7th Grade Language Arts
First Semester Pacing Guide 2016-2017
*This is a working document/guide for the teacher. Also, the teacher reserves the right and flexibility to alter this guide as needed to assist the students’ learning ability as necessary
Date / SkillsAugust 1-5 / Welcome back and team building activities
August 8-12 / Construct a 7 sentence paragraph, use descriptive language to describe images, Quick Write (Use…What Shall I Write resource book-see P. Thompson for resource), vocabulary 1
August 15-19 / Pre-Assessment (iRespond), story elements to create a narrative writing, Quick Write, introduce dialogue used in a narrative, vocabulary 2
August 22-26 / Revisit the 5 story elements, revisit dialogue used in a narrative, use Flocabulary to review the elements of a story, introduce a narrative graphic organizer, sensory details, complete story maps, vocabulary 3
August 29-2 / Descriptive language, sensory details, Introduce Thinking Bubbles, Display a shoe and have students to use their imagination of what could become of the shoe (teacher will model thinking aloud using her imagination), Use the prewriting stage (brainstorming) graphic organizer to begin creating an outline of a narrative on (The Magical Flying Shoe), vocabulary 4
September 5- 9 / Run-On sentences, fragments, The writing process (focus on the prewriting and drafting stages), continue narrative writing on the Magical Shoe, sensory details, guide students’ ideas and organization for writing, vocabulary 5
September 12-16 / COGAT & IOWA Testing, personal narratives
September 19-23 / Personal narratives, voc. 6, independent and dependent clauses, dialogue
September 26-30 / Fall Break
October 3-7 / Informational writing, draw evidence from the text to support analysis ,voc. 7,commas used to 2 join independent clauses, adjectives clauses
October 10-14 / Informational writing, draw evidence from the text to support analysis,adjectives clauses, adverb clauses, simple sentences, common nouns, voc. 8
October 17-21 / Informational Writing , draw evidence from the text to support analysis, constructed response(RACE Strategy), explain how ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue, compound sentences,concrete & abstract nouns, voc. 9
Conference week
October 24-28 / Informational Writing , draw evidence from the text to support analysis, constructed response (RACE Strategy), explain how ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue, complex sentences, collective nouns, voc. 10
October 31-November 4 / Argumentative writing, trace & evaluate & support claims in a text , assess whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims, constructed response, compound-complex sentences, singular nouns, voc.11
November 7-11 / Argumentative Writing,debates, trace & evaluate & support claims in a text , assess whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims, extended response, sentences (simple & compound), voc.12, plural nouns, Nov. 8 Student Holiday & Election Day
November 14-18 / Argumentative writing, debates, trace & evaluate & support claims in a text , assess whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims, complex compound-complex sentences, voc. 13, singular & plural nouns, (suggestion--- How-to-Paragraph of preparing a turkey for Thanksgiving---kid’s version)
November 21-25 / Thanksgiving Break
November 28-December 2 / Quick write, friendly letter writing, spell words correctly (ELAGSE7L2), possessive nouns, voc. 14
December 5-9 / Friendly letter writing,spell words correctly, How-To-Paragraphs of kids’ choice of topic, possessive nouns, voc. 15
December 12-16 / Business letter writing, compound nouns, prepositions, Grammar in Social Studies p. 50& 51 (McDougal Littell Grammar for Writing), voc. 16
December 19-23 / Business letter writing, prepositions (homework---learn preposition list provided), review compound nouns, social studies article, voc. 17 Dec. 22-23 Holiday
December 26-30 / Holiday Break