R E A D I N G

Word Study

R.WS.07.01 Use word structure, sentence structure, and prediction to aid in decoding
and understanding the meanings of words encountered in context.

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R.WS.07.02 Use structural, syntactic, and semantic analysis to recognize unfamiliar words
in context (e.g., idioms, analogies, metaphors, similes, knowledge of roots and affixes, major
word chunks/rimes, syllabication).

X

R.WS.07.03 Recognize frequently encountered words automatically (“automatically”
should be defined in the glossary).

X

R.WS.07.04 Know the meaning of frequently encountered words in written and oral
contexts (research to support specific words).

X

R.WS.07.05 Apply strategies to construct meaning and identify unknown words.

X

R.WS.07.06 Read fluently seventh grade level texts (increasingly demanding texts read
with fluency as the year proceeds).

X

R.WS.07.07 Use strategies and authentic content-related resources to determine the
meaning of words and phrases in context (e.g., literary terms, cross-cultural words and
phrases, mathematical expressions, scientific procedures).

X

Narrative Text

R.NT.07.01 Identify and discuss how the tensions among characters, communities,
themes, and issues in classic and contemporary literature recognized for quality and
literary merit are related to their own experiences.

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R.NT.07.02 Analyze elements and style of narrative genres (e.g., mystery, poetry, memoir,
drama, myths, legends).

X

R.NT.07.03 Analyze the role of antagonists, protagonists, internal and external conflicts,
and abstract themes.

X

R.NT.07.04 Analyze author’s craft (e.g., theme, antagonists, protagonists, over and
understatement, exaggeration).

X

Informational Text

R.IT.07.01 Analyze elements and style of informational genre (e.g., persuasive essay,
research report, brochure, personal correspondence, autobiography/biography).

X

R.IT.07.02 Analyze organizational patterns (e.g., compare/contrast, cause and effect,
sequence).

X

R.IT.07.03 Explain how authors use writer’s craft and text features to enhance the
understanding of central, key, and supporting ideas (e.g., metaphors, similes, captions,
diagrams, appendices).

X

Comprehension

R.CM.07.01 Connect personal knowledge, experience, and understanding of the world
to themes and perspectives in the text.

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R.CM.07.02 Read, retell, and summarize grade level appropriate narrative and informational
texts.

X

R.CM.07.03 State global themes, universal truths, and principles within and across texts
to create a deeper understanding.

X

R.CM.07.04 Apply significant knowledge from what has been read in grade level appropriate
science and social studies texts.

X

Metacognition

R.MT.07.01 Independently self-monitor comprehension when reading or listening to
text by automatically using and discussing the strategies used by mature readers to
increase comprehension and engage in interpretative discussions (e.g., predicting, constructing
mental images representing ideas in text questioning, rereading or listening
again if uncertain about meaning, inferring, summarizing).

X

R.MT.07.02 Plan, monitor, regulate, and evaluate skills, strategies, and processes for their
own reading comprehension by applying appropriate metacognitive skills (e.g., SQP3R,
pattern guides).

X

Critical Standards

R.CS.07.01 Analyze the appropriateness of shared, individual, and expert standards
based on purpose, context, and audience in order to assess their own work and work
of others.

X

Reading Attitude

R.AT.07.01 Be enthusiastic about reading and do substantial reading on their own.

X

W R I T I N G

Writing Genres

W.GN.07.01 Write a cohesive narrative piece that includes appropriate conventions to
the genre (e.g., memoir, drama, legend, mystery, poetry, myth) and employ literary and plot
devices (e.g., internal and/or external conflicts, antagonists/protagonists, personification).

X

W.GN.07.02 Write a research report (e.g., I-search, website, traditional) for an authentic
audience that includes appropriate organizational patterns (e.g., problem statement and
solution, position statement and supporting evidence, compare and contrast), descriptive
language, and text features.

X

W.GN.07.03 Formulate research questions using multiple resources, perspectives, and
arguments/counterarguments to develop a thesis statement that culminates in a
presented, final project.

X

Writing Process

W.PR.07.01 Set a purpose, consider audience, and replicate authors’ styles and patterns
when writing narrative or informational text.

X

W.PR.07.02 Apply a variety of pre-writing strategies for narrative (e.g., story maps that
are designed to depict roles of antagonist and protagonist, internal and external conflict)
and informational text (e.g., position statement and supporting evidence, problem statement
and solution,, compare/contrast).

X

W.PR.07.03 Revise their writing to reflect different perspectives for multiple purposes.

X

W.PR.07.04 Select and use titles, leads, and endings to achieve a specific purpose for
specific audiences. (revise writing to ensure that content, structure, elements of style and
voice, literary devices, and textual features are consistent).

X

W.PR.07.05 Edit their writing using proofreaders’ checklists both individually and in peer
editing groups.

X

Personal Style

W.PS.07.01 Exhibit individual style to enhance the written message (e.g., in narrative
text: personification, humor, element of surprise; in informational text: emotional appeal,
strong opinion, credible support).

X

Grammar and Usage

W.GR.07.01 Use style conventions (e.g., MLA) and a variety of grammatical structures
in their writing including par ticipial phrases, adverbial subordinate clauses, superlative
adjectives and adverbs, present/past/future, continuous verb tenses, parentheses, singular
and plural possessive forms, and indefinite pronouns.

X

Spelling

W.SP.07.01 Correctly spell the derivatives of bases and affixes in the context of their
own writing.

X

Handwriting

W.HW.07.01 Be legible in their compositions.

X

Writing Attitude

W.AT.07.01 Be enthusiastic about writing.

X

S P E A K I N G

Conventions

S.CN.07.01 Use specialized language related to a topic and select words carefully to
achieve precise meaning when presenting.

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S.CN.07.02 Use slang, dialect, and colloquial language suitably to create interest and
drama when presenting.

X

S.CN.07.03 Present their work in standard American English if it is their first language
(students whose second language is English will present their work in their developing
version of standard American English).

X

Discourse

S.DS.07.01 Engage in interactive, extended discourse to socially construct meaning (e.g.,
book clubs, literature circles. partnerships, or other conversation protocols).

X

S.DS.07.02 Discuss multiple text types in order to anticipate and answer questions, offer
opinions and solutions, and to identify personally with a universal theme.

X

S.DS.07.03 Discuss their written narratives with a variety of literary and plot devices (e.g.,
clearly described setting, sequenced events, complex major and minor characters, dialogue,
suspense, specific narrative actions such as gestures, movements, and expressions).

X

S.DS.07.04 Plan and deliver a focused, coherent informational presentation that
incorporates persuasive, non-verbal techniques (e.g., modulation of voice, inflection,
tempo, enunciation, eye contact), is organized by a specific text pattern (e.g., theory and
evidence, persuasion, sequence), and provides supporting details, explanations, and
descriptions supportive of the focus of the presentation and the backgrounds/interests
of the audience.

X

L I S T E N I N G & VIEWING

Conventions

L.CN.07.01 Distinguish facts from opinions and question their validity during
speeches and presentations delivered by peers.

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L.CN.07.02 Demonstrate the appropriate social skills of audience behavior (e.g., eye
contact, quiet and still, attentive, supportive) during speeches and presentations.

X

Response

L.RP.07.01 Identify, state, and react to a speaker’s point of view and bias.

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L.RP.07.02 Respond thoughtfully to both classic and contemporary texts recognized
for quality and literary merit.

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L.RP.07.03 Identify a speaker’s attitude toward a subject.

X

L.RP.07.04 Ask probing questions of speakers, focusing on claims and conclusions
presented.

X

L.RP.07.05 Respond to multiple texts when listened to or viewed by speaking,
illustrating, and/or writing in order to anticipate and answer questions, to determine
personal and universal themes, and to offer opinions or solutions.

X

L.RP.07.06 Evaluate the credibility of a speaker by determining whether the speaker’s
point of view is biased or not.

X

L.RP.07.07 Identify persuasive and propaganda techniques and analyze the effect on
the view of images, text, and sound in the electronic media (e.g., television, movies), and
they will determine if the techniques used achieved their intended effects.

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