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Single Period Language Arts Curriculum MapGrade 7

Quarter 1: 6 Trait Focus: Ideas, Organization and Conventions

Content, Informational and

Research

Reading, Listening, Speaking,

Collaborating and use of Technology in

Support of Writing

Writing Process, Purpose and Craft

6 Traits

Grammar, Usage and Mechanics(Revising for

Effectiveness)

Assessment

IDEAS: Mentor

Text/Read Aloud: “All Summer in a Day” (PH TE) p.103

Student Text: “The Word on Bullies” (RC) p.21:

Additional Mentor Texts/Read Aloud for IDEAS:“Seventh Grade” and “Melting Pot” (PH TE) p.289

Reader’s Notebook ST, pp. 49-52

Reality Central Writing Journal ST, pp.18-21l

Write a news report

Literary analysis: Setting

Imagine that you write an advice column for your school newspaper

Capitalization Jeff Anderson

PowerPoint slides

PH Writing & Grammar-Capitalization unit

Skills Tutor Level C: Capitalization-10 Lessons

Reality Central: p. 219

Simple Sentences and Fragments:

Jeff Anderson PowerPoint slides

PH Writing & Grammar-

Persuasive: Editorial on School Issues - Think about a controversial issue at your school, such as the price of lunches, the quality of food, class schedules, or attendance policies. Take a stand on a school issue. Write an essay supporting your position.

Strands: Informational Text, Literature, Reading Process, Research, Media and ICT Literacies, Listening, Speaking and Collaborating and Writing

Standards: Text Features, Text Structures, Logic and Rhetoric, Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Literary Response, Reading Comprehension, Word Knowledge, Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Research, Media Literacy, ICT Literacy, Listening, Speaking, Collaborating, Writing Process, Writing Purpose and Writing Craft

Legend: Reality Central Teaching Guide and Resources (RCT), Write Traits Teacher’s Guide, Prentice Hall Literature Teacher Edition (PH TE), Prentice Hall Grammar and Writing with Jeff Anderson Teacher’s Edition , Reader’s Notebook Teaching Guide, Write Traits Kit and student text

PH TE (Prentice Hall Literature Teacher Edition) ST-Student Text RC-Reality Central AnthologyDRAFT


ORGANIZATION: Mentor

Text/Read Aloud: “Conversational Ballgames” (PH TE) p.432

Student Text: “Look Who’s Talking” (RC) p. 81

Mentor Text/Read Aloud: “Amigo Brothers” (PH TE) p.321

Student Text: “Sister Champions” (RC) p. 61

Additional Mentor Text/Read Aloud for ORGANIZATION “Alligator” (PH TE) p.537

Reader’s Notebook ST, pp.183-186

Reality Central Writing Journal ST, pp.74-77


Reality Central Writing Journal ST, pp. 56-59

Writing a Problem and Solution Essay

Design a Checklist (compare and contrast)

Literary Analysis

Writing an Anecdote

Write a short speech

Effectives Sentences unit

Skills Tutor Level C: Lesson 8 and Lesson 9

Reality Central: pp. 216-218

The Coma/Serial Commas:


PH Writing & Grammar-Punctuation unit

Skills Tutor Level C: Lessons 3-6 & 13


Comparison and Contrast: The Book or the Movie? – It’s fascinating to see how screenwriters make a movie from a book. How do they decide what to stress, what to leave out or what to add? Think of a book that has been made into a movie. Write a comparison contrast essay that explains what is similar and what is different from the two. Be sure to discuss which one you enjoyed more and why.


Quarter 2: 6 Trait Focus: Voice, Sentence Fluency and Conventions


Research



Support of Writing


6 Traits


Effectiveness)

Assessment

VOICE:

Mentor Text/Read Aloud: “Letters from Rifka” (PH TE) p.252

Student Text: “Moms and Dads in the Military” (RC) p. 48

Mentor Text/Read Aloud: “How the Snake Got Poison” (PH TE) p. 999

Student Text: “The Irresistible Urban Myth” (RC) p. 188

Additional Mentor Text/ Read Aloud for VOICE: “Dragonwings” (PH TE) p.727 and “Volar to Fly” (PH TE) p.452


Reality Central Writing Journal ST, pp.44-47


Reality Central Writing Journal ST, pp. 176-179

Writing: Journal Entry

Outline

Write a script

Writing a Plot Summary

Three Column Notes

Write a welcome note for web site

Active Voice: Jeff Anderson PowerPoint slides

Expository: Obeying the Law- All people are expected to obey laws at home. School, and in our community. Think of a specific law that you are expected to follow. Write an essay explaining how the law effects you, and why you think it is fair or unfair.


SENTENCE FLUENCY:

Mentor Text/Read Aloud: “Sun and Moon in a Box” (PH TE) p.992

Student Text: “Rebuilding Communities” (RC) p.184

Mentor Text/Read Aloud: “Zoo” (PH TE) p. 340

Student Text: “Two Views of the Zoo” (RC) p.64

Additional Mentor Text/Read Aloud for:“All Together Now” (PH TE) p.494 and “All Stories are Anansi’s” (PH TE) p.1018


Reality Central Writing Journal, pp. 172-175


Reality Central Writing Journal, pp.60-63

Write a plot summary

Write a short, inspiring speech for your community

Writing a letter to the editor

Writing a blog posting for a website

Compound Sentences Jeff Anderson

PowerPoint slides PH Writing &

Grammar: Phrases and Clauses


Apostrophes: Jeff Anderson PH Writing &

Grammar: Punctuation Chapter

Skills Tutor Level C: Punctuation Lesson 7


Writing for Assessment: School Vacations- Opinions vary on whether students should have one long summer vacation each year or several shirt vacations throughout the school year. Which point of view do you agree with? Write an essay explaining why one vacation or many vacations would be the right choice for your school.


Quarter 3: 6 Trait Focus: Word Choice and Conventions


Research



Support of Writing


6 Traits


Effectiveness)

Assessment

WORD CHOICE:

Mentor Text/Read Aloud: “Ribbons” (PH TE) p.346

Student Text: “Either Too Young or Too Old” (RC) p.68

Mentor Text/Read Aloud: “The Eternal Frontier” (PH TE) p.500

Student Text: “The Price of Discovery” (RC) p.96

Additional Mentor Text/ Read Aloud for WORD CHOICE: “The Highwayman” (PH TE) p.630 and “The Luckiest Time of All“ (PH TE) p.62





Create an explanation poster

Write an opinion letter

Write a public service announcement and a persuasive letter

Write a speech and participate in a debate

Verb Choice/Shift in Tense


PH Writing & Grammar: Using Verbs Chapter

Skills Tutor Level C: Usage Lessons 3-5

Reality Central: pp. 198-207

Quotation Mark Dialogue Jeff Anderson

PowerPoint slides PH Writing &

Grammar: Punctuation Chapter

Skills Tutor Level C: Punctuation Lessons 8-12

Reality Central: pp. 222

Descriptive: Think of the most exciting, most enjoyable, or weirdest place you have ever visited. What are the qualities and features that give the place its special character? Write a descriptive essay that will allow a reader to share your impressions of the place.

Workplace Writing: Many students opt to spend their time playing video games or watching TV rather than reading a book. Write a letter to the president of your town’s school board about getting students more interested in reading. Offer ideas on how to get students to choose reading over other types of entertainment.


Poetry Collection I:

Mentor Text/Read Aloud: “Winter” p.594, “Forsythia” p. 595, “Haiku” p.595 (PH TE)

Student Text: “Word on the Wire” (RC)p.116

POETRY COLLECTION II:

Mentor Text/Read Aloud: “Full Fathom Five” p. 658, “Train Tune” p. 659, “Onomatopoeia” p.660 (PH TE)

Student Text: “The Music Mix” (RC) p.132

Additional MentorText/Read Alouds: “Life” p. 604, “Loo-wit” p.606, “One” p.652, “I’m Nobody” p.672, “Jim” p.680 (PH TE)



Reader’s Notebook ST, PP.292-294


Writing lyric poem, concrete poem or haiku

Write a short student guide to responsible cell phone use

Write a poem called “Alliteration”

Write a proposal to your school principal

Response to Literature: Think of a book, short story, essay, or poem that you really liked or disliked. Write a review for your classmates explaining your opinion of the work.Response to Literature: Choose one of the memorable characters in “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan. Write a review of the story in which you discuss the traits that make this character stand out. (* Story is located on p. 259 in PH TE and other supporting materials in the Reader’s Notebook on pp.120-123)


Quarter 4: 6 Trait Focus: Review of all traits and focus on the writing process


Research



Support of Writing


6 Traits


Effectiveness)

Assessment

“Writing Workshop- Research: Research Report” (PH TE) pp. 1040-1049 {Also available using the on-line access pack}

See Collier County Public Schools Pre-Laureate website for resource guide and specific guidelines

Research Process

Creating a Bibliography

Writing a research paper

Grammar Handbook

4th quarter Research Paper and Project

Documents

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