1st Quarter (8 ½ weeks) Unit/ Length Big Ideas Basic Outline/ Structure Content Vocabulary Text Assessment CCSS 1. Genres / Author s Purpose 2 Weeks

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1 Klump 7th Grade 1st Quarter (8 ½ weeks) 1. Genres / Author s Purpose 2 Weeks *Become familiar with genres of literature and be able to identify and differentiate among the genres of literature *Skills and Strategies for Active Reading 1. Discuss elements of each genre 2. Read excerpts from each genre 3. Students make webs for each genre in groups Genre Fiction Poetry Drama Nonfiction Media Purpose * Textbook, p excerpts from: The Cay, novel Thumbprint, poem A Young Lady of Property, drams Bad Boy, autobiography Stress, feature article *Reading Strategies Workshop / Close Read, text, p excerpt from: Shells, short story *Present web to class *Quiz - Match each excerpt to its genre type RL.7.2 RL.7.3 RL.7.5 SL.7.5

2 1st Quarter 2. Vocabulary / 1 *Determine the figurative, 1. Understand that words may Figurative language Vocabulary Packet *Guided Practice RL.7.1 ½ Weeks connotative, and denotative have more layers of meaning Connotation *Common Core RL Then continue meanings of words based on how beyond their literal meaning. Denotation Vocabulary Practice 2. Identify different types of with each reading they are used in the text. figurative language. Context clues W.7.3d text throughout *Use precise words 3. Analyze context to determine Textual evidence the year a word s figurative, Analogy connotative, or technical Metaphor meaning. Simile 4. Word Choice - Introduce students to more precise words to use in place of overused words, such as say, go, very, nice, etc. (example: begged instead of said )

3 1st Quarter 3. Characterization *Look at how characters are 1. Introduce Charactizations Unit Characters *The Open Window *The Open Window RL.7.1 & Textual Evidence developed. Characters are revealed 2. Guide students through the Main Characters drama, short story, and Drama Quiz RL Weeks by their traits. Academic Vocabulary Minor Characters movie; *The Open Window 3. Teach how Character Traits *Characterization - Review the four are revealed; Guided Practice Character traits *The Lost Dog, short Story Test which ways that an author can reveal 4. Readers Theater with the Characterization story *Response to writing character traits: direct comments; drama The Open Window Infer / Inference (Paragraph standard physical description; character s 5. Characterization Lesson Details / Key details about Vera s for dialogue, actions, and thoughts; 6. Inference Lesson with Textual Textual Evidence - both stated Character Traits literary Evidence and how others react. 7. Short story version of The (explicit) and implied (implicit) using textual response Open Window Antagonist evidence, both? 8. Response to Protagonist implicit and explicit) Paragraph with Peer Editing Secondary Vocabulary for Unit: 9. View nine minute movie The Sequence Open Window and discuss additional ways that we learn Summarize about the characters Predict Flashback Theme Point of View Mystery

4 Tension Irony 7th Grade 1st Quarter 4. Summarizing Students can give an objective 1. Read A Christmas Carol Summary A Christmas Carol, drama Analyzing Sequence RL Weeks summary of a text. Drama / Readers Theater Theme / Readers Theater Chart What is 2. For each scene, fill out Sequence A Christmas Carol writing Sequence Chart with Setting and Main Events for each Setting Drama Quiz standard scene Main Events Write a Summary of for the drama writing a summary

5 2nd Quarter (8 weeks) 5. Intro to Plot / 3 *Understand and Identify the 5 1. Introduce stages of plot & Plot * Textbook, p. *Plot Stages Quiz RL.7.1 Weeks stages of plot and what happens in Academic Vocabulary Exposition 24-29, including short RL Red The Dinner Party and story The Dinner Party each stage Characters create a plot map *Short videos: Mr. Know *Analyze how elements of a story Setting It All, Jack & Jill, Aladdin W.7.3 interact (setting affects characters, Conflict SL.7.1 5b. Create Your Own Plot setting affects plot, etc.) *Cite textual evidence to support your analysis of the text *Develop a plot, develop characters, develop a setting, and then create a skit using these story elements Internal conflict External conflict Rising Action Suspense Climax Falling Action Resolution Sequence Foreshadowing Flashback 1. *Supply students with a bag of random items which they must use to create their skit *present skit to class SL7.4

6 2nd Quarter 6. Form or Structure of Text / 1 Week Legend of Sleepy Hollow Compare Contrast Problem Solution Chronological Order Cause Effect Description Transition / Signal Words RL.7.1 RL.7.5 RL.7.7a RL.7.9

7 2nd Quarter 7. Point of View / Mood & Tone 2 Weeks RL.7.6 RL.7.3 Identify the author s point of view; Analyze how the author develops the point of view; Analyze how point of view can affect character development; Analyze how an author uses tone to established a mood. First person point of view Third person point of view Third person omniscient Speaker Narrator Mood Tone

8 2nd Quarter 8. Theme and Summary Unit / 2 Weeks Determine a theme or central idea of a text; provide an objective summary of a text. Plot 8. Narrative / 3 Weeks 9. Media / 2 Weeks Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events. Analyze affects of techniques that are used in film; Compare and contrast a written text to its audio, staged, or multimedia version. 1. Rewrite in different point of view 2. Write an ending to a story 3. Write an alternate ending to a story Theme Summary Topic Main / Central Idea Opening Narrative Transition / Signal Words Conclusion Lighting Sound Color Camera Focus Camera Angles The Gnat and the Bull, The Lamp, The Lion and the Mouse, The Crow and the Water Jug, & The Ant and the Crysalis, fables; A Christmas Carol, drama; Richard Cory, The World is not a Pleasant Place to Be, Little Sister, Casey at the Bat, & The Rider, poems; Thank You Ma am, short story; Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, fairy tales Legend of Sleepy Hollow, drama, movie Group Project: Create skit under one of the themes on Power or Friendship; present to class, class will determine, given the clues presented, which theme was performed RL.7.1 RL.7.2 SL.7.1 SL.7.6 W.7.3 RL.7.7

9 10. Poetry / 2 Weeks 11. Novel The Outsiders Analyze how a poem s form or structure contributes to its meaning. High Angles Low Angles Speaker Rhyme Repetition Alliteration Stanza RL.7.1 RL.7.4 RL.7.5 Characterization -Revisited Rikki-tikki-tavi drama, short story, and movie Textbook, Rikki-tikki-tavi Rikki-tikki-tavi, drama / Readers Theater Rikki-tikki-tavi, short story, LIterature text

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