7 ELA Unit 4 Overview

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7th Grade Unit 4: / Accepting Challenges / Suggested Time Frame: / 6 weeks
TAKS Objective: / 1, 3 / TEKS: / 7.12E, 7.9F, 7.2E, 7.14A
Unit Overview
During this unit, students will examine how new experiences become opportunities for discovery as characters make discoveries about themselves, others, and the world around them.
Enduring Understandings
· Actions reveal attitude.
· Life has many challenges.
· Things happen in which we have no control. / Essential Questions
· What does one’s action say about him/her?
· How do challenges develop character?
· How does one deal with adversity and challenges? /

Writing Purpose

í Descriptive Writing
í To help bring writing to life

Focus and Coherence

í Organize details- chronologically, spatially, order of importance
í Use of sensory details
í Show, don’t tell

Writing Organizations

í Spatial Order
í Order of Impression
í Order of Importance
í Refer to page R32 of The Language of Literature book

Depth of Development

í Spatial Order
í Order of Impression
í Order of Importance
í Refer to page R32 of The Language of Literature book

Voice

í Express ideas in a way that shows your individual style
í Choose words that are precise, powerful, and engaging

Conventions of Written Language

í The Sentence and its Parts/ Sentence Structure pgs. 4-5: B 1-12
í Subject/ Verb agreement
Language of Instruction
· images
· metaphors
· mood
· narrative poem
· repetition
· rhyme
· rhythm
· similes
· tone
· word choice
Core Vocabulary
· Vocabulary Workshop units 7, 8, 9
· Wordskills chapters 7, 8
Core Vocabulary List – see Instructional Resources / Relationships and/or Connections that should emerge
· Dealing with challenges connects a person to the world
· A person grows as a result of challenges and adversity
Products students will develop
Select from:
· Poetry anthology
· Epitaphs
· TAKS Composition- score 4
7th Grade Unit 4: / Accepting Challenges / Suggested Time Frame: / 6 weeks
TAKS Objective: / 1, 3 / TEKS: / 7.12E, 7.9F, 7.2E, 7.14A
Unit Overview
During this unit, students will examine how new experiences become opportunities for discovery as characters make discoveries about themselves, others, and the world around them.
Text Resources
The Language of Literature, pages
· 299-303
· 564-570
· 741
· 742
· 459
· 460
· 196
Novel - from the following:
Out of the Dust, Jingo Django, Tom Sawyer, Dogsong, or other novels in your library
Anchor Pieces:
Dr. Seuss books, Nursery Rhymes, Where the Sidewalk Ends, The Giving Tree, The Dog / Enrichment Workstations
Whole group
Small group
Paired learning (partners)
Library
Computer Lab
Technology & Electronic Resources
Other (i.e., Speakers, Field Trips) / Reading Skills/Processes
□ 7.6A
□ 7.6B
□ 7.6C
□ 7.7A
□ 7.7B
□ 7.7C
□ 7.7D
□ 7.7E
□ 7.8A
□ 7.8B
□ 7.8C
□ 7.9A
□ 7.9B
□ 7.9C
□ 7.9D / □ 7.9E
□ 7.9G
□ 7.10A
□ 7.10B
□ 7.10C
□ 7.10D
□ 7.10K
□ 7.10M
□ 7.11A
□ 7.11B
□ 7.11D
□ 7.12B
□ 7.12D
□ 7.12E
□ 7.12F / □ 7.12G
□ 7.12H
□ 7.12I
□ 7.12J
□ 7.13A
□ 7.13B
□ 7.13D
□ 7.13E
□ 7.13G
□ 7.13H
□ 7.13I
□ 7.14A
□ 7.14B
□ 7.14C
Writing Skills/Processes
□ 7.15F
□ 7.15H
□ 7.16A
□ 7.16B
□ 7.16C
□ 7.16D
□ 7.16E
□ 7.16F
□ 7.16G
□ 7.18A
□ 7.18B / □ 7.18C
□ 7.18D
□ 7.18E
□ 7.18F
□ 7.18G
□ 7.18H
□ 7.18I
□ 7.19A
□ 7.19B
□ 7.19C / □ 7.19D
□ 7.19E
□ 7.20B
□ 7.20C
□ 7.20D
□ 7.20E
□ 7.20F
□ 7.21A
□ 7.21B
□ 7.21C
WRITING MINILESSONS: /

NOTES:

/ Method(s) of Assessment
Observation
A Observation evaluated by peers
B Students engaged in learning activities
C Direct questioning
D Observation of performance or process
Constructed Response
I. TEKS Check
II. R2R- School Days: A World of Difference
III. Essay
IV. Research Paper
V. Log / Journal
VI. Story / Play / Poem
VII. Model / Map / Video
VIII. Oral / Visual / Multimedia Presentation
Selected Response
1 Fill-in-the-blank test
2 Matching test
3 Multiple choice test
4 True/False test

Seventh Grade ELA 4th Six Weeks Summary

In this brief summary, dates will fluctuate according to your students, calendar, and special events.

Connections

Suggested: 5 Days

· Skills: Recognizing different forms of literary works: poems, autobiographies, biographies, limericks