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Language Arts - Grade 7

Language Arts

The Idaho State Achievement Standards for Language Arts provides skills for kindergarten through twelfth grade.

Reading programs during the first three years should be designed so that adequate instructional time is devoted to the teaching of phonemic awareness skills, phonics skills, the development of spelling and orthographic skills, the development of reading fluency and automaticity and the development of reading comprehension strategies. Each of these components of reading instruction should be taught in an integrated context with ample practice provided in reading familiar material. This is imperative for those demonstrating difficulty in learning to read, but beneficial for all.

The Idaho Reading Indicator (IRI) is designed to measure grade level knowledge. The tests are administered in the fall and winter and any student who is not at grade level must take the test again in the spring. The IRI assess the skills that each child should have mastered at the time of testing.

Grade 7

The Idaho State Achievement Standards for Language Arts provides skills for seventh grade.


Language Expressions
This unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar.

    Conventions: Grammar
The learner will be able to determine the rules and conventions of grammar.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Language Conventions Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.a; ISAT
  
    Conventions: Clauses/Phrases
The learner will be able to identify and use conventions of language.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Language Conventions Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.a; ISAT; ID: Direct Writing Assessment
  
    Parts of Speech: Identify/Apply
The learner will be able to identify parts of speech, and apply them correctly and appropriately.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Parts of Speech Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.a; ISAT; ID: Direct Writing Assessment, 1998, Grade 8, week tested: 2; ISAT.
  
    Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: modifies, main clauses, plural possessive, irregular verb, simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, compound-complex sentence.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Vocabulary Comprehension Master 1.0 ISAT
  

Language Mechanics

    Punctuation: Apply Knowledge/Conventions
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of punctuation, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Punctuation Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.a; ISAT
  
    Apostrophe: Possessive/Edit
The learner will be able to edit for the correct use of apostrophes with possessives in compound sentences.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Apostrophe/Hyphen/Dash Analysis Master 0.5 Measures of Academic Progress (ISAT);ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.
Assessment Resources
- Skills Connection, EdVISION Corporation, Version 2.1, Apostrophes (Contractions/Possessives) [Software].  
  
    Comma: Complex Sentence/Use
The learner will be able to correctly use commas to separate adverbial clauses within a complex sentence.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comma Application Master 0.5 ISATID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.
  
    Underlining: Play Titles
The learner will be able to use underlining play titles.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Italics/Underlining Application Master 0.5 ISAT735.02.
  
    Quotation Mark: Quote Within a Quote
The learner will be able to punctuate single quotation inside quotation marks.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Quotation Mark Application Master 1.0 ISATID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7,735.02.
  
    Comma: Phrases/Parenthetical Expressions
The learner will be able to correctly use a comma with phrases, including parenthetical expressions.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comma Application Master 0.5 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.; ISAT
Assessment Resources
- Skills Connection, EdVISION Corporation, Version 2.1, Commas - D [Software].  
  
    Comma: Prepositional Phrase/Use
The learner will be able to use a comma after an introductory prepositional phrase, participial phrases, and appositives.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Comma Application Master 2.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.a; ISAT
Assessment Resources
- Skills Connection, EdVISION Corporation, Version 2.1, Preposition [Software].  
  
    Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: possessive noun.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Vocabulary Comprehension Master 1.0 ISAT
  

Listening
This unit includes identifying and distinguishing between sounds and patterns in sounds, constructing meaning from information delivered verbally, and understanding and responding to verbal information.

    *Response: Expression/Literary
The learner will be able to listen for information, literary expression, analysis, and evaluation.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Listening Responses Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 736.02; ID: Direct Writing Assessment
  
    Evaluating: Verbal/Nonverbal
The learner will be able to evaluate the purpose, content, organization, and delivery of verbal communication and nonverbal cues.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Evaluating Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 736.03.a
  
    Summary: Gather/Live/Electronic
The learner will be able to gather and summarize information from various live or electronic sources.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Summary Application Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 736.01.a
  
    Response: Oral Presentations
The learner will be able to listen and respond to oral presentations.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Listening Responses Comprehension Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 736.02.a
  
    Behaviors: Use/Interpersonal
The learner will be able to use listening skills in interpersonal communications.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Listening Behaviors Application Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 736.01.c
  
    Cultural: Information/Acquire
The learner will be able to use listening skills to acquire information about different cultures.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Cultural Influences Application Master 2.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 736.01.b
  
    Critical Listening: Analyze
The learner will be able to critically analyze a speaker.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Critical Listening Analysis Master 0.5 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 736.03
  
    Critical Listening: Message/Evaluate
The learner will be able to apply critical listening skills to evaluate messages.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Critical Listening Evaluation Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 736.03
  

Reading Operations
This unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications).

    Compare/Contrast: Human/Experience
The learner will be able to read and respond to a wide range of literature to compare and contrast the multiple facets of the human experience.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Compare/Contrast Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.02
  
    Purposes: Variety/Examine/Evaluate
The learner will be able to critically examine and evaluate a variety of traditional, technical, and electronic materials.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Reading Purposes Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.01;03.
  
    Relationship: Apply/Anticipate/Text
The learner will be able to apply relationships between text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world to anticipate new text.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Relationship Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.01.c
  
    Construct Meaning: Interactive/Text Cues
The learner will be able to demonstrate interactive reading by identifying and utilizing decoding strategies to construct meaning.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Constructing Meaning: Strategies Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.01.a
  
    Response: Reconsider/Source
The learner will be able to reconsider a response against multiple sources of information at grade level.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Reading Responses: General Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.01.d
  
    Reading Behaviors: Grade Level/Read
The learner will be able to read grade level appropriate materials.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Reading Behaviors Application Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734
  
    Fluency: Independent/Increase
The learner will be able to increase fluency to grade-level expectations.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Reading Aloud: Fluency Master .
  
    Theme: Social/Cultural/Historical
The learner will be able to connect social, cultural, and historical characteristics of texts to one's personal experience.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Themes Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.02.c
  
    Resolution: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze story elements in reading materials. Including character, setting, plot,theme, conflict, resolution and point of view.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Resolution Analysis Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.02 d
  
    Tone: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the tone, mood, style, and figurative language of a given passage.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Tone Knowledge Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.01.g
Assessment Resources
- Skills Connection, EdVISION Corporation, Version 2.1, Fictional Tale [Software].  
  
    Critical Thinking: Criteria/Personal
The learner will be able to use personal or objective criteria to determine meaning and form opinions from reading materials.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Critical Thinking Application Master 0.5 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.03.d
  
    Prior Knowledge: Memory/Increase
The learner will be able to interpret the text by using prior knowledge.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Prior Knowledge Application Master 0.5 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.04.c
  
    Fact/Opinion: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze fact and opinion in reading materials.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Fact/Opinion Analysis Master 2.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.03.e; *
  
    Main Idea: Clarify
The learner will be able to clarify main ideas in reading materials.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Main Idea Analysis Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.01.h; *
  
    Confirm: Complex Predictions
The learner will be able to confirm and self-correct predictions from reading selections.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Predicting: Confirm Evaluation Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.01.e; ISAT
  
    Analyze: Classic/Genre/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze literary devices used in a variety of genres of classic literature.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Literary Device: Analyze Analysis Master 1.5 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.02.a; ISAT
  
    Draw Conclusions: Information/Implied
The learner will be able to draw conclusions from text.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Draw Conclusion Analysis Master 1.5 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.01.f; ISAT
  
    Compare/Contrast
The learner will be able to compare and contrast information from multiple sources.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Abstract Elements Analysis Master 1.5 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.03.c; ISAT
  
    Organizing Information: Sequencing
The learner will be able to identify sequential organization of information.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Abstract Elements Knowledge Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 736.03.b; ISAT
  
    Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: publications, editorial, evaluate, assumption, logical argument, factual, unbiased, propaganda, intent, irony, suspense, simile, figure of speech, dialogue, metaphor.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Vocabulary Comprehension Master 1.0 ISAT
  

Speaking
This unit focuses on techniques and strategies (voice modulation, body language, ordering of ideas, visual aids, etc.) to convey meaning and to present information and opinions to groups. This unit includes: formal and informal communication, debate skills, and verbal/nonverbal communication.

    Purposes: Information/Analysis/Critiques
The learner will be able to use speaking skills to present information and analyses or critiques of written or viewed material.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Speaking Purposes Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 737
  
    Purposes: Variety
The learner will be able to speak for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Speaking Purposes Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 737.01.a
  
    Discussion: Behavior/Participate
The learner will be able to behave appropriately when participating in discussions and supporting others.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Discussion/Conversation Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 737.03.b
  
    Purposes: Expression
The learner will be able to speak for expression.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Speaking Purposes Application Master 2.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 737.02
  
    Purposes: Critical/Analysis
The learner will be able to speak for the purpose of critical analysis.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Speaking Purposes Analysis Master 2.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 737.03
  
    Evaluator: Critical/Purposes
The learner will be able to speak for critical evaluation purposes.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Evaluator Evaluation Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 737.03
  
    Purposes: Opinion/Express
The learner will be able to speak to clearly express his/her opinion.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Speaking Purposes Application Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 737.03.a
  
    Purposes: Interpretations/Share
The learner will be able to share interpretations of one's own work or literature through oral interpretations, memorization, presentation, and dramatic readings.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Speaking Purposes Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 737.02.a
  
    Support: Presentation/Design
The learner will be able to design oral presentations that include the following: support of main ideas, transitions, organization, examples, response to questions, and feedback, visual aids, and appropriate technology.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Main Idea/Support Synthesis Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 737.01.b
  
    Poetry: Recite
The learner will be able to recite poetry.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Poetry Knowledge Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 737.02.b
  
    Word Choice: Audience/Vocabulary/Use
The learner will be able to use vocabulary suitable to the audience.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Word Choice Application Master 1.5 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.01.c
  
    Eye Contact: Enhance
The learner will be able to use the following to enhance oral communication: eye contact, posture, physical gestures, inflection, pronunciation, and word choice.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Communication: Eye Contact Application Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 737.01.a
  

Spelling
This unit includes studying language and word structure knowledge to discern the correct spelling of words. It includes skills related to editing passages for correct spelling by making connections between spelling, meaning, and structure.

    Spelling: Application/Proficient/Rules
The learner will be able to write using increasingly proficient applications of spelling rules.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Spelling Applications Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.a; ISAT; ID: Direct Writing Assessment
  
    Spelling: High-Frequency
The learner will be able to correctly spell words 1801-1000 from the district adopted high-frequency word list.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Spelling Applications Application Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 1
  

Study and Research Skills
This unit includes developing organization and research skills needed to find appropriate resources, to judge resources as relevant or not relevant to a given topic, to categorize and synthesize information, to take notes in class, and to study for exams.

    Reference Form: Defining Elements
The learner will be able to describe defining elements of reference materials.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Reference Form Comprehension Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.02.a
  
    Research Skills: Motives/Credibility
The learner will be able to understand motives, credibility, and point of view of authors when choosing reference materials.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Research Skills Comprehension Master 2.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.06.a
  
    Research Skills: Resources/Name
The learner will be able to find specifically named resources.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Research Skills Application Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.07.a
  
    Cite: Sources/Plagiarism
The learner will be able to cite quoted sources to avoid plagiarism.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Research Skills: Cite Application Master 0.5 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.06.a
  
    Research Project: Findings/Compose
The learner will be able to compose research findings.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Research Project Synthesis Master 2.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.06.b
  

Viewing/Representing
The focus of this unit is on constructing meaning from visual sources and conveying meaning through visual representation. Meaning is conveyed by applying writing processes (prewriting, writing, revising, publishing) to visual representations of information.

    Visual Representation: Graphics/Pictures
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of graphics, pictures, color, motion, and music to produce visuals.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Visual Representation Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 738.04.a
  
    Viewing Behaviors: Display Skills
The learner will be able to view for information and understanding.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Viewing Behaviors Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 738.01
  
    Evaluating: Media
The learner will be able to view media to participate in critical evaluation.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Evaluating Evaluation Master 2.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 738.03
  
    Visual Representation: Variety/Present
The learner will be able to present a visual representation project using a variety of visual media.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Visual Representation Application Master 2.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 738.04 a
  
    Visual Genres: Variety/Identify
The learner will be able to identify a variety of visual genres.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Visual Genre Knowledge Master 0.5 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 738.01.a
  

Vocabulary
This unit includes studying and applying knowledge of word structure (bases and affixes), concrete analogies, synonyms, antonyms, and syllables. It also includes applying knowledge of connotation, denotation and words with multiple levels of meaning.

    Vocabulary: Apply
The learner will be able to choose specific vocabulary to use in his/her writing.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Vocabulary Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.b
  
    Appropriate: Write
The learner will be able to use appropriate word choices in writing.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Word Choice: Appropriate Application Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.c
  
    Denotation: Literal Meaning
The learner will be able to recognize the literal meaning of a word.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Denotation Knowledge Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.01.b
  
    Context: Meaning/Technical Language
The learner will be able to use context clues to confirm meaning of technical language.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Context Application Master 2.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.05.b; ISAT
  

Word Analysis
The Word Analysis Unit focuses on examining word structure and sound. It includes topics such as: consonants, vowels, rhyming, and word building.

    Word: Decode/Apply
The learner will be able to apply word analysis skills to decode unknown words.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Word Application Master 1.5 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 734.01.a
  
    Vocabulary: New
The learner will be able to understand and use new vocabulary: label, selections, introduction.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Vocabulary Comprehension Master 1.0 ISAT
  

Writing
This unit focuses on each stage of the writing process: prewriting, writing, revising, and publishing. It includes skills covering a variety of organizational formats and purposes for writing (communicating ideas, opinions, and feelings, clarifying thoughts, and solving problems). Some example writing formats are: expository, narrative, poetry, and drama.

    Prewriting: Gather Information
The learner will be able to gather appropriate information before writing.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Prewriting Application Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.06
  
    Response: Literature
The learner will be able to write a response to literature.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Writing Responses Application Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.04
  
    Analytical: Critical Analysis
The learner will be able to use critical analysis skills when writing.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Analytical Writing Analysis Master 1.0 ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.05
  
    Writing as a Process: Demonstrate
The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of each stage of the writing process and use it fluently.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Writing as a Process Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.01
  
    Strategies: Skill/Conventions/Purpose
The learner will be able to demonstrate skill and use of writing conventions appropriate to purpose and audience.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Writing Strategies Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735
  
    Strategies: Purpose/Discipline/Select
The learner will be able to select tone, voice, style, mood, and persona appropriate to different purposes, disciplines, and audiences.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Writing Strategies Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.02.c
  
    Purposes: Inform
The learner will be able to write to inform.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Writing Purposes Master ID: State Achievement Standards, Language Arts/Communications, 2001: Grade 7, 735.03
  
    Purposes: Correctly/Write
The learner will be able to write and edit correctly.
Strand Bloom's Scope Hours Source
Writing