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You gave your reader a tour. You named a clear destination, you set your stops in order, you told them what to notice at each one, and you drew on more than your own memory: an expert's word, a fact, and what you saw yourself. A reader could follow you with their own two hands and trust the view, and that is the whole job of an explanation. Certified, and into your collection it goes.
You built a tour, you drew on more than one source, and a reader could follow it. That is the whole job of an explanation at this grade.
What your tour carried
a clear destinationstops in orderwhat to notice at eachan ending that leaves them knowing the way
Standards covered
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.ACCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.BCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.CCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.DCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.ECCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.FCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.3CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.6CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.5CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.2
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