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.7.10

Students will determine the main idea of informational texts by analyzing text evidence and structure.

Pacing  

Instruct/

Assess

Component Code

Component

Standard(s)

 

LA.7.10.1

Provide several pieces of text evidence to support analysis of text, including inferences, and determine how the central idea develops.

7.RI.1

7.RI.2

 

LA.7.10.2

Determine the meaning of words and phrases, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings, using Greek or Latin roots; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.

7.RI.4

7.L.4b

 

LA.7.10.3

Read and comprehend literary nonfiction at grade level, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.

7.RI.10

 

LA.7.10.4

Analyze interactions between individuals and events in a text.

7.RI.3

 

LA.7.10.5

Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or media version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject.

7.RI.7

 

LA.7.10.6

Acquire and use accurately grade appropriate academic and domain-specific words and phrases.

7.L.6

Academic Vocabulary: text evidence, central idea, text structure

Content Vocabulary: anti Semitism, ghetto