Language Arts - Reading 7

District Course #0711

Course Description

Students will be exposed to a wide variety of literature and encouraged to read for both pleasure and information, as well as to reinforce and expand critical reading skills across the curriculum. Genre instruction will include fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, mystery, poetry, myths, fables, and legends. Students will receive instruction on study skills, library and research skills, and vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension development.

Literature Lists

Word Parts

Scope & Sequence
Course overview, concepts, resources, and supplemental materials for this curriculum

ISAT Language Usage Vocabulary
ISAT Reading Vocabulary

Copyright Resources

Standards Matrix

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Unit 1

Reading Process

Ongoing

0711.1 Acquire concepts about text

Standard Reference
7.LA.1.2 Reading Process

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence

Assessment Correlation

1

Apply knowledge of organizational structures to understand information in text.

Quarter 2-4

TMA, EOC, ISAT

2

Apply specific features of text to understand a selection including preface and appendix

Quarter 1

TMA, EOC, ISAT

3

Interpret graphic features of text to clarify and extend meaning.

Quarter 1, 2

TMA, EOC, ISAT

0711.2 Acquire decoding skills using word parts

Standard Reference
7.LA.1.4 Reading Process

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence

Assessment Correlation

1

Apply root words, prefixes and suffixes, including Greek and Latin derivatives to decode complex words.

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

2

Read abbreviations appropriate to grade level.

Year-long

TMA

0711.3 Acquire decoding skills using syllabication

Standard Reference
7.LA.1.5 Reading Process

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence

Assessment Correlation

1

Apply spelling and syllabication rules to decode unknown words.

Year-long

TMA, ISAT

0711.4 Acquire decoding skills using context

Standard Reference
7.LA.1.6 Reading Process

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence

Assessment Correlation

1

Use context clues to aid in decoding new words.

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

0711.5 Acquire fluency

Standard Reference
7.LA.1.7 Reading Process

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence

Assessment Correlation

1

Read grade-level- appropriate text with fluency and accuracy from at least 150 correct words per minute (Hasbrouck& Tindal).

Year-long

TMA

0711.6 Vocabulary and concept development

Standard Reference
7.LA.1.8 Reading Process

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence

Assessment Correlation

1

Apply origins of root words, prefixes, and suffixes to determine the meaning of unknown words.

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

2

Explain relationships among words including connotation/denotation, antonyms, synonyms, and words with multiple meanings.

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

3

Use prior knowledge, the text, context clues, and graphic features of text to predict, clarify, and/or expand word meanings and concepts..

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

4

Clarify pronunciations, meanings, alternate word choices, parts of speech, and etymology of words using the dictionary, thesaurus, glossary and technology sources.

Year-long

TMA, TO

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Unit 2

Comprehension/Interpretation

Ongoing

0711.7 Acquire strategies and skill for comprehending text

Standard Reference
7.LA.2.1
Comprehension/Interpretation

No.

Performance Objective

Assessment Correlation

1

Evaluate the purpose and use of various texts.

Year-long

TMA

2

Distinguish cause and effect relationships in text to gain meaning.

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

3

Make inferences, draw conclusions and form opinions based on information gathered from text and cite evidence to support.

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

0711.8 Acquire skills to comprehend expository text

Standard Reference
7.LA.2.2
Comprehension/Interpretation

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence

Assessment Correlation

1

Analyze expository text structure to extend comprehension.

Quarter 1, 2

TMA, EOC, ISAT

2

Generate how, why, and what-if questions for interpreting expository texts.

Quarter 1, 2

TMA

3

Summarize the main idea (literal or inferential) and critical details of expository text.

Quarter 2, 3

TMA, EOC, ISAT

4

Follow multi-step written directions.

Year-long

TMA

0711.9 Acquire skills for comprehending literary text

Standard Reference
7.LA.2.3
Comprehension/Interpretation

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence

Assessment Correlation

1

Read and respond to literature from a variety of genres, including poetry.

Quarter 1, 3, 4

TMA, EOC, ISAT

2

Analyze characterization as shown through a character’s thoughts, words, speech patterns, and actions; the narrator’s description; and the thoughts, words, and actions of other characters.

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

3

Explain the influence of setting on mood, character and plot of the story.

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

4

Analyze plot development, including types of conflict.

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

5

Recognize points of view (e.g., first person, third person limited and omniscient).

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

6

Analyze the themes of various genres..

Year-long

TMA, EOC, ISAT

7

Identify literary devices (e.g., onomatopoeia, hyperbole, imagery) to increase comprehension.

Quarter 3

TMA, EOC, ISAT

8

Orally respond to an author’s style of writing.

Year-long

TMA, TO

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Unit 3

Communication

Ongoing

0711.10 Acquire listening skills

Standard Reference
7.LA.6.1 Communications

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence

Assessment Correlation

1

Develop appropriate interpersonal listening skills (e.g., eye contact, body language).

Year-long

TMA, TO

2

Listen critically to determine the speaker’s attitude toward the subject.

Quarter 3, 4

TMA, TO

3

Listen attentively to make informal decisions about purpose, content, organization, and delivery of verbal communication and nonverbal cues.

Year-long

TMA, TO

4

Listen to acquire and summarize information from a variety of sources.

Year-long

TMA, TO

0711.11 Acquire speaking skills

Standard Reference
7.LA.6.2 Communications

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence

Assessment Correlation

1

Ask questions to elicit information, including evidence to support a speaker’s position.

Year-long

TO

2

Deliver informative presentations that:
-Organize and deliver relevant information about a focused topic.
-Appeal to the background and interests of the audience.
-Use a range of appropriate strategies to make the presentation engaging to the audience.

Quarter 3, 4

TMA, TO

3

Organize oral presentations to maintain a clear focus.

Quarter 3, 4

TMA, TO

4

Deliver narrative presentations that include sensory details and establish a context, plot, and point of view.

Quarter 3, 4

TMA, TO

5

Use speaking techniques that include effective verbal and non-verbal communication.

Year-long

TMA, TO

6

Deliver oral response to literature that:
-Interpret a reading and provide insight.
-Connect personal responses to the writer’s techniques and to specific textual references.

Year-long

TMA, TO

0711.12 Acquire viewing skills

Standard Reference
7.LA.6.3 Communications

No.

Performance Objective

Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence

Assessment Correlation

1

View media to analyze as source for information entertainment, and persuasion appropriate to grade level.

Year-long

TMA, TO

2

Demonstrate understanding of graphics, pictures, and charts appropriate to grade level.

Quarter 1, 2

TMA,EOC, ISAT

3

Evaluate the role of media in focusing people’s attention on events and in forming their opinions on issues

Quarter 2, 4

TMA

4

Evaluate the purpose, organization, content, and delivery of verbal communication and non-verbal cues

Year-long

TMA,TO

5

Apply technical skills to produce visuals that communicate to the audience.

Quarter 3, 4

TMA,TO