Sixth-Seventh-Eighth Grade: TRACK E Weeks 12-16 Curriculum Calendar

Based on ISAT requirements. Adjust for priorities identified by student assessment data.

Week 12 / Week 13 / Week 14 Thanksgiving / Week 15 / Week 16
Reading Skills
1B Reading Strategy
1C Comprehend Diverse Texts / Re-read to locate information to support an idea or theme.
Summarize 1B 5A / interpret author's choice of words; analyze author’s techniques and relate to purpose
extended response
1B, 2A / Infer meaning of words in
context
Explain how words help communicate theme/idea
Interpret non-literal
language 1BC / Compare theme across stories
analyze author’s use of words, symbols, similes to accomplish purpose
extended response / Explain how to re-read to find information;
Interpret use of words and techniques
Explain and give example of theme
Explain metaphors, similes, symbols with examples
Balanced Literacy
READING LESSON / Note lesson and focus / Note lesson and focus / Note lesson and focus / Note lesson and focus / Apply Reading strategies independently to new selection.
Non-Fiction Reading
Read to learn Goal 5
Each week, students read and write independently about a non-fiction topic.
They use a graphic organizer to analyze it.
Then they write about it. / Read about
Organizer:
Write to explain what you read
__paragraph __essay
__ / Read about
Organizer:
Write to explain what you read
__paragraph __essay
__ / Read about
Organizer:
Write to explain what you read
__paragraph __essay
__ / Read about
Organizer:
Write to explain what you read
__paragraph __essay
__ / Read about
Organizer:
Write to explain what you read
__paragraph __essay
__
Math Focus
List topics/skills based on grade-level requirements. / Topic/Skill
Writing Math
__journal __extended response / Topic/Skill
Writing Math
__journal __extended response / Topic/Skill
Writing Math
__journal __extended response / Topic/Skill
Writing Math
__journal __extended response / Topic/Skill
Writing Math
__journal __extended response
Word Knowledge
Apply vocabulary skills to comprehend selections ILS1A / Multi-meaning words / Paraphrase 4A / Non-literal terms—see
Reading skills (relate to
Thanksgiving poem or
proverbs) / use thesaurus
1B,C, 2A, B / Explain literal, figurative; paraphrase text
Writing
_3A precision
_3B clarity
_3C vary formats / Outline persuasive essay (3B)
clear focus and support / Edit essay for transitions and coherence 3B / Organize/Write poem with vivid language
3C / Organize/Write persuasive essay with focus, support, organization, clear introduction and conclusion 3B / Edit week 15 essay
Write own guide to writing an expository essay.

Sixth-Seventh-Eighth Grade: TRACK E Weeks 17-20 Curriculum Calendar

Based on ISAT requirements. Adjust for priorities identified by student assessment data.

Week 17 / Week 18 / Week 19 / Week 20
Reading Skills
1B Reading Strategy
1C Comprehend Diverse Texts / Identify and organize information in charts, diagrams 5A
Summarize non-fiction 1C
Extended response 1B / Identify main idea in non-fiction text find evidence 1C
Summarize non-fiction 1C
Extended response based on nonfiction. 5A / Infer author’s purpose and analyze techniques author uses to achieve it—examples, tone, setting, characterization, figurative language 1C
Extended response 5A / Analyze a new text for:
Author’s purpose and how the author achieves it, fiction and non-fiction text.
Extended response: recommended to be an extension of that analysis—summarize and respond to message.
Balanced Literacy
READING LESSON / Note lesson and focus / Note lesson and focus / Note lesson and focus / Apply Reading strategies independentlyto new selection, including extended response.
Non-Fiction Reading
Read to learn Goal 5
Each week, students read and write independently about a non-fiction topic.
They use a graphic organizer to analyze it.
Then they write about it. / Read about
Organizer:
Write to explain what you read
__paragraph __essay
__ / Read about
Organizer:
Write to explain what you read
__paragraph __essay
__ / Read about
Organizer:
Write to explain what you read
__paragraph __essay
__ / Read about
Organizer:
Write to explain what you read
__paragraph __essay
__
Math Focus
List topics/skills based on grade-level requirements. / Topic/Skill
Writing Math
__journal __extended response / Topic/Skill
Writing Math
__journal __extended response / Topic/Skill
Writing Math
__journal __extended response / Topic/Skill
Writing Math
__journal __extended response
Word Knowledge
Apply vocabulary skills to comprehend selections ILS1A / Use structure (root) to determine word meaning in text. / Use structure (prefix) to determine word meaning in text. / Use structure (root-prefix-suffix) to determine word meaning in text. / Make explanation/guide to how to use structures to figure out word meaning when reading. (Root, prefix, suffix)
Writing
_3A precision
_3B clarity
_3C vary formats / Outline, draft Persuasive
essay with emphasis on focus and support 3B,C / Revise week 17 essay
with emphasis on focus and support 3B,C
7th and 8th grade persuasive essay test (city-wide) / Outline and write narrative
essay with emphasis on focus support and transitions
3B,C / Edit week 19 essay
write guide to writing/editing an essay.

Center for Urban Education at DePaul University2009