Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
7.10.D
edit drafts using standard English conventions, including:
complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments;
consistent, appropriate use of verb tenses;
conjunctive adverbs;
prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
pronoun-antecedent agreement;
subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor;
correct capitalization;
punctuation, including commas to set off words, phrases, and clauses, and semicolons; and
correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too;
Florida - Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking:
ELA.7.C.3.1
Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.
7th Grade Writing - Conjunctive Adverbs Lesson
Conjunctive Adverbs
Conjunctive adverbs are words or phrases that modify verbs and make connections or transitions between clauses in a sentence, between different sentences, or between paragraphs.
Conjunctive adverbs are used to show different relationships between ideas in writing.
• Add information
• Elaborate or give examples
• Introduce new information
• Show sequence or time
• Show cause / effect
• Compare and / or contrast ideas
• Emphasize a point
• Indicate a change in topic
Addition/Elaboration/New Information
also, additionally, besides, furthermore, for example, for instance, in addition, in fact, in other words
Example:
Time/Sequence
next, then, meanwhile, thereafter, henceforth, subsequently, finally, at last, afterward, eventually, in the end, in the meantime
Example:
Cause / Effect
consequently, thus, therefore, as a result, hence, accordingly
Example:
Compare / Contrast
COMPARE — similarly, comparatively, likewise, also
CONTRAST — however, instead, otherwise, conversely, in contrast, in spite of that, on the contrary, on the other hand, nonetheless, nevertheless, rather, despite that
Example:
In the all-ages creative writing course, many of the adults wrote stories with realistic themes that came from their everyday lives. Conversely, many stories from the children in the class were about fantastical events and far-away places.
Emphasis
indeed, certainly, undoubtedly, of course, obviously
7th Grade Writing - Conjunctive Adverbs Lesson