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Modified Readiness Standards Supporting Standards
7.14.B develop drafts by choosing an appropriate
organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of events,
cause‐effect, compare‐contrast) and building on ideas
to create a focused, organized, and coherent piece of
writing
7.14.C revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and vivid
images; consistent point of view; use of simple,
compound, and complex sentences; internal and
external coherence; and the use of effective
transitions after rethinking how well questions of
purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed
7.14.D edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling
Composition
7.16.A write a personal narrative that has a clearly defined
2 1 focus and communicates the importance of or
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purpose, audience, and genre have been addressed includes no extraneous information or inconsistencies
(iv) accurately synthesizes ideas from several sources
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(v) uses a variety of sentence structures, rhetorical devices, and
transitions to link paragraphs
7.18.A write a persuasive essay to the appropriate audience that
(A) establishes a clear thesis or position
(C) includes evidence that is logically organized to support the
author's viewpoint and that differentiates between fact and
opinion
7.14.D edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling 7.19.A identify, use, and understand the function of the following parts of
7.19.A identify, use, and understand the function of the speech in the context of reading, writing, and speaking:
following parts of speech in the context of reading, (i) verbs (perfect and progressive tenses) and participles
writing, and speaking: (ii) appositive phrases
7.19.C use a variety of complete sentences (e.g., simple, (iii) adverbial and adjectival phrases and clauses
compound, complex) that include properly placed (iv) conjunctive adverbs (e.g., consequently, furthermore, indeed)
modifiers, correctly identified antecedents, parallel (v) prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on
Editing
structures, and consistent tenses subject‐verb agreement
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32 MC 19‐22 questions from Readiness Standards
STAAR
& (The1 type of writing assessed each year – expository – is 10‐13 questions from Supporting Standards
Modified
1 Comp always designated as a Readiness Standard)
Genres Represented in Revision and Editing Sections
Literary Informational
Fiction Expository
Literary Nonfiction Persuasive (Editing Only)
Source: Texas Education Agency STAAR Resources REV Oct 2011