ELA 7
Updated 7/21/2016 9:22 PM
COLLECTION 2-PERCEPTION & REALITY (32 DAYS)
1. Overview
In this collection, students will read about how things in life are not always how we perceive them to be. This collection to pic will be explored through 2
informational selections and 5 literary selections from the student edition and the Close Reader. At the conclusion of this collection, the student will
demonstrate mastery of the standards through culminating collection assessments, which may include a collection performance t ask, a performance
assessment, and/or the collection test.
RE M IND E RS
LA ST UD E NT
ST AND ARD S*
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Reading:
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*See Appendix for complete
explanation of standards.
Late Take-In Day (08/24/16)
Labor Day (09/05/16)
RL.1, RL.2, RL.3, RL.4, RL.5, RL.7, RL.10, RI.1, RI.2, RI.4, RI.5
Language:
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L.1a, L.2b, L.4a, L.4b, L.4c, L.4d, L.5b, L.6
Writing:
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W.2 a-f, W.4, W.5, W.6 , W.10
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ELA 7
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COLLECTION 2 – PERCEPTION AND REALITY (32 DAYS)
2. Selections
“The People Could Fly” – (approximately 8 days, pp. 63-70)
K E Y SK ILLS AD D RE SSE D
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Critical Vocabulary
Summarize Text
Analyze Story Elements: Folk Tales
Vocabulary: Latin Suffixes
Informative Writing
SE LE CT IO N RE SO URCE S
Close Reader :
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Stream to Start: Collection 2 Overview
Audio: “The People Could Fly”
Audio: “Heartbeat”
Performance Assessment workbook (pp. 36-42)-Informative Writing
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“Heartbeat” (pp. 25-30)
O PPO RT UNIT IE S FO R SE LE CT IO N ASSE SSM E NT
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Selection Test (printable or online)
“The Song of Wandering Aengus” and“Sonnet 43,” – (approximately 5 days, pp. 71-76)
K E Y SK ILLS AD D RE SSE D
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Impact of Rhyme
Analyze a Sonnet
Comparison of Two or More Texts
Figurative Language
Informative Writing
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SE LE CT IO N RE SO URCE S
Close Reader :
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Audio: “The Song of Wandering Aengus”
Biography Channel Video: “William Shakespeare”
Audio: “Sonnet 43”
Interactive Whiteboard Lesson: Analyze Form (T.E., p 76a)
Performance Assessment workbook (pp. 44-54)-Informative Writing
N/A
O PPO RT UNIT IE S FO R SE LE CT IO N ASSE SSM E NT
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Selection Test (printable or online)
“Magic & the Brain” – (approximately 6 days, pp. 77-88)
K E Y SK ILLS AD D RE SSE D
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Critical Vocabulary
Text Structures
Summarize Text
Vocabulary: Greek prefix neuroLanguage Conventions: Adverb Clauses
Informative Writing
SE LE CT IO N RE SO URCE S
Close Reader :
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History Channel Video: “Steve Cohen’s Lost Magic”
Audio: “Magic and the Brain”
Audio: “Saving the Lost”
Performance Assessment workbook (pp. 56-66)-Informative
Writing
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“Saving the Lost” (pp. 31-34)
O PPO RT UNIT IE S FO R SE LE CT IO N ASSE SSM E NT
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Selection Test (printable or online)
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