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NAME

7th Grade English Language Arts and Reading

2 LAST UNIT:

1 CURRENT UNIT:

Literary Non-Fiction & Poetry

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Student Assessments
(Major Grades)

CURRENT UNIT

Understanding Fiction & Drama

UNIT MAP

PA 2 Create a story map to identify

literary elements and write a reflection
to explain the influence of these literary
elements.

understanding, making inferences,

and drawing conclusions about

PA5 Compose an imaginative story

that creates a believable setting in the
past or future.

the elements of fictional

narrative.
PA2

CFA: Common Formative Assessment

Due:

using the elements of the writing

process to write

an imaginative story.
PA5

PA6 Write thoughts to make

connections to text.
PA-7 Record multiple entries in a
notebook to demonstrate knowledge of
new words and their meanings.

Informational Text

is about...

critically analyzing and

composing text by:

PA 3 Analyze effective literary

techniques used by the playwright,
including dialogue and stage direction
with a small group using effective
speaking skills.

3 NEXT UNIT:

understanding, making inferences,

and drawing conclusions about

the structure and

elements of drama.
PA3

1. How do readers create connections to make text personally relevant and useful?
2. How does understanding the connections between literary elements allows the reader
to make meaning of text?
3. Why do playwrights use dramatic elements to increase dramatic action and convey the
meaning of the play?
4. Why do authors communicate ideas and feelings about their own lives and the world
around them in orders to connect with others and to clarify their own thinking?
5. What techniques and elements to enable the reader to experience and connect with
events and characters?
6. What strategies do readers use to support interpretation of text?
7. How does understanding new words and concepts enhance understanding and oral
and written communication.

word study (roots, prefixes, suffixes (7.2A)

vocabulary / context (7.2B)
word choice / dictionaries (7.2 E)
establishing purpose (Fig 19.A)
asking questions (Fig 19.B)
monitoring comprehension (Fig 19.C)
making complex inferences (Fig 19.D)
summarize, paraphrase & synthesize (Fig 19.E)

Unit Relationships

UNIT SELF-TEST
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DQA: District Quarterly Assessment

Due:

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NAME:

Understanding Fiction & Drama

is about...
critically analyzing and
composing text by:

understanding, making inferences, and drawing

conclusions aboutthe elements of fictional
narrative. (PA2)
Explain influence of setting on plot
development (7.6A)
Analyze plot through character motivation (7.6B)
Describe and analyze authors use of figurative
language (7.8A)
Describe multiple themes in fiction & drama (7.3A)
Describe conventions in myths & epic tales (7.3B)
Analyze how place & time influence the theme
(7.3C)
Interpret explicit & implicit messages in various
forms of media (7.13A)
Interpret how visual & sound techniques includes
the message (7.13B)
Evaluate how media influences & informs (7.13C)

understanding, making inferences, and drawing conclusions

about the structure and elements of drama. (PA3)
Explain a playwrights use of dialogue and stage directions
(7.5A)
Describe multiple themes in fiction & drama (7.3A)
Describe conventions in myths & epic tales (7.3B)
Analyze how place & time influence the theme (7.3C)
Explain influence of setting on plot development (7.6A)
Analyze plot through character motivation (7.6B)
Describe and analyze authors use of figurative language (7.8A)
Interpret explicit & implicit messages in various forms of media
(7.13A)
Interpret how visual & sound techniques includes the message
(7.13B)
Evaluate how media influences & informs (7.13C)

Grammar TEKS to Imitate From Mentor Texts

Recognize and use punctuation marks(720.B)
Commas after introductory words, phrases, and clauses (7.20Bi)
Prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement (7.19Av)
Relative pronouns (7.19Avi)
Appositive phrases (7.19Aii)
Subordinating conjunctions (7.19Avii)
Transitions for sentence to sentence or paragraph to paragraph coherence (7.19Aviii)
Write complex sentences and differentiate between main verses subordinate clauses (7.19B)

NEW
UNIT
SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS

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Student Generated Questions

using the elements of the writing process to

writean imaginative story. (PA5)
Explain a playwrights use of dialogue and
stage directions (7.5A)
Plan a first draft (7.14A)
Develop draft by choosing an organization
strategy (7.14B)
Revise drafts to ensure precise word choice
and vivid images, point of view, sentence
structure, transitions, purpose, audience and
genre (7.14C)
Edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and
spelling (7.14D)
Revise final draft using feedback from peers
and teachers and publish work (7.14E)
Write an imaginative story that sustains reader
interest, includes well-paced action and an
engaging story line, creates a specific,
believable setting through the use of sensory
details, develops interesting characters, and
uses a range of literary strategies and devices
to enhance the style and tone (7.15A.i)
(7.15A.ii) (7.15A.iii) (7.15iv)(7.15A.v)

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NAME:

Understanding fiction & drama

is about...

Understanding, making inferences, and drawing

conclusions about

the elements of fictional narrative

PA2
Plot
Exposition (setting,
Literary Elements:
characters, conflict)
Imagery
Rising Action
Sensory Details
Climax
Figurative Language
Falling Action
Simile
Resolution
Metaphor
Point of View
Hyperbole
Voice
Personification
Theme
Pun
Tone
Irony
Dialogue
Oxymoron
Conventions of Myth

critically analyzing and

composing text by:

Using the elements of the writing process to write

an imaginative story...
PA5

Understanding, making inferences,

and drawing conclusions about
the structure and
elements of drama
PA3

NEW
UNIT
SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS

Student Questions:

Scene
Lines of dialogue
Stage directions
Setting
Character
Plot
Conflict
Point of View
Events

Grammar TEKS to Imitate From Mentor Texts

Recognize and use punctuation marks(720.B)
Commas after introductory words, phrases, and clauses (7.20Bi)
Prepositions and prepositional phrases and their influence on subject-verb agreement (7.19Av)
Relative pronouns (7.19Avi)
Appositive phrases (7.19Aii)
Subordinating conjunctions (7.19Avii)
Transitions for sentence to sentence or paragraph to paragraph coherence (7.19Aviii)
Write complex sentences and differentiate between main verses subordinate clauses (7.19B)

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The Writing Process:

Prewriting
Drafting
Revising
Editing
Publishing

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NAME:

Understanding fiction & drama

Understanding, making inferences, and drawing

conclusions about

is about...

using the elements of the writing process to write

critically analyzing and

composing text by:

an imaginative story
PA5

the elements of fictional narrative

PA2

In what different perspective can a story be told in and what is

the value of each type?

What are the elements of plot?

What elements of characterization should I pay close attention

to as I read?

What are the genres of fiction, as well as the characteristic of

that genre that are we learning about?

What are the literary techniques and devices we need to

analyze as we read to understand the authors meaning?

What are techniques I use as a reader to help me analyze

text?

How do I monitor my comprehension as I read?

understanding, making inferences,

and drawing conclusions about
the structure and
elements of drama
PA3

What are the steps of the writing process and why is

each step important?

Why are stage directions so important to a drama?

What are elements writers employ in exceptional

writing?

What strategies can I use as I read a play to help my

comprehension?

What are effective transitions and how are they used?

How do I monitor my comprehension as I am reading a

play?

Why do we use a compound sentence?

What are the components of a compound sentence?
What is the function of a semicolon in a compound
sentence?
How do you use a semicolon in a complex sentence?

NEW UNIT
SELF-TEST
QUESTIONS

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Student Questions: