English Language Arts Curriculum

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.7.1

Students will write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well structured event sequences.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.7.1.1

Develop and strengthen writing by planning, revising, editing, rewriting with some guidance and support from peers and adults.

7.W.5

 

LA.7.1.2

Analyze how a drama’s form or structure contributes to meaning and produce a real or imagined narrative text by using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well structured event sequences.

7.W.3b

7.RL.5

7.W3d

 

LA.7.1.3

Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences while spelling words correctly.

7.W.10

7.L.2b

 

LA.7.1.4

Analyze how individual elements of a story or drama interact, particularly the meaning of words and phrases as used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings.

7.RL.3

7.RL.4

 

LA.7.1.5

Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.

7.RL.6

 

LA.7.1.6

Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character with a historical account of the same period to an understanding of how authors of fiction use or alter history.

7.RL.9

 

LA.7.1.7

Read and evaluate grade-level books or articles to compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem with its audio, filmed, staged, or media version while analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium.

7.RL.7

7.RL.10

  LA.7.1.8 Prepare and follow agreed upon rules for collegial discussions while summarizing key details.
Pose and respond to questions using elaboration and detail. Identify and consider new information and adjust your position as necessary.
7.SL.1a
7.SL.1b
7.SL.1c
7.SL.1d
 

LA.7.1.9

Explain the function of phrases and clauses and their function in specific sentences.

7.L.1a

Academic Vocabulary: stage directions, plot elements

Content Vocabulary: