Grade 7 Spring — Analytical Essay, Syntactic Variety, and the Craft of Sentence Rhythm
English · WR
G7
eng.g7.s.wr.three_pass_revision_with_conference
Revise an analytical essay through 3 peer-revision passes and 2 teacher writing conferences (CCSS W.7.5)
Apply 3-pass peer revision (Pass 1 CONTENT analytical depth and CEA; Pass 2 SENTENCE syntactic variety and concision; Pass 3 MECHANICS punctuation and formatting). Participate in at least 2 formal 5-minute teacher writing conferences (Calkins/Atwell protocol). Track conferences in writers' notebook. Revise based on specific named growth moves.
Mastery threshold
85%
Min instances
6
Typical minutes
55
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Prereqs
Successors
- Present a 90-second oral close-reading at the Literary Analysis Showcase (CCSS SL.7.4; SL.7.6)
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eng.g8.f.wr.formal_revision_protocol
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Common misconceptions
- Conflates the three passes — tries to revise content, sentence, and mechanics simultaneously and revises poorly on all three.
- Treats writing conference as graded interaction — misses the formative-growth purpose.