2014-2015 Curriculum Blueprint
Grade:
7
Course: ELA
Unit 3: Narrative Writing/Point of View/Word Meaning
Lexile Band 925L-1185L
Approximate
Time:
20 days
Unit Overview
In this unit, students will have the opportunity to examine narrative stories and poems. Students will understand narrative elements and how they are similar and/or different
from literary elements. Students will also consider how form and structure affect meaning in literary texts. Once students understand the characteristics of narrative writing,
they will create a narrative essay based on a personal poem.
Learning Goal
Essential Question
Students will identify supporting details an author uses to develop theme and central
1. How can the supporting details of the text help analyze theme development?
ideas and analyze its development throughout the text. Students will be able to
2. How does the text structure help me understand the text?
analyze how text form and structure influences its meaning. Link to Learning Scale
3. How does the text structure of a poem or drama impact meaning of the text?
Writing Standards
UNIT 3 Published Product
7. W.1.3 (DOK 3) Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
During novel study, conduct literature circle discussions to analyze theme development
using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event
and how text structure influences meaning. Speaking and Listening 4 Point Rubric
sequences.
(pg.120)
a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and
AND
introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds
naturally and logically.
After reading narrative poems, write a narrative poem in which you include poetic
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop
devices to convey meaning. Your poetic structure and use of figurative language should
experiences, events, and/or characters.
directly relate to your poem’s meaning. (See Narrative Rubric below)
c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and
AND
signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language
Students will use the narrative poem (see above) to write a narrative essay using
to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
personal experience, and Write Source pp. 93-134 (Narrative).
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or
Narrative Writing Rubric Part 1-Writing (pg.132)
events.
Narrative Writing Rubric Part 2-Use of Details (pg.133)
Narrative Writing Rubric Part 3-Language (pg.134)
Reading Standards
Vertical Progression
LAFS.7.RL.1.2 (DOK 3) Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its
6.RL.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through
development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or
• Recognize theme and central idea
judgments.
• Identify supporting details
8.RL.1.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over
• Determine a theme or central idea
the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting and plot;
• Analyze theme or central idea development over the course of a text
provide an objective summary of the text.
• Provide an objective summary
LAFS.7.RL.2.5 (DOK 2) Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g.
soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
6.RL.2.5 Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the
•Identify the poetic elements contributing to form/ structure
overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or
• Identify the form/ structure of various types of poetry and drama
plot
• Explain the meaning or a poem
8.RL.2.5 Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the
• Analyze the structure of a drama or poem
differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style
• Analyze the meaning of a drama or poem
• Analyze the relationship between the poem/ drama’s form and structure
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Speaking and Listening Standards
7.SL.1.1 (DOK 3) Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-onone, groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 7 topics, texts and
issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
a. Come to discussions prepared, having read or researched material under study;
explicitly draw on that preparation by referring to evidence on the topic, text, or issue
to probe and reflect on ideas under discussion.
b. Follow rules for congenial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and
deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
c. Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others’ questions and
comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back to the
topic as needed.
d. Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify
their own views.
Language Standards
7. L.2.3 (DOK 3) Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking,
reading or listening.
a. Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and
eliminating wordiness and redundancy.
Literary Texts
Literary Tasks
LAFS.7.RL.1.2 and LAFS.7.RL.2.5 (DOK 3) After reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,
write an extended response in which you analyze the themes and their development
throughout the text. Consider the structure of the text and analyze the nuances of the
language use of the period. Provide 3-5 supporting details from the text to support your
answer. Extended Response Rubric (pg.22)
LAFS.7.RL.2.5 (DOK 2) After reading comparing narrative poems, write an objective
summary in which you compare poetic devices and their effects on at least two poems’
meanings. Discuss how the structure and figurative language impact meaning. Provide
3-5 supporting details from the text to support your answer. Objective Summary
Guideline
LAFS.7.RL.1.2 (DOK 3) After reading each narrative short story you choose, write a
constructed response in which you analyze the themes and its development throughout
the text. Provide 3-5 supporting details from the text to support your answer.
Constructed Response Rubric (pg.118)
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Lexile 1030 – or other narrative novel with
political and cultural connections 2nd half of novel
Prentice Hall Literature – Learning About Poetry pages 572-575
Prentice Hall Literature – Comparing Narrative Poems pages 628-639
Prentice Hall Literature – Papa’s Parrot pages 22-31
Prentice Hall Literature – mk pages 32-45
Write Source – Narrative Writing pages 93-134
7. L.3.6 (DOK 1) Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and
domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a
word or phrase important to comprehension or expression
Acceptable Response, Task Demand & Sample Item Stems 7.RL.1.2 (pg. 5-6)
Acceptable Response, Task Demand & Sample Item Stems 7.RL.2.5 (pg. 14-16)
*Teachers should use these pages to ensure daily tasks meet the standard; teachers can also use
test item stems as a mini assessment of student achievement.
Higher Order Questions Link to Webb’s DOK Guide
LAFS.7.RL.1.2 (DOK 3)
*How does the author develop the theme over the course of the text?
*What specific instances/events/details in the text strengthen the author’s central
idea/theme?
*How does the author connect to the theme(s) of ___?
*Summarize the text objectively
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LAFS.7.RL.2.5 (DOK 2)
*What does this section/chapter/scene convey? How does the structure of this
section/chapter/scene help the author convey __?
*Why might the author have ordered events in this way?
*Why did the author include __ in this chapter/scene? What is the author trying to
convey?