English Department 7-8 Scope Sequence Chart MP1 MP2 MP3 MP4 How Have We Learned THREADED UNIT Who Am I? Nothing but the Truth Choices: Personal and Artistic From the Past? How Far Have We Come How do our choices affect 7th grade Where Do I Fit In? and How Far Do We Have to What constitutes Truth? ourselves and others? What makes Go? literature universal and enduring? Who Am I As A Reader and How Is Truth Presented in Fiction 8th grade Why Should We Remember? Has It All Been Done Before? Writer? and Nonfiction? Where Narrative and Rhetorical Devices & Persuasive LITERARY ELEMENT Elements of Fiction Dramatic & Poetic Devices Research intersect Techniques Plot: Sequential vs. Spatial Characters in Conflict: Main Ideas in Nonfiction Texts; Figurative Language Elements of Drama & Theater 7th grade Internal vs. External Claim, Evidence, Warrant, & Characterization Verse vs. Prose Setting: Time & Place Counterclaims Foreshadowing & Flashback Elements of Fiction: Primary vs. Secondary Point of View & Elements of an 8th grade dialogue, theme, point of Sources; Diction Argument (ethos, pathos, & logos); Archetypes, Allusions, and Themes view, conflict (connotation vs. denotation) Syntax *planning/monitoring *making inferences FOCAL READING SKILL *determining importance * making connections *synthesizing *judging/critiquing * visualizing * asking questions WRITING Narrative Expository/Research Argument/Persuasion Literary Analysis ASSIGNMENT Creative Narrative: Compare Fiction portrayal Cause/Effect or Problem/Solution Shakespearean Research and 7th grade Alternate Ending, Sequel, or with Historical Account of Essay Analysis Paper Ghost Chapter Same Period Historical Fiction Short Story Compare Original Source Material 8th grade Digital Documentary Argument-Based Op-Ed Piece & Fan Fiction with Filmed or Staged Version GRAMMAR Phrases, Clauses (independent vs. Compound, Complex, and 7th grade 8 Parts of Speech Subject and Predicate dependent), Sentences; Compound-Complex Sentences fragment/run-on review Basic Functions of Nouns (concrete vs. abstract), Participles, Absolutes, Agreement: Pronouns and 8th grade Verbs (action, auxiliary, Cumulative grammar review Appositives antecedents; singular and plural helping), Adjectives and Adverbs Speaking/Media Performance-based Academic Discourse Presentation of Research Group Projects & Discussion literacy (suggested) Interpretation Individual or Group Dramatic Presentation: Introduction to Socratic Small-group Literature Circle 7th grade Presentation accompanied dramatization of a scene, Oral Seminar Discussion by multi-media interpretation. Individual Presentation of Paired Presentation on Researched material; Adaptation or Transformation of 8th grade literary YouTube Video Advertisement Introduction to the Socratic Original Material into new medium analysis/interpretation Circle.