7th Grade Creative Writing Curriculum Map
Mr. Sean Stevenson
2013-14 School Year
Tri Jr-Sr. High School
Big Ideas: Acquire skills writing fiction, non-fiction, documentation, narrative, and other writing skills required by the ISTEP+ writing exam.
Essential Questions: What are the essential elements in fiction writing? What are the 6+1 Writing Traits? What is a thesis statement? What are
the essential elements of a five-paragraph essay?
Unit/Time Frame
Fiction Writing
6 weeks
 Daily and
Weekly Writing
Prompts
 Student-created
Fiction Prompts
 Collaborative
Writing
 Practice of Prewriting,
Drafting, Editing,
and Revision
Standards
Note: The
following list of
standards are
those
addressed
during the 9
week grading
rotation.
Nonfiction Writing
2 weeks
 Daily and
Weekly Writing
Prompts
 Collaborative
Writing
 Practice of Prewriting,
Drafting, Editing,
and Revision
Classroom
Collaboration
1 week
7.W.4
Content
Reading: Analysis
of sample essays
from the 5+1
Writing Traits
Samples of
Student-Produced
Peer Writing
Skills
1. Writing quick, creative
responses in a cognitively
efficient manner.
2. Making predictions,
assumptions, and
inferences about
characters and plot of
stories.
7.W.1
Assessment
1. Utilize the 6+1
Writing Traits to assess
all student writing and
provide evaluation and
feeding information to
students.
2. Peer editing.
3. Classroom
discussions.
7.W.3
4. Group evaluations.
7.W.5
7.W.6
Writing: Fiction
Writing Prompts
(20 stories)
3. Practicing author’s
purpose, style, and voice.
Nonfiction Writing
Prompts (3 stories)
4. Creating and
maintaining original ideas
in writing.
Technology-Based
Writing Prompts (3
stories)
5. Developing organization
skills in writing to serve a
bigger purpose.
Classroom
Collaborative
6. Defining terms such as
word choice and sentence
7.W.10
5. Online discussion.
Resources
1. Daily Writing
Prompts
2. Online
Resources
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Creation of
Classroom Novel
Daily
Collaboration
Between
Students
Planning,
Editing, and
Revising of
Novel
Publication and
Publishing of
Novel
Assignment (1
story)
fluency by evaluating
characteristics in peers
stories.
7. Identify correct
conventions in writing.
8. Demonstrate ability to
edit and publish writing
for public consumption.
9. Demonstrate ability to
compose correctly formed
sentences.
10. Demonstrate proper
use of standard English
when writing.