Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.A:
Students use several sources of information, in addition to an encyclopedia, in developing research reports.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.B:
Students identify an appropriate format for sharing information with an intended audience.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.C:
Students take research notes, using a note-taking process, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.D:
Students use outlines and graphic organizers, such as semantic webs, to plan reports, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.E:
Students include relevant information and exclude irrelevant information.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.F:
Students use paraphrase and quotation correctly.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.G:
Students connect, compare, and contrast ideas and information from one or more sources.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.H:
Students support ideas with examples, definitions, analogies, and direct references to the text.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.I:
Students use graphics, such as graphs, charts, and diagrams, to enhance the communication of information.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.J:
Students cite sources in footnotes and bibliography, using correct form, with assistance.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.K:
Students write accurate and complete responses to questions about informational material.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.1.L:
Students maintain a portfolio that includes informational writing.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.2.A:
Students write original literary texts to:

• develop a narrative, using an organizational plan such as chronology
• sequence events (e.g., rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution) to advance a plot, with assistance
• develop complex characters and create a setting
• use literary devices
• maintain a consistent point of view that enhances the message
• select a genre and use appropriate conventions, such as dialogue, rhythm, and rhyme, with assistance
• use language that is creative

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.2.B:
Students write interpretive and responsive essays of approximately three pages to:

• express opinions and support them through specific references to the text
• demonstrate understanding of plot and theme
• identify and describe characters and their motivations
• analyze the impact of the setting
• explain how the use of literary devices, such as symbolism, metaphor and simile, personification, and flashback, affects meaning
• draw conclusions and provide reasons for the conclusions
• compare and contrast characters, setting, mood, and voice in more than one literary text or performance
• make connections between literary text and personal experience or knowledge

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.2.C:
Students maintain a writing portfolio that includes imaginative, interpretive, and responsive writing.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.3.A:
Students present clear analysis, using examples, details, and reasons from text.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.3.B:
Students present a hypothesis and predict possible outcomes.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.3.C:
Students select content and choose strategies for written presentation on the basis of audience, purpose, and content.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.3.D:
Students present a subject from more than one perspective by using various resources (e.g., news articles, nonfiction texts, personal experiences, and other school subjects).

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.3.E:
Students explain connections between and among texts to extend the meaning of each individual text.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.3.F:
Students compare and contrast literary elements in more than one genre and/or by more than one author.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.3.G:
Students maintain a writing portfolio that includes writing for critical analysis and evaluation.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.4.A:
Students share the process of writing with peers and adults; for example, write a condolence note, get well-card, or thank-you letter with a writing partner or in small groups.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.4.B:
Students respect the age, gender, social position, and cultural traditions of the recipient.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.4.C:
Students develop a personal voice that enables the reader to get to know the writer.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.4.D:
Students write personal reactions about experiences, events, and observations, using a form of social communication.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.4.E:
Students identify the social communication techniques of published writers.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.4.F:
Students maintain a portfolio that includes writing for social communication.

Performance Indicator - ELA.7.W.4.G:
Students use the conventions of email.