Table of Contents: Write Source Grade 7
THE WRITING PROCESS
- Using the Writing Process
- Developing Good Writing Habits
- The Process in Action
- One Writer's Process
- Prewriting: Selecting a Topic
- Writing: Developing Your First Draft
- Revising: Focusing on the Big Picture
- Editing: Checking for Conventions
- Publishing: Sharing Your Writing
- Peer Responding
- The Basic Rules of Peer Responding
- Writing-Group Guidelines
- Understanding the Traits of Writing
- Using a Rubric
- Understanding Rubrics
- Revising and Editing with a Rubric
- Publishing Your Writing
- Sharing Your Writing
- Publishing Online
- Creating a Portfolio
- Type of Portfolios
- Sample of Portfolio Reflections
THE FORMS OF WRITING
- Descriptive Writing
- Writing a Descriptive Paragraph
- Describing an Event
- Writing Across the Curriculum
- Narrative Writing
- Writing a Narrative Paragraph
- Sharing an Experience
- Writing a Biographical Narrative
- Writing Across the Curriculum
- Writing for Assessment
- Expository Writing
- Writing an Expository Paragraph
- Explaining a Process
- Writing a Classification Essay
- Writing Across the Curriculum
- Writing for Assessment
- Persuasive Writing
- Writing a Persuasive Paragraph
- Promoting a Cause
- Writing a Pet-Peeve Essay
- Writing Across the Curriculum
- Writing for Assessment
- Response to Literature
- Writing a Response Paragraph
- Writing a Book Review
- Writing a Fictionalized Journal Entry
- Writing Across the Curriculum
- Writing for Assessment
- Creative Writing
- Writing Stories
- Writing Poems
- Research Writing
- Building Research Skills
- Writing a Summary Paragraph
- Writing a Research Report
- Developing Multimedia Presentations
SPEAKING AND WRITING TO LEARN
- Speaking to Learn
- Listening and Speaking
- Making Oral Presentations
- Writing to Learn
- Keeping Journals and Learning Logs
- Taking Notes
- Completing Writing Assignments
- Taking Classroom Tests
THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF WRITING
- Working with Words
- What can I do with nouns in my writing?
- How can I produce better writing with pronouns?
- How can I use more effective verbs?
- How can I strengthen my writing with adjectives?
- How can I use adverbs effectively?
- What can I do with prepositions?
- What can I do with conjunctions?
- Building Effective Sentences
- Writing Complete Sentences
- Adding Variety to Your Sentences
- Constructing Strong Paragraphs
- The Parts of a Paragraph
- Writing Effective Paragraphs
A WRITER'S RESOURCE
SELECTING IDEAS
IMPROVING ORGANIZATION
ENRICHING YOUR WRITING VOICE
STRENGTHENING WORD CHOICE AND VOCABULARY
IMPROVING SENTENCE FLUENCY
ENHANCING YOUR PRESENTATION
PROOFREADER'S GUIDE
MARKING PUNCTUATION
EDITING FOR MECHANICS
IMPROVING SPELLING
USING THE RIGHT WORD
UNDERSTANDING SENTENCES
USINGPARTS OF SPEECH
