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Writing is a life skill. As students move from grade to grade, writing skills are critical for academic progress. Students who have difficulty putting their thoughts into writing struggle to succeed in social studies, science, and many areas other than English language arts. Because good writing requires good thinking, the act of writing actually helps students learn to clarify their thoughts and focus their ideas. In addition, students who write well are usually strong readers. Why? In very simple terms, a writer must be able to read what he or she has written and recognize whether the words mean what the writer wants them to mean. Therefore, every time a student is writing effectively, that student is also reading carefully and thoughtfully. In this way, writing and reading reinforce each other. Students who have strong writing and reading skills will have more opportunities available to them throughout their lives, in both education and employment, than those who have not learned these skills.
The objectives for the seventh grade writing test are listed below.

Objective 1 : The student will, within a given context, produce an effective composition for a specific purpose.
Objective 2 : The student will produce a piece of writing that demonstrates a command of the conventions of spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, usage, and sentence structure.
Objective 3 : The student will recognize appropriate organization of ideas in written text.
Objective 4 : The student will recognize correct and effective sentence construction in written text.
Objective 5 : The student will recognize standard usage and appropriate word choice in written text.
Objective 6 : The student will proofread for correct punctuation, capitalization, and spelling in written text.