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7th Grade Quarter 4: Exploring Ideas and Merging Genres
Write a multimodal/digital text or collection of texts
TEKS 8F, 11
use of a variety of craft moves from various genres to support a purpose
Grow writing skills
TEKS 10Div, 10Dvi, 10Dviii
writing for sustained periods of time (30-40 minutes) and setting goals for writing behaviors, volume, and ways to organize thinking.
edit drafts for correct use of prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
edit drafts for correct use of subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor;
edit drafts for correct use of punctuation marks, including commas in complex sentences, transitions, and introductory elements; and
Study literary texts
TEKS 8B, 8F
analyze the characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.
analyze the effects of rhyme scheme, meter, and graphical elements such as punctuation and capitalization in poems across a variety of poetic forms;
Grow reading skills by
TEK 6G
discuss and write about the explicit and implicit meaning of text
Maintain a reading identity / reading life by
TEK 4
refining to-read next lists and reflecting on independent reading habits and history.
reading for sustained periods of time (30-40 minutes).
In 8th Grade Quarter 1 - Address a portion of 7th grade Quarter 4
Grow writing skills
TEKS 10Dviii
Incoming 8th graders will need to re-establish writing for sustained periods of time
edit drafts for correct use of punctuation marks, including commas in complex sentences, transitions, and introductory elements; and
Maintain a reading identity / reading life by
TEK 4
Incoming 8th graders will need to re-establish reading routines and reading for sustained periods of time
Grow reading skills by
TEK 6G
discuss and write about the explicit and implicit meaning of text
In 8th Grade Quarter 2 - Address a portion of 7th grade Quarter 4
Study literary texts
TEKS 8F
analyze the characteristics of multimodal and digital texts.
analyze the effects of rhyme scheme, meter, and graphical elements such as punctuation and capitalization in poems across a variety of poetic forms;
Grow thinking and practice writing skills
TEK 10Dvi, 10Dvii
edit drafts for correct use of subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor;
edit drafts for correct use of prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement;
In 8th Grade Quarter 4 - Address a portion of 7th grade Quarter 4 TEKS
Maintain a reading identity / reading life by
TEK 4
refining to-read next lists and reflecting on independent reading habits and history.
8th grade will not address 7th grade Quarter 4 Writing a Multimodal/Digital Text or Collection of Texts