Academic Standards:
7.W.TTP.1.a
Introduce claim(s).
7.W.TTP.1.c - Organize the reasons and evidence clearly and clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.7.D
Organize ideas, concepts, and information using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts;provide a concluding statement or section; include formatting when useful to aiding comprehension.
E07.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
E07.E.1.1.3 - Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
E07.E.1.1.6 - Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.4.7.J
Organize the claim(s) with clear reasons and evidence clearly; clarify relationships among claim(s) and reasons byusing words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion; provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
E07.E.1.1.1 - Introduce text(s) for the intended audience, state an opinion and/or topic, establish a situation, and create an organizational structure in which ideas are logically grouped to support the writer’s purpose.
E07.E.1.1.3 - Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
E07.E.1.1.6 - Provide a concluding section that follows from and supports the analysis presented.
7th Grade Writing - Organizing Writing Lesson
Organizing Writing
Organizing writing is arranging ideas in the correct order in a text. Good writers put paragraphs and the sentences within a paragraph in the correct order.
These ideas are helpful in organizing writing:
Separate the ideas into beginning, middle, and end of a passage.
Group similar ideas together.
If the passage gives directions, make sure the steps are listed in the right order.
Reread the text to see if the order of the sentences or paragraphs makes sense.
Remove sentences that do not belong in the passage or reflect the topic.
7th Grade Writing - Organizing Writing Lesson