Grover 7th Grade Essay Writing

Think of the story "The Two Gifts". Which of the following best tells the theme of the story?

• Showing sympathy to others make your a good person

• Doing good things bring positive karma

• You should do good without expecting anything in return

• Mistakes are often forgiven

Which of the following is the closest description the "theme" of a story?

• A summary

• Supporting details

• A universal idea or message

• A brief description of the characters

What are the three main parts of an essay?

• The hook, the topic sentence, and conclusion.
• Introduction, Hook, Body
• Introduction, Body, Conclusion
• Claim, Counterclaim, Rebuttal. 

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.5

What is a hook?

• A hook grabs the reader's attention.
• A hook ends the essay.
• A hook is the main idea of an essay.
• The hook explains what each paragraph is about. 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.5

What is a thesis statement?

• The statement that is the main idea of an essay.
• The statement that introduces each paragraph.
• The statement that grabs the reader's attention. 
• The final statement in an essay. 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

Is it ok to write using personal pronouns (I, my, you, we...) in a mature essay?

• absolutely

• I do what I want

• NO!

Tags

CCSS.W.7.1D

CCSS.W.7.2E

CCSS.W.7.4

_____________________________, the travelers' motives relate to the theme of the story because they both were selfish

Which of the following transitions best fills the blank in the passage above?

• To summarize

• Likewise

• In conclusion

• For example

Copying and citing an important phrase, sentence or paragraph word for word from a text is known as a...

• summarize

• quote

• reliable

• primary source

Briefly retelling the main ideas of a piece of writing in your own words is...

• primary source

• relevant

• secondary source

• summarizing

Anything that supplies information is a?

• works cited
• database
• reliable
• source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9