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Curriculum Guides 2003-2004
Language Arts - Grade 7

Genre: Literary Works/Connect
The learner will be able to form connections among literary works.
Strand Source Activities
Genre CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.0 Classroom
  
Point of View: Recognize/Follow
The learner will be able to recognize and follow the development of the author's argument, point of view, or perspective in a text.
Strand Source Activities
Author: Point of View CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.4 Classroom
  
Literature: Historical/Cultural/Enrich
The learner will be able to read and respond to historically or culturally significant works of literature that mirror and enrich his/her studies in history and social sciences.
Strand Source Activities
Literature CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.0 Classroom
  
Informational: Understand
The learner will be able to read and understand a variety of informational texts.
Strand Source Activities
Informational Text CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.0 Classroom
  
Informational: Differences/Understand
The learner will be able to understand the differences in structure and purpose among a variety of informational materials.
Strand Source Activities
Informational Text CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.1 Classroom
  
Informational: Differences/Examine
The learner will be able to examine the differences in structure and purpose among a variety of informational materials.
Strand Source Activities
Informational Text CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.1 Classroom
  
Narrative: Understand
The learner will be able to read and understand narrative text.
Strand Source Activities
Narrative CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.0 Classroom
  
Prose: Purposes/Explain
The learner will be able to explain the purposes of various forms of prose.
Strand Source Activities
Prose CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.1 Classroom
  
Prose: Characteristics/Explain
The learner will be able to explain the key characteristics of various forms of prose.
Strand Source Activities
Prose CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.1 Classroom
  
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Language Expressions
Participle: Identify/Use
The learner will be able to identify a participial phrase and use a participle in a sentence.
Strand Source Activities
Participle CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.2 Classroom
  
Infinitive: Identify/Use
The learner will be able to identify an infinitive and use it in a sentence.
Strand Source Activities
Infinitive CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.2 Classroom
  
Sentence Structure: Type/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize different types of sentences.
Strand Source Activities
Sentence Structure CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.3 Classroom
  
Sentence Structure: Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize correct sentence structure.
Strand Source Activities
Sentence Structure CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.3 Classroom
  
Modifier: Use
The learner will be able to place modifiers correctly.
Strand Source Activities
Modifier CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.1 Classroom
  
Conventions: Standard English
The learner will be able to demonstrate appropriate use of Standard English in writing.
Strand Source Activities
Language Conventions CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.0 Classroom
  
Idiom: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the presence of idioms in reading materials.
Strand Source Activities
Idiom CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 1.1 Classroom
  
Idiom: Identify/Poetry
The learner will be able to identify the presence of idioms in poetry.
Strand Source Activities
Idiom CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 1.1 Classroom
  
Parts of Speech: Identify/Sentence
The learner will be able to identify parts of speech in a sentence.
Strand Source Activities
Parts of Speech CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.3 Classroom
  
Usage: Write/Correct
The learner will be able to write with correct usage.
Strand Source Activities
Usage CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.4 Classroom
  
Agreement: Correct/Use
The learner will be able to use correct pronoun and antecedent agreement.
Strand Source Activities
Pronoun: Agreement CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.2 Classroom
  
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Language Mechanics
Dash: Identify/Use
The learner will be able to identify and correctly use dashes in written works.
Strand Source Activities
Apostrophe/Hyphen/Dash CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.5 Classroom
  
Hyphen: Identify/Use
The learner will be able to identify and correctly use hyphens in written works.
Strand Source Activities
Apostrophe/Hyphen/Dash CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.5 Classroom
  
Brackets: Identify/Use
The learner will be able to identify and correctly use brackets in written works.
Strand Source Activities
Brackets/Parentheses CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.5 Classroom
  
Mechanics: Use Correct
The learner will be able to write using correct mechanics.
Strand Source Activities
Mechanics CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.4 Classroom
  
Semicolon: Identify
The learner will be able to identify a semicolon.
Strand Source Activities
Semicolon CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.5 Classroom
  
Semicolon: Use
The learner will be able to use a semicolon correctly.
Strand Source Activities
Semicolon CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.5 Classroom
  
Capitalization: Use Correctly
The learner will be able to use capitalization correctly.
Strand Source Activities
Capitalization: Applications CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Written/Oral 1.6 Classroom
  
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Response: Questions/Statements/Examples
The learner will be able to respond to messages by generating questions, challenging statements, or offering examples that affirm the message.
Strand Source Activities
Listening Responses CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.3 Classroom
  
Speech: Attitude/Identify
The learner will be able to listen to a speech to identify the speaker's attitude toward his/her topic.
Strand Source Activities
Speech CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.2 Classroom
  
Evaluate: Content
The learner will be able to evaluate the content of auditory material.
Strand Source Activities
Evaluating CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.0 Classroom
  
Feedback: Offer/Overall
The learner will be able to offer appropriate feedback about the overall effect of a speech on the listener.
Strand Source Activities
Effective Communication: Feedback CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.7 Classroom
  
Feedback: Speech/Offer
The learner will be able to offer feedback regarding the logic and coherence of a speech's content and delivery.
Strand Source Activities
Effective Communication: Feedback CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.7 Classroom
  
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Journalism: Electronic/Recognize
The learner will be able to recognize electronic techniques used to achieve effects with imaging, sound, and text.
Strand Source Activities
Journalism CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.8 Classroom
  
Journalism: Electronic/Image
The learner will be able to examine images in electronic journalism for the effect they have on the viewer.
Strand Source Activities
Journalism CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.8 Classroom
  
Journalism: Electronic/Sound
The learner will be able to examine sounds in electronic journalism for the effect they have on the viewer.
Strand Source Activities
Journalism CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.8 Classroom
  
Journalism: Electronic/Text
The learner will be able to examine text in electronic journalism for the effect it has on the viewer.
Strand Source Activities
Journalism CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.8 Classroom
  
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Reading Operations
Critical Thinking: Describe/Connect
The learner will be able to apply knowledge of text structure, organization, and purpose to describe and connect the basic ideas, arguments, and perspectives of the text.
Strand Source Activities
Critical Thinking CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.0 Classroom
  
Reading Behaviors: Appropriate
The learner will be able to read developmentally appropriate material.
Strand Source Activities
Reading Behaviors CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.0 Classroom
  
Reading Behaviors: Understand
The learner will be able to understand developmentally appropriate reading material.
Strand Source Activities
Reading Behaviors CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.0 Classroom
  
Characterization: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze characterization as portrayed through a narrator's description of the character, what other characters think, say, and do, as well as the character's thoughts, words, actions, and speech patterns.
Strand Source Activities
Characterization CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.3 Classroom
  
Directions: Technical/Understand
The learner will be able to follow technical directions to understand how to use a mechanical device.
Strand Source Activities
Directions CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.5 Classroom
  
Directions: Technical/Explain
The learner will be able to follow technical directions to explain how to use a mechanical device.
Strand Source Activities
Directions CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.5 Classroom
  
Point of View: Stereotype
The learner will be able to identify stereotypes in the context of a reading selection.
Strand Source Activities
Point of View CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.6 Classroom
  
Point of View: Bias
The learner will be able to identify biased points of view in the context of a reading selection.
Strand Source Activities
Point of View CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.6 Classroom
  
Point of View: Theme/Contrast/Describe
The learner will be able to contrast points of view in narrative text and describe how they affect the main theme of a work.
Strand Source Activities
Point of View CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.5 Classroom
  
Strategies: Ideas/Clarify
The learner will be able to clarify ideas in reading materials .
Strand Source Activities
Reading Strategies CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.0 Classroom
  
Plot: Advance
The learner will be able to determine events that advance the plot of a reading passage.
Strand Source Activities
Plot CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.2 Classroom
  
Plot: Past/Present Actions
The learner will be able to determine how events of the plot influenced past or present actions in the reading passage.
Strand Source Activities
Plot CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.2 Classroom
  
Plot: Future Actions
The learner will be able to determine how events of the plot influence future actions in the reading passage.
Strand Source Activities
Plot CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.2 Classroom
  
Literary Device: Analogy
The learner will be able to identify the presence of an analogy in a reading selection.
Strand Source Activities
Literary Device CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 1.1 Classroom
  
Literary Device: Analogy/Identify/Poetry
The learner will be able to identify the presence of an analogy in poetry.
Strand Source Activities
Literary Device CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 1.1 Classroom
  
Support: Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate the adequacy of support in written material.
Strand Source Activities
Support CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.6 Classroom
  
Support: Evaluate/Accuracy
The learner will be able to evaluate the accuracy of support in written material.
Strand Source Activities
Support CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.6 Classroom
  
Support: Evaluate/Appropriateness
The learner will be able to evaluate the appropriateness of support in written material.
Strand Source Activities
Support CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.6 Classroom
  
Analyzing: Literary Responses
The learner will be able to analyze various literary responses and conclude which literary devices in the text shaped those responses.
Strand Source Activities
Analyzing CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.6 Classroom
  
Metaphor: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the presence of metaphors in the context of reading selections.
Strand Source Activities
Metaphor CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 1.1 Classroom
  
Metaphor: Identify/Poetry
The learner will be able to identify the presence of metaphors in poetry.
Strand Source Activities
Metaphor CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 1.1 Classroom
  
Similes: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the presence of similes in the context of reading selections.
Strand Source Activities
Simile CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 1.1 Classroom
  
Simile: Identify/Poetry
The learner will be able to identify the presence of similes in poetry.
Strand Source Activities
Simile CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 1.1 Classroom
  
Analyze: Relationships/Reading Materials
The learner will be able to analyze cause and effect relationships in reading materials.
Strand Source Activities
Cause/Effect: Analyze CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 2.3 Classroom
  
Recurring: Identify
The learner will be able to identify recurring themes in reading passages.
Strand Source Activities
Themes: Recurring CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.4 Classroom
  
Recurring: Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze recurring themes in reading passages.
Strand Source Activities
Themes: Recurring CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Reading 3.4 Classroom
  
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Vocal Characteristic: Inflection/Varied
The learner will be able to use varied inflections to communicate with others.
Strand Source Activities
Vocal Characteristic CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.6 Classroom
  
Audience: Share Details
The learner will be able to share details, examples, reasons, and descriptions in an effective and persuasive manner suiting a given audience.
Strand Source Activities
Presentation: Audience CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.5 Classroom
  
Audience: Relate/Background
The learner will be able to deliver a presentation that relates to the background of the audience.
Strand Source Activities
Presentation: Audience CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.0 Classroom
  
Audience: Relate/Interests
The learner will be able to deliver a presentation that relates to the interests of the audience.
Strand Source Activities
Presentation: Audience CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.0 Classroom
  
Organization: Patterns
The learner will be able to use language that demonstrates appropriate patterns of organization within the context of delivering a formal presentation.
Strand Source Activities
Presentation: Style/Organization CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 2.0 Classroom
  
General: Focused/Coherent/Clarity
The learner will be able to deliver a focused, coherent presentation which clearly communicates his/her message.
Strand Source Activities
Presentation: General CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.0 Classroom
  
Strategies/Techniques: Practice
The learner will be able to practice effective communication techniques and strategies.
Strand Source Activities
Communication Strategies/Techniques CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.6 Classroom
  
Narrative: Strategy/Dialogue/Suspense
The learner will be able to use a variety of narrative strategies, such as dialogue, suspense, and/or naming of specific narrative action, when delivering a presentation.
Strand Source Activities
Presentation: Narrative CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 2.1.c Classroom
  
Persuasion: Position/Explain
The learner will be able to clearly explain his/her position in a persuasive presentation.
Strand Source Activities
Persuasion CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 2.4.a Classroom
  
Persuasion: Position/Support
The learner will be able to clearly explain points supporting his/her position in order to persuade others.
Strand Source Activities
Persuasion CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Writing 2.4.b, Listening/Speaking 2.4.b Classroom
  
Persuasion: Support/Evidence
The learner will be able to offer evidence to support his/her position in a persuasive presentation.
Strand Source Activities
Persuasion CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Writing 2.4.b Classroom
  
Support: Evidence
The learner will be able to use sufficient evidence to support a topic.
Strand Source Activities
Main Idea/Support CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 2.4.b Classroom
  
Vocal Characteristic: Rate
The learner will be able to use varied rates of speech to communicate with others.
Strand Source Activities
Vocal Characteristic CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 1.6 Classroom
  
General: Cite Sources
The learner will be able to cite reference sources used in an oral presentation.
Strand Source Activities
Presentation: General CA: Content Standards, December 1997, Grade Seven, Listening/Speaking 2.3.d Classroom
  
General: Summary/Paraphrase
The learner will be able to paraphrase while avoiding the actual language of an original work when delivering an oral summary.