Annual Curriculum Planning Map
Instructor (s):
Course:
Seventh Grade Language Arts
Textbook (s):
Marking
Period
1
2
3
Unit Title
Short Story –
Elements of
Fiction
Personal
Narratives
and Writing
Letters
Elements of
Drama
Learner Objectives
-
Character
Plot
Theme
Setting
Climax / Resolution
Writing of short story
Works to be assigned / read
-
“A Crush”
“Waiting”
“ A Retrieve
Reformation”
Personal Narratives / Memoir
- Examples
- Point of View
- Setting
Synonyms, Homonyms, Antonyms
Letters
- Friendly
- Business
- Cause / Effect
- Fact / Opinion
- Editorial
Creative Project
Transactive Piece
Elements of Drama
- Cast of characters
- Dialogue
- Stage directions
Standards / Strands
Additional Information
RD.M. x.0.3
RD.M.x.0.4
RD.M. 1.0.11 – 1.0.16
Unit Assessment will
include Standardized test
over Elements of Fiction
and Writing Portfolio
Piece
RD.M. x.0.2 - 4;
RD.M. 2.0.11- 2.0.14;
3.0.11 – 3.0.14; 3.0.16;
3.0.17
WR.E. 1.2
-
“Gift of Magi”
“The Tell-Tale
Heart”
“Christmas Carol”
RD.M. x.0.3; RD.M.x.0.4;
RD.M. 1.0.11 – 1.0.16
Unit Assessment will
include Writing Portfolio
Piece (Transactive )
Assessments will include
AR Tests and Open
response items from the
Unit 2 Resource Book,
which will be scored
Marking
Period
Unit Title
Learner Objectives
Works to be assigned / read
Standards / Strands
- Script
- Props
- Scenery
- Acts / scenes
Unit 2 Resource Book
- Character
- Inference
- Making predictions
- Foreshadowing
4
Poetry
5
Conferencin
g and Review
6
Short Story
and
Elements of
Fiction
Review
Poetry
- Figurative language
- Personification, simile, metaphor, idiom
- Line / stanza
- Rhythm
Narrative Poems
Limerick
Haiku
Writing Portfolio Piece (personal selection)
Reflecting as a Writer
Letter to Reviewer
Portfolio Conferencing
Editing
Table of Contents
Elements of Fiction Review
- Character / development
- Compare / contrast
- Theme
Review for CTBS / CATS testing
Open Response KCCT
Review of Short Stories
Review of Elements of Fiction
Vocabulary
Creative Project
Final Exam Review
Final Exam
Additional Information
using Rubric
-
“Casey at Bat”
“Road Not Taken”
“Highway Man”
“The Raven”
“Annabel Lee”
“Anne of Green Gables”
-
“Tuck Everlasting”
“Wanted”
RD.M. x.0.3; RD.M. x.0.4;
RD.M. 1.0.11 – 1.0.16;
WR.E. 1.3; WR.E. 1.1
RD.M. x.0.3; RD.M. x.0.4;
RD.M. 1.0.11- 1.0.16
RD.M. x.0.3; RD.M. 1.0.11 –
1.0.16
Unit Assessments will
include Writing Portfolio
Piece; Poetry test;
Figurative Language test;
and the Letter to
Reviewer
Unit Assessments will
include use of
standardized rubric for
scoring of open response
items
Unit Assessments will
include AR Testing and
AR Literacy Skills
testing; final exam