English Language Arts Grade 7 Year Plan Sample Time Frame and Context, Theme, Comprehend and Respond Focus Compose and Create Focus Assess and Reflect Resources Division ELA Unit Type and Big Ideas Focus Assessments September Context: Personal CR7.1 View, listen to, read, CC7.1 Create various visual, oral, AR7.1 Set and Literacy in Action – October (approx. and Philosophical comprehend, and respond to a written, and multimedia achieve short-term My Choice, My – 8 weeks) variety of texts that address (including digital) texts that and long-term goals Voice Theme: Find Your identity. explore identity. to improve viewing, Find Your Own Own Path listening, reading, Path Thematic CR7.2 Select and use CC7.3 Select and use the representing, Big Ideas: appropriate strategies to appropriate strategies to speaking, and Who do you construct meaning before, communicate meaning before, writing strategies. admire and during, and after during, and after respect? Why? viewing, listening, and reading. speaking, writing and other AR7.2 Appraise When are you at representing activities. own and others’ your best? What CR7.3 Use syntactic, work for clarity and are you semantic/lexical/morphological, CC7.4 Use syntactical, correctness. What would graphophonic cues semantic/lexical/morphological, to construct happen if you used graphophonic, to construct and all of your natural and confirm meaning when to communicate meaning. talent? What viewing, listening, and reading. makes CC7.5 Create and present a participating in an CR7.4 View and demonstrate variety of representations activity appealing? comprehension and including visual and multimedia When and how interpretation of visual and presentations multimedia texts with does an activity or and enhance communication with challenge bring out specific features and complex ideas appropriate graphic the best in you? including the visual components of organizers, charts, circle graphs, media. What do you need timelines, maps, and sound effects. from others to do your personal CR7.5 Listen critically to CC7.6 Use oral language to best? Are you understand and analyze oral interact purposefully and information and ideas from a wide currently doing appropriately with others in your best? What do range of texts. pairs, small groups, you need to do so and large group situations. you will have no CR7.6 Read and demonstrate comprehension and regrets? CC7.7 Use oral language to interpretation of grade- effectively express information
English Language Arts Grade 7 Year Plan Sample Time Frame and Unit Type Context, Theme, and Big Ideas Comprehend and Respond Focus Compose and Create Focus Assess and Reflect Focus Resources Division ELA Assessments September – October (approx. 8 weeks) Thematic Context: Personal and Philosophical Theme: Find Your Own Path Big Ideas: Who do you admire and respect? Why? When are you at your best? What are you What would happen if you used all of your natural talent? What makes participating in an activity appealing? When and how does an activity or challenge bring out the best in you? What do you need from others to do your personal best? Are you currently doing your best? What do you need to do so you will have no regrets? CR7.1 View, listen to, read, comprehend, and respond to a variety of texts that address identity. CR7.2 Select and use appropriate strategies to construct meaning before, during, and after viewing, listening, and reading. CR7.3 Use syntactic, semantic/lexical/morphological, graphophonic cues to construct and confirm meaning when viewing, listening, and reading. CR7.4 View and demonstrate comprehension and interpretation of visual and multimedia texts with specific features and complex ideas including the visual components of media. CR7.5 Listen critically to understand and analyze oral information and ideas from a wide range of texts. CR7.6 Read and demonstrate comprehension and interpretation of grade- CC7.1 Create various visual, oral, written, and multimedia (including digital) texts that explore identity. CC7.3 Select and use the appropriate strategies to communicate meaning before, during, and after speaking, writing and other representing activities. CC7.4 Use syntactical, semantic/lexical/morphological, graphophonic, to construct and to communicate meaning. CC7.5 Create and present a variety of representations including visual and multimedia presentations and enhance communication with appropriate graphic organizers, charts, circle graphs, timelines, maps, and sound effects. CC7.6 Use oral language to interact purposefully and appropriately with others in pairs, small groups, and large group situations. CC7.7 Use oral language to effectively express information AR7.1 Set and achieve short-term and long-term goals to improve viewing, listening, reading, representing, speaking, and writing strategies. AR7.2 Appraise own and others’ work for clarity and correctness. Literacy in Action – My Choice, My Voice Find Your Own Path
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