elements. If he/she did not include all of these components, help him/her edit his/her writing to include all of the necessary components. Writing With some prompting and When your child writes, ask Grade 7 guidance from an adult and/or questions (who, what, when Standard 5 peers, students must be able to where, why, how) to encourage (W.7.5) develop and strengthen their him/her to add more detail writing by planning, revising, and/or clarity… Read the article with your child. Then editing, rewriting, and/or trying a watch the videos to learn how to plan new approach. They should focus “Can you tell me more about…?” and revise a focused written piece by on how well they have addressed preparing and outlining the relevant the purpose and audience of the “What do you mean by…?” reasons and evidence. specific writing assignment. “What do you want your readers to know, think, etc after reading this?” Use these tips to help your child better understand how to edit and revise a Encourage your child to reread piece of writing. his/her written pieces to check carefully for mistakes in grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation and places where he/she can change words or sentences to strengthen the writing. Writing Students must be able to use Help your child use a computer, Grade 7 technology – including the iPad, etc to write and publish Standard 6 internet – to write and create stories and texts digitally. (W.7.6) their own texts electronically, link to and cite sources, and Encourage your child to cite Help your child use these interactive interact/collaborate with others. his/her sources and link to tools to write stories and poems them. Ask him/her… digitally. “Where did you find this information?” Use these tips and resources to help your child safely connect and interact with others on the internet. Writing Students must be able to Visit the local library or use a
elements. If he/she did not include all of these components, help him/her edit his/her writing to include all of the necessary components. Writing Grade 7 Standard 5 (W.7.5) With some prompting and guidance from an adult and/or peers, students must be able to develop and strengthen their writing by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, and/or trying a new approach. They should focus on how well they have addressed the purpose and audience of the specific writing assignment. When your child writes, ask questions (who, what, when where, why, how) to encourage him/her to add more detail and/or clarity… “Can you tell me more about…?” “What do you mean by…?” “What do you want your readers to know, think, etc after reading this?” Encourage your child to reread his/her written pieces to check carefully for mistakes in grammar, spelling, and/or punctuation and places where he/she can change words or sentences to strengthen the writing. Read the article with your child. Then watch the videos to learn how to plan and revise a focused written piece by preparing and outlining the relevant reasons and evidence. Use these tips to help your child better understand how to edit and revise a piece of writing. Writing Grade 7 Standard 6 (W.7.6) Students must be able to use technology – including the internet – to write and create their own texts electronically, link to and cite sources, and interact/collaborate with others. Help your child use a computer, iPad, etc to write and publish stories and texts digitally. Encourage your child to cite his/her sources and link to them. Ask him/her… “Where did you find this information?” Help your child use these interactive tools to write stories and poems digitally. Use these tips and resources to help your child safely connect and interact with others on the internet. Writing Students must be able to Visit the local library or use a
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