7 ELA Unit 1 Overview

Longview ISDPage 1

7th Grade Unit 1: / Relationships Growing-Up / Suggested Time Frame: / 6 Weeks
TAKS Objective: / 1, 2, 3, 4 / TEKS: / 7.10A, 7.10B, 7.10C, 7.10D, 7.10E, 7.10F, 7.10G, 7.10H, 7.10L, 7.10M, 7.11C, 7.12A, 7.12F(1), 7.12H, 7.18A
Unit Overview
During this unit, readers explore characters growing up as a result of learning from experience and encountering moments of discovery.
Enduring Understandings

Actions have consequences.
People are afraid of what is different.
People grow from their successes and failures.

/ Essential Questions

In the face of adversity, what causes some people to prevail while others fail?
How does what others think about you affect how you think about yourself?
How does conflict influence an individual’s decisions and actions?
How can a person’s decisions and actions change his/her life?

Writing Purpose

Understanding the principle parts of writing a paper (brainstorming, organizing, writing rough draft, editing, revising, and final draft)

Focus and Coherence

Maintaining focus
Logical flow from opening to conclusion
All sentences address prompt

Writing Organizations

Beginning- introducing the incident including the people and place involved
Middle- describe the incident using descriptive details and dialogue, makes the importance clear
End- tells the outcome or result of the event, presents the writer’s feelings about the experience

Depth of Development

Narrative Expressive
Select and imbed previously taught organizational modes
Perfect individual style
Analyze published work, “A View from the Outside,” ( Literature book page 179)
Replicate author’s style and technique

Voice

Do I really like this paper?
Does this writing sound like me?
How do I want my readers to feel?

Conventions of Written Language

Nouns – pg. 12 E1-2
Pronouns- pg. 14 F1-8
Language of Instruction

author’s purpose
cause/ effect
central conflict
character- main/minor
clarify
connect
evaluate
external conflict
internal conflict
personal essay
plot
predict
question
setting
short stories
visualize

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Workshop- unit 1-2
Word Skills- chapters 1-2

Core Vocabulary List – see Instructional Resources / Relationships and/or Connections that should emerge

Finding common ground between self and characters to help understand text.
Use own experiences to connect to text

Products students will develop
Select from:

Story map for novel
Magazine Ad for “Seventh Grade” (p.27)
Game board for novel
Sack of symbolism
PowerPoint Presentation

Killing Mr. Griffin,
My Louisiana Sky,
Maniac Magee,
Where the Red Fern Grows

/ Workstations
Whole groupSmall groupPaired learning (partners)LibraryComputer Lab

reading skills
word study/ vocabulary station
literature circle/ book club

Technology & Electronic Resources

Electronic Resources

Lit in Performance Thank you, M’am
Thank You, M’am CD Rom
View a clip from the movie “I Am Sam” to go along with My Louisiana Sky.
Seventh Grade CD Rom
Names/Nombres CD Rom
Zebra CD Rom

Other (i.e., Speakers, Field Trips) / Reading Skills/Processes
□7.6A
□7.6B
□7.6C
□7.7A
□7.7B
□7.7C
□7.7D
□7.7E
□7.8A
□7.8B
□7.8C
□7.9A
□7.9B
□7.9C
□7.9D / □7.9E
□7.9G
□7.10A
□7.10B
□7.10C
□7.10D
□7.10K
□7.10M
□7.11A
□7.11B
□7.11D
□7.12B
□7.12D
□7.12E
□7.12F / □7.12G
□7.12H
□7.12I
□7.12J
□7.13A
□7.13B
□7.13D
□7.13E
□7.13G
□7.13H
□7.13I
□7.14A
□7.14B
□7.14C
Writing Skills/Processes
□7.15F
□7.15H
□7.16A
□7.16B
□7.16C
□7.16D
□7.16E
□7.16F
□7.16G
□7.18A
□7.18B / □7.18C
□7.18D
□7.18E
□7.18F
□7.18G
□7.18H
□7.18I
□7.19A
□7.19B
□7.19C / □7.19D
□7.19E
□7.20B
□7.20C
□7.20D
□7.20E
□7.20F
□7.21A
□7.21B
□7.21C
WRITING MINILESSONS /

Graphic Organizers

Narrative Expressive, Language Network, p. 414
Personal Narrative, Language of Literature, p. 178
TAKS Master, p. 104

Short Story, Language Network, p.462

/ Method(s) of Assessment
Observation
AObservation evaluated by peers
BStudents engaged in learning activities
CDirect questioning
DObservation of performance or process
Constructed Response

TEKSCheck
Open-ended
Essay
Research Paper
Log / Journal
Story / Play / Poem
Model / Map / Video
Oral / Visual / Multimedia Presentation

Selected Response
1Fill-in-the-blank test
2Matching test
3Multiple choice test
4True/False test

Seventh Grade ELA 1st Six Weeks Summary

In this brief summary, the dates will fluctuate according to your students, calendar, and special events.

Reflections

Suggested: 2 Days

Establish calendar routine
Reading: “A Day’s Wait”
Skills: main idea, supporting details, summarizing, recalling information, organizing ideas

Suggested: 5 Days

Reading: “7th Grade”
Skills: establish a purpose for reading, context clues
Writing: Brainstorming, prewriting for personal narrative (Language of Literature, p. 178)
Grammar: Nouns and Pronouns- (sample resource Language Network book)

Suggested: 5 Days

Reading: “Thank You, M’am”
Skills: Use knowledge and experience to comprehend, describe mental images that text evokes, analyze characters, internal/external conflicts
Writing: personal narrative
Grammar: Nouns and Pronouns- (sample resource Language Network book)

Suggested: 5 Days

Reading: “Zebra”
Skills: draw inferences based on text information and personal experiences

Writing: editing and revising of personal narrative rough draft
Grammar: Nouns and Pronouns- (sample resource Language Network book)

Suggested: 5 Days

Reading: “Names/Nombres”
Skills: describe how author’s purpose or point of view affects the text
Writing: Rewrite personal narrative and turn in

Grammar: Nouns and Pronouns- (sample resource Language Network book)

Suggested: 5 Days

Reading: “A Crush”
Skills: respond to literature while referring to relevant aspects of text and own experiences
Writing: Writing a response to literature (Language ofLiterature pp. 75-79)

Grammar: Nouns and Pronouns- (sample resource Language Network book)

***Novel Unit will also be taught during this six weeks. Choose from the 7th grade book list.

8/27/2007DRAFT 2