EAST LONGMEADOW PUBLIC SCHOOLS
2006 - 2007 DISTRICT CURRICULUM GUIDES

Language Arts - Grade 7 Reading

Language Arts

The Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework is designed to guide local school district personnel in the development of effective English language arts curricula. Learning in English language arts is recursive. That is, students at every grade level apply similar language skills and concepts as they use increasingly more complex materials. In this way, students build upon and refine their knowledge, gaining sophistication and independence as they grow. Language, Reading and Literature, Composition, and Media are interdependent. Each strand intertwines with and supports the others. Students might at any time read and write, view and discuss, or interpret and perform in order to understand and communicate meaning. Thus, at all grade levels, effective English language arts curriculum units weave together skills and concepts from several strands to support student learning.

Grade 7 Reading

The Massachusetts English Language Arts Curriculum Framework provides learning standards for students in grade 7.


Reading Operations
This unit includes constructing meaning from fiction and non-fiction selections at comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and judgment levels of understanding. It includes skills which address identifying, discussing, and comparing both concrete and abstract elements of selections (setting, plot, characterization, genre, historical period, theme, tone, moral message, and psychological and political implications)

    Strategies: Connect/Contemporary
The learner will be able to strengthen his or her understanding of literary or non-literary works by connecting it to its contemporary or historical context.
Strand Scope Source
Reading Strategies Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 9
  
    Emergent Reading: Nature/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend the nature of written English.
Strand Scope Source
Emergent Reading Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 7
  
    Letter: Relationship/Letter/Sound/Oral
The learner will be able to comprehend the relationship of letters and spelling patterns to the sounds of oral language.
Strand Scope Source
Emergent Reading: Letter Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 7
  
    Main Idea: Identify
The learner will be able to identify main ideas from reading passages.
Strand Scope Source
Main Idea Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 8
  
    Character: Identify
The learner will be able to identify characters within a story.
Strand Scope Source
Character Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 12.4
  
    Theme: Identify/Support From Text
The learner will be able to identify themes as they occur in literature and give supporting evidence from the text.
Strand Scope Source
Themes Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 11
  
    Theme: Similar Themes/Evaluate
The learner will be able to evaluate similar themes in multiple texts, differentiating theme from topic.
Strand Scope Source
Themes Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 11.4
  
    Persuasive: Identify/Key
The learner will be able to identify key arguments in texts.
Strand Scope Source
Persuasive Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 8.26, 13.21
  
    Figurative Language: Identify
The learner will be able to identify figurative language in reading materials.
Strand Scope Source
Figurative Language Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 15.5
  
    Compare/Contrast: Setting/Character
The learner will be able to compare and contrast setting, character, and plot in texts, plays, and films.
Strand Scope Source
Compare/Contrast Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 17.6
  
    Strategies: Features/Identify
The learner will be able to identify text features.
Strand Scope Source
Reading Strategies Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 13.18
  
    Strategies: Vocabulary/Using
The learner will be able to use vocabulary to understand what is read.
Strand Scope Source
Reading Strategies Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 4
  
    Organization: Structure/Identify
The learner will be able to identify organizational structure.
Strand Scope Source
Organization Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 8.26, 13.20
  
    Purposes: Answer Questions
The learner will be able to read to locate information necessary to answer a question.
Strand Scope Source
Reading Purposes Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 24
  
    Plot: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the plot of a reading passage.
Strand Scope Source
Plot Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 12.4
  
    Tone: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the tone of a given passage.
Strand Scope Source
Tone Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 15.6
  
    Mood: Identify
The learner will be able to identify the mood of a reading passage.
Strand Scope Source
Mood Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 15.6
  
    Interpretation: Facts/Main Ideas/Apply
The learner will be able to apply facts and main ideas as the basis for interpretation.
Strand Scope Source
Interpretation Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 8
  
    Imagery: Identify
The learner will be able to identify imagery in reading selections.
Strand Scope Source
Imagery Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 15.5
  
    Evaluating: Value/Informational
The learner will be able to evaluate text for informational value.
Strand Scope Source
Evaluating Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 24
  
    Analyze: Reading Selections
The learner will be able to analyze character in reading selections.
Strand Scope Source
Character: Analyze Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 12.4
  
    Fact: Reading Material/Identify
The learner will be able to identify basic facts in what he/she has read.
Strand Scope Source
Fact Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 8
  
    Analyze: Plot Development/Reading
The learner will be able to analyze plot development in a reading selection.
Strand Scope Source
Plot: Analyze Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 12.4
  
    Analyze: Support
The learner will be able to analyze themes as they occur in literature and give supporting evidence from the text.
Strand Scope Source
Themes: Analyze Master MA: Curriculum Framework, 2001, Grade 8, 11
  

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