READING All types of reading (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) should be used while teaching the skills. Author’s Purpose: 7.6f Persuade Inform Entertain Author’s Viewpoint: 7.6f Bias Subjective/Objective Author’s Tone Word Choice Fact/Opinion: 7.6e External Text Structures/Features: 7.6b, c Boldface type Italics type Type set in color Underlining Indentation Sidebars Illustrations, Graphics, and Photographs Headings and Subheadings Footnotes and Annotations Internal Text Structure/: 7.6b, c Sequential or All types of reading (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) should be used while teaching the skills. *Continue reviewing all 1st nine weeks skills. Figurative Language: 7.4c, 7.5d Simile Metaphor Personification Hyperbole Imagery: 7.5d : 7.5a Exposition Initiating Event Rising Action Climax Falling Action Resolution : 7.5a Time/Place/Duration First person Third person limited Third person omniscient : 7.5a Internal / External All types of reading (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) should be used while teaching the skills. *Continue reviewing all 1st and 2nd nine weeks skills. Types of Poetry Haiku Limerick Ballad Free Verse Lyric Quatrain Sound Devices Rhyme Rhythm Meter Repetition Onomatopoeia Mood / Folk Literature Tales (Folk/Fairy) Legends Fables Irony : 7.5a Persuasive Techniques: 7.3a All types of reading (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) should be used while teaching the skills. *In preparation for the SOL, review all 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, nine weeks skills. Target weak areas based on Benchmarks, formative, and summative assessments including historically weak areas: Author’s Purpose / Purpose Making Inferences / Drawing Conclusions Identifying Main Idea Identifying Theme Internal Text Structure / Organizational Patterns Summarizing Supporting Details Vocabulary in Context Predicting Figurative Language Fact/Opinion
Chronological Process Cause and Effect: 7.6j Comparison/Contrast Concept and Definition Enumeration or Listing Generalization : 7.5h, 7.6h : 7.5i, 7.6i Draw Conclusions and Make Inferences: 7.6d Individual (Ind) v. Self Ind v. Individual Ind v. Nature Ind v. Supernatural Ind v. Technology Characterization: 7.5a Direct / Indirect Protagonist / Antagonist Foreshadowing Comparing Literature: 7.5b Name Calling or Innuendo Glittering Generalities or Card Stacking Bandwagon Testimonials Appeal to Prestige, Snobbery, or Plain Folks Appeal to Emotion VOCABULARY Skills to be taught all year: Origins and Derivations: 7.4a Roots: 7.4b Affixes: 7.4b Prefixes Suffixes Cognate (similar word origins): 7.4b Determining word meaning through context: 7.4e Using print and digital word reference materials (dictionary, glossary, thesaurus) Strategies to help students during vocabulary instruction: Synonyms / Antonyms: 7.4b Denotations / Connotations: 7.4d Analogies Figurative language: 7.4c Separate and recombine word parts related to meaning
GRAMMAR, USAGE, MECHANICS (GUM) Focus on 7th grade punctuation skills throughout GUM instruction (See SOL Essential Knowledge Guide) Parts of Speech (8): 7.8f Diagramming Sentences: 7.8a Complete Sentences Maintaining consistent point of view and verb tense throughout piece of writing: 7.8e Focus on 7th grade punctuation skills throughout GUM instruction (See SOL Essential Knowledge Guide) Simple, Compound, Compound-Complex Sentences: 7.7h, 7.7i Subject/Verb Agreement: 7.8d Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement: 7.8c Maintaining consistent point of view and verb tense throughout piece of writing: 7.8e Focus on 7th grade punctuation skills throughout GUM instruction (See SOL Essential Knowledge Guide) Review all GUM skills this nine weeks. Focus on 7th grade punctuation skills throughout GUM instruction (See SOL Essential Knowledge Guide) Review all GUM skills this nine weeks. WRITING *Expose students to SOL Writing Prompts (dark banded prompts assigned to 7th grade): Persuasive Writing Understand and apply elements of composing: 7.7 Central Idea Elaboration Unity Organization *Expose students to SOL Writing Prompts (dark banded prompts assigned to 7th grade): Expository Writing Understand and apply elements of composing: 7.7 Central Idea Elaboration Unity Organization *Expose students to SOL Writing Prompts (dark banded prompts assigned to 7th grade): Persuasive/Research Writing Locate, evaluate, and use research tools Organize/synthesize information Use MLA format to cite research within writing and to create “Works Cited” page (to avoid plagiarism) *Expose students to SOL Writing Prompts (dark banded prompts assigned to 7th grade): Narrative Writing Understand and apply elements of composing: 7.7 Central Idea Elaboration Unity Organization