Grade 7 · English Language Arts · Unit 15 of 20
Plan & Organize Writing
Topics, planning tools, text forms and organization
What your child practises
Children practise the steps before and while drafting: choosing a focused topic, planning tools, choosing a text form for the audience, and organizing ideas in a clear pattern.
Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: ELA.7.C1.1, ELA.7.C1.2, ELA.7.C1.3, ELA.7.C1.4, ELA.7.C1.5, ELA.7.C2.1 · generating ideas, gathering information, planning tools, text forms, multimodal forms and organizational patterns
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Which step usually comes first in the writing process?
- printing
- proofreading
- publishing
- planning and gathering ideas
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planning and gathering ideas
Hint: Writers plan before they draft.
Question 2
The conventions of a report include…
- rhyme and verses
- emojis only
- dialogue only
- headings and facts organized by topic
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headings and facts organized by topic
Hint: Reports are organized by topic.
Question 3
Which tool compares two things?
- a web of one idea
- a Venn diagram
- a story map
- a timeline
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a Venn diagram
Hint: Overlapping circles show how two things are alike and different.
Question 4
Why should a writer think about the audience?
- It decides the spelling
- It makes the text longer
- It chooses the paper
- It helps choose words and details that fit readers
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It helps choose words and details that fit readers
Hint: Writing for a younger audience sounds different from writing for a principal.
Question 5
Which organizational pattern explains why something happened and what resulted?
- description
- chronological sequence
- listing
- cause and effect
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cause and effect
Hint: Cause and effect links reasons to results.
Question 6
To expand a short piece of writing, a writer can…
- add details from other sources or experts
- delete the introduction
- repeat sentences
- shrink the font
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add details from other sources or experts
Hint: More information can grow an idea.