Course Description
Open to: 7 One Year Course
Prerequisite: None
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
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Scope & Sequence
Course overview, concepts, resources, and supplemental materials for this curriculum
Grade 7 Concepts
and Vocabulary for Idaho Content Standards in Language
Arts
Copyright
Resources
Standards Matrix
| Unit 1 |
Reading Process |
| Unit 2 |
Comprehension/Interpretation |
| Unit 3 |
Communication |
Assessment
Correlation acronyms key
Language Arts Department web
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Unit
1 |
Reading Process |
Ongoing |
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Instructional Objective
0711.1 Acquire concepts about text |
Standard Reference
7.LA.1.2 Reading Process |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence |
Assessment Correlation |
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1 |
Apply knowledge of organizational structures
to understand information in text. |
Quarter 2-4 |
TMA, EOC, ISAT |
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2 |
Apply specific features of text to understand
a selection including preface and appendix |
Quarter 1 |
TMA, EOC, ISAT |
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3 |
Interpret graphic features of text to clarify
and extend meaning. |
Quarter 1, 2 |
TMA, EOC, ISAT |
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Instructional Objective
0711.2 Acquire decoding skills using word
parts |
Standard Reference
7.LA.1.4 Reading Process |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence |
Assessment Correlation |
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1 |
Apply root words, prefixes and suffixes, including
Greek and Latin derivatives to decode complex
words. |
Year-long |
TMA, EOC, ISAT |
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2 |
Read abbreviations appropriate to grade level. |
Year-long |
TMA |
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Instructional Objective
0711.3 Acquire decoding skills using syllabication |
Standard Reference
7.LA.1.5 Reading Process |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence |
Assessment Correlation |
|
1 |
Apply spelling and syllabication rules to decode
unknown words. |
Year-long |
TMA, ISAT |
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Instructional Objective
0711.4 Acquire decoding skills using context |
Standard Reference
7.LA.1.6 Reading Process |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence |
Assessment Correlation |
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1 |
Use context clues to aid in decoding new words. |
Year-long |
TMA, EOC, ISAT |
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Instructional Objective
0711.5 Acquire fluency |
Standard Reference
7.LA.1.7 Reading Process |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence |
Assessment Correlation |
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1 |
Read grade-level- appropriate text with fluency
and accuracy from at least 150 correct words
per minute (Hasbrouck& Tindal). |
Year-long |
TMA |
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Instructional Objective
0711.6 Vocabulary and concept development |
Standard Reference
7.LA.1.8 Reading Process |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence |
Assessment Correlation |
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1 |
Apply origins of root words, prefixes, and suffixes
to determine the meaning of unknown words. |
Year-long |
TMA, EOC, ISAT |
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2 |
Explain relationships among words including
connotation/denotation, antonyms, synonyms, and
words with multiple meanings. |
Year-long |
TMA, EOC, ISAT |
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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 |
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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 |
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Instructional Objective
0711.7 Acquire strategies and skill for comprehending
text |
Standard Reference
7.LA.2.1
Comprehension/Interpretation |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource
Reference in Scope / Sequence
|
Assessment Correlation |
|
1 |
Evaluate the purpose and use of various texts. |
Year-long |
TMA |
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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 |
|
Instructional Objective
0711.8 Acquire skills to comprehend expository
text |
Standard Reference
7.LA.2.2
Comprehension/Interpretation |
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No. |
Performance Objective |
Resource Reference in Scope / Sequence |
Assessment Correlation |
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1 |
Analyze expository text structure to extend
comprehension. |
Quarter 1, 2 |
TMA, EOC, ISAT |
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2 |
Generate how, why, and what-if questions for
interpreting expository texts. |
Quarter 1, 2 |
TMA |
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3 |
Summarize the main idea (literal or inferential)
and critical details of expository text. |
Quarter 2, 3 |
TMA, EOC, ISAT |
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4 |
Follow multi-step written directions. |
Year-long |
TMA |
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Instructional Objective
0711.9 Acquire skills for comprehending literary
text |
Standard Reference
7.LA.2.3
Comprehension/Interpretation |
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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 |
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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 |
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6 |
Analyze the themes of various genres.. |
Year-long |
TMA, EOC, ISAT |
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7 |
Identify literary devices (e.g., onomatopoeia,
hyperbole, imagery) to increase comprehension. |
Quarter 3 |
TMA, EOC, ISAT |
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8 |
Orally respond to an author’s style of writing. |
Year-long |
TMA, TO |
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Instructional Objective
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 |
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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 |
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Instructional Objective
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 |
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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 |
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Instructional Objective
0711.12 Acquire viewing skills |
Standard Reference
7.LA.6.3 Communications |
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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 |
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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 |
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4 |
Evaluate the purpose, organization, content,
and delivery of verbal communication and non-verbal
cues |
Year-long |
TMA,TO |
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5 |
Apply technical skills to produce visuals that
communicate to the audience. |
Quarter 3, 4 |
TMA,TO |
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