English Language Arts/Reading
Course: Language Arts - Grade 7
Focus: Drama, Expository, Procedural
TEKS
Guiding Questions/
Specificity
Assessment
Designated Six Weeks: Third
Days to teach: 25
Academic
Instructional
Vocabulary
Strategies
Suggested
Resources/
Weblinks
Ongoing TEKS reinforced each six weeks
ELA Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2ZIZkYLMHTHNm5uaElMUnhONzg&usp=sharing
Holt McDougal Literature: http://my.hrw.com/
Texas Write Source: https://ws.hmhpub.com/writesource/login
3rd Six Week - New TEKS Introduced
Affixes to master: im, cap, magn, therm, vert, here, oper, ob, vit, coron, em, sat, cess, jud
Reading
Continue expository reading TEKS from previous six weeks
(7.5) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of
drama and provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
Students are expected to
Why are stage
Playwright
Plot Diagram
Holt – Unit 1 pg. 138
explain a playwright’s use directions and dialogue
Dialogue
Holt Online – Unit 1
Released STAAR questions:
of dialogue and stage
important in drama?
Stage direction
Character Analysis
Teacher Resources;
In scene __, the dialogue between
directions. (Supporting)
Level Up: Elements
(characters) reveals that –
Act out stage
of Drama; Level Up:
What can the reader
directions and
Conflict
(CRS): (Reading A.7c)
Read the following line from
conclude about the
dialogue.
The Monsters are
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/c character based on
Scene __ of the play. What is
Due on Maple Street
ollegereadiness/crs.pdf
ironic about the (characters)
his/her dialogue?
Monitor
belief that (character) is honest?
Comprehension
Holt - Unit 3-pg. 398
Holt Online – Unit 3
* Ask text-dependent
The playwright uses the stage
Analyze Tone
Teacher Resources:
and open-ended
directions at the end of Scene __
Level Up: Plot
questions related to the
to hint that –
Make
Inferences
Sequence; Theme in
text.
about Dialogue
Drama
Paragraph __ is important to the
A Christmas Carol
*Compare drama text to play because it shows that the
View a movie clip
(character) –
another genre
and compare it to
-Drama activities:
drama script
http://42explore.com/
Which of the following lines does
the playwright include to show
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English Language Arts/Reading
Course: Language Arts - Grade 7
Focus: Drama, Expository, Procedural
TEKS
Guiding Questions/
Specificity
Assessment
that the (character) is clever?
Designated Six Weeks: Third
Days to teach: 25
Academic
Instructional
Vocabulary
Strategies
Suggested
Resources/
Weblinks
.
skits&plays.htm
-Safari Montage
(7.10) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and
provide evidence from text to support their understanding.
(B) Distinguish factual
Which of the following Released STAAR questions:
Factual claim
Pre-teach vocabulary -Holt – Unit 8 pg.
claims from commonplace lines from the article is
Which of the conclusions about
Commonplace
918-941
assertions and opinions.
an opinion?
(person) is supported by
assertion
Preview the text
paragraph__?
Opinion
Resources:
(Readiness)
Which of the following
Model through
http://my.hrw.com
(D) Synthesize and make
lines from the article is
Which idea do both selections
questioning,
Unit 8 – Teacher
logical connections
a fact?
emphasize?
predicting, and
Resources (Reader’s
between ideas within a
summarizing
Workshop and
text and across two or
An opinion expressed
Which sentence from the selection
Online Extras)
three text representing
in this information is
helps explain why (group) became
Think Alouds
similar or different genres, _____?
successful?
www.readworks.org/
and support those findings
Develop Critical
books/passages
with textual evidence.
An assertion not based
Which sentence expresses an
Analysis
(informational
on facts in this
opinion?
passages)
(Readiness)
information is __?
Use Graphic and
Semantic Organizers
www.readwritethink.
(CRS): (Reading A.4)
What is an idea found
org
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/c in both selections?
Mark the Text
(Search: fact,
ollegereadiness/crs.pdf
opinion, or author’s
What is an idea found
Main Idea
purpose)
in these two different
newspaper articles and
Summary
http://learning.blogs.
a story on this topic?
nytimes.com/
Monitor
(Text-to-Text and
Which sentence in ____
comprehension
Skill Practice
supports the idea that
through textActivities)
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English Language Arts/Reading
Course: Language Arts - Grade 7
Focus: Drama, Expository, Procedural
TEKS
Guiding Questions/
Specificity
_____?
Assessment
Designated Six Weeks: Third
Days to teach: 25
Academic
Instructional
Vocabulary
Strategies
dependent and openended questions
(before, during, and
after)
Suggested
Resources/
Weblinks
Graphic Organizers
http://www.readwrite
think.org/classroomresources/printouts/
Questions and
answers to discuss
author’s claims and
key ideas.
http://www.palmbeac
hschools.org/multicul
tural/documents/FCA
TDistinguishingFact
Opinion.pdf
(Fact/Opinion
Graphics)_
(7.12) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Texts. Students understand how to glean and use information in procedural texts and
documents. Students are expected to:
(A) follow multiCan student follow
Released STAAR questions
Illustration
-Students explain
-Holt Literaturedimensional instructions
instructions given
According to the information in
Caption
procedures to one
Unit 8-pgs. 946-950
from text to complete a
procedural text?
_____, when does ----?
Italicized words
another
task, solve a problem, or
Multi-dimensional
-Student led activities -Instruction manuals
perform procedures;
Pictorial and written
In _____, how do the two
-Content area texts
guides
photographs differ from the three
ELPS 4J, 4D, 4F
(B) explain the function
drawings?
http://ritter.tea.state.t
of the graphical
Writing connection:
x.us/rules/tac/chapter
components of a text.
Write “how to” perform The table has been included in the
074/ch074a.html#74.
a task.
selection most likely to-4
(Supporting)
(CRS): (Reading A.2a)
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/c
ollegereadiness/crs.pdf
Write “how to” solve a
problem.
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English Language Arts/Reading
Course: Language Arts - Grade 7
Focus: Drama, Expository, Procedural
TEKS
Guiding Questions/
Specificity
Assessment
Designated Six Weeks: Third
Days to teach: 25
Academic
Instructional
Vocabulary
Strategies
Suggested
Resources/
Weblinks
Writing
Continue expository writing practice from second six weeks
(7.17)Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students will write expository and procedural or work related texts to communicate ideas and information
to specific audiences for specific purposes.
**(A) write a multiCan students convey
Rubric based on SE’s
Essay
-Group collaboration
-Texas Write Source
paragraph essay to convey information effectively
Controlling idea
-Holt-Unit 6- pg. 765 p. 161, 205
information about a topic
writing procedural
Extraneous
-Holt-Unit 6- pg. 756
Which sentence can be deleted
that: (Readiness)
texts?
Transition
-Holt-Unit 4Procedural Text
without changing the meaning of
-Exemplars used as
pgs.532- 541
Extend the idea of a
the selection?
Below are (Supporting)
models
paragraph from first six
(i) presents effective
-Write to “explain”-Empowering
weeks into a full essay.
What is the best way to combine
introductions and
Writers:
sentences to improve clarity?
concluding
-“I do, we do, you
www.empoweringwri
-Writing responses to
paragraphs;
do” model
ters.com
text
What transition can you add to
(ii) contains a clearly
-Text evidence to
improve the flow of your
stated purpose or
-Expository template
Write for Texas
support ideas
selection?
controlling idea;
Empowering Writers
www.writefortexas.or
-Use multiple sources
(iii) is logically
http://www.esc6.net/i g
for information
How can you add more detail to
organized with
nfo/programs/page.as
-Writing process
improve your introduction?
appropriate facts and
px?id=178
-Lesson ideas:
-Practice conventions
details and includes no -Checklists and mini
http://eolit.hrw.com/h
extraneous information lessons throughout the
lla/newmainlinks/writ
or inconsistencies;
ELPS 5F, 5G, 1G
.jsp.
process
(iv) accurately
http://ritter.tea.state.t
-Writing process:
synthesizes ideas from
x.us/rules/tac/chapter http://www.kent.k12.
several sources; and
074/ch074a.html#74. wa.us/curriculum/wri
(v) uses a variety of
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ting/elem_writing/bib
sentence structures,
/writingprocess.htm.
rhetorical devices, and
transitions to link
Rubric:
paragraphs;
https://drive.google.c
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English Language Arts/Reading
Course: Language Arts - Grade 7
Focus: Drama, Expository, Procedural
TEKS
Guiding Questions/
Specificity
(CRS): (Writing A.4a)
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/c
ollegereadiness/crs.pdf
Assessment
Designated Six Weeks: Third
Days to teach: 25
Academic
Instructional
Vocabulary
Strategies
Suggested
Resources/
Weblinks
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Oral and Written Conventions
(7.19) Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and
writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to:
**(A) identify, use, and
How do you incorporate Assessed in writing, revising, and Appositive phrase
-Interactive notebook -Texas Write Source
understand the function of the standard rules of
editing
Clause
-Show model
p. 326, 574, 752
the following parts of
grammar into written
Pronouns
examples and have
p. 556-557, 752
speech in the context of
and spoken formats?
Released STAAR question:
Antecedents
students replicate
p. 579, 758, 762
reading, writing, and
What change, if any, needs to be
Relative pronoun
speaking: (Readiness)
-Introduce conventions
made in sentence __?
Transitions
ELPS 5E, 5F
and practice with
Adjectival phrase
http://ritter.tea.state.t
www.chompchomp.c
Below are (Supporting)
writing and in context
What is the correct way to write
Adverbial phrase
x.us/rules/tac/chapter om.
(ii)appositive phrases;
sentence __?
Modifiers
074/ch074a.html#74.
(iii) adverbial and
Conjunctive adverb
4
Ten Minute Grammar
adjectival phrases
(iv) conjunctive
Complex sentence
Daily Paragraph
adverbs (consequently,
Main clause
Editing- resource
furthermore, indeed)
Independent clause
book
(vi) relative pronouns
Subordinate clause
Dependent clause
News ELA-if
(CRS): (Writing A.5cd)
available on your
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/c
campus
ollegereadiness/crs.pdf
Mentoring Minds
**(B) write complex
sentences and differentiate
between main versus
subordinate clauses;
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English Language Arts/Reading
Course: Language Arts - Grade 7
Focus: Drama, Expository, Procedural
TEKS
Guiding Questions/
Specificity
Assessment
Designated Six Weeks: Third
Days to teach: 25
Academic
Instructional
Vocabulary
Strategies
Suggested
Resources/
Weblinks
(Supporting)
(7.20) Oral and Written Conventions/Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and
punctuation conventions in their compositions. Students are expected to:
**(B) recognize and use
Can students use
Assess in writing, revising, and
Semicolon
-Interactive notebook -Texas Write Source
punctuation marks
conventions correctly
editing
Colon
-Show model
p. 194, 445, 656-657,
including: (Readiness)
when writing and
Hyphen
examples and have
667-671
(ii) semicolons, colons,
speaking?
Released STAAR question:
students replicate
and hyphens.
What change needs to be made in
sentence __?
ELPS 5C, 5E
(Supporting)
http://ritter.tea.state.t
(CRS): (Writing A.5a)
x.us/rules/tac/chapter
http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/
074/ch074a.html#74.
collegereadiness/crs.pdf
4http://ritter.tea.state.
tx.us/rules/tac/chapter
074/ch074a.html#74.
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