7th Grade ELA - Amazon S3

7th Grade ELA

A Year at a Glance

Unit A Personal Narrative

Topic Development 28 Lessons

Boy: Tales of Childhood

by Roald Dahl

Unit B Fiction and Drama

Characters' Motivation 31 Lessons

"Pulling Up Stakes" by David Lubar

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

"Harlem" by Langston Hughes

Unit C Science

Accurate Use of Evidence 24 Lessons

Unit D Poetry and Short Stories

Point of View 30 Lessons

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science by John Fleischman

"A narrow fellow in the grass" by Emily Dickinson

"Demystifying the Adolescent Brain" by Laurence Steinberg

"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks

"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe

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Unit E Shakespeare

Figurative Language 15 Lessons

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Unit F History and Culture

Argumentation 20 Lessons

Declaration of Independence

by the Continental Congress

Declaration of Sentiments

by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Paul Revere's Engraving of the Boston Massacre

by Paul Revere

Unit G Research Collections

Information Literacy and Research Skills 10 Lessons/Activities

The Space Race

Various Original Source Documents and Other Texts

The 1936 Berlin Olympics

Various Original Source Documents and Other Texts

"Sucker" by Carson McCullers

"The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe

"Ain't I A Woman?" by Sojourner Truth

"The M'Naghten Rule" Queen v. M'Naghten (1843)

Original Source Documents About the Boston Massacre

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10 Months

7th Grade ELA

UNIT C

Unit A Personal Narrative Topic Development 28 Lessons

Unit B Fiction and Drama Characters' Motivation 31 Lessons

Unit C Science Accurate Use of Evidence 24 Lessons

Unit D Poetry and Short Stories Point of View 30 Lessons

Unit E Shakespeare Figurative Language 15 Lessons

Unit F History and Culture Argumentation 20 Lessons

Unit G Research Collections Information Literacy and Research Skills 10 Lessons/Activities

Essay

Quest

Reading and Writing Practice

UNIT C: Science 5 Weeks

Week 1 Spot misconceptions about evidence

Week 2 Synthesize evidence

Week 3 Use evidence to explain complex scientific concepts

Week 4 Integrate evidence from text and media to solve a mystery about neuroscience

Week 5 Response to Text Essay*

Items in purple are Instructional Assessments.

*All units except Unit E/Shakespeare include end-of-unit essays. Unit E includes an acting project as a culminating activity.

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7th Grade ELA

UNIT C: Lessons

Unit A Personal Narrative Topic Development 28 Lessons

Unit B Fiction and Drama Characters' Motivation 31 Lessons

Unit C Science Accurate Use of Evidence 24 Lessons

Unit D Poetry and Short Stories Point of View 30 Lessons

Unit E Shakespeare Figurative Language 15 Lessons

Unit F History and Culture Argumentation 20 Lessons

Unit G Research Collections Information Literacy and Research Skills 10 Lessons/Activities

Essay

Quest

Reading and Writing Practice

UNIT C: Science 5 Weeks

Week 1 Spot misconceptions about evidence

Week 2 Synthesize evidence

Week 3 Use evidence to explain complex scientific concepts

Week 4 Integrate evidence from text and media to solve a mystery about neuroscience

Week 5 Response to Text Essay

Items in purple are Instructional Assessments.

Week 2: Lessons

Lesson 6: Phineas Is Declared Fully Recovered Accurate use of evidence Writing prompt, 10?12 minutes Reading Solo with multiple choice quiz

Lesson 7: A Tour of the Brain Paraphrase evidence Reading Solo with multiple choice quiz

Lesson 8: Diagnosing Phineas' Brain Injury

Select most important evidence Writing prompt, 10?12 minutes Reading Solo with multiple choice quiz

Lesson 9: Phrenologists Vs. Whole Brainers

Synthesize evidence to compare viewpoints Reading Solo with multiple choice quiz

Lesson 10: Digging Up the Body: Harlow Rethinks AGAIN!

Practice revision of content and grammar Writing prompt, 10?12 minutes Reading Solo with multiple choice quiz

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10 Months

7th Grade ELA

UNIT C: Lessons

Unit A Personal Narrative Topic Development 28 Lessons

Unit B Fiction and Drama Characters' Motivation 31 Lessons

Unit C Science Accurate Use of Evidence 24 Lessons

Unit D Poetry and Short Stories Point of View 30 Lessons

Unit E Shakespeare Figurative Language 15 Lessons

Unit F History and Culture Argumentation 20 Lessons

Unit G Research Collections Information Literacy and Research Skills 10 Lessons/Activities

Essay

Quest

Reading and Writing Practice

UNIT C: Science 5 Weeks

Week 1 Spot misconceptions about evidence

Week 2 Synthesize evidence

Week 3 Use evidence to explain complex scientific concepts

Week 4 Integrate evidence from text and media to solve a mystery about neuroscience

Week 5 Response to Text Essay

Items in purple are Instructional Assessments.

Week 2: Lessons

Lesson 6: Phineas Is Declared Fully Recovered Accurate use of evidence Writing prompt, 10?12 minutes Reading Solo with multiple choice quiz

Lesson 7: A Tour of the Brain Paraphrase evidence Reading Solo with multiple choice quiz

Lesson 8: Diagnosing Phineas' Brain Injury Select most important evidence Writing prompt, 10?12 minutes Reading Solo with multiple choice quiz

Lesson 9: Phrenologists Vs. Whole Brainers Synthesize evidence to compare viewpoints Reading Solo with multiple choice quiz

Lesson 10: Digging Up the Body: Harlow Rethinks AGAIN! Practice revision of content and grammar Writing prompt, 10?12 minutes Reading Solo with multiple choice quiz

Lesson 6: Phineas Is Declared Fully Recovered

Warm Up Vocabulary Word Play 4 words with 3 multiple choice activities per word

Reading Students work with textual evidence and defend conclusions about why Dr. Harlow thought Phineas was recovered.

Writing Prompt 10-12 minutes of on-demand writing serves as a formative assessment.

Sharing Students use class protocols to share written work and respond to work of their peers.

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10 Months

7th Grade ELA

UNIT C: Quest

Unit A Personal Narrative Topic Development 28 Lessons

Unit B Fiction and Drama Characters' Motivation 31 Lessons

Unit C Science Accurate Use of Evidence 24 Lessons

Unit D Poetry and Short Stories Point of View 30 Lessons

Unit E Shakespeare Figurative Language 15 Lessons

Unit F History and Culture Argumentation 20 Lessons

Unit G Research Collections Information Literacy and Research Skills 10 Lessons/Activities

Essay

Quest

Reading and Writing Practice

UNIT C: Science 5 Weeks

Week 1 Spot misconceptions about evidence

Week 2 Synthesize evidence

Week 3 Use evidence to explain complex scientific concepts

Week 4 Integrate evidence from text and media to solve a mystery about neuroscience

Week 5 Response to Text Essay

Week 4: Quest--Perception Academy

Lesson 14 Multi-sensory introduction: Each student takes on the identity of someone with a brain disorder.

Lesson 15 Using augmented reality technology, students experience how a brain disorder changes what their breakfast looks like to them.

Lesson 16 Through text and video, student studies his or her "brain disorder."

Lesson 17 In groups, students determine the conditions for each disorder and the individual's success.

Lesson 18 Students solve the mystery of the causes of the brain disorders.

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