English/Language Arts Resource Document- Quarter 4
Seventh Grade
Unit 3: Freedom, Responsibilities, and Justice
 Dates: April 3, 2017- June 8, 2017
Essential Question (If multiple options, pick the essential questions you wish to use):
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What is the relationship between freedom and responsibility?
Is liberty and justice for all attainable?
When is the restriction of freedom a good thing?
When should someone take a stand against injustice? What are effective ways to do this?
Indicators covered in this quarter:
7.RL.2.1/7.RN.2.1: (Embedded Standard) Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what a text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn
from the text.
7.RL.2.2: (Embedded Standard) Analyze the development of a theme or central idea over the course of a work of literature; provide a detailed summary
that supports the analysis.
7.RL.2.3: Analyze the interaction of elements in a work of literature (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
7.RL.3.1: Analyze how a work of literature's structural elements such as subplots, parallel episodes, climax, and conflicts contribute to its meaning and plot.
7.RL.3.2: Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a work of literature.
7.RL.4.1: Compare and contrast a written story, play or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique
to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
7.RL.4.2: 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.
7.RN.2.2: (Embedded Standard) Analyze the development of two or more central ideas over the course of a text; provide a detailed, objective summary of
the text.
7.RN.2.3: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals
influence ideas or events).
7.RN.4.1: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient
to support the claims, noting instances of bias and stereotyping.
7.RN.4.2: Compare and contrast a print or digital text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject
(e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).
7.RN.4.3: Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or
advancing different interpretations of facts.
7.ML.2.2: Analyze the ways that the media use words and images to attract the public's attention.
7.RV.2.2: Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonym/antonym, analogy) to better understand each of the words.
7.RV.2.4: Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of words (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
7.RV.3.1: (Embedded Standard) Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in works of literature, including figurative and connotative
meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) within a story, poem, or play.
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7.RV.3.3: Interpret figures of speech (e.g., literary, religious, and mythological allusions) in context.
7.W.3.2: Write informative compositions on a variety of topics (see pacing guide for full description).
7.W.4: Apply the writing process (See pacing guide or correlation guide for full description of standard)
7.W.6.1c: Adjectives and Adverbs – Students are expected to build upon and continue applying conventions learned previously.
7.W.6.1a: Pronouns – Students are expected to build upon and continue applying conventions learned previously. (see pacing guide for full description)
7.W.6.1d: Phrases and Clauses – Recognizing and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers.
7.W.6.1e: Usage – Writing simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences; recognizing and correcting sentence fragments and run-ons;
varying sentence patterns for meaning, reader interest, and style.
7.W.6.2b: Punctuation – Using commas with subordinate clauses.
7.SL.2.1: (Embedded Standard) Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) on grade-appropriate
topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing personal ideas clearly.
7.SL.2.2: Investigate and reflect on ideas under discussion by identifying specific evidence from materials under study and other resources.
7.SL.3.1: Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the
ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
7.ML.2.1: Interpret the various ways in which events are presented and information is communicated by visual image-makers to influence the public.
7.ML.2.2: Analyze the ways that the media use words and images to attract the public's attention.
Suggested Texts from Prentice Hall:
 “From Grandpa and Statue” by Arthur Miller
o RL.2.1, RL.2.2, RL.2.3, RL.3.2
o Page 786
 “Sun and Moon in a Box” by Alfonso Ortiz and Richard Erdoes
o 7.RL.3.2, 7.RL.4.2, 7.RL.2.2
o Page 894
 “How the Snake Got Poison” by Zora Neale Hurston
o 7.RV.3.1, 7.RL.2.2, 7.RL.2.1, 7.RL.3.1
o Page 901
 “Popcatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl” a Mexican legend by Juliet Piggot Wood
o 7.RL.2.1, 7.RL.2.2, 7.RL.2.3, 7.RL.3.1, 7.RL.3.2, 7.RL.4.2 (Use “Tenochtitlan: Inside the Aztec Capital” on pg. 850)
o page 857
 “The People could Fly” an African America Folk Tale by Virginia Hamilton
o 7.RL.2.1, 7.RL.2.3, 7.RL.3.2, 7.RL.4.2
o page 915
 “Icarus and Daedalus” by Josephine Preston Peabody
o 7.RL.2.1, 7.RL.2.2, 7.RL.2.3, 7.RL.3.2, 7.RV.3.1
o Page 829
 “Jim” by Gwendolyn Brooks
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o 7.RV.3.1, 7.RL.2.1, 7.RL.2.2
o Page 605
 “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost
o 7.RV.3.1, 7.RL.2.1, 7.RL.2.2
o page 608
 “Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out”
o 7.RV.3.1, 7.RL.2.1, 7.RL.2.2
o Page 582
 “The Village Blacksmith” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
o 7.RV.3.1, 7.RL.2.2
o Page 545
 “All Together Now” by Barbara Jordan
o 7.RN.2.1, 7.RN.2.3
o Page 443
 “I Am a Native of North America” by Chief Dan George
o 7.RN.2.1, 7.RN.2.3
o Page 390
 “He-y, Come On O-ut!” by Shinichi Hoshi
o 7.RL.2.1, 7.RL.3.1, 7.RL.2.2
o Page 328
 “The Letters from Rifka” by Karen Hesse
o 7.RL.2.1, 7.RL.2.3, 7.RL.3.1, 7.RL.4.2
o Page 224
 “Suzy and Leah” by Jane Yolen
o 7.RL.2.1, 7.RL.2.3, 7.RL.3.2, 7.RL.4.2
o Page 103
Supplemental Texts (Links to Articles and other online texts):
o Articles about First Amendment Rights and how they pertain to schools (Tinker, Fraser, Hazelwood, etc.)
o http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/freedoms/faq.aspx?id=12991
o Censorship Article: “California principal seizes student newspaper”
o http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/calif-principal-seizes-student-newspaper
o Protest article: “Cook Middle School students march in protest of any Lopez’s killing”
o http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20140422/articles/140429901
o “No Job? GET LOST!” from Scholastic News
o http://magazines.scholastic.com/news/2014/10/No-Job-Get-Lost
o “All Alone” from Scholastic News
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“Is 16 too young to drive a car?” by Robert Davis for USA Today
o http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-02-teens-cars-main-usat_x.htm
60 Minutes video- Can a Video Game Lead to Murder?
o http://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-a-video-game-lead-to-murder-04-03-2005/
FDR’s Four Freedoms and the Short Story (will need to be modified for 7th grade instruction from high school)
o http://www.eiu.edu/~eiutps/CA_H2.php
“Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
o http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html
“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (for advanced classes)
o http://sites.middlebury.edu/individualandthesociety/files/2010/09/jackson_lottery.pdf
Potential Novel Options (Available through Alice’s Loaners):
 The Code by Asgedon (850 lexile)
 It Ain’t All for Nothin’ by Myers (830 lexile)
 HomeBoyz by Sitomer (860 lexile)
 Holes by Louis Sachar (660 lexiles)
 Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott by
Freedman (much higher level, 1110 lexile)
 Touching Spirit Bear by Mikaelsen (670 lexile)
Other Novel Options:
 A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck (Teacher would have to
acquire)
 A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah (upper
level, maybe excerpts, teacher would have to acquire; some buildings
have it)
 Breaker Boys: How a Photograph Helped End Child Labor (1020 lexiles)
Teacher Resources to Support Indicators/Themes Taught in this Quarter:
Teaching the Freedom, Responsibilities, and Justice theme
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/student-responsibility-academic-success-heather-wolpert-gawron
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/calif-principal-seizes-student-newspaper
http://www.odysseyinitiative.org/teaching-social-justice-in-middle-school-defining-activism/
http://www.justiceteaching.org/lesson_plans.shtml
http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/using-photographs-teach-social-justice (Themes 2 and 3)
Reading Literature
o http://www.brighthubeducation.com/lesson-plans-grades-3-5/58023-teaching-students-to-make-inferences (RL.2.1 and RN.2.1)
o http://secondarysolutionsblog.com/teaching-inference/ (RL.2.1 and RN.2.1)
o https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-about-textual-evidence (RL.2.1 and RN.2.1)
o http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/prove-citation-scavenger-hunt-30899.html?tab=4 (RL.2.1 and RN.2.1)
o https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/822559/discussion_topics/2049087 (RL.2.1 and RN.2.1)
o http://www.warrencountyschools.org/userfiles/2607/Textual%20Evidence%20Powerpoint.pdf (RL.2.1 and RN.2.1)- NEW
o http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResource/Preview/49194 (RL.2.2) - NEW
o https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/themes-in-english-literature (RL.2.2)
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o http://learnzillion.com/lessons/2060-draft-a-concluding-statement (RL.2.2)
o http://www.readingquest.org/strat/summarize.html (RL.2.2)
o https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-themes (RL.2.2)
o http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/shivas-fire-lesson-plan (RL.2.3)
o http://www.plottopunctuation.com/blog/show/90 (RL.2.3)
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/494731/story-elements-introduction-part-1?from=cc_lesson_title (RL.2.3)
o http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResourceLesson/Preview/28855 (RL.2.3) - NEW
o http://ojhs-languagearts.wikispaces.com/file/view/Parallel+Episode.pdf (RL.3.1)
o Subplots and Parallel Episodes Unit Plan RL.3.1 (RL.3.1)
o http://www.lessonplanet.com/lesson-plans/subplot (RL.3.1)- NEW
o http://www.sophia.org/tutorials/subplot (RL.3.1)- NEW
o https://learnzillion.com/lessons/935-identify-the-main-conflict-in-a-story (RL.3.1)
o http://www.learner.org/interactives/literature/index.html (RL.3.1)- NEW
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/489112/analyzing-character-lesson-3-of-cinder-book-one?from=cc_lesson_title – (RL.3.2) NEW
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/593039/using-pronouns-to-analyze-point-of-view?from=cc_lesson_title – (RL.3.2) NEW
o http://learnzillion.com/lessons/2026-analyze-a-characters-thoughts-actions-and-words (RL.3.2)
o http://www.learner.org/interactives/literature/read/pov1.html (RL.3.2)
o http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/seeing-integration-from-different-816.html?tab=4#tabs (RL.3.2)
o http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/wolf-analyzing-point-view-23.html (RL.3.2)
o http://www.sharemylesson.com/TaxonomySearchResults.aspx?area=resources&keywords=RL.7.6&page=1&SFBC_FilterOption=8388608 (RL.3.2)
o http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/know-movie-coming-what-854.html (RL.4.1) - NEW
o http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/audience-purpose-evaluating-disney-30720.html (RL.4.2)- NEW
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/571311/using-poetry-to-understand-history?from=cc_lesson_title (RL.4.2)
o http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/working-conditions-in-the-modern-garment-industry-50028036/ (RL.4.2)
o http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2005/04/08/tell-it-like-it-isnt/?_r=0 (RL.4.2)
o http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/breaking-barriers-building-bridges-86.html (RL.4.2)
Reading Nonfiction
o For RN.2.1, see resources for RL.2.1 in the category above; use non-fiction texts instead of literature to fulfill the standard
o http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3110 (RN.2.2)
o https://learnzillion.com/lessons/1947-analyze-how-an-idea-is-developed-over-the-course-of-a-text (RN.2.2)
o http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/modern-day-heros-50031358/ (RN.2.2)
o http://www.smekenseducation.com/scaffold-mini-lesson-concepts-to-teach-main-idea.html (RN.2.2)
o http://www.warrencountyschools.org/userfiles/2607/8th_Grade_Determining_Central_Ideas_&_Analyzing_Development.pdf (RN.2.2) – NEW
o https://learnzillion.com/lesson_plans/8593-determine-the-central-idea-of-a-nonfiction-article#fndtn-teacher-login (RN.2.2) – NEW
o http://teacher.depaul.edu/Documents/AnalyzeNonfictionCENTRALIDEAandMainIdeasCCSSR2.pdf (RN.2.2) – NEW
o http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2001/03/02/picking-up-the-pieces-and-putting-them-back-together/ (RN.2.3)
o http://www.shmoop.com/common-core-standards/ccss-ela-literacy-ri-8-3.html (RN.2.3) – NEW
o http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResource/Preview/60913 (RN.2.3)
o http://www.pdesas.org/module/content/resources/19428/view.ashx (RN.2.2, RN.2.3, RN.3.2, RN.3.3)
o http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2005/05/11/no-place-like-home/?_r=0 (RN.2.3 and RN.3.3)
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http://betterlesson.com/lesson/559859/should-your-school-get-rid-of-sports?from=cc_lesson_title (RN.3.3 and RN.4.3) – NEW
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wpDm3zSQn8xgfsM4k53MKXopO9YshbFp7og9LZmDN6Y/edit (RN.4.1) – NEW
http://betterlesson.com/lesson/571310/assessing-the-validity-of-facts?from=cc_lesson_title (RN.4.1) – NEW
http://www.teachingthecore.com/common-core-r-ccr-8-explained/ (RN.4.1)
http://elastars.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/lesson-19-comparing-and-contrasting-texts.pdf (RN.4.3) – NEW
http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/grades-7-ela-building-evidence-based-arguments-50028147/ (RN.3.2, RN.3.3, RN.4.3, W.3.1)
http://soltreemrls3.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/solutiontree.com/media/pdfs/Reproducibles_20LSMCC/figure19.10lessonplanforanalyzecomparewrite.pdf (RN.4.3)
http://macmillanmh.com/ccssreading/imagineit/grade6/ccslh_g6_rl_1_3a_l1.html (RN.4.2) – NEW
http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewStandard/Preview/6005 (RN.4.2)
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/compare-contrast-electronic-text-90.html (RN.4.2)
Reading Vocabulary
o http://library.thinkquest.org/4382/idiom.html (RV.2.2 and RV.3.3)
o http://www.funbrain.com/idioms (RV.2.2 and RV.3.3)
o http://www.quia.com/jg/66234.html (RV.2.2 and RV.3.3)
o http://learni.st/users/amy.critchett/boards/2044-7th-grade-figures-of-speech-analogies-connotations-and-denotations (RV.2.2 and RV.3.3) – NEW
o http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/skills-practice-understanding-and-making-analogies/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 (RV.2.2 and RV.3.3)
o https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/theme-symbolism-allusion-lesson (RV.3.3)
o http://blog.flocabulary.com/allusion/ (RV.3.3)
o http://www.lessonplanet.com/teachers/figures-of-speech-poetry-of-alice-walker (RV.3.3) – NEW
o http://microbes.arc.nasa.gov/download/pdf/Greek_to_Me.pdf (RV.2.4)
o http://www.reading.org/libraries/books/bk698-1-padak.pdf (RV.2.4) – NEW
o http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/flip-chip-examining-affixes-253.html (RV.2.4) – NEW
o http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/connotations.htm (RV.3.1 and 3.2)
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/548342/analyzing-language-in-where-i-m-from?from=cc_lesson_title (RV.3.1)
o http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResource/Preview/48910 (RV.3.1)
o http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view_print.php?book=72815 (RV.3.1) – NEW
Writing
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http://betterlesson.com/lesson/526258/close-reading-responding-in-writing?from=search_lesson_title (W.3.2)
http://www.powayusd.com/projects/literacy/Writing/PDFs/04prompts/4thlitresponsetemplate.pdf (W.3.2)
http://www.welltrainedmind.com/what-is-literary-analysis-and-when-to-teach-it/ (W.3.2) – NEW
http://teacherpages.hallco.org/webpages/dfawcett/writing.cfm?subpage=681629 (W.3.2) – NEW
http://youngwritersproject.org/node/2448 (W.3.2)
http://learnzillion.com/lessons/2073-revise-by-varying-sentence-patterns (W.4)
http://www.ehow.com/info_7850731_middle-school-proofreading-editing-activities.html (W.4)
http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3041 (W.4)
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/classroom_solutions/2010/09/writers-workshop-engaging-students-in-revising-and-editing (W.4)
http://writingfix.com/process/revision.htm (W.4)
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http://betterlesson.com/lesson/549427/writing-with-colors-using-highlighters-to-edit-our-work?from=cc_lesson_title (W.4) – NEW
http://betterlesson.com/lesson/551208/speed-date-writing-workshop-revising-and-editing-with-peers?from=cc_lesson_title (W.4) – NEW
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Misplaced.modifiers.works.doc (W.6.1d)
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/choosing-best-verb (W.6.1d)
http://www.lessonplanet.com/lesson-plans/misplaced-modifiers (W.6.1d)
http://www.bcsd.org/webpages/jcapossere/grammarhelp.cfm?subpage=48949 (W.6.1d) – NEW
http://betterlesson.com/lesson/526426/editing-our-second-draft-for-sentence-structure?from=cc_lesson_title (W.6.1e)
http://betterlesson.com/lesson/566556/subordinate-clauses?from=cc_lesson_title (W.6.2b and W.6.1e)
http://busyteacher.org/6163-teach-sentence-structure-easy-object-lesson.html (W.6.1e)
http://www.time4writing.com/sentence-writing/simple-complex-compound-sentences/ (W.6.1e) – NEW
http://www.education.com/reference/article/sentences-fragments-run-on-sentences/ (W.6.1e) – NEW
http://betterlesson.com/community/lesson/11890/dependent-and-independent-clauses (W.6.2b)
http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/subordinate-clause-examples-definition-quiz.html#lesson (W.6.2b)
http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/real/tlr/tlr_lessonplan.aspx?id=126 (W.6.2b)
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/commas-for-subordinate-clauses-6118081 (W.6.2b) – NEW
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o http://educationalaspirations.com/tag/collaborative-classroom/ (SL.2.1, SL.2.2, and SL.2.3)
o http://www.spannj.org/pti/Collaborative_teaming_and_PBS.pdf (SL.2.1, SL.2.2, and SL.2.3)
o http://www.edutopia.org/stw-collaborative-learning-resources (SL.2.1, SL.2.2, and SL.2.3)
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/559404/our-socratic-seminar?from=search_lesson_title (SL.2.1)
o http://mediasmarts.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/lesson-plan/Lesson_Hoax.pdf (ML.2.1)
o www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/persuading-readers-with-endorsement-1112.html?tab=4#tabs (ML.2.1)
o http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/media/#close (ML.2.2) – NEW
o http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/empire/educators/ (ML.2.1 and RN.4.2) – NEW
o http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/1625 (SL.3.1)-NEW
o http://www.pbs.org/pov/nostalgiaforthelight/lesson_plan.php (SL.3.1)-NEW
o http://commoncoresuccess.elschools.org/curriculum/ela/grade-7/module-2A#at_a_glance (SL.3.1)
ELA Websites for Continual Use:
www.thinkcerca.com
www.adlit.org
www.readworks.org
www.newsela.com
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
http://www.activelylearn.com/
www.readtheory.org
http://www.uen.org/7-12interactives/lang_arts.shtml
http://www.myeasybee.com/blog/the-best-free-vocabulary-graphic-organizers/
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