The Expository Essay
Anticipated Due Date: December 18
Your assignment is to write an expository essay that explains the role of advertising in the lives of youth and then to exchange ideas in a collaborative discussion. For your essay, you may use as sources the articles in this unit and at least one additional text that you have researched.
The grading rubric for this assignment is located on page 127 of SpringBoard.
Common Core Standards
W.7.2a: Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g. headings), graphics (e.g. charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
W.7.2b: Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
W.7.2c: Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
W.7.2f: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
W.7.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W.7.9b: Apply grade 7 reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g. "Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims").
L.7.2b: Spell correctly.
W.7.2b: Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
W.7.2c: Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
W.7.2f: Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented.
W.7.4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W.7.9b: Apply grade 7 reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g. "Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims").
L.7.2b: Spell correctly.