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.
Standard:
CC.1.4.7.I
Description:
Acknowledge alternate or opposing claims and support claim with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic.
E07.E.1.1.2 - Develop the analysis using relevant evidence from text(s) to support claims, opinions, ideas, and inferences and demonstrating an understanding of the text(s).
Standard:
CC.1.4.7.J
Description:
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.
Standard:
CC.1.4.7.K
Description:
Write with an awareness of the stylistic aspects of composition.
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
Use sentences of varying lengths and complexities.
Develop and maintain a consistent voice.
Establish and maintain a formal style.
E07.D.2.1.1 - Choose language that expresses ideas precisely its conventions. and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.*
E07.D.2.1.2 - Vary sentence patterns for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.*
E07.D.2.1.3 - Maintain consistency in style and tone.*
E07.D.2.1.4 - Choose punctuation for effect.*
E07.D.2.1.5 - Choose words and phrases for effect.*
E07.E.1.1.4 - Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic and/or convey the experience and events.
E07.E.1.1.5 - Establish and maintain a formal style
Standard:
CC.1.4.7.L
Description:
Demonstrate a grade-appropriate command of the conventions of standard English grammar,usage, capitalization, punctuation,and spelling.
E07.D.1.1.1 - Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
E07.D.1.1.2 - Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
E07.D.1.1.3 - Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.*
E07.D.1.1.4 -Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.*
E07.D.1.1.5 - Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).*
E07.D.1.1.6 - Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense.*
E07.D.1.1.7 - Produce complete sentences, recognizing and correcting inappropriate fragments and run-on sentences.*
E07.D.1.1.8 - Correctly use frequently confused words (e.g., to, too, two; there, their, they’re).*
E07.D.1.1.9 - Ensure subject-verb and pronoun-antecedent agreement.*
E07.D.1.2.1 - Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old[,] green shirt).
E07.D.1.2.2 - Spell correctly.
E07.D.1.2.3 - Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, and dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*
E07.D.1.2.4 - Use punctuation to separate items in a series.*
Standard:
7.18
Description:
Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues.
Standard:
7.18.A
Description:
establishes a clear thesis or position;
Standard:
7.18.B
Description:
considers and responds to the views of others and anticipates and answers reader concerns and counter-arguments; and
Standard:
7.18.C
Description:
includes evidence that is logically organized to support the author's viewpoint and that differentiates between fact and opinion.
Standard:
Literacy.W.7.10
Description:
Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
Standard:
7.11.C
Description:
compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft;
