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Unit Overview
Unit Overview
In this unit, students will continue to explore their understanding of their independent reading books by crafting innovative and reflective companion texts. These companion texts will present facets of their reading into informational pieces where students will practice many of the informational writing techniques that will make them stronger communicators. At the end of the unit, students will reflect and self-assess and will share their companion books with members of their school community.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
text structures
voice
evidence
elaborate
summary
analysis
verb tense
technical vocabulary
Essential Questions
Essential Questions
Who am I as a reader, as a writer, as a speaker, and as a thinker?
Why are reading, writing, and storytelling essential components of the human experience?
How does English Language Arts expand our perspective?
Unit Standards
Unit Standards
All ELA standards can be found listed in the updated 2017 Massachusetts State ELA Grade 7 Frameworks:
Students will learn...
Writing
Production and Distribution of Writing
How to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. For example, students studying the genre of mystery stories write narratives in which they introduce a variety of characters with distinctive traits, create plausible yet mysterious events, use vivid descriptions to create mood, use foreshadowing clues that point to the solution of the mystery, and resolve the mystery with an explanation by one of the characters.
How to develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
a. How to demonstrate command of standard English conventions
b. How to demonstrate the ability to select accurate vocabulary appropriate for audience and purpose
How to use technology, including current web-based communication platforms, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
Production and Distribution of Writing
How to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. For example, students studying the genre of mystery stories write narratives in which they introduce a variety of characters with distinctive traits, create plausible yet mysterious events, use vivid descriptions to create mood, use foreshadowing clues that point to the solution of the mystery, and resolve the mystery with an explanation by one of the characters.
How to develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
a. How to demonstrate command of standard English conventions
b. How to demonstrate the ability to select accurate vocabulary appropriate for audience and purpose
How to use technology, including current web-based communication platforms, to produce and publish writing and link to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
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