7th Grade Literacy Curriculum Map Unit 1 Unit 5 Unit 4 Unit 3 The Arts (Mapping (Stolen (Your Vote! (Nature’s Your Life) Childhoods) Fury) Your Rights!) Essential What are the How can the How do How do How does Question factors that challenges a writers language characters’ influence family faces describe sociocultural create a affect children natural experiences relationship characters’ decisions and as they grow disasters to shape their between the how do their up? explain their opinions and performer and choices impact causes and contribute to the writer? events and effects? their other behavior? characters? Content The Pigman Nightjohn Super Monster Othello “from Disasters of the Raisin in the Sun Of Mice and War Comes to Scorpions 21st Century” Men Willy Freeman The “from Red Scarf Girl Tears of a Perfect Storm” Tiger Twelve “from Sing Down the “Submerged Angry Men” Moon City” “Call Me Maria” “Democracy” by: Langston “from Hughes “The Road Not Fence” Taken” Behind “from “Democracy” the Beautiful by Sara “My Beloved Holbrook Forevers” World” We a “from “Ain’t I Were There, Woman?” too! Young People in U.S. “Telling Americans to History” Vote, or Else” The “from Diary of Anne Frank”
7th Grade Literacy Curriculum Map Unit 1 (Mapping Your Life) Unit 5 (Stolen Childhoods) Unit 4 (Nature’s Fury) Unit 3 (Your Vote! Your Rights!) The Arts Essential Question What are the factors that influence characters’ decisions and how do their choices impact events and other characters? How can the challenges a family faces affect children as they grow up? How do writers describe natural disasters to explain their causes and effects? How do characters’ sociocultural experiences shape their opinions and contribute to their behavior? How does language create a relationship between the performer and the writer? Content The Pigman Of Mice and Men Tears of a Tiger “Call Me Maria” “The Road Not Taken” “My Beloved World” Nightjohn War Comes to Willy Freeman Red Scarf Girl Sing Down the Moon “from Fence” “from Behind the Beautiful Forevers” “from We Were There, too! Young People in U.S. History” “from The Diary of Anne Frank” “from Super Disasters of the 21st Century” “from The Perfect Storm” “Submerged City” Monster Scorpions “from Twelve Angry Men” “Democracy” by: Langston Hughes “Democracy” by Sara Holbrook “Ain’t I a Woman?” “Telling Americans to Vote, or Else” Othello Raisin in the Sun
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