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1 COURSE CODE: COURSE NAME: M/J Language Arts 2 UNIT TITLE: Whom Can You Count On? UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION: (Unit 1) SEMESTER: 1 Grading Period: 1 Drawing on textual evidence from the readings to support your analysis, tell of the person you count on and why. RL.7.1 CONCEPT CONCEPT CONCEPT Part 1: Friends and Family Part 2: Me, Myself, and I Part 3: Extraordinary Individual o Read and comprehend a BQ o Read and comprehend a fable, a o Read and comprehend short focus, a folktale, a poem and folktale, a poem, a short story, stories, a folktale, informational short stories and a social perspective text, and a literature comparison o Grammar and Vocabulary o Writing, Speaking, Listening, workshops and Viewing Workshop o Unit Challenge o Independent Reading o Assessment STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LA , LA , LA , LA LA , LA , LA LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION How does the author develop and contrast the point of views of the characters in the various readings? RL.7.6 Narrator and point of view, plot, setting, narrative poetry How does the setting help shape the plot in the story? RL.7.3 How does the author develops his theme over the course of the stories? RL.7.2 VOCABULARY VOCABULARY VOCABULARY Plot, short story, fable, character, Description, similes, theme characterization

2 Fish Cheeks pages 2-6 The Wise Old Woman pages 8-17 Amigo Brothers pages Rikki-Tikki-Tavi pages The Highwayman pages Sentence Combining & Commas and Conjunctions pages Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Grammar Through Sentence Combining page 618 Context clues page 70 Unit 1: Skills Scope and Sequence page 1A-1B Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD- ROM o The Hatchet o Bridge to Terabithia ~or~ o The Witch in Blackbird Pond RESOURCES The Good Samaritan pages The Lark and Her Children Pages The Force of Luck pages Rosa Pages From Rosa Parks: My Story Pages Write a Journal Entry pages 83 & 106 Write a Scene page 89 Write a Summary page 103 Synonyms page 83 Academic vocabulary page 89 Vocabulary practice page 103 Additional Information Unit 1: Skills Scope and Sequence page 1A-1D Listening Library CD Vocabulary Puzzle Maker CD-ROM Exam View Assessment Suite CD-ROM o The Hatchet o Bridge to Terabithia ~or~ o The Witch in Blackbird Pond Seventh Grade pages Thank You, M am pages We Are All One pages TIME: Fireproofing the Forests pages The Rider & I ll Walk the Tightrope pages Writing Workshop pages Apply Description page 123 Write a Blurb page 143 Write a comparison/contrast essay page 153 Write a handbook page 161 Write a Review page 163 Write an Essay page 169 Context Clues page 122 Academic vocabulary page 132 Word Usage pages 132 & 143 Unit 1: Skills Scope and Sequence page 1C-1D Listening Library CD Vocabulary Puzzle Maker CD-ROM Exam View Assessment Suite CD-ROM o The Hatchet o Bridge to Terabithia ~or~ o The Witch in Blackbird Pond

3 COURSE CODE: COURSE NAME: M/J Language Arts 2 UNIT TITLE: UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION: Why Do You Read? (Unit 2) SEMESTER: 1 Grading Period: 1-2 Citing specific evidence from the readings, why do people read? W.7.4, RI.7.1, & RL.7.1 CONCEPT CONCEPT CONCEPT Part 1: For Fun Part 2: For Information Part 3: For Understanding o Read and comprehend the BQ o Read and comprehend o Read and comprehend short focus, short stories, and poems nonfictions, informational texts, stories, a folktale, an o Grammar Workshop functional documents informational text, a nonfiction, o Vocabulary, writing, grammar, o Media Workshop an interview, a historical o Vocabulary Workshop perspective, and comparison of o Vocabulary, writing, grammar, literature o Writing Workshop o Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop o Vocabulary, writing, grammar, STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION How does the central idea develop over the course of these texts? RL.7.2 What is the author s point of view in the text and how does he/she distinguishes his or her position from that of others? RI.7.6 How does the central idea develop over the course of these texts? RL.7.2 What is the author s point of view in the text and how does he/she distinguishes his or her position from that of others? RI.7.6

4 VOCABULARY VOCABULARY VOCABULARY Foreshadowing, Alliteration, simile, Author s purpose, informational text, text Style, dialogue, conflict metaphor structure, media elements, diction RESOURCES Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion pages What is a Knight? Pages Charles pages From When Plagues Strike pages Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out pages After Twenty Years page Slam, Dunk, and Hook pages Grammar Workshop page 208 Create Comic Books page 176 (TE) Present Perfect Tense page 189 Adjectives page 198 (TE) Apply Figurative Language page 207 Sentence Fragments page 208 Subjects and Predicates page 208 (TE) Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Subjects and Predicates page 361; Sentence Fragments page 306 Context clues page 188 & 201 TIME: Miracle Hands pages Train Schedules and Stadium Maps pages The Story of an Eyewitness pages Future Tense & Apply Diction page 261 Commas in a Series page 219 Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Context clues page218, 239 Word Origin page 226 (TE) Multiple Meaning Words page 260 Word Parts page 262 Write a Summary page 219 Write a Journal Entry page 239 Create a Map page 246 An Hour with Abuelo pages A Day s Wait pages The Monkey Who Asked for Misery pages Do Animals Lie? Pages One s Name is Mud pages Tending Sir Ernest s Legacy: An Interview with Alexander Shackleton pages Irregular Verbs page 283 Apply Sentence Structure page 283 Infinitive page 288 Capitalization page 337 Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Irregular Verbs page 417; Infinitives and Infinitive phrases page 525; capitalization page 572 Context clues page 274 Synonyms and Antonyms page 296, 301, & 316 Write an Expository Essay page 275 Write a Summary page 296 Write a Letter page 301 Prewrite, edit, revise, edit and proofread pages 332, 333, 336, & 337 Write a Comparison/Contrast Essay page 331 Make an Advertising Brochure page 339 Keep a Reader Response journal page 341 Write a Persuasive Essay page 347

5 Unit 2: Skills Scope and Sequence pages 170A-170B Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD- ROM o The Hatchet o Bridge to Terabithia ~or~ o The Witch in Blackbird Pond Additional Information Unit 2: Skills Scope and Sequence page 170A-170C Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD-ROM o The Hatchet o Bridge to Terabithia ~or~ o The Witch in Blackbird Pond Unit 2: Skills Scope and Sequence page 170C-170F Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD-ROM o The Hatchet o Bridge to Terabithia ~or~ o The Witch in Blackbird Pond

6 COURSE CODE: COURSE NAME: M/J Language Arts 2 UNIT TITLE: What makes Life Good? UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION: (Unit 3) SEMESTER: Grading Period: Citing specific evidence from the text, what makes life good? 1 2 RL.7.1, RI.7.1, & W.7.4 CONCEPT CONCEPT CONCEPT Part 1: Appreciating Nature Part 2: Finding Humor and Delight Part 3: Love and Friendship o Read and comprehend a BQ o Read and comprehend o Read and comprehend a poem, focus, poems, and a folktale. nonfiction, informational text, short stories, and a comparison o Vocabulary Workshop poems, and a graphic story. of literature. o Vocabulary, writing, grammar, o Vocabulary, writing, grammar, o Writing Workshop o Speaking, listening, and viewing workshop o Unit Challenge o Independent reading o Assessment STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) LA , LA , LA , LA LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION How does (word or phrase from the text) contributes to the overall meaning of the poem/story? RL.7.4 Rhyme scheme, line and stanza, imagery, free verse, style How does the author develop the point of view that finding humor and delight makes life good? RL.7.6 How does the poems structure contribute to their meaning? RL.7.5 VOCABULARY VOCABULARY VOCABULARY Tone, author s purpose, poetry, repetition, metaphor, alliteration, humor Rhythm and meter, sound devices, symbol, mood, motivation, dialogue, setting

7 The Pasture pages From Blossoms pages Glory, Glory, Birds Circling at Dusk, and Bamboo Grove pages Where Mountain Lion Lay Down Like Deer pages Why the Waves Have Whitecaps pages Nouns page 357 Pronouns and Antecedents page 367 Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Nouns page 378; Pronouns and Antecedents page 431 Context Clues pages 366 & 372 Multiple-Meaning Words page 368 Write a Summary pages 352 & 372 Write a Dialogue page 368 Write a Stanza page 361 RESOURCES From An American Childhood pages TIME: The Giggle Prescription pages Summer pages Dreams pages Miracles pages The Tale of Kiko-Wiko pages Indefinite Pronouns page 383 Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Indefinite Pronouns page 437 Context clues page 409 Multiple Meaning Words page 395 Word Usage page 382 & 409 Write a Scene page 392 Write a Journal Entry page 399 Write a Persuasive Essay page 410 Annabel Lee pages A Crush pages The Luckiest Time of All pages Superman and Me and My Forst Memories of Librarians pages Hyphens page 418 Modifiers page 432 Comparative and Superlative Adjectives page 438 Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Comparative and Superlative Adjectives page 455; Using Hyphens, Dashes, and Parentheses page 603 Multiple Meaning Words page 437 Write an Essay page 463 Keep a Journal Entry page 457 Write an Expository Essay page 418 Write a Comparison/Contrast Essay page 447 Prewrite page 448 Draft page 449

8 Unit 3: Skills Scope and Sequence pages 348A- 348B Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD-ROM o Wrinkle in Time o Where the Red Fern Grows ~or~ o Woodsong Additional Information Common Core standards into lessons Unit 3: Skills Scope and Sequence pages 348A- 348B Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD-ROM o Wrinkle in Time o Where the Red Fern Grows ~or~ o Woodsong Common Core standards into lessons Unit 3: Skills Scope and Sequence pages 348C- 348D Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD-ROM o Wrinkle in Time o Where the Red Fern Grows ~or~ o Woodsong

9 COURSE CODE: COURSE NAME: M/J Language Arts 2 UNIT TITLE: What Influences You? (Unit 4) UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION: SEMESTER: 1-2 Grading Period: 2-3 Citing several pieces of textual evidence to support your analysis, what influences you? RL.7.1 CONCEPT CONCEPT CONCEPT Part 1: Life Experiences Part 2: Persuasive Ideas o Read and comprehend a BQ o Read and comprehend essays, a focus, short stories, an essay, functional document, poems, and an autobiography, poems, a a comparison of literature. cultural perspective, and an o Writing Workshop informational text. o Speaking, Listening, and Viewing o o Vocabulary Workshop Workshop Vocabulary, writing, grammar, o Media Workshop o Unit Challenge o Independent Reading o Assessment STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LA LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION How do the authors of the various readings share their presentation of the idea that life experiences influence people? RI.7.9 Evaluate the various readings to see if the author supported his reasoning that persuasive ideas is what influences people. RI.7.8

10 VOCABULARY VOCABULARY VOCABULARY Conflict and resolution, thesis, anecdote, Essay elements, argument, allusion, form, humor, imagery, style, characterization simile, author s perspective, author s purpose, propaganda, personification, tone RESOURCES All Together Now pages The Scholarship Jacket pages A Mason-Dixie Memory pages Names/Nombres pages In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles pages The War of the Wall pages Outdoor Art in America pages TIME: Oprah Winfrey pages Old age sticks pages Comparative and Superlative Adverbs page 481 Subjects and Predicates page 493 Proper Nouns and Adjectives page 498 (TE) Compound Subjects and Predicates page 523 Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Compound Subjects and Predicates page 365; Subjects and Predicates page 361; Adjectives page 451; Comparative and Superlative Adverbs page 465 Multiple Meaning Words page 480. Context Clues pages 480 & 522 Idioms page 509 Word Usage pages 492 & 503 Write a Summary page 470 Write a Research Report page 504 Write a Scene page 508 Write a Journal Entry page 532 Should Naturalized Citizens be President? Pages Voting Sign and Technical Directions page Without Commercials pages Toward a Rainbow Nation pages Heroes pages Primer Lesson pages Langston Terrace and Home pages Clauses and Phrases page 552 Main and Subordinate Clauses page 560 Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Clauses and Complex Sentences page 500 Multiple Meaning Words page 558 (TE) Word Usage pages 541, 559, and 565 Write a Persuasive Essay page 542 & 586 Create a Sign page 546 Write a Letter page 565 & 595 Write a Blurb page 569 Write a Comparison/Contrast Essay page 579 Prewrite page 580 Draft page 581 Revise page 584 Parallelism page 585 Write a poem or a song page 587 Make a Poster page 587

11 Unit 4: Skills Scope and Sequence pages 464A-464B Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD- ROM o Wrinkle in Time o Where the Red Fern Grows ~or~ o Woodsong Additional Information Unit 4: Skills Scope and Sequence pages 464C-464D Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD-ROM o Wrinkle in Time o Where the Red Fern Grows ~or~ o Woodsong

12 COURSE CODE: COURSE NAME: M/J Language Arts 2 UNIT TITLE: How Can You Become Who UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION: You Want to Be? (Unit 5) SEMESTER: 2 Grading Period: 3 How does the central idea develops over the course of the text? RI.7.2 CONCEPT CONCEPT CONCEPT Part 1: Positive Actions Part 2: Courage and Confidence Part 3: People Who Lend a Hand o Read and comprehend a BQ o Read and comprehend poems, o Read and comprehend a short focus, poems, a short story, a short stories, a journal, and a story and poem, informational legend, a historical perspective, biography text, a personal essay, and a an autobiography, and a o Vocabulary Workshop comparison of literature biography o o Writing Workshop o o Vocabulary, writing, grammar, Media Workshop o Speaking, Listening, and Vocabulary, writing, grammar, Viewing Workshop o Vocabulary, writing, grammar, o Unit Challenge o Independent reading o Assessment STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) LA , LA , ALA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION How do positive actions help you to become who you want to be? Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support this analysis. RI.7.1 How does courage and confidence help you to become who you want to be? Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support this analysis. RI.7.1 How do people lending you a hand help you to become who you want to be? Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support this analysis. RI.7.1

13 VOCABULARY VOCABULARY VOCABULARY Assonance, consonance, theme, analogy, Irony, symbol, alliteration, voice, Style, setting, metaphor, tone, symbol, media ethics, legend, motivation, personification, biography, autobiography, characterization, diction author s purpose, setting conflict, imagery, description, text features From Tony Hawk: Chairman of the Board pages If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking and I Stepped From Plank to Plank pages Hollywood and the Pits pages Young Author pages Medieval England, from Catherine, Called Birdy pages From The Autobiography of Malcolm X pages New Direction Pages Commas in Introductory Clauses and Phrases page 607 Dashes page 624 Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Punctuation page 588 Multiple Meaning Words page 610 (TE); 634 Synonyms and Antonyms pages 623 & 654 Context Clues page 634 & 647 Write a Summary pages 602 & 654 Write a Expository Essay page 624 Write a Research report page 635 Write a Letter page 647 RESOURCES Almost Ready pages Your World and One pages Four Skinny Trees and Chanclas pages From Zlata s Diary pages From The Adventures of Marco Polo pages Dictionary Skills page 659 Multiple-Meaning Words page 664 Word Usage pages 682 & 697 Write a Blurb page658 Apply Figurative Language page 665 Apply Sound Devices page 671 Making to be Agree page 683 Write a Short Story page 698 Birthday Box and To James pages TIME: Message of Hope pages The Teacher Who Changed My Life pages From Barrio Boy and How I Learned English pages Appositives page 706 (TE) Subjects Separated from Verbs page 711 Adverbs page 722 (TE) Agreement in Indefinite Pronouns page 727 Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects page 541; Adverbs page Synonyms and Antonyms pages 726 Context Clues page 710 Write a Letter page 747 Write a Comparison/Contrast Essay page 737 Write an Interview page 749 Write an Essay page 755

14 Unit 5: Skills Scope and Sequence pages 596A-596B Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD- ROM o The Slave Dancer o The Call of the Wild ~or~ o I, Juan De Pareja Additional Information Unit 5: Skills Scope and Sequence pages 596A-596D Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD-ROM o The Slave Dancer o The Call of the Wild ~or~ o I, Juan De Pareja Unit 5: Skills Scope and Sequence pages 596C-596D Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD-ROM o The Slave Dancer o The Call of the Wild ~or~ o I, Juan De Pareja

15 COURSE CODE: COURSE NAME: M/J Language Arts 2 UNIT TITLE: Why Share Stories (Unit 6) UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION: SEMESTER: 2 Grading Period: 4 Citing specific evidence from the various texts, tell why we share stories. RI.7.1 & RL.7.1 CONCEPT CONCEPT CONCEPT Part 1: Entertainment Part 2: Messages and Lessons o Read and comprehend a BQ o Read and comprehend teleplays, focus, informational text, and a short stories, an informational drama. article and poem, and a o o Vocabulary Workshop comparison of literature. Vocabulary, writing, grammar, o Writing Workshop o Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop o Vocabulary, writing, grammar, o Unit Challenge o Independent reading o Assessment STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) STANDARD(S) LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA , LA LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION LESSON ESSENTIAL QUESTION How do the authors develop the central theme that we share stories for entertainment? RL.7.2 & RI.7.2 How do the authors develop the central theme that we share stories for the messages and lessons learned within them? RL.7.2 & RI.7.2

16 VOCABULARY VOCABULARY VOCABULARY Repetition and theme, figurative language, Drama, dialogue, teleplay, suspense, mood, stage directions, conflict, setting characterization, tone, conflict, flashback Big Yellow Taxi pages TIME: Ah, Wilderness pages The Miraculous Eclipse pages Context Clues pages 764 (TE) & 789 Word Origin page 790 Write a Summary page 762 Apply Parallelism page 789 RESOURCES The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, Act 1 pages The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street, Act 2 pages The Bird Like No Other pages There Will Come Soft Rains pages Missing and Birdfoot s Grampa pages Echo and Narcissus and Orpheus, the great Musician pages Agreement of Collective Nouns page 811 Tricky Subjects and Verbs page 861 Writer s Choice: Grammar and Composition Book- Collective Nouns page 387; Verbs page Synonyms pages 852 Context Clues page 811 & 861 Academic Vocabulary 811, 828, and 852 Word Usage page 839 Word Origin page 870 (TE) Create a Plot Diagram and a Characterization Chart page 793 Write an Expository Essay page 829 & 879 Active Voice page 829 Write a Journal Entry page 839 Write a Persuasive Essay page 853 Write a Comparison/Contrast Essay page 873 Prewrite page 874 Draft page 875 Revise page 878 Assemble a Multimedia List page 881 Write a Short Essay page 889

17 Unit 6: Skills Scope and Sequence pages 756A-756B Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD- ROM o The Slave Dancer o The Call of the Wild ~or~ o I, Juan De Pareja Additional Information Unit 6: Skills Scope and Sequence pages 756A-756D Literature Launcher: Pre-reading videos Exam View Assessment Suite CD-ROM o The Slave Dancer o The Call of the Wild ~or~ o I, Juan De Pareja

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