Maya Angelou and Michael Set Questions Tone Standards L.7.6 SL.7.1 L.7.6 Writing to Compare (from Mom & Me & Mom and Learning to Love My Mother) essay Standards RI.7.7 W.7.9 W.7.9.b Mother-Daughter Drawings Mica and Myla Hendricks Gallery Present and Discuss Review and Synthesize Vocabulary: Composition Light and shadow Perspective Speaking and Listening: Multimedia Slideshow Standards L.7.6 SL.7.2 SL.7.1 SL.7.1.a SL.7.5 L.7.6 Mother to Son Langston Hughes To James Frank Horne Poetry Collection Context Clues Figurative Language: Symbolism Symbol Theme Make inferences Words that express fast, forceful, or sudden movement and create an overall sense of momentum: flung catapulted lurched Connotation and Denotation Author’s Style: Rhythm and Repetition Writing to Sources: Narrative Poem
Simile Metaphor Personification submerged forlorn canals immense atmosphere mosaic Adverbs Positive degree Comparative degree Superlative degree Standards RL.7.4 L.7.5 L.7.5.a L.7.4 L.7.5 L.7.1 Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed Ray Bradbury Radio Play Media Vocabulary: Sound effects Human voice Silence Standards SL.7.2 Writing to Compare (Dark They Were Short Story and Radio Play) essay Standards RL.7.7 W.7.2 W.7.2.a W.7.2.b W.7.2.d W.7.2.f W.7.9.a Danger! This Mission to Mars Could Bore You to Death! News Article Informative Writing Words related to boredom: chronic Latin prefix: sub- Conventions: Action Verbs and Linking Verbs Blog Post Visual Presentation
Maggie Koerth-Baker stimulus subconsciously excruciatingly monotony catastrophic Verb Action verb Linking verb Standards RI.7.5 L.7.4 L.7.6 L.7.1 W.7.1.a W.7.1.b W.7.1.d W.7.1.e W.7.7 SL.7.4 SL.7.5 Performance Task: Writing Focus Write an Argument Prompt: Do the benefits of exploring Mars outweigh the risks? Language Development: Conventions Standards: W.7.1, W.7.1.a-e, W.7.5, W.7.10, L.7.1, L.7.2, L.7.3, L.7.3a Learning Title and Author Genre Pre-reading Vocabulary Skill Analyze and Structure Concept Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Writing to Sources / Speaking and Listening / Research Future of Space Exploration Could See Humans on Mars, Alien Planets Nola Taylor Redd News Article Context Clues Development of Ideas: Text Structure Words that relate to space exploration and travel: Colonize Planetary Interstellar Latin suffix -ary Conventions: Principal Parts of Verbs Verb Present Present participle Past Past participle Verb phrase Speaking and Listening: Multimedia Presentation
Standards L.7.4.a RI.7.5 L.7.4 L.7.4.b SL.7.1 L.7.1 W.7.7 W.7.8 SL.7.5 The Last Dog Katherine Paterson Story Context Clues Conflict and Resolution Conflict Internal conflict External conflict Resolution Words that all relate to life outside the dome: threatening extinct mutation Suffix: -tion Conventions: Simple and Compound Subjects and Predicates Writing to Sources: Revised Ending Standards L.7.4.a RL.7.3 L.7.4 L.7.4.a L.7.5 L.7.5.a L.7.1 L.7.3 L.7.3.a W.7.3 W.7.3.b W.7.3.e W.7.10 Ellen Ochoa: Director, Johnson Space Center Ochoa, Ph.D. Video Technical Vocabulary: aptitude calculus mission control Speaking and Listening: Group Biography Discussion Standards L.7.6 SL.7.1 SL.7.1.a–d Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Future of U.S. Space Exploration After Curiosity Keith Wagstaff Interview Base words Evaluate Argument and Claims Words having to do with business ventures: Cede Enterprise Capitalistic Words Conventions: Sentence Functions and End Marks Research: Research Project Standards L.7.4 RI.7.4 RI.7.6 L.7.4 L.7.4.c L.7.1 L.7.2 W.7.2 W.7.7
Standards RL.7.3 RL.7.5 L.7.4.b L.7.1 A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act II Israel Horovitz Drama Stage Directions Script Dialogue Stage direction relate to Scrooge’s transforming character and personality: Parallel Altered Strive Dispelled Earnest Infinitely Greek Prefix: para Conventions: Sentence Structures Simple sentence Compound sentence Complex sentence Compound-complex sentences Independent clauses Essay Costume Plan Standards RL.7.3 RL.7.5 L.7.4.b L.7.4.c L.7.1.b W.7.2.a–f W.7.7 SL.7.4 SL.7.5 from Scrooge directed by Henry Edwards Film Media Vocabulary: Screenplay Director Performance Editing Standards L.7.6 Writing to Compare (A Christmas Carol and from Scrooge)
Standards RL.7.7 SL.7.1.a–d SL.7.2 Performance Task: Writing Mode: Explanatory Essay Prompt: How does Scrooge’s character transform over the course of the play? Language Development: Conventions Standards: W.7.2, W.7.2.a-f, W.7.5, W.7.6, W.7.10, L.7.1, L.7.1.b, L.7.3, L.7.3.a, Small-Group Learning and Author Genre Pre-reading Vocabulary Skill Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Media Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources / Speaking and Listening / Research Thank You, M’am Langston Hughes Story Context Clues Analyze Craft and Structure: Plot Exposition Rising action Climax Falling action Resolution Words that are related to the initial meeting between the two characters Permit Release Contact Conventions: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases Preposition Prepositional phrase Object of the preposition Writing to Sources: Journal Entry Standards L.7.4.a RL.7.3 L.7.4.c L.7.5 L.7.1.a W.7.3 W.7.3.b W.7.3.d from An American Childhood Annie Dillard Memoir Base Words Analyze Interactions: Reflective Writing Reflective essay Central ideas Make inferences Technical vocabulary: Tissue Enlarged Amoeba Prefix en- Conventions: Appositives and Appositive Phrases Speaking and Listening: Collaborative Discussion
Standards L.7.5.b RI.7.3 L.7.6 L.7.4 L.7.1.a L.7.2 SL.7.1.a–d Urban Farming Is Growing a Greener Future Hillary Schwei Photo Gallery Media vocabulary: Agricultural Localizing Research: Digital Multimedia Presentation Standards L.7.6 W.7.6 W.7.7 W.7.8 SL.7.5 Performance Task: Speaking and Listening Focus Present an Explanatory Essay Prompt: How are the turning points in the selections similar to and different from each other? Standards: W.7.2, SL.7.1, SL.7.2, SL.7.4, SL.7.5, SL.7.6 End-of-Unit Performance-Based Assessment Writing to Sources: Explanatory Essay Writing Prompt: What can cause a significant change in someone’s life? Speaking and Listening Outcome: Oral Presentation Standards: W.7.2, W.7.4, W.7.9, W.7.10, SL.7.4, SL.7.5 Grade 7, Unit 4 Learning
Title and Author Genre Analyze and Structure Concept / Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Style Writing to Sources Speaking and Listening from Silent Spring Rachel Carson Descriptive Nonfiction Author’s Word Choice: Imagery Images Mood Connotations Figurative Meanings Words related to unwelcome change—in this case, to a town’s landscape: Blight Maladies Puzzled Stricken Stillness Deserted Anglo-Saxon Suffix: -ness Conventions: The Subjunctive Moods Indicative mood Subjunctive mood Writing to Sources: Argument Speaking and Listening: Multimedia Presentation Standards RI.7. RI.7.2 RI.7.4 L.7.5.c L.7.4 L.7.5.b L.7.1 L.7.3 W.7.1.a–d W.7.9.b W.7.7 W.7.8 SL.7.4 SL.7.5 Nobel Speech Al Gore Speech Persuasive Speech Words that describe situations or settings: Crisis Pollution Urgency Universal Illusion Environment Latin Prefix: uni- Conventions: Infinitive Phrases and Gerund Phrases Infinitive Infinitive phrase Noun Adjective Adverb Subject Direct object Predicate noun Object of a preposition Standards RI.8 L.7.4 L.7.1
L.7.4.b L.7.1.a Nobel Speech Al Gore Video Media vocabulary: Unprecedented Recklessly Imminent Unsustainable Emissions Efficiently Standards SL.3 L.4 Writing to Compare (Speech and Argument Standards RI.7.7 W.7.1 W.7.1.a W.7.1.b W.7.1.c SL.7.3 Performance Task: Writing Focus Write an Argument Prompt: What is the most significant effect that people have on the environment? Language Development: Conventions Standards: W.7.1, W.7.1.a-e, W.7.6, W.7.8, W.7.10, L.7.1, b, L.7.1.L.7.1.c, L.7.3, L.7.3.c Small-Group Learning Title and Author Genre Pre-reading Vocabulary Analyze Craft and Structure Concept / Vocabulary Word Study Conventions or Author’s Writing to Sources / Speaking and Listening / Research
Introductory conjunctions Standards L.7.4 L.7.4.a RI.7.3 RI.7.4 RI.7.6 L.7.4 L.7.4.b L.7.1 L.7.2 SL.7.1 SL.7.1.a SL.7.1.b SL.7.1.c SL.7.2 from The Story of My Life Helen Keller Autobiography Excerpt Context Clues Author’s Purpose: Autobiographical Writing First-person point of view Tone Words related to learning new things/struggling to learn new things: Imitate Mystery Barriers Conventions: Types of Dependent Clauses Clause Independent clause Main clause Dependent / subordinate clause Adverb clause Relative/adjective clause Noun clause Standards L.7.4 L.7.4.a RI.7.4 RI.7.6 L.7.4 L.7.4.b RI.7.4 L.7.1 L.7.1.a How Helen Keller Learned to Talk Helen Keller, with Anne Sullivan Interview Media Vocabulary: Long shot Medium shot Close-up shot Writing to Compare:
Standards L.7.6 Writing to Compare (The of My Life and How Helen Keller Learned to Talk) Multimedia Presentation Standards RI.7.7 W.7.2 W.7.2.a W.7.9 W.7.9.b SL.7.1 SL.7.1.b SL.7.2 SL.7.5 A Young Tinkerer Builds a Windmill, Electrifying a Nation Sarah Childress News article Context Clues Analyze Structure: Biographical Writing Narrative nonfiction Biographical writing Direct quotations Narrative pacing Words related to poverty, limited technology, and efforts to relieve it Scarcity Desire Attempts Etymology Writing to Sources: How-to Essay Standards L.7.4 L.7.4.a RI.7.1 RI.7.3 L.7.4 L.7.4.b L.7.1 W.7.2.a W.7.2.b W.7.7 W.7.8 Performance Task: Speaking and Listening Focus Present Multimedia Profiles Prompt: How do people overcome enormous challenges? Standards: W.7.2, W.7.4, W.7.9, W.7.10, SL.7.1, SL.7.1, SL.7.4, Sl.7.5
End-of-Unit Assessment Writing to Sources: Informative Writing Prompt: How can people overcome adversity in the face of overwhelming obstacles? Speaking and Listening Outcome: Oral Presentation Standards: W.7.2, W.7.4, W.7.5, W.7.6, W.7.9, SL.7.4, L.7.5