Under Construction
PreTests:
- Fact and opinion
- Theme -- explicit or implied ( inference) imply/infer
- Evidence for Theme -- textual Evidence
- Coordinate Adjectives
The Outsiders:
W.7.3b. Use narrative techniques to develop experiences, events, and/or characters
RL.7.1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what text says explicitly & inferences drawn
RL.7.3. Analyze how elements of a story or drama interact
RL.7.6. Analyze how author develops/ contrasts points of view of different characters/narrators in a text
RL.7.7. Compare contrast written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version
RL.7.9. Compare contrast fictional portrayal / historical account of same period; how authors use or alter history
Point of view RL.7.6. Analyze how author develops & contrasts points of view of different characters/narrators in a text
summarizing RL.7.2. Determine theme or central idea of text & analyze development; provide objective summary
RL.7.3. Analyze how elements of a story or drama interact setting influence plot and character
compare and contrast written story to video, etc.
RL.7.7. Compare & contrast written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version
Outsiders
(Novel: The Outsiders
Short Stories
Priscilla and the Wimps elements of literature, finding theme
Drama?
What about book of the month?
Style: formal, informal W.7.1d. Establish and maintain a formal style
Write argument W.7.1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence a-f
Write narrative W.7.3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique
Short research projects W.7.7. Conduct short research projects to answer question, drawing on several sources
citing sources h W.7.6. Use technology to produce & publish writing & link to & cite sources; collaborate with others
Collaborative discussion S&L.7.1. Engage effectively in range of collaborative discussions on grade 7 topics, texts, & issues
building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
evaluating speakers
presenting
research, multi-media, etc.
phrases and clauses
simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex
S&L.7.1a. Explain the function of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences
S&L.7.1b. Choose among simple, compound, complex, & compound-complex sentences to signal ideas
misplaced and dangling modifiers. S&L.7.1c. Place phrases & clauses within sentence, recognizing & correcting misplaced & dangling
modifiers
capitalization, punctuation, and
spelling S&L.7.2. Demonstrate conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, & spelling when writing
S&L.7.2a. Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives
vocabulary
a word’s position or function in a sentence)
grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots
S&L.7.4a. Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase
S&L.7.4b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes & roots as clues to meaning of a word
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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.
