English/Language Arts Resource Document- Quarter 3
Seventh Grade
Unit 3: Adversity, Conflict, and Change
 Dates: January 3, 2017- March 17, 2017
Essential Question (If multiple options, pick the essential questions you wish to use):
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How does conflict lead to change?
How does an individual’s point of view affect the way they deal with conflict?
What personal qualities have helped you to deal with conflict and change?
How might if feel to live through a conflict that disrupts your way of life?
How does conflict influence an individual’s decisions and actions?
What characteristics are necessary to overcome adversity?
Standards covered in this quarter:
7.RL.2.1/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: 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.3.2: Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a work of literature.
7.RL.4.2: 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.3.2: Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the
ideas.
7.RN.3.3: Determine an author’s perspective or purpose in a text, and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from the positions of others.
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.RV.2.1: Use context to determine or clarify the meaning of words and phrases.
7.RV.2.3: Distinguish among the connotations of words with similar denotations.
7.RV.2.4: (Embedded Standard) Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of words (e.g., belligerent,
bellicose, rebel).
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7.RV.3.1: 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.
7.RV.3.2: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a nonfiction text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings;
analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
7.W.3.1: Write arguments in a variety of forms. (See pacing guide for full description)
7.W.3.2: Write informative compositions on a variety of topics (Response to Literature)
7.W.4: Apply the writing process. (See pacing guide for full description)
7.W.5: Conduct short research assignments and tasks to build knowledge about the research process and the topic under study. (See pacing guide for full
description)
7.W.6.2b: Punctuation – Using commas with subordinate clauses.
7.W.6.2c: (Embedded Standard) Spelling – Students are expected to build upon and continue applying conventions learned previously.
7.W.6.1b: Verbs – Recognizing and correcting problems with subject/verb agreement.
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.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.2.5: Acknowledge new information expressed by others, and consider it in relation to one's own views.
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.SL.3.2: Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
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:
 See “Selections by Theme” on page Contents * IN T30, “Meeting Challenges”
 “The Bear Boy” by Joseph Bruchac
o Page 192; RL.2.3, RL.3.2
 “Rikki-tikki-tavi” by Rudyard Kipling
o Page 199; RL.2.3, RL.3.2
 “Amigo Brothers” by Piri Thomas
o Page 283; RL.2.3, RL.3.2
 “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken
o Page 274; RL.2.3, RL.4.2
 Mother to Son by Langston Hughes
o Page 543; RL.2.3
 “The Courage that My Mother Had” by Edna St. Vincent Millay
o Page 537; RL.2.3
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“Loo-Wit” by Wendy Rose
o Page 538; RL.4.2, RL.2.3
 “The Real Story of a Cowboy’s Life” by Geoffrey C. Ward
o Page 452; RL.4.2, RN.2.3, RN.2.2, RN.3.2, RN.3.3, RN.4.3
 “Rattlesnake Hunt” by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
o Page 459; RL.4.2, RN.2.3, RN.2.2, RN.3.2, RN.3.3, RN.4.3
 “All Together Now” by Barbara Johnson
o Page 443; RN.2.3, RN.2.2, RN.3.2, RN.3.3
 “My First Free Summer” by Julia Alvarez
o RN.2.3, RN.2.2, RN.3.2, RN.3.3
 “No Gumption” by Russell Baker
o RN.2.1, RN.2.3, RN.3.3
Supplemental Texts (Links to Articles and other online texts):
 Choices by Nikki Giovanni
o https://staff.rockwood.k12.mo.us/nuetzelkathy/kaleidoscopes/Poetry%20PlayOffs/Choices%20by%20Nikki%20Giovanni.pdf
 “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou
o http://www.poemhunter.com/best-poems/maya-angelou/still-i-rise/
 “Hope” by Emily Dickinson
o http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/hope-thing-feathers-254
 from Life on the Mississippi
o http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/mtwain/bl-mtwain-lifemississippi-22.htm
 From Elie Wiesel’s Acceptance Speech for Nobel Peace Prize
o http://www.sfponline.org/Uploads/66/ElieWieselspeech.pdf
 “Kipling and I” by Jesus Colon
o http://www.ogtprep.com/readings/reading7.htm
 “Guor Mading Maker: Exiled ‘Lost Boy’ who found refuge in running”
o http://edition.cnn.com/2014/11/05/sport/human-to-hero-guor-mading-maker-sudanese-lost-boy-would-sought-refuge-in-running/
 “Back in the Game”
o http://magazines.scholastic.com/news/2014/10/Back-in-the-Game
 “All Alone”
o http://magazines.scholastic.com/news/2014/09/All-Alone
 “Saving My Brothers”
o http://magazines.scholastic.com/news/2014/07/Saving-My-Brothers
From Springboard Level 2:
 “It Happened in Montgomery” by Phil W. Petrie (pg. 291; RL standards)
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Mother to Son by Langston Hughes (in Prentice Hall too, pg. 290; RL standards)
“Teen Have Feelings Too!” by Deborah Karczewski (pg. 301; RL standards)
“A Hundred Bucks of Happy” by Susan Beth Pfeffer (pg. 19; RL standards, specifically internal conflict)
“From Ramp to Riches” by Lea Goldman” (pg. 97; RN standards)
“America The Not-So-Beautiful” by Andrew A. Roones (pg. 135; RN standards)
“City Schools Cut Parents’ Lifeline (the Cellphone)” by Elissa Gootman and “Hang it Up” by Jesse Scaccia (pg. 147; RN.4.3 specifically)
“Balancing Act on Cell Phones” by Memphis Commercial Appeal (pg. 163; RN standards)
Potential Novel Options (Available through Alice’s Loaners):
 Freak the Mighty by Rodman Philbrick (750 lexiles)
 It Ain’t All for Nothin’ by Walter Dean Myers (830 lexiles)
 The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1120 lexiles)
 Holes by Louis Sachar (660 lexiles)
 Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez (890 lexiles)
 We Beat the Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success (860 lexiles)
Other Novel Options (would have to be acquired by teacher):
 Fire From the Rock by Sharon Draper (780 lexiles)
 The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (1080 lexiles)
 Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream (980 lexiles)
 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith (810 lexiles)
Teacher Resources to Support Indicators/Themes Taught in this Quarter:
Teaching the Adversity, Conflict, and Change Theme
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http://www.goodcharacter.com/ISOC/Diligence.html
http://www.goodcharacter.com/BCBC/Pressures.html
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/15/making-do-learning-and-growing-through-adversity/?_r=0
http://www.successlink.org/GTI/lesson_unit-viewer.asp?lid=8116 (first classroom component only)
http://www.wingclips.com/themes/conflict
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)- NEW
o https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/822559/discussion_topics/2049087 (RL.2.1 and RN.2.1)- NEW
o https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/themes-in-english-literature (RL.2.2)
o https://learnzillion.com/lessons/1920-analyze-the-development-of-a-theme-over-the-course-of-a-text (RL.2.2)
o https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/teaching-themes (RL.2.2) - NEW
o Theme_Practice_Exercises.pdf (RL.2.2)
o http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResource/Preview/48952 (RL.2.2)
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 Dear Abby Letter- Focus on Tone and Mood.docx (RL.2.3)
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http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/plot-structure-literary-elements-904.html?tab=4 (RL.2.3)
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/shivas-fire-lesson-plan (RL.2.3)
http://betterlesson.com/lesson/494731/story-elements-introduction-part-1?from=cc_lesson_title (RL.2.3) - NEW
http://www.pdesas.org/module/content/resources/22403/view.ashx (RL.2.3 and RL.2.2)
http://www.plottopunctuation.com/blog/show/90 (RL.2.3)
http://www.sharemylesson.com/teaching-resource/working-conditions-in-the-modern-garment-industry-50028036/ (RL.4.2)- NEW
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2005/04/08/tell-it-like-it-isnt/?_r=0 (RL.4.2)- NEW
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/breaking-barriers-building-bridges-86.html (RL.4.2)- NEW
Reading Nonfiction
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) - NEW
o http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2001/03/02/picking-up-the-pieces-and-putting-them-back-together/ (RN.2.3) – NEW
o http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResource/Preview/60913 (RN.2.3) – NEW
o http://dev.betterlesson.com/lesson/598163/thieves-stealing-text-features (RN.3.1)
o http://www.darke.k12.oh.us/~april_wulbe/FOV2-0010178E/?OpenItemURL=S0135316B (RN.3.1) – NEW
o http://www.okcps.org/Portals/Okcs/District/docs/LibraryMediaServices/Text%20Features_Daily%20Dose_MS-HS_Study%20Guide_2012.pdf (RN.3.1) – NEW
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/526791/the-value-of-text-features?from=cc_lesson_title (RN.3.1) – NEW
o http://www.literacyleader.com/?q=textstructure (RN.3.2)
o http://commoncoresuccess.elschools.org/curriculum/ela/grade-7/module-2B/unit-1/lesson-7 (RN.3.2)
o http://w ww.stclair.k12.il.us/ccore/ELAShifts/documents/Info%20Text/Textstructure_resources.pdf (RN.3.2)
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/579859/bullying-articles?from=search_lesson_title (RN.3.2) – NEW
o http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/compare-contrast-cause-effect-problem-solution-common-text-types-in-the-times/ (RN.3.2) – NEW
o http://learnzillion.com/lessons/1957-determine-authors-purpose-by-analyzing-text-structure (RN.3.2 and RN.3.3)
o Different Texts on the Same Topic.docx (RN.3.2)
o http://www.syracusecityschools.com/tfiles/folder716/Author%27s%20purpose%20%20point%20of%20View%20lesson.pdf (RN.3.3)
o http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/free-reading-worksheets/authors-purpose-worksheets/ (RN.3.3)
o https://learnzillion.com/lessons/1782-determining-authors-purpose (RN.3.3)
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/569186/oreo-argument-part-1?from=cc_lesson_title (RN.3.3) – NEW
o http://www.teachingthecore.com/common-core-r-ccr-8-explained/ (RN.4.1) – NEW
o 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) – NEW
o http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewStandard/Preview/6005 (RN.4.2) – NEW
o http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/compare-contrast-electronic-text-90.html (RN.4.2) – NEW
o http://soltreemrls3.s3-website-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/solutiontree.com/media/pdfs/Reproducibles_20LSMCC/figure19.10lessonplanforanalyzecomparewrite.pdf (RN.4.3) – NEW
Reading Vocabulary
o http://www.vocabulary.co.il/context-and-definitions/ (RV.2.1)
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http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/word-matrix-30071.html (RV.2.1)
http://www.teachertrap.com/2013/01/strategies-for-using-context-clues.html (RV.2.1)
CONTEXT-CLUES-GA
ME-A-Mothers-Love RV2-1.docx
Context Clues Lesson and Game
(RV.2.1) – NEW
http://teach.clarkschools.net/jbernhard/Literacy_Web/WritingResources/ConnotationDenotationLessonGrade8DOEOhio.pdf (RV.2.3)
http://www.flocabulary.com/word-choice/
Paint
chips-RV2-3.docx
Paint Chips Activity to study connotation of similar words
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http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/what-revising-connotation-80.html (RV.2.3) – NEW
http://microbes.arc.nasa.gov/download/pdf/Greek_to_Me.pdf (RV.2.4) – NEW
http://grammar.about.com/od/words/a/connotations.htm (RV.3.1 and 3.2)
http://betterlesson.com/lesson/548342/analyzing-language-in-where-i-m-from?from=cc_lesson_title (RV.3.1) – NEW
http://www.cpalms.org/Public/PreviewResource/Preview/48910 (RV.3.1) – NEW
http://www.readwritethink.org/resources/resource-print.html?id=30701 (RV.3.2) – NEW
Writing
o http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Teacher-needs/Teaching-learning-sequences/Archived-English-Online-units/English-Units-Years-7-8/Guilty-Not-guilty
(W.3.1) – NEW
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/557424/learning-the-genre-of-persuasive-essay?from=cc_lesson_title (W.3.1) – NEW
o http://www.uen.org/core/languagearts/writing/argumentative.shtml (W.3.1) – NEW
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/526258/close-reading-responding-in-writing?from=search_lesson_title (W.3.2) – NEW
o http://www.powayusd.com/projects/literacy/Writing/PDFs/04prompts/4thlitresponsetemplate.pdf (W.3.2) – NEW
o http://youngwritersproject.org/node/2448 (W.3.2) – NEW
o http://learnzillion.com/lessons/2073-revise-by-varying-sentence-patterns (W.4)
o http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3041 (W.4) – NEW
o http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/classroom_solutions/2010/09/writers-workshop-engaging-students-in-revising-and-editing (W.4) – NEW
o http://writingfix.com/process/revision.htm (W.4) – NEW
o http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/picture-books-framing-texts-306.html (W.5) – NEW
o http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/scaffolding-methods-research-paper-1155.html?tab=4#session8 (W.5) – NEW
o http://education-portal.com/academy/lesson/subordinate-clause-examples-definition-quiz.html#lesson (W.6.2b) – NEW
o http://www.ode.state.or.us/teachlearn/real/tlr/tlr_lessonplan.aspx?id=126 (W.6.2b) – NEW
o http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/shared-spelling-strategies-48.html (W.6.2c) – NEW
o http://www.spelling-words-well.com/7th-grade-spelling.html (W.6.2c) – NEW
o https://learnzillion.com/lessons/4880-subject-verb-agreement-7th-grade (W.6.1b) – NEW
o http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/subjectverbagree.asp (W.6.1b) – NEW
o http://betterlesson.com/lesson/526426/editing-our-second-draft-for-sentence-structure?from=cc_lesson_title (W.6.1e) – NEW
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http://betterlesson.com/lesson/566556/subordinate-clauses?from=cc_lesson_title (W.6.2b and W.6.1e) – NEW
http://busyteacher.org/6163-teach-sentence-structure-easy-object-lesson.html (W.6.1e) – NEW
http://www.education.com/reference/article/sentences-fragments-run-on-sentences/ (W.6.1e) – NEW
Speaking and Listening and Media Literacy
o http://mediasmarts.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/lesson-plan/Lesson_Hoax.pdf (ML.2.1) - NEW
o www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/persuading-readers-with-endorsement-1112.html?tab=4#tabs (ML.2.1) - NEW
o http://educationalaspirations.com/tag/collaborative-classroom/ (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) – NEW
o http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2011/08/response_several_ways_to_help_students_become_better_listeners.html (SL.2.5)
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o http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/class-discussion-challenge-getting-students-respond-others-comments/ (SL.2.5) – NEW
o http://commoncoresuccess.elschools.org/curriculum/ela/grade-7/module-2A#at_a_glance (SL.3.1) – NEW
o http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/is-that-a-fact/?_r=0 (SL.3.2) -NEW
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/
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/graphic-organizers-reading-comprehension
DOE Resources
http://www.doe.in.gov/standards/englishlanguage-arts
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