The document outlines writing standards and genres for 7th grade students, including narratives, persuasive essays, summaries, and responses to literature. It provides guidance on the key elements and structure for each genre. Narratives should use descriptive details to show events and have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Persuasive essays must take a clear position and include arguments and counterarguments. Summaries should introduce the topic, discuss main ideas in brief paragraphs, and wrap up without a formal conclusion. Responses to literature analyze a text using a thesis and evidence from the story to support points.

1. Seventh Grade Writing Standards Rene Malamed Tech 290/Cohort 21 September 17, 2008

2. Standards 2.0 Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics) 2.1 Write fictional or autobiographical narratives 2.2 Write responses to literature 2.4 Write persuasive compositions 2.5 Write summaries of reading materials

3. Four Types of Writing Narrative Persuasive Summary Response to Literature

4. Narrative A story Beginning, middle, end No color-coding! First Person Multi-paragraph

5. Planning a Narrative Quick Notes A little pig Escapes to city Quick Sketch

6. Elements of Narratives Plot Dialogue Characters Setting

7. Narrative Must-haves Description Show, don’t tell! An interesting start Not “once upon a time” or “Hi, my name is…” Your character reaches a goal, solves a problem

8. Persuasive Multi-Paragraph Essay Thesis states a clear position Arguments support thesis Counterpoints addressed

9. Argue One Side Only Choose the side you can argue the best! Not necessarily the side you agree with You want at least three arguments Pros Cons 1 ??? 2 3 4

10. Planning the Persuasive Essay Block it out Background Thesis/plan Argument 1 Argument 2 Argument 3 Support Support Support Counter Arguments Conclusion

11. Counter Arguments Strengthen your argument by addressing counter arguments Explain why the opposing view is wrong “ Even though ….”

12. Summary Multi-paragraph Introduction, body, but no formal conclusion Non-fiction reading

13. Start by Taking Two-Column Notes *Idea 1 *Idea 2 -Support . Example . Example -Support . Example

14. Summary Topic Sentence Name it Verb it Finish it “ Title” describes the main idea illustrates

15. Summary 4 Start with the summary topic sentence Each yellow idea and its red support are a separate body paragraph Wrap it up with a concluding idea, sentence Summarize main ideas, don’t retell the reading

16. Response to Literature Introduce (begin your thesis with the summary topic sentence : “Of Mice and Men captures the true meaning of friendship.” Find two to three pieces of evidence to support your thesis statement Turn these pieces of evidence into your plan sentence

17. Planning the Response Follow the same structure as the other expository essays -Green introduction ( Thesis and plan ) -Yellow and red body paragraphs ( Transition topic sentences and examples, explanations, etc. - Green conclusion

18. Finding Evidence to Support Thesis Highlight quotes in the reading that support your ideas Use the quotes as “reds” to support your main points Don’t forget to explain and elaborate on the quotes to further support your point

19. Making Connections Try to find a connection between the reading and something else Text to self Text to text Text to world You can incorporate this into your essay as evidence if it supports your thesis

20. References Images Clipart in Microsoft Powerpoint Instructional strategies Step Up To Writing