ELA – Grade 7 (Unless otherwise noted, all lit and info texts are in HMH grade level textbook) Required Core Connections Text and Lessons in green and Core Connections performance text and tasks in purple Quarter Extended Text Literary Text Informational Text Writing Tasks Research Projects Other 1 – Bold Action (Bravery and Courage) Writing to Argue Informational Reading Focus RI.6 W.1 RI.7 W.6 RI.9 W.8 Short Story: “The Rogue Wave” (Theodore Taylor) Novel Series: “Kingdom Keepers” (Ridley Pearson) *Short Story: (Rudyard Kipling) Short Story: “Big Things Come in Small Packages” (Eleanora E. Tate) (Close Reader) *Urban Legend: “The Dinner Party” (retold by Mona Gardner) *Short Story: “The Smallest Dragon Boy” (Anne MCCaffrey) Article: “Parents of Rescued Teenage Sailor Abby Sunderland Accused of Risking Her Life” (Paul Harris) Article: “Ship of Fools” (Joanna Weiss) Clip/ Interview: “Was Abby Too Young to Sail?” (CBS News) Essay: “Finding Your Everest” (Robert Medina) (Close Reader) Media: “Mountain Building” (History Channel) a
Folk Tale: “The People Could Fly” (Virginia Hamilton) Short Story: “Heartbeat” (David Yoo) (Close Reader) Novel/Drama/ Graphic Story: “A Christmas Carol” (Charles Dickens/ Israel Horovitz/ Marvel Comics) Reader) Poem: “Annabel Lee” (Edgar Allan Poe) (Gale) 2 Article: “The of Facts” (Samuel Arbesman) (Assessment Booklet) Article: “The Food Pyramid and Why It Changed” (William Neuman) (Assessment Booklet) Essay: “The Explosion in What We Know About Life Forms” (Alan Cochev) (Assessment Booklet) 3- The Stuff of Consumer Culture Writing to Inform and Explain Writing to Argue Informational Reading Focus RI.3 W.1 Excerpt: “Life at Home in the Twenty-First Century” (Jeanne E. Arnold) Poem: “Dump” (X.J. Kennedy) Poem: “How Things Work” (Gary Soto) Essay: “Labels and Illusions” (Lourdes Barranco) (Close Reader) Excerpt from: “Kids' ads under fire: industry gets proactive as activists, regulators scrutinize marketing, menus” a
RI.5 W.2 RI.8 W.7 SL.3 Biography: “Elon Musk: Private Spaceflight Pioneer” (Paulo Rizzi) (Assessment Booklet) Article: “Can You Own Land in Outer Space?” (Teresa Anjou) (Assessment Booklet) Article: “Teenagers and New Technology” (Andres (Close Reader) Excerpt: “Always Wanting More from I Want That!” (Thomas Hime) Short Story: “Earth (A Gift Shop)” (Charles Yu) Short Story: Come One (Shinichi Hoshi) (Close Reader)
4- Guided By Cause (Doing the Right Thing) Writing to Argue Narrative Writing Literary Reading RL.6 W.1 RL.7 W.3 RL.9 W.6 W.8 Historical Novel Excerpt: “Uprising” (Margaret Peterson Haddix) Poem: “The Song of the Shirt” (Thomas Hood) Excerpt: & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy” (Albert Martin) Excerpt: “The Story of the Triangle Factory Fire” (Zachary Kent) Texts and Photos: “Children at Work” (Lewis Hine) Novel/Excerpts: “Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry” (Mildred D. Taylor) Short Story: “Doris Is Coming” (ZZ Packer) (Close Reader) Short Story: “Train Time” (D’Arcy McNickle) Poem: “The Hangman” (Maurice Ogden) Poem: “Freedom” (Virginia Hamilton) Excerpt: “The Most Daring of Our Leaders” (Lynn Olson) (Close Reader) Speech from the Democratic National Convention (John Lewis) (Close Reader)