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BENWAY SCHOOL English Language Arts Curriculum Grade 7 Benway School Unit 1 Content Area: English Language Arts ​ Unit Title: Analyzing Literature and Writing Narratives ​ ​ Grade Level: 7 Unit Overview: In this unit, the students will receive their independent reading levels and select ​ leveled books accordingly. Additionally, they will receive personalized reading goals and strategies for implementation. Concurrently, the students will independently craft narratives and literary essays as they adhere to the Writing Process. They will learn how a writer can study a genre by reading a variety of mentor texts and noticing the writing crafts that are of key importance to the structure. Recommended Pacing: 10-12 weeks (September –November) ​ Student Learning Objectives NJSLS Cite several pieces of textual evidence when making connections and inferences. RL.7.1 Determine the themes in a text and analyze the development over the course of RL.7.2 the text; provide an objective summary. Analyze how particular elements of a story interact (e.g., how setting shapes the RL.7.3 characters/plot). Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other RL.7.4 repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. Analyze how a poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to RL.7.5 its meaning. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different RL.7.6 characters or narrators and the impact on the text. Compare and contrast a written story/poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium RL.7.7 (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film). Compare and contrast and reflect on a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of RL.7.9 understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. *The following information reading/companion standards may be infused to RI.7.1, RH.6-8.1 ​ support connections and further analysis. Cite several pieces of evidence from informational sources to deepen understanding about a concept. Determine two or more central ideas and relate it to a fictional theme. RI.7.2, RH.6-8.2 ​ ​ Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the RI.7.6, RH.6-8.6 ​ ​ author distinguished his/her position. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique such as dialogue, pacing, and description to develop W.7.3b experiences, events, and/or characters. Using relevant descriptive details, precise words and phrases, and sensory W.7.3d language to capture the action and convey experiences and events. Use a well-structured event sequences; engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or W.7.3a characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and W.7.3c signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences W.7.3e or events (theme). Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, W.7.4, voice, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. WHST.6-8.4 Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, W.7.5, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose has been WHST.6-8.5 addressed. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and link W.7.6, to and cite sources as well as to interact and collaborate with others. WHST.6-8.6 W.7.9a, Draw evidence from literary texts to support analysis and reflection. WHST.6-8.9 Write narratives routinely over extended time frames and shorter time for a range W.7.10, of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. WHST.6-8.10 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, book clubs, and teacher-led), building on others’ ideas and expressing their own SL.7.1 clearly. Refer to evidence on the topic, text, or issue to probe and reflect on ideas under SL.7.1a discussion. Follow rules for collegial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and SL.7.1b deadlines, and define individual roles as needed. Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back on SL.7.1c topic as needed. When participating in collaborative discussions, acknowledge new information SL.7.1d expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views. Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a SL.7.2 topic, text, or issue under study. Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with pertinent descriptions, facts, details, and examples; use appropriate SL.7.4 eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation when speaking. Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely, recognizing and SL.7.6; L.7.3 eliminating wordiness and redundancy. Place phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting L.7.1c misplaced and dangling modifiers. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, when writing; use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives (e.g., L.7.2a It was a fascinating, enjoyable movie but not He wore an old [,] green shirt). ​ ​ Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English to spell correctly. L.7.2b Utilize context clues to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. L.7.4a Consult reference materials to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. L.7.4c,d Demonstrate understanding of figurative language; interpret figures of speech L.7.5a (e.g., literary, biblical, and mythological allusions) in context. Demonstrate understanding of nuances in word meanings; distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., L.7.5c refined, respectful, polite, diplomatic, condescending). ​ ​ ​ Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and L.7.6 domain-specific words and phrases. New Jersey Student Learning Standards Progress Indicator Cite several pieces of textual evidence and make relevant connections to support RL.7.1 analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the RL.7.2 course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting RL.7.3 shapes the characters or plot.) Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other RL.7.4 repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) RL.7.5 contributes to its meaning. Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different RL.7.6 characters or narrators in a text. Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each RL.7.7 medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film). Analyze and reflect on (e.g. practical knowledge, historical/cultural context, and background knowledge) how two or more authors writing about the same topic RL.7.9 shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts. *The following information reading/companion standards may be infused to support connections and further analysis. RI.7.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence and make relevant connections to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary RH.6-8.1 sources. Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development RI.7.2 over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or RH.6-8.2 opinions. Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the RI.7.6 author distinguishes his or her position from that of others. Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., RH.6-8.6 loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts). Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. a. Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically. b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. W.7.3 c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.

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