Composition Practice - Mr. Standring's Page

Grammar and Composition

Composition Practice

Grade 7

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Unit 1 Unit 2

Unit 3 Unit 4

Personal Writing

1.1

Writing About What's Important to You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

1.2

Collecting Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

1.3

Writing to Celebrate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

1.4

Writing About Yourself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1.5

Responding to a Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

1

Writing Process in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

The Writing Process

2.1

Using the Writing Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2.2

Prewriting: Finding and Exploring a Topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

2.3

Prewriting: Determining Purpose and Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2.4

Prewriting: Ordering Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.5

Drafting: Getting It in Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.6

Revising: Evaluating a Draft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.7

Revising: Making Paragraphs Effective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.8

Revising: Creating Sentence Variety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

2.9

Editing/Proofreading: Making Final Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

2.10 Publishing/Presenting: Sharing Your Writing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

2

Writing Process in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Descriptive Writing

3.1

Writing to Show, Not Tell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

3.2

Combining Observation and Imagination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3.3

Choosing Details to Create a Mood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3.4

Organizing Details in a Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

3.5

Describing a Person. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

3.6

Relating a Poem to Your Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

3

Writing Process in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Narrative Writing

4.1

Telling a Good Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

4.2

Exploring Story Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4.3

Using Time Order in a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4.4

Writing Dialogue to Develop Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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4.5

Drafting a Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

4.6

Evaluating a Story Opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4.7

Responding to a Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

4

Writing Process in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Unit 5 Expository Writing

5.1

Giving Information and Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

5.2

Organizing Informative Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

5.3

Writing About Similarities and Differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

5.4

Explaining How Something Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

5.5

Identifying Cause and Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

5.6

Reports: Narrowing a Topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

5.7

Reports: Turning to Helpful Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

5.8

Reports: Conducting an Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40

5.9

Reports: Organizing and Drafting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

5.10

Reports: Revising and Presenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

5.11

Comparing Two People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

5

Writing Process in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44

Unit 6

Persuasive Writing

6.1

Using Persuasive Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

6.2

Forming an Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

6.3

Gathering Evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

6.4

Developing an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

6.5

Polishing an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

6.6

Writing Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

6.7

Writing a Letter of Complaint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

6.8

Writing a Movie Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

6

Writing Process in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Answers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

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Name ...................................................................................... Class .................................................. Date ................................

1.1 Writing About What's Important to You

Key Information When you do personal writing, you are free to focus on whatever is important to you. Personal writing offers you a way to examine and understand your innermost thoughts and feelings.

s A. Writing About Myself Write your thoughts and feelings about each of the following statements. You may write formally or informally. Let your feelings lead the way. Accomplishments or personal qualities that I'm proud of _____________________________

People or situations that make me laugh __________________________________________

Events that I hope will happen someday___________________________________________

Situations that make me feel nervous _____________________________________________

Things that make me sad sometimes _____________________________________________

s B. Writing About What's Important Choose one of the topics you listed in Part A. Write a paragraph telling about the topic and explaining why you feel the way you do. Try to include words and images that reflect your unique personal outlook. Use additional paper if necessary.

Writer's Choice: Composition Practice, Grade 7, Unit 1 1

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