Balanced Literacy & Differentiated Instruction for

Balanced Literacy& Differentiated Instruction

for Canadian 7–8 Classrooms!

7Grade

Grade 7 Sample Yearly Plan

9 Units

September October November December January February March April May June

Behindthe Music

Surviving Extremes

This Is Who I Am

Laugh Out Loud!

Environmental Choices

Follow the Evidence

The Big Picture

MixedMessages

His-tory Comes

Alive

Part 1 Pack Part 2 Pack Part 3 Pack

Framing Ques-tions

What does it take to make it in the music industry?

What can we learn from the extremes of nature?

How do my choices shape me?

What makes something funny?

How easy is it to be green?

What is the role of science in cracking a case?

How can one person make a difference?

What are advertisers really selling?

How do people meet the challenges of tough times?

Reading Strategy

Focus

Using Strategies:self-monitoring

Research: analyzing, making connections, synthesizing

Book Club(all strategies)

Author’s Craft: analyzing, evaluating, makingconnections

Interpret and Respond To Texts: inferring,evaluating,makingconnections

Book Club(all strategies)

Author’s and Illustrator’s Message: inferring, synthesizing, evaluating

Perspective and Bias: predicting, evaluating, inferring

Book Club(all strategies)

Writing Study

Self-Selected Explanation Free Verse Poetry

Short Story PersuasiveArgument (speech)

Procedural Report

Picture Book TV Advertise-ment

Character Interview

Strategy Units and Book Club Units progress in this order.

Modelled

Shared

Guided Practice

Supported Independent

Independent

Turn over to see an example of this model in a unit

The Gradual Release of Support Model

Behind the Music Strategy Unit

Laugh Out Loud! Strategy Unit

The Big Picture Strategy Unit

Environmental Choices Strategy Unit

Mixed Messages Strategy Unit

Surviving Extremes Strategy Unit This Is Who I Am Book Club Unit

Follow the Evidence Book Club Unit

History Comes Alive Book Club Unit

Behind the Music ................. 978-0-7791-9865-8 .......... $200.00• 1 Behind the Music Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: The International School of Music Wants You!) • 1copyof10 Myths and Realities of the Music Industry (newspaper article)• 16 copies of The International School of Music Wants You! (brochure)• 6 copies of Off the Cuff’s Band Blog (blog)• 8 copies of Nimbus Sky Announces Summer Tour (press release) • 8 copies of Ears Wide Open: How I Write a Song (how-to article)• 6 copies of Making Music: How to Produce a Record (flowchart)

Additional 4-Packs •Off the Cuff’s Band Blog . . . . . . . . .978-0-7791-9878-8 . . . . .$19.00 •Nimbus Sky Announces Summer Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9879-5 . . . . .$12.00 •Ears Wide Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9880-1 . . . . .$12.00 •Making Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9881-8 . . . . .$18.00

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Inquiry Question: What does it take to make it in the music industry?Text-Type Writing Study: self-selectedReading Strategy Focus: Using Strategies (self-monitoring)

Audio CD

Guide Modelled Text

1 Shared Text (print)

Laugh Out Loud! .................. 978-0-7791-9867-2 .......... $195.00• 1 Laugh Out Loud! Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: Laugh It Up) • 1copyofThe Day of the Raisin (short story)• 16 copies of Laugh It Up (print website)• 6 copies of If You Can Believe That … (dialogue/monologue)• 8 copies of The Thank-You Letter (letters)• 8 copies of Funny Pages (comics)• 6 copies of Songs in the Key of Funny (lyrics)

Additional 4-Packs •If You Can Believe That . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9886-3 . . . . .$12.00 •The Thank-You Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9887-0 . . . . .$12.00 •Funny Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9888-7 . . . . .$12.00 •Songs in the Key of Funny . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9889-4 . . . . .$12.00

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Guide

Audio CD

1 Shared Text (print)Modelled Text

Inquiry Question: What makes something funny?Text-Type Writing Study: short storyReading Strategy Focus: Author’s Craft: analyzing, evaluating, making connections

The Big Picture ..................... 978-0-7791-9869-6 .......... $405.00• 1 The Big Picture Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: Telling Stories Through Art) • 1copyofNight Boat to Freedom (picture book)• 16 copies of Telling Stories Through Art: Canada’s Own Paul Morin (magazine article)• 6 copies of The Birdman (picture book)• 8 copies of How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball (picture book)• 8 copies of Ghost Train (picture book)• 6 copies of The Lost Island (picture book)

Additional 4-Packs •The Birdman …. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9894-8 . . . . .$39.95 •How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9895-5 . . . . .$43.95 •Ghost Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9896-2 . . . . .$39.50 •The Lost Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9897-9 . . . . .$43.96

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Guide

Audio CD

1 Shared Text (print)Modelled Text

Guided Reading Texts

Guided Reading Texts

Guided Reading Texts

Inquiry Question: How can one person make a difference?Text-Type Writing Study: picture bookReading Strategy Focus: Author’s and Illustrator’s Message: inferring, synthesizing, evaluating

Surviving Extremes ............... 978-0-7791-9866-5 ........ $215.00• 1 Surviving Extremes Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: Scholastic Ask It, Extreme Survival Stories) • 1copyofHunt for the Supertwister (documentary on DVD)• 1 copy of Scholastic Ask It (search results on CD)• 16 copies of Extreme Survival Stories (true stories)• 6 copies of Living Life to the Extremes (poster)• 8 copies of Superhumans take on the elements (newspaper article)• 8 copies of Gearing up for the Cold (guide)• 6copiesofUnderground Adventures

(magazine article)

Additional 4-Packs •Living Life to the Extremes . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9882-5 . . . . .$18.00 •Superhumans take on the elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9884-9 . . . . .$10.00 •Gearing up for the Cold . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9883-2 . . . . .$14.00 •Underground Adventures . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9885-6 . . . . .$19.00

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Modelled Text

DVD CD

2 Shared Texts(digital, print)

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Audio CD

Guided Reading Texts

Guided Reading Texts

Guided Reading Texts

Inquiry Question: What can we learn from the extremes of nature?Text-Type Writing Study: explanationReading Strategy Focus: Research: analyzing, making connections, synthesizing

Guide

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This is Who I Am ................... 978-0-7791-9871-9 .......... $400.00• 1ThisisWhoIAmBookClubGuide• 1AudioCD(fluent Reading: Poet’s Corner, Know Yourself

and Others, Marked)• 1DiscussionDicePack• 1copyofFiregirl (realistic novel)• 1copyof Poet’s Corner (E-zine on CD)• 16copiesofKnow Yourself and Others (magazine article)• 6copiesofMarked (realistic novel)• 8copiesofBrendan Buckley’s Universe

and Everything In It (realistic novel)• 12copiesofRules (realistic novel)• 6copiesofChu Ju’s House (realistic novel)Discussion Dice Pack• Includes5setsof3die(1forbeforereading

and 2 for during/after reading) 978-0-7791-9736-1 ............................$10.00

Audio CD

CD

2 Shared Texts(digital, print)

Additional 4-Packs •Marked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9909-9 . . . . .$39.80 •Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything In It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9912-9 . . . . .$30.00 •Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9910-5 . . . . .$31.95 •Chu Ju’s House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9911-2 . . . . .$37.00

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Supported Independent Reading

Inquiry Question: How do my choices shape me?Text-Type Writing Study: free verse poetry

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Additional 4-Packs •Dusted and Busted! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9901-3 . . . . .$39.95 •Have You Seen This Face? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9902-0 . . . . .$39.95 •Killer Wallpaper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9903-7 . . . . .$39.95 •Guilty by a Hair! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9904-4 . . . . .$39.95

Supported Independent Reading

Supported Independent Reading

Inquiry Question: What is the role of science in cracking a case?Text-Type Writing Study: procedural report

Packages for Convenient ImplementationGrade 7 Complete Pack• Program and Planning Guide• 6 Strategy Units• 3 Book Club Units• Writer’sHandbookPack(16copies)

978-0-7791-9750-7 . . . . . . . . . . .$2,800 .00

Grade 7 Part 1 Pack 978-0-7791-9876-4 . . . . . . . . . . . $815 .00 •IncludesBehindtheMusicStrategyUnit,Surviving

ExtremesStrategyUnit,andThisIsWhoIAm Book Club Unit

Grade 7 Part 2 Pack 978-0-7791-9877-1 . . . . . . . . . . . $860 .00 •IncludesLaughOutLoud!StrategyUnit,

Environmental Choices Strategy Unit, and Follow the Evidence Book Club Unit

Grade 7 Part 3 Pack 978-0-7791-9807-8 . . . . . . . . . . $1025 .00 •IncludesTheBigPictureStrategyUnit,

Mixed Messages Strategy Unit, and HistoryComesAliveBookClubUnit

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Environmental Choices ............... 978-0-7791-9868-9... $225.00• 1 Environmental Choices Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: Culling Kermit, Lighting the Night Sky) • 1copyofIt’s Debatable (radio call-in show on audio CD)• 16 copies of Culling Kermit (newspaper article) • 1 copy of Lighting the Night Sky (photo essay on CD)• 6copiesofTap Water Versus Bottled Water (magazine article)• 8 copies of Paper or Plastic or Cotton? (poster)• 8 copies of One Little Piggy (blog)• 6copiesofOur World (letters to the editor)

Additional 4-Packs •Tap Water Versus Bottled Water . . . . 978-0-7791-9890-0 . . . . .$14.00 •Paper or Plastic or Cotton? . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9891-7 . . . . .$15.00 •One Little Piggy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9892-4 . . . . .$19.00 •Our World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9893-1 . . . . .$10.00

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Above LevelApproaching

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2 Shared Texts(print, digital)

Audio CD

Inquiry Question: How easy is it to be green? Text-Type Writing Study: persuasive argument (speech)Reading Strategy Focus: Interpret and Respond to Texts: inferring, evaluating, making connections

Guide

CD

TURN OVER TO SEE

THIS UNIT IN A CLASSROOM

On Level

Follow the Evidence ........... 978-0-7791-9872-6 .......... $440.00• 1 Follow the Evidence Book Club Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent Reading: FI Case Report, Reality Check, Dusted and Busted!)• 1 copy of Roll Call (science fiction novel)• 16 copies of FI Case Report (procedural report)• 1 copy of Reality Check (digital blog on CD)• 6 copies of Dusted and Busted!: The Science of Fingerprinting (non-fiction book)• 8 copies of Have You Seen This Face? The Work of Forensic Artists (non-fiction book) • 12 copies of Killer Wallpaper: True Cases of Deadly Poisonings (non-fiction book)• 6 copies of Guilty by a Hair!: Real-life DNA Matches! (non-fiction book)

Audio CD

CD

GuideModelled Text 2 Shared Texts

(print, digital)

Modelled/Shared Text

1 Shared Text(digital)

Guide

Audio CD

Inquiry Question: What are advertisers really selling?Text-Type Writing Study: TV AdvertisementReading Strategy Focus: Perspective and Bias: predicting, evaluating, inferring

DVD CD

Mixed Messages ......................... 978-0-7791-9870-2 ..... $210.00• 1 Mixed Messages Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: Deconstruct a Print AD)• 1 copy of Watch This! (TV ads on DVD)• 1copyofDeconstruct a Print AD (WebpageonCD)• 6 copies of You Need This! (timeline)• 8 copies of Power Girls/Game Dudes (e-flyers) • 8 copies of Sitting Pretty or Selling Out? (blog)• 6 copies of Piton Boots (ad pitch)

Additional 4-Packs •You Need This! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9898-6 . . . . .$14.00 •Power Girls/Game Dudes . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9729-3 . . . . .$14.00 •Sitting Pretty or Selling Out?. . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9899-3 . . . . .$20.00 •Piton Boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9900-6 . . . . .$18.00

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Inquiry Question: How do people meet the challenges of tough times?Text-Type Writing Study : character interview

History Comes Alive............ 978-0-7791-9873-3...........$410.00• 1HistoryComesAliveBookClubGuide• 1AudioCD(fluent Reading: Orphan Story Research Notes,

Wharf Watch, Camp X)• 1copyofThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (historical novel)• 16copiesOrphan Story Research Notes (primary documents)• 1copyofWharf Watch(WebpageonCD)• 6copiesofCamp X (historical novel)• 8copiesofThe Wadjet Eye (historical novel)• 12copiesofElephant Run (historical novel)• 6copiesofA Circle of Silver (historical novel)

2 Shared Texts(print, digital)

Modelled Text

Audio CD

DVD

Guide

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Additional 4-Packs •Camp X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9905-1 . . . . .$36.95 •The Wadjet Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9906-8 . . . . .$27.80 •Elephant Run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9907-5 . . . . .$31.00 •A Circle of Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9908-2 . . . . .$39.80

Program and Planning Guide978-0-7791-9798-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85 .00

Includes: •112-page Program and Planning Guide•Professional Development DVD demonstrating Stepping Up in the classroom •4 Benchmark Texts

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DVDWriter’s Handbook 16–Pack• 16 copies978-0-7791-9874-0 . . . . . . . .$40 .00

CD

On-line supportfor Teachers and Students

On-line supportfor Teachers and Students

On-line supportfor Teachers and Students

On-line supportfor Teachers and Students

On-line supportfor Teachers and Students

On-line supportfor Teachers and Students

On-line supportfor Teachers and Students

On-line supportfor Teachers and Students

On-line supportfor Teachers and Students

environmental Choices Strategy UnitFollow Along as Teachers Use This Unit in the Classroom

7Grade

Build background knowledge and introduce the comprehensionfocus(InterpretandRespondtoText).

Wholeclasslessons,creating anchor

charts

Students read text in partners

Insmallgroupsstudentssharewhattheyhavelearnedin the guided reading lessons and revisit the inquiry question

Revisitthementortextandmake notes

Students explore oral presentations and then present their own speech

Teacher models the planning and organizing stage

Teacher does modelled/shared lessons for the other stages of the writing process

Follow with guided/independent writing for each stage of

the writing process

Students plan and organizetheir texts

FinalDiscussiononInquiryQuestion:how easy is it to be green?

WholeclassreadingonSMARTBoardorscreen

Pause point for discussion

Group Students According To Their Needs

Students finish reading and respond to text

Students read text Students return to guided reading groups to share

responses

Group discusses text

Discuss issues and respond to the text in whole group

Oral Strategy: Value Line (discuss, debate, defend your position)Introduceandthen

playtheRadio Call-InShow

Discuss the issues of theRadio

Call-InShow

“IAgree”group “I’mundecided”group “Idisagree”group

Introducetheinquiryquestion—Howeasyisittobegreen?

Modelled Text

Shared reading–Partner Share

Guided reading

Text-Type Writing Study—Persuasive argument

Jigsaw Group discussions

Sharing Persuasive Speeches with Class

Shared reading–Whole Class

Whole Class Wrap Up

Teacher provides overview, activates background knowledge, supports, and challenges students in guided

reading session

around the Classroom

Environmental Choices ReaderResponses

Environmental Student Slogans

Student Environmental Statements Student“CooltoBeGreen”Concept InquiryBasedResearchChart ReadAloudFishFarmingDiscussionQuestionsChart

OpportunityFor

Assessment

OpportunityFor

Assessment

OpportunityFor

Assessment

OpportunityFor

Assessment

OpportunityFor

Assessment

Take Time for Word Work Mini-Lessons

Take Time for Word WorkMini-Lessons

Other students work on guided reading follow-up, word

and vocabulary lessons, and independent reading

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Don’t forget to watch the Strategy Unit section of the DVD found in the Program

and Planning Guide!

Radio Call-In Show

(Audio CD)

Newspaper Article

Photo Essay

(CD)

Read the Strategy Guide and the unit texts

Introduce the Unit