English Language Arts, Grade 7, 2007
1.)
Apply strategies appropriate to the type of reading material, including
setting purposes for reading and making generalizations, to comprehend
seventh-grade recreational reading materials.
• Distinguishing factual from fictional materials
• Determining sequence of events
• Using specific context clues to determine meaning of unfamiliar words
• Applying self-monitoring strategies for text understanding
• Drawing conclusions to interpret unstated intent
• Analyzing predictions, including confirming and refuting
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2.) Relate literary elements and devices to each
other, including main idea and supporting details, climax, point of
view, and imagery.
• Determining mood
• Recognizing use of flashback
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3.) Distinguish among the major genres, including
poetry, short stories, novels, plays, biographies, and autobiographies,
and subgenres, such as folktales, myths, parables, fables, and science
fiction, based on their characteristics.
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4.) Apply strategies that include setting purposes
for reading, distinguishing fact from opinion, making generalizations,
and reviewing to comprehend informational and functional reading
materials.
• Determining sequence of events to enhance text understanding
• Using specific context clues to determine meaning of unfamiliar words
• Applying self-monitoring strategies for text understanding
• Drawing conclusions to determine unstated intent
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5.) Recognize the use of textual elements, including
main idea and supporting details, to gain information from various text
formats, including graphs.
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6.) Analyze nonfiction, science fiction, mystery or suspense, fantasy, and adventure for distinguishing characteristics.
• Classifying plot elements as exposition or hook, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, or resolution
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7.) Interpret the author's message in various literary, informational, and functional texts.
Examples:
- literary text--nonfiction, science fiction, suspense, fantasy, adventure
- informational and functional text--laws, directions, newspapers, advertisements, Internet sources, pamphlets
• Comparing various types of informational and functional texts
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8.) Compare selections of culturally diverse literature and their characteristics.
Examples: Native American, Hispanic, African American, Indian, European, Asian, Middle Eastern
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9.) Compose in descriptive, narrative, expository,
and persuasive modes with a thesis sentence and introductory,
supporting, and concluding paragraphs when appropriate.
• Using transitional words and phrases for coherence
• Composing various genres of literature by imitating an author's style, form, and purpose
Examples: poetry, short story, folktale, tall tale,
nonfiction, science fiction, suspense, fantasy, adventure, contemporary
realistic fiction, legend, fable, myth
• Using figurative language when writing in various genres
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10.) Apply mechanics in writing, including commas to set off nouns of address and following introductory phrases and clauses.
• Punctuating titles correctly using quotation marks, underlining, or italics
Examples:
- quotation marks--short stories
- underlining or italics--books, magazines, newspapers
• Using semicolons, conjunctive adverbs, and commas to join two independent clauses or to correct run-on sentences
• Demonstrating correct sentence structure by avoiding comma splices
• Using commas to set off nonessential clauses and appositives
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11.) Apply grammar conventions in writing to
pronoun-antecedent agreement and to subject-verb agreement with
inverted word order and with indefinite pronouns as subjects.
• Identifying gerunds, infinitives, and participles in writing
• Using degrees of comparison in writing
Examples: good, better, best; beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful
• Identifying sentence patterns in writing
Examples:
- subject-->verb (S-->V)
- subject-->action verb-->direct object (S-->AV-->DO)
- subject-->action verb-->indirect object-->direct object (S-->AV-->IO-->DO)
- subject-->linking verb-->predicate nominative (S-->LV-->PN)
- subject-->linking verb-->predicate adjective (S-->LV-->PA)
• Using compound and complex sentences in writing
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12.) Cite sources used in the research process.
Examples: author, title, page numbers, date of publication, publisher or uniform resource locator (URL)
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13.) Apply steps in the research process to identify a problem or issue, locate resources and information, and present findings.
• Taking notes to gather and summarize information
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14.) Present findings from inquiry and research using a variety of resources.
Examples: projects, brochures, display boards, speeches, multimedia presentations
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15.) Demonstrate listening skills, including
identifying the main idea, detail, purpose, and bias in group
discussions, public speeches, and media messages.
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