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Daily 6-Trait Writing Grade 7 Bk Standard e-books have the same content as the print version, but allow you to print out just what you need, project pages on a whiteboard or other surface, search for key words, enlarge or adjust the text, and more.Daily 6-Trait Writing gives your seventh graders scaffolded, focused writing practice. Each of the 25 weekly units provides trait-based writing activities that cover the essential traits of strong writing: ideas, organization, word choice, sentence fluency, voice, and conventions. The weekly units present a writing skill on Day 1, and writing activities progress in difficulty until students apply what they’ve learned to a writing prompt on Day 5. 25 weeks of instruction cover the following trait-based writing skills: Unit 1: IdeasWeek 1: Focusing Your TopicWeek 2: Supporting the Main IdeaWeek 3: Developing Story ElementsWeek 4: Maintaining Your FocusWeek 5: Writing from Experience Unit 2: OrganizationWeek 1: Organizing Information LogicallyWeek 2: Connecting DetailsWeek 3: Deciding on the OrganizationWeek 4: Writing an Effective LeadWeek 5: Writing an Effective Conclusion Unit 3: Word ChoiceWeek 1: Communicating ClearlyWeek 2: Writing About ActionWeek 3: Using Figurative LanguageWeek 4: Choosing the Right WordsWeek 5: Writing for the Topic and the Audience Unit 4: Sentence FluencyWeek 1: Making Your Writing FlowWeek 2: Varying Sentence Structure and LengthWeek 3: Writing DialogueWeek 4: Working Quotations into the TextWeek 5: Writing a Smooth Paragraph Unit 5: VoiceWeek 1: Identifying the Writing VoiceWeek 2: Writing from Different Points of ViewWeek 3: Using Your Own VoiceWeek 4: Using the Right Voice for the PurposeWeek 5: Connecting with Your Readers 160 pages