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Essential Question

Why (and how) does a writer choose a particular form of writing to communicate most effectively?

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Vision Statement

In Clayton GT you will learn how and why to use various types of writing to accomplish different goals. You will develop your writing in three areas:

1) Personal writing (Sacred Writing Time)

2) Literary Analysis tests (in-class, after novel studies)

3) Formal Essays (on topics of your own choice taken through the full writing process). 

In the end, you will be prepared for the writing requirements of high school Honors English courses and beyond.

You will need to do many revisions of your essays. Watch Austin's Butterfly to see why!

You will use Canvas to submit your essays. 

Essay length:

7th grade: 1.5 - 2.5 pages

8th grade: 2 - 3 pages

7th

1st Quarter: Literary Analysis 

2nd Quarter: Narrative Essays

3rd Quarter:  Problem/Solution Essays

4th Quarter:  Compare/Contrast

8th

1st Quarter: Literary Analysis

2nd Quarter:  Cause and Effect Essays

3rd Quarter:  Argumentative Essays

4th Quarter:  Classification/Division Essays

See sub pages for grade level details

SEE ESSAY SCORING GUIDES IN CANVAS 

Whenever possible you will have complete freedom to choose the content of your essays. However, there may be times where your choice will be limited to a topic connected/related to work you are doing in other classes.

Helpful Sites or if you want to do MORE:

The Writing Fix: http://writingfix.com/

Write Like: https://writelike.org/

Dialogue in Fiction: https://yourwritetolive.com/2018/05/09/how-to-make-small-talk-in-fiction-interesting/

Four Types of Essays: https://access-socialstudies.cappelendamm.no/c319365/artikkel/vis.html?tid=382115

Purdue Owl: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/purdue_owl.html

Thesis Writing Link: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/thesis-statement-examples.html