LA.7.5

7th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will find their own voice in the world through critical thinking, close reading analysis, comparing and contrasting while presenting through various media sources and fiction/non-fiction text.

Outcomes and Components:

LA.7.5	Students will produce an argumentative essay to support their evaluation of theme within a fictional text.
Pacing Instruct/ Assess	Component Code	Component	Standard(s)
	LA.7.5.1	Provide several pieces of text evidence to support analysis of text, including inferences and determine how theme and the central idea develops; provide objective summary.	7.RL.1 7.RL.2
	LA.7.5.2	Write arguments and support claim(s) with relevant evidence, acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically. Provide a conclusion that supports the argument.	7.W.1a 7.W.1b 7.W.1e
	LA.7.5.3	Prioritize words, phrases, and clauses that create cohesion, clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence, and maintain a formal style and tone.	7.W.1c 7.W.1d
	LA.7.5.4	Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.	7.W.4
	LA.7.5.5	Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.	7.W.5
	LA.7.5.6	Utilize technology to produce and publish arguments.	7.W.6
	LA.7.5.7	Ask questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others' questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back on topic as needed.	7.SL.1c
	LA.7.5.8	Analyze and clarify main ideas in diverse media by evaluating the soundness of the reasoning, relevance, and sufficiency of evidence.	7.SL.2 7.SL.3
	LA.7.5.9	Craft sentences where a comma separates coordinate adjectives.	7.L.2a

Academic Vocabulary: theme, claims/evidence, tone, brochure

Content Vocabulary: utopia, dystopia

Outcomes and Components

English Language Arts Curriculum Main
Kindergarten
- LA.K.1
- LA.K.2
- LA.K.3
- LA.K.4
- LA.K.5
- LA.K.6
- LA.K.7
- LA.K.8
- LA.K.9
- LA.K.10
1st Grade
- LA.1.1
- LA.1.2
- LA.1.3
- LA.1.4
- LA.1.5
- LA.1.6
- LA.1.7
- LA.1.8
- LA.1.9
- LA.1.10
2nd Grade
- LA.2.1
- LA.2.2
- LA.2.3
- LA.2.4
- LA.2.5
- LA.2.6
- LA.2.7
- LA.2.8
- LA.2.9
- LA.2.10
- LA.2.11
- LA.2.12
- LA.2.13
- LA.2.14
3rd Grade
- LA.3.1
- LA.3.2
- LA.3.3
- LA.3.4
- LA.3.5
- LA.3.6
- LA.3.7
- LA.3.8
- LA.3.9
- LA.3.10
- LA.3.11
4th Grade
- LA.4.1
- LA.4.2
- LA.4.3
- LA.4.4
- LA.4.5
- LA.4.6
- LA.4.7
- LA.4.8
- LA.4.9
5th Grade
- LA.5.1
- LA.5.2
- LA.5.3
- LA.5.4
- LA.5.5
- LA.5.6
- LA.5.7
- LA.5.8
- LA.5.9
- LA.5.10
6th Grade
- LA.6.1
- LA.6.2
- LA.6.3
- LA.6.4
- LA.6.5
- LA.6.6
- LA.6.7
- LA.6.8
7th Grade
- LA.7.1
- LA.7.2
- LA.7.3
- LA.7.4
- LA.7.5
- LA.7.6
- LA.7.7
- LA.7.8
- LA.7.9
- LA.7.10
- LA.7.11
8th Grade
- LA.8.1
- LA.8.2
- LA.8.3
- LA.8.4
- LA.8.5
- LA.8.6
- LA.8.7
- LA.8.8
- LA.8.9
- LA.8.10
- LA.8.11
- LA.8.12

English Language Arts Curriculum

7th Grade