| LANGUAGE ARTS
Seventh Grade
READING
The student will develop the reading and listening skills necessary for word
recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and
appreciation of print and nonprint text.
Oral Language/Decoding
1.Organize and share information, stories, experiences, ideas, and feelings
with others.
2.Respond creatively to reading selections (e.g., dramatizations, speeches,
and drawings).
3.Model active listening.
4.Observe rules of public conversation.
5.Deliver an oral presentation using information from any content area and
utilizing visual aids.
6.Ask and answer questions to and from teachers and classmates.
7.Use a variety of nonverbal communication techniques.
8.Read using appropriate pronunciation, expression, rate, pitch, and stress.
9.Read fluently from a variety of texts.
10.Participate in guided reading.
11.Read for a variety of purposes (e.g., information gathering, enjoyment,
and fluency).
12.Adjust speed based on the purpose for reading.
13.Listen to a variety of readings, poetry, and music in order to develop
sound awareness.
14.Analyze the effects of sound (e.g., onomatopoeia, alliteration, accent,
rhyme, and repetition).
15.Analyze patterns of rhyme and rhythm.
Comprehension
1.Utilize reference sources and personal experience to build background
knowledge.
2.Continue to use previously learned strategies to front load text.
3.Derive information from the following text features: timelines, graphs,
headings and subheadings.
4.Make predictions about the outcome of a given passage.
5.Relate text to prior personal experiences or opinions, historical
knowledge, and current events as well as previously read print and nonprint
texts.
6.Formulate clarifying questions for use before, during, or after reading.
7.Adjust predictions as new information is acquired.
8.Continue to predict outcomes, state reasonable generalizations, and draw
conclusions.
9.Use self-monitoring strategies while reading.
10.Read between the lines.
11.Create mental pictures from abstract information.
12.Draw inferences from selected passages.
13.Verify or modify pre-reading purpose as appropriate.
14.Continue to interact with text (e.g., mark the text, use post-it notes).
15.Maintain a personal reading list or reading log/journal.
16.Indicate the sequence of events.
17.Identify the main idea/central element in a reading selection.
18.Select details that support the main idea/central element.
19.Identify the author’s purpose for writing and the reader’s purpose for
reading.
20.Determine the common characteristics of short stories, novels, poetry,
drama, and nonfiction.
21.Discuss similarities and differences in events and characters from
different reading selections.
22.Find support within the reading selection for question responses, ideas,
and opinions.
23.Analyze cause and effect relationships in a given passage.
24.Distinguish between fact and opinion within context.
25. Apply comprehension skills and strategies to content area reading.
26.Summarize and paraphrase selected passages/film clips for discussion
and/or for written assignments/presentations.
27.Make inferences about printed matter and other media.
28.Recognize and use grade appropriate and/or content specific vocabulary
within context.
29.Replace unknown words in context with appropriate synonyms and/or antonyms.
30.Incorporate grade appropriate synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and multiple
meaning words into reading vocabulary and writing.
31.Define significant words to be encountered in the reading.
32.Expand knowledge of root words, prefixes, and suffixes.
33.Decode unknown grade level words in context, using previously learned
strategies, such as analysis of affixes, as aids in determining meaning.
34.Build vocabulary by reading from a wide variety of selections and literary
types.
35.Determine the meaning of unknown words and/or multiple meaning words
through the use of context clues.
36.Determine the meanings of unknown grade level words using context clues,
dictionaries, electronic sources, glossaries, and other resources.
37.Foster word consciousness (word play, word walls, new and unusual words).
38.Use memory devices (rhymes, cartoons) to acquire new words.
39.Select the correct word or phrase to complete an analogy.
40.Include word histories and meaning change as part of vocabulary study.
41.Discover ways by which a language gets new words.
42.Identify words that serve as clues to reveal time periods and cultures.
43.Identify commonly used foreign phrases (e.g., bon voyage; mi casa es su
casa, bon jour, hasta la vista).
44.Identify similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperbole within context.
45.Recognize implied themes.
46.Distinguish between poetry and prose and between biography and
autobiography.
47.Identify the elements found in the exposition (i.e., introduction of
characters, setting, and conflict) of fiction.
48.Identify at least two ways by which an author reveals character traits in
a given passage.
49.Explain the rising action, climax, and falling action of a plot.
50.Identify examples of sound devices (e.g., rhyme, alliteration, slant
rhyme, repetition, and internal rhyme).
51.Identify words and phrases used by authors to create mood to establish a
tone.
52.Compare and contrast elements of plot between or among stories.
53.Identify plot elements in the proper place on a graphic organizer.
54.Identify how point of view (i.e., first person or third person, limited
and omniscient) shapes the plot of the story or the perspective of the
characters and audience.
55.Explore the differences among nonfiction materials (e.g., letters,
memoirs, diaries, journals, autobiographies, biographies, and educational,
informational and technical texts).
56.Identify symbolism, flashback, and foreshadowing, within context.
57.Rank a given set of resources according to reliability.
58.Visit print rich environments (libraries, book fairs).
59.Use personal criteria to select reading material.
60.Use parts of text effectively for learning (title page, preface, and table
of contents).
61.Locate information using key words and headings.
62.Recognize and use appropriate reference sources in various formats
(encyclopedias, card/electronic catalogs, and internet).
63.Use media (internet, CD-ROM) to view, read, and represent information.
64.Use a variety of reference sources (e.g., biographical sketches, letters,
diaries, encyclopedia, and periodicals).
65.Recognize first person point of view.
66.Distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
67.Use word-referenced materials (dictionary, thesaurus).
68.Retrieve, organize, represent, and analyze information to demonstrate
knowledge acquired.
69.Develop and use notes.
70.Analyze the impact of various forms of media on daily life.
71.Identify examples of propaganda techniques (i.e., bandwagon).
72.Recognize implied themes.
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