* Required GT curriculum
Materials
Reading
William and
Mary
Language Arts
Series- The
1940’s: A
Decade of
Change
(wm l.)
Poems
*“Statistics” wm l.5
*“Grass” wm l.5
Michael Clay
ThompsonThe Word
Within The
Word
Holt Elements
of Literature
Resources for
teaching
Advanced
Students
(hel p.)
Novels
recommended
by he College
of William and
Mary
and books that
support
Standards for
Grade 7
Short Stories, Essays, and Plays
*“The Lottery” wm l.1
7th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT
1st nine weeks
Word Study &
Writing
Analysis
*Grammar Study
*Preparing an Interview
Packet wm l.1-24
*Persuasive essay
*Vocabulary related
to reading topics
*Response Journals
*Vocabulary Webs
Novels
Anne Frank and Me wm l.7
The Word Within The
Word Lessons 1-8
Holt Collection 1 &2
“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” hel p.14
“People, Places, and Change”
Summer Reading
Project
Communications
Research
*Interviewing a friend or
family member from the
1940’s
*Internet research on
topics covered during
the 9 weeks period
Share selection from
Multigenre
Autobiography
Multigenre
Autobiography
hel p.32
“Three Skeleton Key” hel p.38
“Eeking Out a Life” hel p.53
“The Monsters Are Due on Maple
Street” hel p.57
“Cellular Telephone” hel p.82
“Mother and Daughter” hel p.136
“The Smallest “Dragonboy”
hel p.146
“Here Be Dragons” hel p.165
“Antaevus” hel p.174
“In a Mix of Cultures” hel p.188
“A Day’s Wait” hel p.191
“Stolen Day” hel p.197
Extensions
“The Ruum” hel p.189
“The Dinner Party” hel p.118
The Diary of Anne Frank
Standards
7-R1.1 through 7R1.15
7-R2.1 through 7R2.4
7R2.6 through 7-2.10
7R3.4 through 7R3.5
2007 Standards
7-1.1 through 7-1.8
7-2.1 through 7-2.8
Standards
7R2.5
7R3.1 through 7R3.5
2007 Standards
7-3.1 through 7-3.4
Standards
7-W1.1 through 7W1.5
7W1.6 through 7W1.6.4
7W2.1 through 7W2.3
7W3.1 through 7W3.3
7W4.1 through 7W4.2
2007 Standards
7-4.1 through7-4.6
Standards
7C1.1 through 7C1.17
7C2.1 through 7C2.6
7C3.1 through 7C3.10
Standards
7RS1.1 through 7RS1.2
7RS2.1 through 7RS2.7
7RS3.1through 7RS3.5
2007 Standards
7-5.1 through 7-5.4
2007 Standards
7-6.1 through 7-6.8
*Required GT curriculum
Materials
Reading
William and
Mary
Language Arts
Series- The
1940’s: A
Decade of
Change
(wm l.)
Poems
*“Entire City Put on War Footing”
Michael Clay
ThompsonThe Word
Within The
Word
Holt Elements
of Literature
Resources for
teaching
Advanced
Students
(hel p.)
Novels
recommended
by the College
of William and
Mary
and books that
support
Standards for
Grade 7
wm l.9
*“One Friday Morning” wm l.11
7th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT
2nd nine weeks
Word Study &
Writing
Analysis
*Grammar Study
*Persuasive essay
Packet wm l.1-24
*Response Journals
Vocabulary related to
reading topics
Narrative Writing
Short Stories, Essays, and Plays
*Four Tanka wm l.9
Vocabulary Webs
Novels
*Maus II wm l.13
The Word Within The
Word Lessons 9-16
Communications
Research
*presentations of
American Cultures in
1940’s
*Introduction to
Research
Issues of the 1940’s
*Group debates on
capital punishment
*Research on states’
stance on capital
punishment
Standards
7C1.1 through 7C1.17
7C2.1 through 7C2.6
7C3.1 through 7C3.10
Standards
7RS1.1 through 7RS1.2
7RS2.1 through 7RS2.7
7RS3.1through 7RS3.5
2007 Standards
7-5.1 through 7-5.4
2007 Standards
7-6.1 through 7-6.8
Picture Books
*The Journey wm l.9
Holt Collection 3 &4
“The Highwayman” hel p.246
“Gentleman of the Road” hel p.257
“Annabel Lee” hel p.260
“The Fall of the House of Poe”
hel p.267
“User Friendly” hel p.271
“It Just Keeps Going and Going”
hel p.285
“After Twenty Years” hel p.356
“What’s Really in a Name” hel p.365
“Bargain” hel p.368
“Yeh-Shen” hel p.382
“Mirror, Mirror on the Wall” hel p.390
“Aschenputtel” hel p.747
“Dinorella” hel p.758
Extensions
“Charles” hel p.297
“The Naming of Names” hel p.445
Readers’ Theatre- A Christmas Carol
http://www.timelessteacherstuff.com/readerstheater/Chri
stmasCarol.html
Standards
7-R1.1 through 7R1.15
7-R2.1 through 7R2.4
7R2.6 through 7-2.10
7R3.4 through 7R3.5
2007 Standards
7-1.1 through 7-1.8
7-2.1 through 7-2.8
Standards
7R2.5
7R3.1 through 7R3.5
2007 Standards
7-3.1 through 7-3.4
Standards
7-W1.1 through 7W1.5
7W1.6 through 7W1.6.4
7W2.1 through 7W2.3
7W3.1 through 7W3.3
7W4.1 through 7W4.2
2007 Standards
7-4.1 through7-4.6
*Required GT curriculum
Materials
Reading
William and
Mary
Language Arts
Series- The
1940’s: A
Decade of
Change
(wm l.)
Short Stories, Essays, and Plays
Michael Clay
ThompsonThe Word
Within The
Word
*Fireside Chats wm l.3
Holt Elements
of Literature
Resources for
teaching
Advanced
Students
(hel p.)
Novels
recommended
by the College
of William and
Mary
and books that
support
Standards for
Grade 7
*“Losses” wm l.16
*“I Have A Rendezvous with Death”
wm l.16
*“Moratorium” wm l.16
*“World War II” wm l.16
Speeches, Articles, Essays
*“Let the Dead Bury Their Dead”
wm l.14
7th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT
3rd nine weeks
Word Study &
Writing
Analysis
*Grammar Study
*Persuasive essay
Packet wm l.1-24
*Response Journals
Vocabulary related to
reading topics
Descriptive Writing
Communications
Research
*presentations of
research on topics
covered during the 9
weeks period
*Continue and extend
internet research on
topics covered during
the 9 weeks period
Standards
7C1.1 through 7C1.17
7C2.1 through 7C2.6
7C3.1 through 7C3.10
Standards
7RS1.1 through 7RS1.2
7RS2.1 through 7RS2.7
7RS3.1through 7RS3.5
2007 Standards
7-5.1 through 7-5.4
2007 Standards
7-6.1 through 7-6.8
Vocabulary Webs
The Word Within The
Word Lessons 17-22
Novels
*Hiroshima wm l.19
Holt Collection 5&6
“Amigo Brothers” hel p.484
“Right Hook-Left Hook” hel p.497
From Barrio Boy hel p.499
“I’m Nobody” hel p.548
“I Like to See It Lap The Miles”
hel p.559
“Names of Horses” hel p. 593
“Maggie and Milly and Molly and May” hel
p.598
“All in Green Went My Love Riding” hel
p.601
“Arithmetic” hel p.606
“The Burning of Books” hel p.628
“Echo and Narcissus” hel p.289
“The Origin of the Seasons” hel p.654
“King Midas” hel p.682
“The Funeral Banquet” hel p.689
“Master Frog” hel p.707
“The Crane Wife” hel p.718
“The Hummingbird King” hel p.732
“The Search Goes On” hel p.740
Standards
7-R1.1 through 7R1.15
7-R2.1 through 7R2.4
7R2.6 through 7-2.10
7R3.4 through 7R3.5
2007 Standards
7-1.1 through 7-1.8
7-2.1 through 7-2.8
Standards
7R2.5
7R3.1 through 7R3.5
2007 Standards
7-3.1 through 7-3.4
Standards
7-W1.1 through 7W1.5
7W1.6 through 7W1.6.4
7W2.1 through 7W2.3
7W3.1 through 7W3.3
7W4.1 through 7W4.2
2007 Standards
7-4.1 through7-4.6
*Required GT curriculum
Materials
Reading
William and
Mary
Language Arts
Series- The
1940’s: A
Decade of
Change
(wm l.)
Poems
Michael Clay
ThompsonThe Word
Within The
Word
Short Stories, Essays, and Plays
*“A Rose for Emily” wm l.24
Speeches, Articles, Essays
Novels
The Devil’s Arithmetic
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Milkweed
The Book Thief Briar Rose
7th Grade Advanced ELA Guide for GT
4th nine weeks
Word Study &
Writing
Analysis
*Grammar Study
*Persuasive essay
Packet wm l.1-24
*Response Journals
Vocabulary related to
reading topics
Expository Writing
Communications
Research
*Panel of experts
*Research to be
experts
Standards
7C1.1 through 7C1.17
7C2.1 through 7C2.6
7C3.1 through 7C3.10
Standards
7RS1.1 through 7RS1.2
7RS2.1 through 7RS2.7
7RS3.1through 7RS3.5
2007 Standards
7-5.1 through 7-5.4
2007 Standards
7-6.1 through 7-6.8
Vocabulary Webs
The Word Within The
Word Lessons 24-30
wm l.17
Holt Elements
of Literature
Resources for
teaching
Advanced
Students
(hel p.)
Novels
recommended
by the College
of William and
Mary
and books that
support
Standards for
Grade 7
Holt Collection 7&8
“King Arthur” hel p.792
”Three Responses to Literature”
hel p.810
“He’s No King” hel p.817
“Merlin and the Dragons” hel p.820
“Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady”
hel p.833
Standards
7-R1.1 through 7R1.15
7-R2.1 through 7R2.4
7R2.6 through 7-2.10
7R3.4 through 7R3.5
2007 Standards
7-1.1 through 7-1.8
7-2.1 through 7-2.8
Standards
7R2.5
7R3.1 through 7R3.5
2007 Standards
7-3.1 through 7-3.4
Standards
7-W1.1 through 7W1.5
7W1.6 through 7W1.6.4
7W2.1 through 7W2.3
7W3.1 through 7W3.3
7W4.1 through 7W4.2
2007 Standards
7-4.1 through7-4.6