South Laurel Middle School
7th Grade Language Arts
Unit 5 Pacing Map: “Survival of the Fittest”
Last Reviewed: May 16, 2012
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Introduce theme of unit
Jack London “To Build a
Fire” : Picturing the
Scene
Pre-reading Vocabulary
Activity
Begin to Read “To Build a
Fire” (Students highlight
narration)
Activity 3: Narrator: Tone,
Mood, Point of View, and
Foreshadowing
Knowledge and Instinct
Activity Chart
Comparing to Promethus
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Finish reading “To Build a
Fire” (Students highlight
narration)
Brief Character Analysis
Assignment (Encountering
the Wilderness)
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Quiz over “To Build a
Fire”
Optional extra credit
reenactment video
Crosswalk Coach/Chapter
1- Reading Literature:
Lesson 1- Fiction
Lesson 2- Drama
Crosswalk Coach/Chapter
1- Reading Literature:
Lesson 3- Poetry
Lesson 4- Plot
Crosswalk Coach/Chapter
1- Reading Literature:
Lesson 5- Character
Lesson 6- Theme
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Crosswalk Coach/Chapter 1Reading Literature:
Lesson 7- Figurative
Language
Lesson 8- Making Inferences
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Cumulative Common
Assessment Crosswalk
Coach Book: Lessons 18 (Time- no longer than
1 class period)
Read Scope magazine:
Drama – “Uprising”
Students will complete
the Play Skills questions.
Read the nonfiction
interview, “Into the Arms
of Strangers”
Text Feature Activity
History Lesson Cloze
Read “The Holocaust
Activity.
through a new lens.”
Map and Timeline Activity:
World War II in Context.
South Laurel Middle School
7th Grade Language Arts
Unit 5 Pacing Map: “Survival of the Fittest”
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Crosswalk
Coach/Chapter 2Reading Informational
Text: Lesson 9, Main
Idea and Supporting
Detail
Crosswalk Coach/Chapter
2- Reading Informational
Text:
Lesson
10,
Argument and Author’s
Point of View
Crosswalk Coach/Chapter
2- Reading Informational
Text: Lesson 11, Primary &
Secondary Sources
Crosswalk Coach/Chapter
2- Reading Informational
Text: Lesson 12, Compare
and Contrast
Crosswalk Coach/Chapter 2Reading Informational Text:
Lesson 13, Text Structure
Lesson 14, Graphics
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Lesson 15, Fact and
Opinion
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Cumulative Common
Assessment Crosswalk
Coach Book: Lessons 915 (Time- no longer
than 1 class period)
Read excerpt from Night
by Elie Wiesel
Use excerpt from Night by
Elie Wiesel
Use excerpt from Night by
Elie Wiesel
Use excerpt from Night by
Elie Wiesel
Guided practice through
LTF lesson, 1-13 Parts of
Speech
Guided practice through
LTF lesson 14-22 on
phrases.
Guided practice through
LTF lesson 23-32.
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Complete Assignment A or
B Writing Assignment in LTF
lesson taken from excerpt
of Night.
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Crosswalk
Coach/Chapter 4Language Lesson 21
Phrases and Clauses;
Begin novel of choice
Crosswalk Coach/ Chapter
4 Lesson 22 Sentences
Crosswalk Coach/Chapter
4 Lesson 23 Punctuation,
Captilization, and Spelling
Crosswalk Coach/Chapter
4 Lesson 24 Writing
Concisely
Grammar Review
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Crosswalk Coach/
Chapter 4 Lesson 25
Finding Word Meanings
Crosswalk Coach/ Chapter
4 Lesson 26 Roots and
Affixes
Crosswalk Coach/ Chapter
4 Lesson 27 Denotation
and Connotation
Begin Crosswalk Coach
Summative Assessment
for Chapters 1-4, Items 130
Complete Crosswalk Coach
Summative Assessment for
Chapters 1-4, Items 31-60
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Review Test
Preparation (Literary
Elements, Figurative
Language)
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(Arguments/counter
argument, claims,
reasons, evidence,
persuasive appeals)
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(Central Ideas and
Supporting Details,
Synonyms, Antonyms,
Analogies)
Review Test Preparation
(Authors Purpose and
Point of View)
Review Test Preparation
(Structure of Text/
Organizational Patterns)
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Review Test
Preparation (Context
Clues/ Inferencing)
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(Word Meanings,
Connotative, Denotative)
Review Test Preparation
(Mood, Tone, Diction,
Imagery, Voice, Style)
Review Test Preparation
Review Test Preparation