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7th E.L.A. - 1.3 Reading Literature
GREENCASTLE-­‐ANTRIM SCHOOL DISTRICT
1.3 Reading Literature
PACCSS
CC.1.3.7.A
Content
What the Student Will Know
Key Ideas and
Details
Theme
Performance
What the Student will Do
Determine a theme or central idea
of a text
Analyze its development over the
course of the text
Provide an objective summary of
the text.
Activities/Assessments
Prove real-world theme
applies to outside
situation.
Graphic Organizers
(Suggestion: Somebody
Wanted But So)
Use evidence from
throughout text to prove
theme
CC.1.3.7.B
Text Analysis
Inferences
Conclusions
Generalizations
Textual evidence
Cite several pieces of textual
evidence to support analysis of
what the text says explicitly
Talk to the Text / Mark Up
the Text / Coding
Graphic Organizers
Draw inferences, conclusions,
and/or generalizations drawn from
the text to support that analysis.
Mentor Texts
Trade Books
Student Exemplars
Formative Assessments
CC.1.3.7.C
Literary Elements
Setting
Characters
Plot
Analyze how particular elements of
a story or drama interact
Analyze how setting shapes the
characters
Analyze how setting shapes the
plot
Character Sketch
Building Background
Knowledge of Setting
Talk to the Text / Mark Up
the Text / Coding
Graphic Organizers
Mentor Texts
Trade Books
Student Exemplars
Formative Assessments
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CC.1.3.7.D
Craft and Structure
Point of View
Author’s Purpose
Determine the author’s point of view
or purpose in a text
Talk to the Text / Mark Up
the Text / Coding
Analyze how the author
distinguishes his or her position
from that of others
Graphic Organizers
(Venn Diagram)
Analyze how an author develops
and contrasts the points of view
of different characters or
narrators in a text
Text from multipleperspectives
Mentor Texts
Trade Books
Student Exemplars
Formative Assessments
CC.1.3.7.E
Text Structure
Drama
Poem
Novel
Short Story
Soliloquy
Sonnet
Analyze the development of the
meaning through the overall
structure of multiple texts
Analyze how a drama’s or
poem’s form or structure
contributes to its meaning
● soliloquy
● sonnet
Explicit Instruction on
dramas and poems
Talk to the Text / Mark Up
the Text / Coding
Graphic Organizers
Mentor Texts
Trade Books
Plays
Poems
Reader’s Theater
Formative Assessments
CC.1.3.7.F
Vocabulary
Alliteration
Figurative meanings
Connotations
Denotations
Context clues
Greek/Latin roots
and affixes
Literary allusions
Mythological
allusions
Synonym /
Antonym
Analogy
Analyze the impact of rhymes
and other repetitions of sound in
a specific verse or stanza of a
poem, story, or drama
● alliteration
Determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning
words and phrases based on grade
7 reading and content, choosing
flexibly from a range of strategies:
● Context clues
● Greek and Latin roots and
affixes
Categorizing words as
Tier 1,2,3
Using context clues
Using common, gradeappropriate Greek and
Latin affixes and roots
Pre-Reading
Demonstrate understanding of
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figurative language:
● literary allusions
● mythological allusions
Demonstrate understanding of word
relationships:
● synonym / antonym
● analogy
Demonstrate understanding of
nuances of work meanings:
● connotations of words with
similar denotations
CC.1.3.7.G
Integrations of
Knowledge and
Ideas
Sources of
Information
Compare and contrast a written
story, drama, or poem to its audio,
filmed, staged, or multimedia
version
Various multi-media
versions of one text
Analyze the effects of techniques
unique to each medium
● lighting
● sound
● color
● camera focus and angles
in film
CC.1.3.7.H
Textual Analysis
Compare and contrast a fictional
portrayal of a time, place, or
character and a historical
account of the same period as a
means of understanding how
authors of fiction use or alter
history
Reading historical fiction
texts aligned with social
studies class
Citing evidence from
historical fiction text
Graphic Organizers
(Venn Diagram)
Short research project to
research historical events
CC.1.3.7.I
Vocabulary
Acquisition and
Use
Strategies
Determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning
words and phrases based on grade
7 reading and content, choosing
flexibly from a range of strategies:
● Context clues
● Greek and Latin roots and
affixes
Categorizing words as
Tier 1,2,3
Using context clues
Using common, gradeappropriate Greek and
Latin affixes and roots
Pre-Reading
CC.1.3.7.J
Vocabulary
Acquire and use accurately grade-
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Categorizing words as
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Acquisition and Use
Alliteration
Figurative meanings
Connotations
Denotations
Context clues
Greek/Latin roots
and affixes
Literary allusions
Mythological
allusions
Synonym /
Antonym
Analogy
appropriate general academic and
domain-specific words and phrases
Tier 1,2,3
Using context clues
Gather vocabulary knowledge when
considering a word or phrase
important to comprehension or
expression
Determine or clarify the meaning of
unknown and multiple-meaning
words and phrases based on grade
7 reading and content, choosing
flexibly from a range of strategies:
● Context clues
● Greek and Latin roots and
affixes
Using common, gradeappropriate Greek and
Latin affixes and roots
Pre-Reading
Demonstrate understanding of
figurative language:
● literary allusions
● mythological allusions
Demonstrate understanding of word
relationships:
● synonym / antonym
● analogy
Demonstrate understanding of
nuances of work meanings:
● connotations of words with
similar denotations
CC.1.3.7.K
Range of Reading
Read and comprehend literary
fiction on grade level, reading
independently and proficiently
One-on-One conferences
with students
Moving students toward
grade-level of textcomplexity
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