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Correspondence & Response to Text Prompts

7th Grade

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 7.17.b

write a letter that reflects an opinion, registers a complaint, or requests information in a business or friendly context;

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS): 7.17.c

write responses to literary or expository texts the demonstrate the writing skills for multi-paragraph essays and provide sustained evidence from the text using quotations when appropriate; and

Alabama Course of Study Standards: 7

Produce clear, coherent narrative, argument, and informative/explanatory writing in which the development, organization, style, and tone are relevant to task, purpose, and audience, using an appropriate command of language.
  1. Write narratives to convey a series of events incorporating key literary elements, establishing a clear purpose, using narrative techniques (dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection), and sequencing events coherently (chronological and/or flashback).
  2. Write informative or explanatory texts with an organized structure and a formal style to examine ideas or processes effectively while developing the topic and utilizing appropriate transitions, precise vocabulary, and credible information or data when relevant.
  3. Write an argument to defend a position by introducing and supporting claim(s), acknowledging alternate or opposing claims, and presenting reasons and relevant text evidence from accurate and credible sources.

Arkansas Academic Standards: W.7.10

Write routinely over extended time frames, time for
  • research
  • reflection
  • revision
and shorter time frames (e.g., a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

Arizona Academic Standards: 7.W.10

Common Core State Standards: Literacy.W.7.10

Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE): ELAGSE7W10

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.

Tennessee Academic Standards: 7.W.RW.10

Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.

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