Middle School Language Arts, 7th Grade Standards

WORKING DOCUMENT

Standards / Washington State Grade Level Expectations / Classroom Based Assessment / District Common Assessments / Gifted Curriculum Extensions / Resources
Vocabulary skills
  • Use prefixes, suffixes to analyze meaning
  • Develop strategies to learn new words—including content area vocabulary
  • Understand multiple meanings of words
  • Apply dictionary skills
/ Reading
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.3.1
1.3.2
3.2.2 / Weekly vocabulary work based on reading / Literature anthology
Novels and nonfiction literature circle selections
Words, Words, Words
Fluency
  • Read unfamiliar grade-level text at 145-155 words per minute
  • Adjust reading rate for purpose and difficulty
/ Reading
1.4.2
1.4.3 / District fluency test given three times a year: November, February, and May. Fluency rate of 150 words per minute by year end. Suggested to phase in 2007-08 with 2 assessments / Timed Readings
DRA
Comprehension skills and monitoring strategies, used before, during and after reading
  • context clues
  • prior knowledge
  • text features
  • questions
  • summarizing
/ Reading
1.2.1 2.1.6
1.2.2 2.1.7
2.1.3 2.2.1
2.1.4 2.2.2
2.1.5 2.2.4 / Practice with a variety of strategies and ability to create own graphic organizer
Use of signal words in reading and writing / DRP level of 53 on Winter testing / Text Forms and Features
Literature anthology
Novels and nonfiction literature circle selections
Teaching Students to Read Nonfiction
Literary elements
  • Terms
plot
setting
foreshadowing
point of view
characterization
conflict
theme
irony
sarcasm
mood
personification*
simile*
metaphor*
humor*
idiom*
imagery*
exaggeration*
dialog*
* review from 5th grade
  • Recognize genre and cultural characteristics in literature
/ Reading
2.2.3
2.3.1
2.3.3
4.2.1 / Apply literary elements to own writing
Use the vocabulary of literature in classroom discussions / Baseline writing assessment
Literary analysis--expository / Literature anthology
Novels and nonfiction literature circle selections
Genre and cultural perspectives
  • Identify cultural points of view
  • Recognize recurring themes across genres, cultures, and historical periods
/ Reading
3.4.2
3.2.3 / Integrated into social studies curriculum through the reading of fiction and non-fiction selections / Literature anthology
Writing modes
  • Narrative
  • Persuasive
  • Expository
  • Journals
  • Technical
/ Writing
2.1.1
2.2.1
2.3.1
2.4.1 / Argument
Recommendation
Advertisements
Journal / Editorial or Letter to Editor or business letter / Writing to Persuade and Inform
Response Journals
Prompted to Write
Writing process
  • Use all steps in the writing process
  • Evaluate own and others’ work through effective feedback on editing and revision worksheets.
  • Set goals for improvement
/ Writing
1.1.1 3.2.3
1.2.1 3.3.2
1.3.1 3.3.3
1.4.1 3.3.6
1.5.1 3.3.7
1.6.1 4.1.1
1.6.2 4.1.2
1.6.3 4.2.1
3.1.1
3.1.2
3.2.1
3.2.2 / Revising and Editing
Writing rubrics
Grammar Plan Book
Goal setting forms
Research Skills / Social studies CBA / Social Studies CBA—identify which parts will be required / District Research Scope and Sequence
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing / Research based oral presentations
Active participation inclassroom discussion
Mass media review / Mass media review, Writing to Persuade and Inform
District speaking rubric
Thinking Skills
Summarizing
Analyzing
Inference
Fact and opinion
Evaluation / Reading
2.3.1 2.4.4
2.3.2 2.4.5
2.3.3 2.4.6
2.4.1 2.4.7
2.4.2 3.1.1
2.4.3 / Social studies CBA / District Thinking Skills Resources

7th Grade Portfolio Contents (to be used in conjunction with student lead conferences and advisory activities):

  1. Goal setting

Primary Student Texts

Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: Silver Level. Prentice Hall, 2000 (anthology)

Miscellaneous novels and non-fiction

Timed Readings

Teacher Resources—see professional library list in Language Arts notebook

2007-08