7th Grade ELAR Unit 5

Big Idea:

Engage in both short-term and sustained recursive inquiry processes for a variety of purposes.

Student Expectations:

Priority TEKS

• 7.12 B: develop and revise a research plan
• 7.12 C: refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions
• 7.12 G: differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials
• 7.12 i: examine source reliability, credibility, and bias
• 7.12 I: display academic citations and use source materials ethically
• 7.12 J: use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results
• 7.10 A: plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal interests
• 7.10 B: develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing
• 7.10 i: organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, coherence within and across paragraphs, and a conclusion
• 7.10 ii: developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts, details, and examples
• 7.10 C: revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety
• 7.10 E: publish written work for appropriate audiences
• 7.12 Hi examine sources for reliability, credibility, and bias

Focus TEKS

• 7.12 A: generate student-selected and teacher-guided questions for formal and informal inquiry
• 7.12 F: synthesize information from a variety of sources
• 7.12 E: differentiate between primary and secondary sources
• 7.12 Hii: faulty reasoning such as hyperbole, emotional appeals, and stereotype

Ongoing TEKS

• 7.1 A listen actively to interpret a message and ask clarifying questions that build on others’ ideas
• 7.1 B follow and give complex oral instructions to perform specific tasks, answer questions, or solve problems
• 7. 1 D: engage in meaningful discourse and provide and accept constructive feedback from others
• 7.2 A: use print or digital resources to determine the meaning, syllabication, pronunciation, word origin, and part of speech
• 7.12 D: identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources

Student Learning Targets:

• I will understand how ethical research practices provide the foundation for the success or failure of information-based communication.

Essential Questions:

• How is information organized?
• Why is information organized in different ways?
• Why do we ask questions?

Extra Information:

Adopted Textbook: Pearson, Prentice Hall Literature

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