7th- First 9 weeks 

During the first nine weeks, students learned the RACECE paragraph structure and used them to respond to nonfiction and fiction texts. Students will read Greek myths to study character and plot development (fiction). Students will read "The Giver" in class and focus on vocabulary, analyzing writing, plot/setting/ character development,  and creating predictions and inferences. Students will completing comprehension activities and will be creating a Utopia project where they will create their own Utopia and compare it to the society in "The Giver".  Students will complete a variety of Read Works assignments in order to develop skills in finding and citing pieces of evidence to support their claims or responses to the nonfiction articles.  

• Literature (Fiction)

  • • 7.RC.1 

      • I can use evidence from the text to support my point.

    • 7.RC.2 

      • I can understand and analyze the theme

    • 7.RC.3 

      • I can identify main idea and supporting details in a text.

    • 7.RC.5 

      • I can analyze how a theme or central idea is developed in a work of literature.

      • I can provide a detailed summary of a work of literature that supports my analysis of the theme or central idea.

    • 7.RC.6 

      • I can analyze how the setting influences the characters in the text.

    • 7.RC.7 

      • I can discuss why an author uses particular words.

    • 7.RC.8 

      • I can trace and evaluate an author’s argument.

      • I can identify and evaluate the author’s reasoning.

      • I can evaluate the author’s evidence.

      • I can identify instances of bias and stereotyping in a nonfiction text.

    • 7.RC.9 

      • I can analyze how the author’s perspective and purpose is distinguished from that of others

    • 7.RC.10 

      • I can use context to determine the meaning of words and phrases.

    • 7.RC.11 

      • I can use the relationship between particular words to better understand each word. 

    • 7.RC.12 

      • I can distinguish among the connotations of words with similar denotations.

    • 7.RC.13 

      • I can use affixes and roots to find out the meanings of words.

• Communication and Collaboration

  • 7.CC.1 

    • I can build on ideas of others.

    • I can express my personal ideas and beliefs.

  • 7.CC.2 

    • I can ask my peers questions about their opinion of the topic, text, and issue at hand.

    • I can respond to my peer’s questions about my opinion of the topic, text, and issue at hand.

  • 7.CC.3 

    • I can investigate and reflect on ideas in a discussion using evidence.

  • 7.CC.4 

    • I can compare and contrast a written text with its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia versions.

    • I can identify and analyze elements from a written story, play or poem that are also present in the audio, staged or multimedia versions.

    • I can cite textual evidence to compare and contrast a written text with the audio, staged or multimedia version.

  • 7.CC.6 

    • I can present claims and findings.

    • I can emphasize the most important points in a focused, coherent manner.

    • I can use pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples.

    • I can use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation while

  • 7.CC.7 

    • I can create engaging presentations.

    • I can use multimedia components and visual displays to clarify claims and findings and emphasize important points in presentations.

  • 7.CC.8 

• Writing

  • 7.W.3

    • I can write narrative compositions in a variety of forms.

    • I can write an exposition that engages and orients the reader.

    • I can organize an event sequence that uses transitional words, phrases, and clauses. I can use narrative techniques such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and characters.

    • I can use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events.

    • I can write an ending to my story. 

  • 7.W.4 

    • I can apply with writing process.

    • I can plan and develop a draft.

    • I can revise my writing using appropriate reference materials.

    • I can edit my writing.

    • I can use technology to interact and collaborate with others, and to generate, produce, and publish writing.

  • 7.W.6 

    • I can identify nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs in sentences.

    • I can identify and correct fragments and run-on sentences.

    • I can identify and correct common word errors.

  • 7.W.7

    • I can use correct spelling and punctuation.

• Criterion

• ReadWorks

• Novels

  • The Giver

• Notes and assignments on Canvas

• Literature (Fiction)

  • • 7.RC.1 

      • Analyze what a text says explicitly as well as draw inferences through citing several pieces of textual evidence. 

    • 7.RC.2 

      • Analyze the development of a theme or central idea over the course of a work of literature; provide a detailed summary that supports the analysis.

    • 7.RC.3 

      • Analyze how a work of literature’s structural elements such as subplots, parallel episodes, climax, and conflicts contribute to its meaning and plot. 

    • 7.RC.5 

      • Analyze the development of two or more central ideas over the course of a text; provide a detailed, objective summary of the text

    • 7.RC.6 

      • Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events or how individuals influence ideas or events)

    • 7.RC.7 

      • Determine an author’s perspective or purpose in a text, and analyze how the author distinguishes their position from the positions of others. 

    • 7.RC.8 

      • Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims, noting instances of bias and stereotyping. 

    • 7.RC.9 

      • Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.

    • 7.RC.10 

      • Use context to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases 

    • 7.RC.11 

      • Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonym/antonym, analogy) to better understand each of the words.

    • 7.RC.12 

      • Distinguish among the connotations of words with similar denotations

    • 7.RC.13 

      • Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of words (e.g., belligerent,bellicose, rebel). 

• Communication and Collaboration

  • 7.CC.1 

    • Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (e.g., one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on grade-appropriate topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing personal ideas clearly.

  • 7.CC.2 

    • Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back on topic as needed.

  • 7.CC.3 

    • Acknowledge new information expressed by others, and consider it in relation to one's own views.

  • 7.CC.4 

    • Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally), and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study

  • 7.CC.6 

    • Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples. Use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation

  • 7.CC.7 

    • Develop engaging presentations that include multimedia components and visual displays to clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points

  • 7.CC.8 

    • Analyze the ways that the media use words and images to attract the public's attention. 

• Writing

  • 7.W.3

    •  Write narrative compositions in a variety of forms that:

      •  Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters. 

      • Organize an event sequence (e.g., conflict, climax, resolution) that unfolds naturally and logically, using a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. 

      • Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. 

      • Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. 

      • Provide an ending that follows and reflects on the narrated experiences or events. 

  • 7.W.4 

    • Apply the writing process to all formal writing including but not limited to argumentative, informative, and narrative:

      • Plan and develop, draft, and revise writing using appropriate reference materials. Rewrite, try a new approach, and edit to produce and strengthen writing that is clear and coherent with some guidance and support from peers and adults.

      • Use technology to interact and collaborate with others to generate, produce, and publish writing and link to sources 

  • 7.W.6 

    • Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage, focusing on:

      •  Verbs – Recognizing and correcting problems with subject/verb agreement.

      • Phrases and Clauses – Recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.

      • Usage – Writing simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences; recognizing and correcting sentence fragments and run-ons; varying sentence patterns for meaning, reader interest, and style.

  • 7.W.7

    • Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling, focusing on: 

      • Punctuation – Using commas with subordinate clauses.