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7th Grade English Year at a Glance

 

Reading

  • Modeled reading & Read aloud (1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th quarters)

  • Seventh grade Language Arts Memory book (S.L.A.M.) -- 100 Academic vocabulary & literary terms (1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th quarters)

    • Spelling strategies and skills reinforcement

    • Daily Oral Language

  • Fiction

    • Genre Identification and Point of View (1st quarter)

    • Plot Elements:  Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution, Theme (1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th quarters)  

  • Non-fiction Reading Strategies/Informational Text/Expository Text (1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th quarters)

    • Title, headings, subheadings, photos, captions, graphs, charts, tables

    • Fact vs. Fiction -- Author’s purpose/Author’s Argument

    • College and Career Reading informational text

    • Identifying facts vs opinion

    • Identify, analyze, and apply textual evidence

  • Marking the text with Metacognitive Markers for fiction and nonfiction text:

    • Characters/People, Setting/locations, Main ideas/details, Questioning, Imagery, Symbolism, Tension/Suspense (1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th quarters)

Writing

  • Writing Scaffolds

    • Marking the text with Metacognitive Markers (1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th quarters)

    • Note taking strategies

    • Writing organization (development of the plot, plot map & writing styles graphic organizers) (1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th quarters)

    • TAG (title, author, genre) introductory statement (1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th quarters)

    • Paragraph structure formula:  Summary + Quote + Commentary

  • Writing Styles

    • Summary Essay structure (1st quarter)

    • Autobiographical Narrative (1st quarter)

    • Descriptive Writing (1st & 2nd quarter)

    • Fictional Narrative with dialogue (2nd quarter)

    • Response to Literature (1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th quarters)

    • Informational Research Writing (1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th quarters)

    • Argumentative (4th quarter)

Listening & Speaking

  • Daily Oral Language

  • Peer critique

  • Oral presentations  

  • Digital Presentations (Powerpoint/Prezi/PowToon/Glogster/Museumbox/Empressr)

 

At A Glance for ELA 8

Sycamore Junior High School

 

 

 

 

Autobiography

Unit

1st Quarter

Narrative

Unit

1st Quarter

Inhumanity

Unit

2nd Quarter

Research and

Unit

3rd  Quarter

Argumentation

Unit

3rd Quarter

Response to

Lit. Unit

4th Quarter

Writing/Reading  

Writing/Reading

Writing/Reading

Writing/Reading

Writing/Reading

Writing/Reading

4 Timed Writings

Life Map Timed Writing

Quick Writes

Summaries of Independent Reading

Character Sketch

Character Creation

Written Dialogue for Character Point of View

*Narrative Structures/

Storytelling techniques

Summaries from Expository Texts

Letters with a specific purpose, task, and audience

Found Poem




 

Research skills

One-pager on historical event or figure

Multi-media presentation on research

Read the Anne Frank Novel/Play

Argumentative essays

Evaluate arguments and specific claims in text

Assess reasoning and evidence

Response to Literature Essay

Theme Analysis

Read the Giver Novel

Work-Related Documents

Skills Needed:  

Skills Needed:

Skills Needed:

Skills Needed:

Skills Needed:

Skills Needed

Event, Response

and Reflect

Revise writing using Writer’s Workshop (Dialogue, Sensory Details, Figurative Lang., Narrative Leads, Reflection Rewrite, Dead Words, Sentence Variety)

Compound and

Complex Sentences


 

Elements of Plot, Characterization and Multiple Perspectives

Dialogue and how it propels the action

Universal Themes

Reading Strategies

for difficult text

Literary Devices:

simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole

Point of View

Text Marking (M&M’s)

Text Marking and

Connections

Determine Theme

Site Text Evidence

Utilizing different mediums for presenting a topic

(film, poster, technology)

 

 

Compare and Contrast Structure of 2 or more texts

(play, film, book)

Mark and examine text with Expository Pieces

SOAPStones Analysis

Inquiry-Based Questions on Historical Events or Figures

How the film departs/stays faithful from the text

Support Claims with Logical Reasoning, Sound Evidence, and Examples

Write  conclusions that support the argument

Student Debates

Mark Text for; pros and cons, appeals, and elements of persuasion

Analyze conflicting information on the same topic

Citing Sources and Embedding Quotes

MLA Format

Text Marking and Connections

Theme and Central Ideas

Analyze how the film departs/stays faithful from the text

 




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