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7th Grade English/Language Arts
Pike County Schools Standards Mastery Document
7th Grade English/Language Arts
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Table of Contents
Reading Literature 1
Reading Informational 11
Writing 22
Speaking and Listening 28
Language 35
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Reading Literature
Anchor Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical
inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support
conclusions drawn from the text.
Enduring Skills: Make logical inferences from complex text (Citing Textual Evidence).
Standard: R.L.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
Know: What content does the student
need to know to demonstrate this standard? How can I Identify
inferences from a text? Identify explicit
information from a text. Recognize credible
resource/sources.
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Analyze what a text says
explicitly. Formulate inferences from
textual material. Cite resources that support
analysis of a text.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard?
Students correctly analyze
a text for explicit information while formulating inferences and citing resources that support analysis of a text.
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation, collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Reading Literature Anchor Standard 2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course the text; provide an objective summary of the text. Enduring Skill: Summarize key details and ideas of complex text (Determine central ideas; write an objective summary). Standard: R.L.7.2 Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development, summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Know: What content does the student
need to know to demonstrate this standard? Can you recognize the
theme and central idea? Can you identify
supporting details? Can you develop an
objective summary?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate? Analyze supporting details
used to determine theme or central idea.
Distinguish between textual facts and opinions.
Formulate a summary based on facts from the text.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard?
Identify a main idea or
theme; examine how the author introduces and develops this idea or theme through specific details and summarize the text without commenting on or evaluating it.
What key idea and theme does the author introduce and develop?
What specific details does the author use to convey this idea?
What details and facts must a summary of the text include (that offer no opinion or judgment)?
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Reading Literature
Anchor Standard 3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact
over the course of the text.
Enduring Skills: Analyze individuals, events, and ideas throughout complex text (Analyze details
in a text).
Standard: R.L.7.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how
setting shapes the characters or plot).
Know: What content does the student
need to know to demonstrate this standard? Can you describe
elements of story or drama?
Can you identify changes and interactions in elements?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate? Analyze how a change in
one element shapes another and how elements interact.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard?
Students will clearly
analyze a text to identify changes in elements of the story and the interactions of those elements.
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation, collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Reading Literature
Anchor Standard 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. Enduring Skills: Interpret words and phrases to comprehend text independently (Interpret
words and phrases).
Standard: R.L.7.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative and connotative meaning; analyze the impact of rhymes and other
repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a
story or drama.
Know: What content does the student
need to know to demonstrate this standard?
Can you identify words and phrases, figurative words and phrases, and connotative words and phrases in a text?
Can you identify examples of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds, including alliteration, on a specific verse or stanza of a poem, or a section of a story or drama?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Interpret the meaning of words and phrases, including figurative and connotative meanings, as used in a text.
Analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds, including alliteration, on a specific verse or stanza of a poem, or a section of a story or drama.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard? Students will correctly
interpret figurative and connotative word meanings as used in text.
Students will analyze the impact of rhyming repetition of sounds, and alliteration, as used in a poem, story, or drama.
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation, collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Reading Literature
Anchor Standard 5: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences,
paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to
each other and the whole.
Enduring Skills: Analyze text structure.
Standard: R.L.7.5: Analyze how a drama's or poem's form of structure (e.g. soliloquy, sonnet)
contributes to its meaning.
Know: What content does the student
need to know to demonstrate this standard? Can you identify the
poetic elements that contribute to form/structure?
Can you identify the form/structure of various types of poetry and drama?
Can you explain the meaning of a poem?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate? Analyze the structure of a
drama or poem. Analyze the relationship
between the poem/drama’s form and structure.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard? Students will correctly
analyze the relationship between structure, meaning, and form of a drama or poem.
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation, collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Reading Literature
Anchor Standard 6: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. Enduring Skills: Determine point of view or purpose of a text.
Standard: R.L.7.6 Analyze how an author develops and contrasts points of view of different
characters or narrators in a text.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate this standard? Can you define analysis? Can you identify
strategies the author uses to contrast points of view of different characters or narrators?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Define analysis. Identify strategies the
author uses to contrast points of view of different characters or narrators and cite textual evidence as proof.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard? Students will correctly
identify details and examples in a text that supports how an author develops, and contrasts points of view of different characters or narrators in a single text.
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation, collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Reading Literature
Anchor Standard 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats,
including visually and quantitatively, as well as words.
Enduring Skills: Evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats to comprehend
complex text (Integrate information).
Standard: R.L.7.7 Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed,
staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g.,
lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
Know: What content does the student
need to know to demonstrate this standard?
Can you identify various mediums?
Can you recognize: multimedia versions film stage?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Analyze the effects of various medium techniques on written text: stories, dramas, and poems.
Analyze the effects of various medium techniques on: audio film stage multimedia.
Determine similarities of text (story, drama, poem) to media (audio, film, stage, multimedia).
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard?
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation, collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Reading Literature
Anchor Standard 8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text,
including the validity of the reasoning as well as the reasoning as well as the relevance and
sufficiency of the evidence.
Enduring Skills: --
Standard: R.L.7.8 (Not applicable for Literary Texts)
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Reading Literature
Anchor Standard 9: Analyze how two or more text address similar themes or topics in order to
build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
Enduring Skills: Analyze how two or more text address similar themes or topics.
Standard: R.L.7.9 Compare and contrast fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a
historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or
alter history.
Know: What content does the student
need to know to demonstrate this standard? Can you identify a time,
place, and character that is portrayed in a historical account and a fictional work?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate? Compare and contrast a
time, place and character that is portrayed in a historical account and a fictional work.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard?
Students will compare and
contrast the historical portrayal of time, place, or character as to how each are altered in a literary work.
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Reading Literature Anchor Standard 10: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. Enduring Skills: Read and comprehend complex texts. Standard: R.L.7.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
Know: What content does the student
need to know to demonstrate this standard? Can you identify and
understand in literary text:
o key Ideas and details
o craft and structure o integration of
knowledge and ideas at appropriate complexity
(Qualitative, Quantitative and Reader and Task) as seen in Standards 1-9 with scaffolding as necessary
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Identify/understand in
literary text: o key Ideas and
details o craft and structure o integration of
knowledge and ideas at appropriate complexity
(Qualitative, Quantitative and Reader and Task) as seen in Standards 1-9 with scaffolding as necessary
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard? Read a range of literary
texts-fiction, poetry, and drama-within the grades 6-8 text complexity band, receiving help only when needed as they reach the high end of the 6-8 complexity band.
How complex is the text? How much more complex
is this text? What sort of support, if
any, would help?
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Reading Informational
Anchor Standard 1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical
inferences from it; cite specific textual when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn
from the text.
Enduring Skills: Make logical inferences from complex text (Citing Textual Evidence).
Standard: (RI.7.1) Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as the inferences drawn from the text.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is text evidence?
What is an inference?
What is a credible
resource/source?
What is explicit
information from the
text?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Read closely to
determine several pieces
of textual evidence to
support analysis of what
the text says explicitly.
Close read a text in order
to draw an inference
using prior knowledge
(what they already know)
and details from the text.
Cite credible
resources/sources that
support analysis of a text.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard?
Students can correctly
identify several pieces of
relevant textual evidence to
support an inference.
Students can correctly gather
more than one piece of
evidence from credible
resources/sources.
Students use prior
knowledge and multiple
details from the text to write
an informational paragraph
making a logical inference.
Students support their
inference in their paragraph
with more than one piece
textual evidence.
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Reading Informational
Anchor Standard 2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Enduring Skills: Summarize key details and ideas of complex text (Determine central ideas;
write an objective summary).
Standard: (RI.7.2) Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is central idea/main idea?
What are supporting
details?
What is an objective
summary?
How are objective
summaries recognized?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Analyze a text to
determine two or more
central ideas/main ideas
(may be either stated in
the text or implied) and
how these are developed
over the course of a text.
Identify details that
support two or more
central ideas/main ideas
that develop over the
course of a text.
Provide an objective
(non-biased/free from
opinions) summary of a
text.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard?
Students correctly
identify two or more
central/main ideas of a
text.
Students can identify
details that strongly
support two or more
central/main ideas of a
text.
Students can recognize
how the central/ main
ideas develop
throughout a text.
Students write an
objective (non-
biased/free from
opinions) summary that
accurately records the
key ideas of a text while
demonstrating their
understanding.
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Reading Informational
Anchor Standard 3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Enduring Skills: Analyze individuals, events, and ideas throughout complex text (Interactions in
a text).
Standard: (RI.7.3) 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).
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is an anecdote? Who are the key
individuals in a text? What are the key events
in a text? What are the key ideas in
a text? How do ideas influence
individuals or events? How do individuals
influence ideas or events?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Read a text to first identify the key individuals, ideas, and events.
Identify how pieces of information in a text (examples, anecdotes, etc.) develop and support the individuals and events.
Identify the relationships between the key individuals, events, or ideas.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Students can answer the following questions either in class discussion or writing:
o Why did the author choose to write about the person, event, or idea this way?
o How does an individual in a text influence the ideas or events in a text?
o Is the author portraying the subject in a positive, negative, or neutral light?
o Is he or she trying to be as emotionless as possible, or is he or she trying to appeal to the
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reader's emotions?
o Does the description use examples, anecdotes, and statistics?
Students correctly use graphic organizers to record the relationships between individuals, events, or ideas.
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Reading Informational
Anchor Standard 4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
Enduring Skills: Interpret words and phrases to comprehend text independently (Identifying the
meaning of words and phrases).
Standard: (RI.7.4) Determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is figurative language?
What is connotative
language?
What is denotative
language?
What is technical
language?
How does a specific word
choice impact the
meaning and tone?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Identify words/language
as figurative,
connotative, denotative,
and technical.
Determine the meaning
of unfamiliar/unknown
words or phrases as they
are used in a text by
strategies such as using
contextual clues.
Analyze how a specific
word choice impacts the
meaning and tone in a
text.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Students correctly
identify words/language
as figurative,
connotative, denotative,
and technical.
Students correctly
determine the meaning
of words or phrases as
they are used in a text.
Students use the words
correctly in writing or
speaking.
Students correctly
identify how word choice
impacts the meaning and
tone within a text
through guided reading
practice.
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Reading Informational
Anchor Standard 5: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
Enduring Skills: Analyze text structure.
Standard: (RI.7.5) Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of ideas.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is text structure?
What is chronology?
What is
compare/contrast?
What is cause/effect?
What is
problem/solution?
What are the major
sections in a text?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
In a text, identify the text
structure.
Analyze the sequence of
events and chronologic
order.
Analyze the causes and
their effects.
Analyze the problems
and their solutions.
Analyze the similarities
and differences.
Identify the transition
words that signal a
specific text structure.
Identify the major
sections in a text and
describe how these
sections contribute to
the overall development
of ideas.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard?
Given a text, students can
correctly identify the text
structure (chronology,
compare/contrast,
cause/effect, and
problem/solution).
Students can support their
reasoning with evidence
(sentences, paragraphs,
chapters, or sections) from
the text.
Students can explain how that
particular sentence,
paragraph, chapter, or section
contributes to the overall
structure of the text and
contributes to the
development of ideas.
Students can support their
reasoning with evidence from
the text.
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Reading Informational
Anchor Standard 6: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Enduring Skills: Determine the Point of View or Purpose of a text.
Standard: (RI.7.6) Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is author’s point of
view?
What is author’s
purpose?
o Persuade
o Inform
o Entertain
o Explain
o Describe
How does an author
distinguish his or her
point of view from that
of others?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Determine the author’s
point of view or
perspective of a topic or
subject.
Determine the author’s
purpose for writing a
text.
Determining how an
author’s point of view or
perspective is different
from another author’s
point of view or
perspective in a text.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard?
Students correctly determine
author’s point of
view/perspective of a
topic/subject and use
details/examples to explain
how the author conveys this
through the text.
Students correctly determine
author’s purpose and use
details or examples to explain
how the author conveys this
through the text.
Students correctly identify
how the author’s point of view
is different from the opinion of
others.
Students read several pieces of
informational text with similar
topics and note the differences
between each author’s
opinions.
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Reading Informational
Anchor Standard 7: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
Enduring Skills: Evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats to comprehend
complex text. (Integrate information)
Standard: (RI.7.7) Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is compare and contrast?
How do the various types of media portray the subject?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Compare and contrast texts across genres.
Gather information from various media sources to compare and contrast a topic or issue.
Show how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard?
Students use diverse media to compare/ contrast texts across various genres on the same theme/topic.
Students gather information from various media sources to gain insight into a topic.
Students integrate several pieces of information in order to understand a topic/ issue.
Students analyze how a text is portrayed in a variety of different mediums (text, audio, multimedia, etc.)
Students use a Venn diagram to compare/ contrast how a particular text is conveyed in more than one medium.
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Reading Informational
Anchor Standard 8: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Enduring Skills: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in complex text
(Evaluate claims and arguments).
Standard: (RI.7.8) 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.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is an argument?
What is a claim?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Identify
claims/arguments that
are supported by reasons
and evidence from claims
that are not.
Identify relevant reasons
and evidence that
supports a
claim/argument.
Identify reasons and
evidence that do not
support a
claim/argument.
Identify evidence that is relevant and sufficient to support the claim/argument.
Evaluate if the reasons given to support a claim/argument are strong and clear.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Students can correctly
determine if there is
enough evidence to
make a particular claim
valid.
Students can answer the
following questions in
discussion or writing:
o Is the evidence
relevant to the
claim/argument?
o Is there enough
evidence to
support the
claim/argument?
o Does the author provide strong reasoning to support the claim/argument?
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Reading Informational
Anchor Standard 9: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
Enduring Skills: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics.
Standard: (RI.7.9) Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic share their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is compare and
contrast?
How do two or more
different authors present
the same topic
differently?
How do two or more
different authors use
different evidence to
describe the same topic?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Compare and contrast
the common events in
texts written by different
authors.
Identify the different
evidence that each
author uses to present
common events.
Identify how different
authors provide different
interpretations of similar
facts.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Students can compare
and contrast the
common events in texts
written by different
authors to view the
similarities and
differences of how
information is presented.
Students can read two or
more texts addressing
the same topic and
compare and contrast
how each author
interprets the
information differently.
Students make text-to-
text connections with
texts comparing and
contrasting various
themes and topics.
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Reading Informational
Anchor Standard 10: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational text independently and proficiently.
Enduring Skills: Read and comprehend complex texts.
Standard: (RI.7.10) By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed, at the high end of the range.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is literary
nonfiction?
o Expository/Exposition
o Argument
o Functional Text
What is an informational
text?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Read and comprehend
literary nonfiction in the
grades 6-8-text
complexity band
proficiently.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Students can read literary
nonfiction and answer
comprehension based
questions related to the
text.
Students can determine
when they are not
comprehending and/or
making meaning, and will
be able to apply
appropriate strategies to
increase comprehension
when faced with a
difficult text.
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Writing
Anchor Standard 1: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or
texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
Enduring Skills: Write arguments to support claims.
Standard: W.7.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is a claim?
What is an opposing claim?
What are supporting and logical reasons and evidence?
What are accurate credible sources?
What accurate credible sources and information can be used to support the claim?
What words, phrases, and clauses clarify the relationships and recreate cohesion among the claims and reasons?
What is the formal style for writing an argument?
What is a concluding statement that supports the argument?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Read argumentative writing pieces in order to identify quality examples of this type of writing and be able to identify claims and supporting evidence along with counterclaims with supporting evidence and organize them in a logical order.
Discuss different sides of an issue. (Whole group discussion)
T-chart for each side of the argument, and use evidence to support that side of the argument, or other Graphic organizers.
Write a 3.8 paragraph stating and supporting the side they agree with.
Write a 3.8 paragraph stating and supporting the opposing side of the argument.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Write an argumentative paragraph.
Assessment requiring students to correctly identify the claim, the counterclaim, and the supporting evidence for each.
Write an argumentative essay, speech, or letter.
Debate (Notes)
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Use the prewriting strategy for writing (W-W-W), and hashtag method to brainstorm reasons and support. Use the last column in the hashtag for the counterclaim.
Write an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
Use words, phrases, and clauses to connect their writing.
Use facts rather than emotional appeal, and overgeneralizations to prove their points.
Find accurate credible resources to use to provide relevant evidence.
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Writing
Anchor Standard 2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas
and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and
analysis of content.
Enduring Skills: Write informative/explanatory texts to convey ideas and information.
Standard: W.7.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas
and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and
analysis of the content.
Know: What content does the student
need to know to demonstrate this standard?
Identify the following:
o A topic o Domain specific
vocabulary o Precise vocabulary o An effective,
supportive conclusion that follows and supports the information or explanation presented
Identify and recognize:
o Definition o Classification o Comparison/contrast o Cause/effect o Strategies o Text features
(graphics, charts, tables, multimedia)
Select appropriate:
o Facts o Definitions o Concrete details
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Determine which of the
following strategies is
most effective to further
develop a topic:
o Definitions o Classification o Comparison/contrast o Cause/effect
Determine when to
include:
o Formatting o Graphics o Multimedia to aid
comprehension Determine how to
organize:
o Ideas o Concepts o Information
Develop the topic, using:
o Facts o Definitions o Concrete details
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the standard?
Write
informative/explanatory
texts to:
o Examine a topic o Convey ideas o Convey concepts o Convey information
through: 1. Text selection
2. Organization
3. Analysis of
relevant content
Introduce, preview, and
develop a topic with:
o Relevant fact
o Definitions
o Concrete details
o Quotations
o Examples
o Other information
Organize:
o Ideas
o Concepts
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o Quotations o Examples
Recognize formal style
and tone.
Recognize and select
appropriate transitions.
o Quotations o Examples o Other information
Select appropriate
transitions to create
cohesion.
Determine:
o Precise language o Domain specific
vocabulary Establish and maintain a
formal style.
Determine a supportive
concluding statement that
follows from the
information or
explanation presented.
o Information
Use strategies such as:
o Definitions
o Classification
o Comparison/contrast
o Cause/effect
Use:
o Formatting
o Graphics
o Multimedia when
useful in aiding
comprehension
o Appropriate
transitions to clarify
the relationship
among ideas and
create cohesion
o Precise language and
domain specific
vocabulary to inform
or explain the text
Provide a supportive,
concluding statement that
follows from the
information or
explanation presented.
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Writing
Anchor Standard 3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using
effective technique, well-chosen details and well-structured event sequences.
Enduring Skills: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences.
Standard: W.7.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using
effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is a character?
How is the point of view established?
What are narrative techniques?
What is dialogue and how is it used in a text?
How can transitional phrases, words, and clauses be used to shift from one time frame or setting to another?
What is sensory language and how is it used to capture the action of the passage?
What makes a good conclusion that reflects on the narrated experiences or events?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Identify characteristics of narrative writing.
Write a dialogue between characters using correct punctuation and capitalization.
Use the Narrative Writing Plan organizer.
Use varying points of view to describe a common event.
Describe an event using sensory details.
Write an engaging story to grab a reader's attention.
Write a short descriptive paragraph about a person.
Use sequential order to describe and capture the action of an event.
Understand the different purposes of narratives.
Identify the elements of a story using narratives.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Write a well-developed narrative of a real or imagined experience.
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Develop a controlling idea.
Select and incorporate relevant details.
Write a reflective conclusion.
Students will use writing techniques to incorporate suspense or conflict.
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Speaking and Listening
Anchor Standard 1: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and
collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly
and persuasively.
Enduring Skills: Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and
collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly
and persuasively.
Standard SL 7.1: Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in
groups, and teacher led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on
others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study;
explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue
to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.
b. Follow rules for collegial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines,
and define individual roles as needed.
c. 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.
d. Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their
own views.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
Can you identify key ideas from reading material or research?
Can you describe components of a collegial discussion and planning?
Can you recognize key ideas and new information posed during discussions?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Engage in a variety of discussions by listening and sharing acquired and prior knowledge of grade 7 topics and texts.
Demonstrate collegial rules during discussion.
Articulate personal ideas clearly.
Reflect on discussion topics using evidence
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Be prepared to participate in various discussions, collaborating and discussing other's ideas, cite evidence during discussion, and adhere to goals and guidelines.
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation,
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from the text and/or research.
Track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, defining individual roles as needed.
Justify ideas and responses shared with evidence from text or research and modify when warranted.
collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Speaking and Listening
Anchor Standard 2: Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally. Enduring Skills: Use digital media and visual displays to enhance presentations and
communicate effectively.
Standard SL 7.2: 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.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to
demonstrate this standard?
Can you identify main details and supporting details that contribute to the: topic text or issue of study of various media formats?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, and orally).
Explain how the ideas clarify the: topic text issue under study.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Break down the main ideas and their supporting details to reveal their relationship as presented in different media and formats (e.g. visual, oral, quantitative), describing how these ideas improve others' understanding of a topic, text, or issue being studied.
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation, collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Speaking and Listening
Anchor Standard 3: Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and
rhetoric.
Enduring Skills: Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric.
Standard SL 7. 3: Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness
of the reasoning and the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
Can you define and identify: sound reasoning arguments, reasons, relevant evidence, and sufficient evidence claims?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims.
Evaluate: the soundness of the speaker’s reasoning, relevance, and sufficiency of the speaker’s evidence.
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
After listening to a speaker, students report back in great detail the arguments of that speaker as well as the specific claims made. In recounting this speech, students then determine how strong and logical the reasoning of those claims was and whether the speaker offered sufficient evidence in support of claims that were also relevant to the purpose.
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation, collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Speaking and Listening
Anchor Standard 4: Present information, findings and supporting evidence such that listeners
can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate
to the task, purpose, and audience.
Enduring Skills: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can
follow the line of reasoning, and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to
task, purpose, and audience.
Standard SL 7. 4: 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.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
Can you identify claims/findings?
Can you identify salient points?
Can you identify: appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Determine salient points
and pertinent: descriptions facts details examples Sequence the following in a focused, coherent manner: claims findings salient points pertinent descriptions facts details and examples.
Present claims and findings, emphasize salient points, present information in a focused, coherent manner, including: pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples.
Demonstrate: appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Present claims and conclusions, focusing on the major ideas in a way that improves coherence, adding relevant descriptions, details, facts, and examples, while using appropriate eye contact, volume, and pronunciation.
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation, collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Speaking and Listening
Anchor Standard 5: Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express
information and enhance understanding of presentations.
Enduring Skills: Use digital media and visual displays to enhance presentations and
communicate effectively.
Standard SL. 7.5: Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations to
clarify claims and findings and emphasize salient points.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
Can you recognize claims, findings, and salient points?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Use multimedia components/visual displays in a presentation to clarify claims, findings, and emphasize salient points.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Design and deliver presentations that incorporate multimedia components (e.g. audio, graphics, images, music, or sound) and visual displays of information (e.g. charts, graphs, or infographics) to explain claims and findings, while also stressing essential ideas.
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation, collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Speaking and Listening
Anchor Standard 6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks,
demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Enduring Skills: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and communicative tasks, demonstrating
command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Standard SL 7. 6: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of
formal English when indicated or appropriate. (See grade 7 Language standards 1 and 3 for
specific expectations.)
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
Can you describe formal and informal settings, qualities of formal speech, and qualities of informal speech?
(The underpinning
knowledge targets are found
in Language Standards 1 and
3)
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Determine if formal or informal speech is appropriate in the context of a given situation.
Adapt speech to a given context or task when speaking.
Demonstrate correct use of formal, Standard English when speaking.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Decide what to say and how to say it, adjusting their voice and style to suit the occasion, purpose, and audience, while always modeling their command of formal English when it is appropriate.
(Products of mastery include: writing, oral presentation, collaborative discussion, summative assessment, etc.)
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Language
Anchor Standard 1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
Enduring Skills: Demonstrate command of English grammar and usage.
Standard: (L.7.1) Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
a. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.
b. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
c. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is a phrase?
What is a clause?
What is the function of a
specific phrase in a
sentence?
What is the function of a
specific clause in a
sentence?
What are simple
sentences?
What are compound
sentences?
What are complex
sentences?
What are compound-
complex sentences?
What are dangling
modifiers?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Explain the function of
phrases and clauses in
general and their function
in specific sentences.
Choose among simple,
compound, complex, and
compound-complex
sentences (to show
different types of text
structure signaling different
relationships among
ideas)?
Place a phrase within a
sentence to correct a
dangling modifier.
Place a clause within a
sentence to correct a
dangling modifier.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Students demonstrate
command of the
conventions of Standard
English grammar and
usage when writing or
speaking by:
a. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in a specific sentence.
b. Choose among simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal differing relationships among ideas.
c. Place phrases and clause within a sentence to correct a dangling modifier.
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Language
ANCHOR STANDARD 2: Demonstrate command of the convention of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Enduring Skills: Demonstrate command of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling.
Standard: (L.7.2) Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
a. Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old [,] green shirt).
b. Spell correctly.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is a coordinate
adjective?
What punctuation is used
with coordinate
adjectives?
What are the rules for
spelling correctly?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Students will
demonstrate the use of
commas to separate
coordinate adjectives.
Recall and apply spelling
rules.
Identify and correct
misspelled words.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Students demonstrate
command of the
conventions of Standard
English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling
when writing by:
a. Using a comma to separate coordinate adjectives.
b. Spelling correctly.
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Language
Anchor Standard 3: Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
Enduring Skills: Vary sentence patterns.
Standard: (L.7.3) Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What is precise
language?
What is concise
language?
What is wordiness in
writing, speaking,
reading, or listening?
What is redundancy in
writing, speaking,
reading, or listening?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Choose/use precise
language when writing,
speaking, reading, or
listening.
Choose/use concise
language when writing,
speaking, reading, or
listening.
Eliminate wordiness in
writing, speaking,
reading, or listening.
Eliminate redundancy in
writing, speaking,
reading, or listening.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Students use knowledge
of language and its
conventions when
writing, speaking, reading
or listening by:
a. Choosing language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely.
b. Recognizing and eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
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Language
Anchor Standard 4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level reading and content.
Enduring Skills: Determine the meaning of unknown words.
Standard: (L.7.4) -based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
a. Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
c. Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
d. Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What are multiple-
meaning words and
phrases?
What are common
context clues in text
(e.g., overall meaning of
sentence or paragraph, a
word’s position in a
sentence, a word’s
function in a sentence)?
What are Greek affixes
and roots?
What are Latin affixes
and roots?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Use context to
determine the meaning
of a word or phrase.
Use common, grade-
appropriate Greek and
Latin affixes as clues to
the meaning of a word.
Consult general and
specialized reference
material.
Verify preliminary
determination of the
meaning of a word or
phrase by checking
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Students determine or
clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-
meaning words and phrases
based on grade 7 reading
and content, choosing
flexibly from a range of
strategies by:
a. Using context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence)
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What are reference
materials; print and
digital (e.g., dictionaries,
glossaries, thesauruses)?
inferred meaning in
context or a dictionary.
as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
b. Using common, grade-appropriate Greek and Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
c. Consulting general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
d. Verifying the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
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Language
Anchor Standard 5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationship, and nuances in word meanings.
Enduring Skills: Understand Figurative Language.
Standard: (L.7.5) Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
a. Interpret figures of speech (e.g., literary, biblical, and mythological allusions) in context. b. Use the relationships between particular words (e.g., synonym/antonym, analogy) to
better understand each of the words. c. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations
(definitions) (e.g., refined, respectful, polite, diplomatic, condescending).
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What are figures of speech?
How do I use word
relationships to better
understand (e.g.,
synonym/antonym,
analogy)?
What are connotations?
What are denotations?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Identify figures of speech
in context.
Interpret figures of
speech in context.
Use relationships
between particular
words.
Identify connotations of
words with similar
denotations.
Distinguish among
connotations of words
with similar denotations.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Students demonstrate
understanding of
figurative language, word
relationships, and
nuances in word
meanings by:
a. Interpreting figures of
speech (e.g., literary,
biblical, and
mythological
allusions) in context.
b. Using the
relationships
between particular
words (e.g.,
synonym/antonym,
analogy) to better
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understand each of
the words.
c. Distinguishing among
the connotations
(associations) of
words with similar
denotations
(definitions) (e.g.,
refined, respectful,
polite, diplomatic,
condescending).
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Anchor Standard 6: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain -specific words and phrases sufficient for reading, writing, speaking and listening at the college and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Enduring Skills: Use grade appropriate words and phrases.
Standard: (L.7.6) Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Know: What content does the
student need to know to demonstrate
this standard?
What are general
academic words and
phrases?
What are domain-specific
words and phrases?
What reference
resources can you use to
gather vocabulary
knowledge?
Do: What skill must the student
demonstrate?
Acquire grade-
appropriate general
academic and domain-
specific words and
phrases.
Accurately use grade-
appropriate and domain-
specific words and
phrases.
Gather vocabulary
knowledge by consulting
reference materials (e.g.,
dictionaries, glossaries,
thesauruses), both print
and digital to find the
pronunciation of a word
or to determine or clarify
its precise meaning.
Mastery: How does the student
demonstrate the learning of the
standard?
Students acquire and use
accurately grade-
appropriate general
academic and domain-
specific words and
phrases.
Students gather
vocabulary knowledge
when considering a word
or phrase important to
comprehension or
expression.