Writing+Cluster+1+(1,+2,+3)

Writing Cluster 1: **Text Types and Purposes**
 * **W.6-8.1 **. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
 * Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
 * Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
 * Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationships among claim(s) and reasons.
 * Establish and maintain a formal style.
 * Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented. ||
 * W.6-8.2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
 * Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
 * Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
 * Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
 * Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
 * Establish and maintain a formal style.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Eras Medium ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information or explanation presented. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Albertus Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 21.3333px;">W.6-8.3. <span style="font-family: 'Eras Medium ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Eras Medium ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Eras Medium ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Eras Medium ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Eras Medium ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Eras Medium ITC','sans-serif'; font-size: 18.6667px;">Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events. ||


 * __ Instructional Resource: KDE information on the [[file:Modes of Writing.pdf]] __**
 * __ Instructional Resource: [[file:Anatomy of an LDC Module.pdf]] __**