Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week _________
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
READING – 7th Grade
Disclaimer:
Vocabulary words will reflect and utilize student’s prior
knowledge of lower grade vocabulary requirements.
(Grades 3-6)
Seventh grade vocabulary words will be listed on the
Pacing Guide.
Resources
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___1______
Academic Vocabulary: Etymology, Connotation, Denotation, Stress, Pitch
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.2 Employ a variety of strategies and resources to determine the definition,
pronunciation, and usage of words and phrases.
Resources
Academic Raceway Vocabulary &
Context Clues (grade 8)
DEA Resources:
The Power of Language
SPI 0701.1.17 Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to
determine the meaning of multi-meaning words
SPI 0701.1.18 Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to
determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
SPI 0701.1.19 Replace unknown words in context with appropriate synonyms or antonyms.
SPI 0701.1.20 Recognize and use grade appropriate and/or content specific vocabulary
within context.
SPI 0701.1.21 Decode unknown grade level words in context, using previously learned
strategies as aids in determining meaning.
 0701.1.13 Use printed and electronic dictionaries, thesauruses, and glossaries to
determine the pronunciation, spelling, and part of speech of words; to clarify meaning
and improve understanding of words (including connotation and denotation); and to
distinguish among contextually appropriate synonyms and definitions.
 0701.1.14 Define and recognize word synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms.
(Continued on next page)
DEA Resources:
Segment 3: Prefixes and Suffixes
Synonym quiz
Antonym challenge
DEA Resources:
Looking Up Synonyms in a
Thesaurus or Di...
Types of Words
A Closer Look at Types of Words
A Closer Look at Reading
Strategies
Grade ____ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___1 Con’t_____
Academic Vocabulary: Etymology, Connotation, Denotation, Stress, Pitch
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
 0701.1.15 Identify and define English words derived from Latin and Greek words that
form common roots (e.g., audio, auto, mal) and recognize English words that are based
on them (e.g., audible, autobiography, malice).
 0701.1.16 Use roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and to
clarify the meaning of familiar words.
 0701.1.17 Continue to use previously learned strategies to distinguish among multimeaning
words and to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
 0701.1.18 Recognize and appreciate cultural and regional differences signaled by word
usage and vocabulary.
Resources
The Dictionary Game
DEA Resources:
Vocabulary: Negative Prefixes
Critical R...
Vocabulary: Positive Prefixes
Critical R...
Root Words: Off to Italy
Segment 2: Roots
A Closer Look at Context Clues
Using Context Clues
Segment 4: Relative and
Interrogative Pr...
Decoding lesson
GLE 0701.2.1 Demonstrate critical listening skills essential for comprehension, evaluation,
problem solving, and task completion.
*Utilized Yearlong
DEA Resources:
Context Clues
Context Clues
Decoding Words
Segment 1: A Short History of
Words
Reading Strategies: Four Steps
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___2______
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
GLE 0701.8.1 Read and comprehend a variety of works from various forms of literature.
Poetry PowerPoint
Prose information
SPI 0701.8.3 Distinguish among different genres (e.g., poetry, drama, biography, novel)
using their distinguishing characteristics.
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.8.4 Determine the common characteristics of literary drama, nonfiction, novels,
poetry, and short stories.
 0701.8.1 Use previously learned strategies to comprehend informational texts (e.g.,
formulate questions before, during, and after reading; visualize, predict, identify the
writer’s purpose).
 0701.8.2 Sequence and identify the plot’s main events, their causes, and the influence
of each event on future actions.
 0701.8.16 Identify and explain the development of similar themes across two or more
literary texts.
 0701.8.18 Demonstrate understanding that an author’s individual viewpoint may differ
from the general values, attitudes, and beliefs of the author’s society and culture.
( Continued on next page)
Writing an Autobiography
A Civil Rights Poem
The Play's the Thing
Ox
Introduction to Six Revolutionary
War Fi...
Jean Fritz Explains Her Fascination
With...
DEA Resources:
Name That Genre
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___2______
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.8.2 Understand the characteristics of various literary genres (e.g., poetry, novel,
biography, short story, essay, drama).
SPI 0701.8.10 Identify and analyze figurative language (i.e., hyperbole, simile, metaphor,
personification, pun) within context.
 0701.8.14 Explain the purpose and use of structural elements particular to dramatic
literature (e.g., scenes, acts, cast of characters, stage directions) in plays that are read
or viewed.
GLE 0701.8.3 Recognize the conventions of various literary genres.
SPI 0701.8.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of plot: exposition, rising
action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement.
 0701.8.12 Consider how forms and conventions within genres (poetry, drama, essays,
short stories) affect meaning.
*Utilized Yearlong
Resources
DEA Resources:
Boris the Lifeguard
Imagery, Alliteration, & Assonance
Just ...
Boris the Lifeguard
Mood and Sensory Images
A Closer Look at Figurative
Language
Figurative Language: Polar
Penguins
In a Manner of Speaking
DEA Resources:
Foreshadowing & Flashback Just
the Facts...
The Plot Serves as a Road Map Just
the F...
Parts of a Story: Huck and Jim
The Story of "Dracula"
Poetry: Character, Setting, and
Plot
Jason and the Golden Fleece
Perseus and Medusa
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___3, 4, 5______
Academic Vocabulary: Nuance, Flashback, Foreshadow
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.8.5 Identify and analyze common literary terms (e.g., personification, conflict,
theme).
SPI 0701.8.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of plot: exposition, rising
action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement.
SPI 0701.8.2 Identify the author’s point of view (i.e., first person, third-person objective,
third-person limited, third-person omniscient).
SPI 0701.8.5 Identify the stated or implied theme of a literary text.
SPI 0701.8.6 Identify how the author reveals character (i.e., what the author tells us, what the
characters say about him or her, what the character does, what the character says, what the
character thinks).
SPI 0701.8.7 Identify flashback, foreshadowing, and symbolism within context.
SPI 0701.8.9 Identify the kind(s) of conflict present in a literary plot (i.e., person vs. person,
person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology).
 0701.8.3 Identify plot development techniques (e.g., foreshadowing and flashbacks)
and explain their function in the text.
(Continued on next page)
Resources
DEA Resources:
Foreshadowing & Flashback Just
the Facts...
The Plot Serves as a Road Map Just
the F...
Parts of a Story: Huck and Jim
The Story of "Dracula"
Poetry: Character, Setting, and
Plot
Jason and the Golden Fleece
Perseus and Medusa
Point of View Unit/Activity
DEA Resources:
A Great Point of View
Layers of Meaning
Attitudes & Opinions
You've Got Style
Point of View
DEA Resources:
Different Stories, Common Themes
A Closer Look at Analyzing a Story
Stories of Persecution
Different Stories, Common Themes
Themes in The Wizard of Oz
A Kafkaesque Theme
Characterization Dear Abby Activity
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___3, 4, 5_Con’t_____
Academic Vocabulary: Nuance, Flashback, Foreshadow
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
 0701.8.4 Identify and describe character (major/minor, antagonists/protagonists) features
and relationships in literary texts.
 0701.8.5 Identify moral dilemmas in works of literature, as revealed by character`
motivation and behavior.
 0701.8.6 Differentiate between internal and external conflict.
 0701.8.7 Identify the kind(s) of conflict (e.g., person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs.
environment, person vs. technology) present in literary plots.
 0701.8.8 Identify the basic elements of plot (i.e., exposition, rising action, climax,
falling action, resolution/denouement).
 0701.8.9 Identify and analyze the setting (location and time) and its impact on plot,
character, and theme in literary texts.
 0701.8.10 Explore how the author reveals character (e.g., what the author tells us,
what the characters say about him or her, what the character does, what the character
says, what the character thinks).
 0701.8.11 Identify the narration and point of view (e.g., first person, third-person
objective, third-person limited, third-person omniscient) in literary texts.
*Utilized Yearlong
Resources
DEA Resources:
A Great Point of View
Act I, Scene IV: Viola's Service
Act II, Scene III, Part Two: The
Prank
Act I, Scene II: The Sea Coast
Act II, Scene IV: Debate
Character Traits
DEA Resources:
Foreshadowing & Flashback Just
the Facts...
Rhyme & Rhythm Just the Facts:
Understan...
Literary Devices: Symbol & Irony
Just th...
Using Poetic Techniques Just the
Facts: ...
Imagery, Alliteration, & Assonance
Just ...
Imagery and Irony
Literary Devices: It's Elementary
Definition Sheet
Gift of the Magi lesson plan
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __4_______
Academic Vocabulary: Nuance, Flashback, Foreshadow
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.8.5 Identify and analyze common literary terms (e.g., personification, conflict,
theme).
(Continued from Week 3)
*Utilized Yearlong
Resources
DEA Resources:
Immigrants: Factory Work
Immigrants: Prejudice and
Derision in Am...
Panic and Fear on the Island
More News From Egypt
Prejudice in Chicago
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___5_______
Academic Vocabulary: Nuance, Flashback, Foreshadow
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.8.5 Identify and analyze common literary terms (e.g., personification, conflict,
theme).
(Continued from Week 3)
*Utilized Yearlong
Resources
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___6______
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.2.7 Participate in work teams and group discussions.
Resources
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.2.7 Select the most appropriate behaviors for participating productively in a
team (e.g., ask primarily relevant questions that move the team toward its goal and contribute
to the topic of discussion, articulate the goals that have been provided for the team work and
ask clarifying questions, come to agreement by seeking consensus or following the majority).
Respect for Rules
The Working Together Song
Respect Each Other
Brainstorm Together
Be Responsible
SPI 0701.2.8 Identify the functions and responsibilities of individual roles within an
organized group (i.e., reporter, recorder, information gatherer, leader, timekeeper).
DEA Resources:
 0701.2.8 Listen actively in group discussions by asking clarifying and elaborating
questions and by managing internal barriers (e.g., emotional state, prejudices) and
external barriers (e.g., physical setting, difficulty hearing, recovering from distractions)
to aid comprehension.
 0701.2.16 Participate productively in self-directed work teams for a particular purpose
(e.g., to interpret literature, to solve a problem, to make a decision) by adhering to the
list below.
(Continued on next page)
Everyday Language: Let's Do Lunch
(In)Formally Speaking
Group Discussions
Consider Your Audience
Listening and Speaking: Taking
Turns
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___6_Con’t_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
GLE 0701.7.1 Analyze media for their ability to inform, persuade, and entertain.
Propaganda Power point worksheet
SPI 0701.7.3 Identify the purpose of a medium (i.e., to inform, to persuade, to entertain, to
describe).
DEA Resources:
 0701.7.5 Demonstrate an awareness of audience needs through choice of medium
and the selection of images, words, and sounds.
The Eagle in Superstition and
Legend
Name That Genre
The Theater in Ancient Greece
Stories of Persecution
A Forefather, a Princess, and a
Warrior
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___7_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.5.4 Analyze written and oral communication for persuasive devices.
SPI 0701.5.4 Identify examples of persuasive devices (i.e., bandwagon, loaded terms,
testimonial, name-calling, plain folks).
GLE 0701.5.2 Analyze text for fact-opinion, cause-effect, inferences, evidence, and
conclusions.
 0701.5.12 Identify the persuasive devices in written and oral communication
(e.g., bandwagon, loaded terms, testimonial, name-calling, plain folks).
Resources
DEA Resources:
Generalizations Persuasive
Language
Biased Remains
Persuasive Ideas
Swirling Persuasion
Persuasive Speech
Layers of Meaning
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ____8_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.5.1 Use logic to make inferences and draw conclusions in a variety of oral and
written contexts.
SPI 0701.5.1 Make predictions about the outcome of a given text.
 0701.5.1 Make logical predictions of future events in text.
 0701.5.7 Compare and contrast evidence and conclusions between/among two or more
arguments on the same topic.
*Utilize Yearlong
Resources
DEA Resources:
Making Predictions
Mosquito and the Tall Tale
The DR-TA: Step One: Clarifying
Students...
The Directed Reading-Thinking
Activity (...
Types of Clues for Predicting
A Closer Look at Previewing
Resources
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ____9_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.6.1 Comprehend and summarize the main ideas and supporting details of
informational texts.
SPI 0701.6.1 Formulate clarifying questions before, during, or after reading.
SPI 0701.6.2 Identify the main idea and supporting details in text.
SPI 0701.6.5 Choose the correct order of a set of instructions.
SPI 0701.6.6 Identify the organizational structure of an informational text (i.e.,
chronological, cause-effect, comparison-contrast, sequential, problem-solution).
 0701.6.1 Use previously learned strategies to comprehend informational texts (e.g.,
formulate questions before, during, and after reading; visualize, predict, identify the writer’s
purpose).
 0701.6.2 Identify/infer the details that support the main idea of an informational text and
identify the details supporting it.
(Continued on next page)
Resources
DEA Resources:
Making Predictions
A Closer Look at Making
Predictions
Making Predictions
Organizing Research
Researching the Brooklyn Bridge
Consider Your Audience
DEA Resources:
Writing: The Big Idea
Reading Speeds
Layers of Meaning
Main Idea: Pyramid Plunder
Asking Questions & Seeking
Answers
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ____9 Con’t____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
 0701.6.3 Recognize clear, but subtly stated relationships among ideas (e.g., cause/effect,
comparative, sequential) in informational texts.
 0701.6.4 Make inferences and draw conclusions.
 0701.6.5 Summarize succinctly the main idea and supporting details (presented as text
and/or visuals) in informational texts.
 0701.6.6 Summarize, paraphrase, and critique texts.
.
*Utilized Yearlong
Resources
DEA Resources:
Four Steps to Making Soup
Changing Direction
Maths on the Street
Act III, Scene II: Jealousy
DEA Resources:
Using Your Textbook
A View from the Nile
Plot of a Story
In Summary: The Story of Tom
Thumb
Listen Up
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___10______
Academic Vocabulary: Paraphrase, Foreign Phrases
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.2.2 Distinguish among summaries, paraphrases, and critiques.
(See Week 18)

0701.2.3 Summarize information presented orally by others in which the main ideas may
be explicitly or implicitly stated, including the purposes, major ideas, and supporting details
or evidence.
 0701.2.4 Paraphrase accurately ideas and information presented orally by others.
 0701.2.5 Construct a summary and a paraphrase of a speech.
GLE 0701.1.2 Employ a variety of strategies and resources to determine the definition,
pronunciation, and usage of words and phrases.
SPI 0701.1.17 Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to
determine the meaning of multi-meaning words.
SPI 0701.1.18 Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to
determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
SPI 0701.1.19 Replace unknown words in context with appropriate synonyms or antonyms.
SPI 0701.1.20 Recognize and use grade appropriate and/or content specific vocabulary
within context.
(Continued on next page)
Resources
Academic Raceway Vocabulary &
Context Clues (grade 8)
DEA Resources:
The Power of Language
DEA Resources:
Segment 3: Prefixes and Suffixes
Synonym quiz
Antonym challenge
DEA Resources:
Looking Up Synonyms in a
Thesaurus or Di...
Types of Words
A Closer Look at Types of Words
A Closer Look at Reading
Strategies
The Dictionary Game
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___10 Con’t_____
Academic Vocabulary: Paraphrase, Foreign Phrases
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.1.21 Decode unknown grade level words in context, using previously learned
strategies as aids in determining meaning.
SPI 0701.1.22 Identify commonly used foreign words and phrases (i.e., RSVP, déjà vu, faux
pas, du jour, bon voyage).
 0701.1.14 Define and recognize word synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms.
 0701.1.15 Identify and define English words derived from Latin and Greek words that form
common roots (e.g., audio, auto, mal) and recognize English words that are based on them
(e.g., audible, autobiography, malice).
 0701.1.16 Use roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and to clarify the
meaning of familiar words.
 0701.1.17 Continue to use previously learned strategies to distinguish among multimeaning
words to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Vocabulary: Negative Prefixes
Critical R...
Vocabulary: Positive Prefixes
Critical R...
Root Words: Off to Italy
Segment 2: Roots
A Closer Look at Context Clues
Using Context Clues
Segment 4: Relative and
Interrogative Pr...
Decoding lesson
DEA Resources:
Context Clues
Context Clues
Decoding Words
Segment 1: A Short History of
Words
Reading Strategies: Four Steps
 0701.1.18 Recognize and appreciate cultural and regional differences signaled by word usage
and vocabulary.
phrase and definitions
Commonly used English word
translated into other languages
 0701.1.19 Use textual structure (e.g., examples of cause-effect and compare-contrast relationships)
to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words or distinguish multi-meaning words.
DEA Resources:
*Utilized Yearlong
Common Spanish Phrases
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___11______
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.6.2 Analyze the organizational structures of informational texts.
 0701.6.7 Identify the organizational structures of informational texts (e.g., chronological,
sequential, cause-effect, comparison-contrast, problem-solution).
 0701.6.8 Recognize that print format varies according to purpose and genre (e.g., prose,
poetry, newspapers/magazines, letters, dramas, technical manuals, textbooks).
 0701.6.11 Follow instructions in informational or technical texts.
GLE 0701.6.3 Read, interpret, and analyze text features that support informational texts.
 0701.6.9 Use text features to locate information and make meaning from text (e.g.,
headings, key words, captions, tables of contents, footnotes, illustrations).
 0701.6.10 Comprehend and interpret factual, quantitative, technical, or mathematical
information presented in maps, charts, graphs, time lines, tables, and diagrams.
Resources
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __12_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.5.2 Analyze text for fact-opinion, cause-effect, inferences, evidence, and
conclusions.
SPI 0701.5.2 Evaluate text for fact/opinion.
SPI 0701.5.3 Identify stated or implied cause/effect relationships.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Fact vs. Opinion
The Author's Purpose
A Closer Look at the Author's
Purpose
Point of View
Knowing the Facts
SPI 0701.5.6 Identify an example of deductive or inductive reasoning in text.
DEA Resources:
 0701.5.2 Identify sequence of events in text.
 0701.5.4 Identify and analyze stated or implied cause/effect relationships in text.
 0701.5.5 Determine criteria for recognizing factual claim and opinion (e.g., scientific
method, provability, quality of evidence, sources).
 0701.5.6 Determine the relevance and quality of evidence given to support or oppose an
argument.
 0701.5.14 Explore the concepts of stereotyping and bias.
Conflict With England
A Decision Is Made to Sell the Goat
The Chain of Events that Create
the Tall...
Problems and Solutions
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __13______
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.5.2 Analyze text for fact-opinion, cause-effect, inferences, evidence, and
conclusions.
SPI 0701.5.6 Identify an example of deductive or inductive reasoning in text.
(Continued from Week 12)
Resources
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___14______
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.7.2 Examine the relationship between the visual (e.g., media images, painting,
film, graphic arts) and the verbal in media.
SPI 0701.7.6 Identify the type of conflict (i.e., person vs. person, person vs. self, person vs.
environment, person vs. technology) represented in a non-print medium.

0701.7.2 Identify, analyze, and discuss the relationship between the visual (e.g., media
images, painting, film, graphic arts) and the verbal in media and explain how the elements
support or conflict with each other.
GLE 0701.8.5 Identify and analyze common literary terms (e.g., personification, conflict,
theme).
SPI 0701.8.9 Identify the kind(s) of conflict present in a literary plot (i.e., person vs. person,
person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology).
 0701.8.7 Identify the kind(s) of conflict (e.g., person vs. person, person vs. self, person
vs. environment, person vs. technology) present in literary plots.
 0701.8.8 Identify the basic elements of plot (i.e., exposition, rising action, climax, falling
action, resolution/denouement).
Resources
DEA Resources:
The Plot Thickens
Developing Character Through
Courage
Different Stories, Common Themes
Plot of a Story
DEA Resources:
Immigrants: Factory Work
Immigrants: Prejudice and
Derision in Am...
Panic and Fear on the Island
More News From Egypt
Prejudice in Chicago
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___15____
Academic Vocabulary: Onomatopoeia, Accent, Repetition, Internal Rhyme, Assonance, Consonance
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.8.5 Identify and analyze common literary terms (e.g., personification, conflict,
theme).
SPI 0701.8.8 Analyze the effects of sound (i.e., accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition,
rhyme, internal rhyme) in context.
 0701.8.13 Identify sound devices (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme),
figurative language (e.g., metaphor, simile), and other conventions of verse in poetry (e.g.,
limerick, lyric, narrative, haiku) and explain how these contribute to the poem’s meaning and
to the poem’s effect.
(Continued in Week 16)
Resources
DEA Resources:
Rhyme & Rhythm Just the Facts:
Understan...
Imagery, Alliteration, & Assonance
Just ...
Poetry Matters
Writing that Rocks
Section B: The Language and Verse
of <...
List of Definitions
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __16____
Academic Vocabulary: Onomatopoeia, Accent, Repetition, Internal Rhyme, Assonance, Consonance
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.8.5 Identify and analyze common literary terms (e.g., personification, conflict,
theme).
SPI 0701.8.4 Determine the common characteristics of literary drama, nonfiction, novels,
poetry, and short stories.
SPI 0701.8.8 Analyze the effects of sound (i.e., accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition,
rhyme, internal rhyme) in context.

0701.8.13 Identify sound devices (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme),
figurative language (e.g., metaphor, simile), and other conventions of verse in poetry (e.g.,
limerick, lyric, narrative, haiku) and explain how these contribute to the poem’s meaning and
to the poem’s effect.
(Continued from Week 15)
Resources
DEA Resources:
Name That Genre
DEA Resources:
Rhyme & Rhythm Just the Facts:
Understan...
Imagery, Alliteration, & Assonance
Just ...
Poetry Matters
Writing that Rocks
Section B: The Language and Verse
of <...
List of Definitions
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___17___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
GLE 0701.8.1 Read and comprehend a variety of works from various forms of literature.
Poetry PowerPoint
Prose information
SPI 0701.8.3 Distinguish among different genres (e.g., poetry, drama, biography, novel)
using their distinguishing characteristics.
DEA Resources:
 0701.8.18 Demonstrate understanding that an author’s individual viewpoint may differ
from the general values, attitudes, and beliefs of the author’s society and culture.
Writing an Autobiography
A Civil Rights Poem
The Play's the Thing
Ox
Introduction to Six Revolutionary
War Fi...
Jean Fritz Explains Her Fascination
With...
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___18___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
DEA Resources:
GLE 0701.2.2 Distinguish among summaries, paraphrases, and critiques.
 0701.2.6 Construct a critique of a speech.
(See Week 10)
GLE 0701.7.3 Recognize how visual and sound techniques and design elements (e.g., special
effects, camera angles, music) carry or influence messages in various media.
Advertising Images
Media Watch
Evaluating Media
Made to Appeal
Images, Sounds, & Symbols
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.7.1 Choose the most appropriate medium for a prescribed purpose and audience.
SPI 0701.7.4 Draw an inference from a non-print medium.
SPI 0701.7.5 Choose the statement that best summarizes/communicates the message presented by
a medium.
 0701.7.1 Interpret how the sounds, images, and words used in television, radio, film, and
the Internet are used to support the purpose of the production; evaluate the effectiveness of
the techniques.

0701.7.3 Identify visual and sound techniques and design elements (e.g., special effects,
camera angles, lighting, and music in television/film or layout, pictures, and typeface in print
materials) in various media, and explain how they carry or influence messages.
 0701.7.6 Consider potential audience reaction (e.g., being aware of verbal and nonverbal
cues given by the audience during a presentation) to improve media productions.
Literary Devices: It's Elementary
Have Information, Will Travel
Stereotypes in Media
DEA Resources:
Making a Speech
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GLE 0701.4.3 Make distinctions about the credibility, reliability, consistency, strengths, and
limitations of resources, including information gathered from websites.
Resources
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.4.2 Identify levels of reliability among resources (e.g., eyewitness account,
newspaper account, supermarket tabloid account, Internet source).
Research Papers
Internet Research
Research Skills: The Sky's the Limit
Researching the Brooklyn Bridge
SPI 0701.4.3 Determine the most appropriate research source for a given research topic.
DEA Resources:

0701.4.5 Choose among sources provided and those found independently based on the
usefulness, credibility, and reliability of the sources.

0701.4.6 Identify reasons for choosing one source over another, including those found on
websites.

0701.4.7 Identify the characteristics and limitations of source material.
 0701.4.9 Analyze and interpret data in multiple forms (e.g., a bar or circle graph) on a
familiar topic.
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Finding & Retrieving Information:
Period...
Finding & Retrieving Information:
The Re...
Choosing a Format Business Basics:
Busin...
Context Clues
Mummies in the Dictionary
A Closer Look at Context Clues
Sources and the City
Read Around Washington
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GLE 0701.1.2 Employ a variety of strategies and resources to determine the definition,
pronunciation, and usage of words and phrases.
SPI 0701.1.17 Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to
determine the meaning of multi-meaning words.
SPI 0701.1.18 Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to
determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
Resources
Academic Raceway Vocabulary &
Context Clues (grade 8)
DEA Resources:
The Power of Language
DEA Resources:
Segment 3: Prefixes and Suffixes
SPI 0701.1.19 Replace unknown words in context with appropriate synonyms or antonyms.
Synonym quiz
Antonym challenge
SPI 0701.1.20 Recognize and use grade appropriate and/or content specific vocabulary
within context.
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.1.21 Decode unknown grade level words in context, using previously learned
strategies as aids in determining meaning.
SPI 0701.1.22 Identify commonly used foreign words and phrases (i.e., RSVP, déjà vu, faux
pas, du jour, bon voyage).
Looking Up Synonyms in a
Thesaurus or Di...
Types of Words
A Closer Look at Types of Words
A Closer Look at Reading
Strategies
The Dictionary Game
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 0701.1.14 Define and recognize word synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms.
 0701.1.15 Identify and define English words derived from Latin and Greek words that
form common roots (e.g., audio, auto, mal) and recognize English words that are based on
them (e.g., audible, autobiography, malice).
 0701.1.16 Use roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and to
clarify the meaning of familiar words.
 0701.1.17 Continue to use previously learned strategies to distinguish among multimeaning
words and to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
 0701.1.18 Recognize and appreciate cultural and regional differences signaled by word
usage and vocabulary.
 0701.1.19 Use textual structure (e.g., examples of cause-effect and compare-contrast
relationships) to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words or distinguish multi-meaning
words.
 0701.1.20 Demonstrate understanding of common phrases and terms from other
languages commonly used in English (e.g., RSVP, déjà vu, faux pas, du jour, bon voyage).
Resources
DEA Resources:
Vocabulary: Negative Prefixes
Critical R...
Vocabulary: Positive Prefixes
Critical R...
Root Words: Off to Italy
Segment 2: Roots
A Closer Look at Context Clues
Using Context Clues
Segment 4: Relative and
Interrogative Pr...
Decoding lesson
DEA Resources:
Context Clues
Context Clues
Decoding Words
Segment 1: A Short History of
Words
Reading Strategies: Four Steps
phrase and definitions
Commonly used English word
translated into other languages
DEA Resources:
Common Spanish Phrases
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GLE 0701.8.4 Analyze works of literature for what is suggested about the historical period in
which they were written.
SPI 0701.8.11 Recognize and identify words within context that reveal particular time
periods and cultures.
SPI 0701.8.12 Identify the author’s purpose for writing.
 0701.8.17 Identify the historical period in which a literary text was written and explain the text in
light of this understanding.
Reader's Response
Interview with Author Karen Hess
A View from the Nile
Preparations for the Big Speech
A Decision Is Made to Sell the Goat
Plymouth Rock Is Designated a
Landmark
Pieces of Plymouth Rock Are
Reunited in ...
Fiction vs. Nonfiction: African
Tales
List of foreign words and phrases
with definitions
Ellis Island Images.ppt
From Ellis Island to Orchard Street
DEA Resources:
Consider Your Purpose
The DR-TA: Step Two: Identifying
Heading...
Read Around Washington
The DR-TA: Step One: Clarifying
Students...
Fighting for Information
Biased Remains
*(See week #27)
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GLE 0701.5.5 Explore the concept of premises, including false premises.
SPI 0701.5.7 Identify a false premise in text.
 0701.5.9 Understand the meaning of the words premise and fallacy.
 0701.5.10 Identify and describe the structure of an argument, including its main claim and
supporting premises.

0701.5.11 Identify a variety of false premises, including those involving categorical claims
(e.g., all mammals are human beings).
GLE 0701.5.6 Explore the concept of logical fallacies.
SPI 0701.6.1 Formulate clarifying questions before, during, or after reading.
SPI 0701.6.3 Use text features to locate information and make meaning from text (e.g.,
headings, key words, captions, footnotes).
 0701.5.3 Construct and complete analogies using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms,
categories, subcategories, whole/part, functions, and verb forms.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Language of Logic
Responding to Edgar Allan Poe
Valid and Invalid Arguments
A Titanic Short Story
Using What We Know
DEA Resources:
Making Predictions
A Closer Look at Making
Predictions
Making Predictions
Organizing Research
Researching the Brooklyn Bridge
Consider Your Audience
DEA Resources:
Read with a System
Big Picture, Big Dig
Parts of a Book
Finding Information with Thomas
Jefferso...
Read Around Washington
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GLE 0701.5.2 Analyze text for fact-opinion, cause-effect, inferences, evidence, and
conclusions.
SPI 0701.5.2 Evaluate text for fact/opinion.
SPI 0701.5.3 Identify stated or implied cause/effect relationships.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Fact vs. Opinion
The Author's Purpose
A Closer Look at the Author's
Purpose
Point of View
Knowing the Facts
SPI 0701.5.6 Identify an example of deductive or inductive reasoning in text.
DEA Resources:
 0701.5.2 Identify sequence of events in text.
 0701.5.4 Identify and analyze stated or implied cause/effect relationships in text.
 0701.5.5 Determine criteria for recognizing factual claim and opinion (e.g., scientific
method, provability, quality of evidence, sources).
 0701.5.6 Determine the relevance and quality of evidence given to support or oppose an
argument.
 0701.5.14 Explore the concepts of stereotyping and bias.
Conflict With England
A Decision Is Made to Sell the Goat
The Chain of Events that Create
the Tall...
Problems and Solutions
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GLE 0701.5.3 Demonstrate an understanding of deductive and inductive reasoning.
 0701.5.8 Identify and analyze examples of deductive and inductive reasoning in text.
*(Continued to Week #24)
Resources
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Resources
*(Continued from Week #23)
Analogy lesson
GLE 0701.5.3 Demonstrate an understanding of deductive and inductive reasoning.
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.5.5 Select the correct word or phrase to complete an analogy, using synonyms,
antonyms, homonyms, categories, subcategories, whole/part, functions, and verb forms.
SPI 0701.5.8 Make inferences and draw conclusions based on evidence in text.

0701.5.3 Construct and complete analogies using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms,
categories, subcategories, whole/part, functions, and verb forms.
The Six Categories of Analogies
Analogi...
The Analogical Guide: Step Three:
Explai...
The Analogical Guide: Steps One
and Two:...
DEA Resources:
Implicit and Explicit
Inference and Drawing Conclusions
Group Discussions
Public Speaking
Giving a Speech
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Resources
GLE 0701.8.1 Read and comprehend a variety of works from various forms of literature.
Poetry PowerPoint
Prose information
SPI 0701.8.3 Distinguish among different genres (e.g., poetry, drama, biography, novel)
using their distinguishing characteristics.
DEA Resources:
 0701.8.1 Use previously learned strategies to comprehend informational texts (e.g.,
formulate questions before, during, and after reading; visualize, predict, identify the writer’s
purpose).

0701.8.2 Sequence and identify the plot’s main events, their causes, and the influence of
each event on future actions.
 0701.8.16 Identify and explain the development of similar themes across two or more
literary texts.
 0701.8.18 Demonstrate understanding that an author’s individual viewpoint may differ
from the general values, attitudes, and beliefs of the author’s society and culture.
Writing an Autobiography
A Civil Rights Poem
The Play's the Thing
Ox
Introduction to Six Revolutionary
War Fi...
Jean Fritz Explains Her Fascination
With...
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GLE 0701.8.5 Identify and analyze common literary terms (e.g., personification, conflict,
theme).
SPI 0701.8.2 Identify the author’s point of view (i.e., first person, third-person objective,
third-person limited, third-person omniscient).
SPI 0701.8.4 Determine the common characteristics of literary drama, nonfiction, novels,
poetry, and short stories.
SPI 0701.8.5 Identify the stated or implied theme of a literary text.
SPI 0701.8.6 Identify how the author reveals character (i.e., what the author tells us, what the
characters say about him or her, what the character does, what the character says, what the
character thinks).
SPI 0701.8.7 Identify flashback, foreshadowing, and symbolism within context.
SPI 0701.8.8 Analyze the effects of sound (i.e., accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition,
rhyme, internal rhyme) in context.
 0701.8.3 Identify plot development techniques (e.g., foreshadowing and flashbacks) and
explain their function in the text.
 0701.8.4 Identify and describe character (major/minor, antagonists/protagonists) features
and relationships in literary texts.
(Continued on next page)
Resources
Point of View Unit/Activity
DEA Resources:
A Great Point of View
Layers of Meaning
Attitudes & Opinions
You've Got Style
Point of View
DEA Resources:
Name That Genre
DEA Resources:
Different Stories, Common Themes
A Closer Look at Analyzing a Story
Stories of Persecution
Different Stories, Common Themes
Themes in The Wizard of Oz
A Kafkaesque Theme
Characterization Dear Abby Activity
DEA Resources:
A Great Point of View
Act I, Scene IV: Viola's Service
Act II, Scene III, Part Two: The
Prank
Act I, Scene II: The Sea Coast
Act II, Scene IV: Debate
Character Traits
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 0701.8.5 Identify moral dilemmas in works of literature, as revealed by character
motivation and behavior.
 0701.8.6 Differentiate between internal and external conflict.
 0701.8.7 Identify the kind(s) of conflict (e.g., person vs. person, person vs. self, person
vs. environment, person vs. technology) present in literary plots.
 0701.8.8 Identify the basic elements of plot (i.e., exposition, rising action, climax, falling
action, resolution/denouement).
 0701.8.9 Identify and analyze the setting (location and time) and its impact on plot,
character, and theme in literary texts.
 0701.8.10 Explore how the author reveals character (e.g., what the author tells us, what
the characters say about him or her, what the character does, what the character says, what
the character thinks).
 0701.8.11 Identify the narration and point of view (e.g., first person, third-person
objective, third-person limited, third-person omniscient) in literary texts.
 0701.8.13 Identify sound devices (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme),
figurative language (e.g., metaphor, simile), and other conventions of verse in poetry (e.g.,
limerick, lyric, narrative, haiku) and explain how these contribute to the poem’s meaning and
to the poem’s effect.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Foreshadowing & Flashback Just
the Facts...
Rhyme & Rhythm Just the Facts:
Understan...
Literary Devices: Symbol & Irony
Just th...
Using Poetic Techniques Just the
Facts: ...
Imagery, Alliteration, & Assonance
Just ...
Imagery and Irony
Literary Devices: It's Elementary
Definition Sheet
Gift of the Magi lesson plan
DEA Resources:
Rhyme & Rhythm Just the Facts:
Understan...
Imagery, Alliteration, & Assonance
Just ...
Poetry Matters
Writing that Rocks
Section B: The Language and Verse
of <...
List of Definitions
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __27____
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Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
DEA Resources:
GLE 0701.8.4 Analyze works of literature for what is suggested about the historical period in
which they were written.
SPI 0701.8.11 Recognize and identify words within context that reveal particular time
periods and cultures.
SPI 0701.8.12 Identify the author’s purpose for writing.
 0701.8.17 Identify the historical period in which a literary text was written and explain
the text in light of this understanding.
Reader's Response
Interview with Author Karen Hess
A View from the Nile
Preparations for the Big Speech
A Decision Is Made to Sell the Goat
Plymouth Rock Is Designated a
Landmark
Pieces of Plymouth Rock Are
Reunited in ...
Fiction vs. Nonfiction: African
Tales
List of foreign words and phrases
with definitions
Ellis Island Images.ppt
From Ellis Island to Orchard Street
DEA Resources:
Consider Your Purpose
The DR-TA: Step Two: Identifying
Heading...
Read Around Washington
The DR-TA: Step One: Clarifying
Students...
Fighting for Information
Biased Remains
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
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Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.5.3 Demonstrate an understanding of deductive and inductive reasoning.
SPI 0701.4.4 Distinguish between primary (i.e., interviews, letters, diaries, newspapers,
personal narratives) and secondary (i.e., reference books, periodicals, Internet, biographies)
sources.
 0701.4.4 Distinguish between primary and secondary sources, defining the
characteristics of each and evaluating each for their benefits and limitations.
GLE 0701.1.2 Employ a variety of strategies and resources to determine the definition,
pronunciation, and usage of words and phrases
SPI 0701.1.22 Identify commonly used foreign words and phrases (i.e., RSVP, déjà vu, faux
pas, du jour, bon voyage).
 0701.1.20 Demonstrate understanding of common phrases and terms from other
languages commonly used in English (e.g., RSVP, déjà vu, faux pas, du jour, bon voyage).
Resources
DEA Resources:
Research Sources: Primary and
Secondary
Electronic Media
Exploring Encyclopedias
phrase and definitions
Commonly used English word
translated into other languages
DEA Resources:
Common Spanish Phrases
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GLE 0701.5.3 Demonstrate an understanding of deductive and inductive reasoning.
Resources
Analogy lesson
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.5.5 Select the correct word or phrase to complete an analogy, using synonyms,
antonyms, homonyms, categories, subcategories, whole/part, functions, and verb forms.
SPI 0701.5.8 Make inferences and draw conclusions based on evidence in text.
 0701.5.3 Construct and complete analogies using synonyms, antonyms, homonyms,
categories, subcategories, whole/part, functions, and verb forms.
 0701.5.8 Identify and analyze examples of deductive and inductive reasoning in text.
(Continued on next page)
The Six Categories of Analogies
Analogi...
The Analogical Guide: Step Three:
Explai...
The Analogical Guide: Steps One
and Two:...
DEA Resources:
Implicit and Explicit
Inference and Drawing Conclusions
Group Discussions
Public Speaking
Giving a Speech
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___29 Con’t_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.8.5 Identify and analyze common literary terms (e.g., personification, conflict,
theme).
SPI 0701.8.8 Analyze the effects of sound (i.e., accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition,
rhyme, internal rhyme) in context.
SPI 0701.8.9 Identify the kind(s) of conflict present in a literary plot (i.e., person vs. person,
person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology).
 0701.8.13 Identify sound devices (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme),
figurative language (e.g., metaphor, simile), and other conventions of verse in poetry (e.g.,
limerick, lyric, narrative, haiku) and explain how these contribute to the poem’s meaning and
to the poem’s effect.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Rhyme & Rhythm Just the Facts:
Understan...
Imagery, Alliteration, & Assonance
Just ...
Poetry Matters
Writing that Rocks
Section B: The Language and Verse
of <...
List of Definitions
DEA Resources:
Immigrants: Factory Work
Immigrants: Prejudice and
Derision in Am...
Panic and Fear on the Island
More News From Egypt
Prejudice in Chicago
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
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Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
GLE 0701.8.1 Read and comprehend a variety of works from various forms of literature.
Poetry PowerPoint
Prose information
SPI 0701.8.3 Distinguish among different genres (e.g., poetry, drama, biography, novel)
using their distinguishing characteristics.
DEA Resources:
 0701.8.1 Use previously learned strategies to comprehend informational texts (e.g.,
formulate questions before, during, and after reading; visualize, predict, identify the writer’s
purpose).
 0701.8.2 Sequence and identify the plot’s main events, their causes, and the influence of
each event on future actions
 0701.8.16 Identify and explain the development of similar themes across two or more
literary texts.
 0701.8.18 Demonstrate understanding that an author’s individual viewpoint may differ
from the general values, attitudes, and beliefs of the author’s society and culture.
Writing an Autobiography
A Civil Rights Poem
The Play's the Thing
Ox
Introduction to Six Revolutionary
War Fi...
Jean Fritz Explains Her Fascination
With...
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___31___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.5.6 Explore the concept of logical fallacies.
SPI 0701.6.1 Formulate clarifying questions before, during, or after reading.
SPI 0701.6.3 Use text features to locate information and make meaning from text (e.g.,
headings, key words, captions, footnotes).
 0701.5.13 Explore common logical fallacies (e.g., appeal to fear, personal attack, false
dilemma, false analogy) in a variety of texts.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Making Predictions
A Closer Look at Making
Predictions
Making Predictions
Organizing Research
Researching the Brooklyn Bridge
Consider Your Audience
DEA Resources:
GLE 0701.4.4 Write a research paper, using primary and secondary sources and technology
and graphics, as appropriate.
SPI 0701.4.4 Distinguish between primary (i.e., interviews, letters, diaries, newspapers,
personal narratives) and secondary (i.e., reference books, periodicals, Internet, biographies)
sources.
 0701.4.4 Distinguish between primary and secondary sources, defining the
characteristics of each and evaluating each for their benefits and limitations.
Read with a System
Big Picture, Big Dig
Parts of a Book
Finding Information with Thomas
Jefferso...
Read Around Washington
DEA Resources:
Research Sources: Primary and
Secondary
Electronic Media
Exploring Encyclopedias
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
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Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.8.5 Identify and analyze common literary terms (e.g., personification, conflict,
theme).
SPI 0701.8.2 Identify the author’s point of view (i.e., first person, third-person objective,
third-person limited, third-person omniscient).
SPI 0701.8.4 Determine the common characteristics of literary drama, nonfiction, novels,
poetry, and short stories.
SPI 0701.8.5 Identify the stated or implied theme of a literary text.
SPI 0701.8.6 Identify how the author reveals character (i.e., what the author tells us, what the
characters say about him or her, what the character does, what the character says, what the
character thinks).
SPI 0701.8.7 Identify flashback, foreshadowing, and symbolism within context.
SPI 0701.8.8 Analyze the effects of sound (i.e., accent, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition,
rhyme, internal rhyme) in context.
SPI 0701.8.9 Identify the kind(s) of conflict present in a literary plot (i.e., person vs. person,
person vs. self, person vs. environment, person vs. technology).
(Continued on next page)
Resources
Point of View Unit/Activity
DEA Resources:
A Great Point of View
Layers of Meaning
Attitudes & Opinions
You've Got Style
Point of View
DEA Resources:
Name That Genre
DEA Resources:
Different Stories, Common Themes
A Closer Look at Analyzing a Story
Stories of Persecution
Different Stories, Common Themes
Themes in The Wizard of Oz
A Kafkaesque Theme
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __32 Con’t______
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
Characterization Dear Abby Activity
 0701.8.3 Identify plot development techniques (e.g., foreshadowing and flashbacks) and
explain their function in the text.
 0701.8.4 Identify and describe character (major/minor, antagonists/protagonists) features
and relationships in literary texts.
 0701.8.5 Identify moral dilemmas in works of literature, as revealed by character
motivation and behavior.
 0701.8.6 Differentiate between internal and external conflict.
 0701.8.7 Identify the kind(s) of conflict (e.g., person vs. person, person vs. self, person
vs. environment, person vs. technology) present in literary plots.
 0701.8.8 Identify the basic elements of plot (i.e., exposition, rising action, climax, falling
action, resolution/denouement).
(Continued on next page)
DEA Resources:
A Great Point of View
Act I, Scene IV: Viola's Service
Act II, Scene III, Part Two: The
Prank
Act I, Scene II: The Sea Coast
Act II, Scene IV: Debate
Character Traits
DEA Resources:
Foreshadowing & Flashback Just
the Facts...
Rhyme & Rhythm Just the Facts:
Understan...
Literary Devices: Symbol & Irony
Just th...
Using Poetic Techniques Just the
Facts: ...
Imagery, Alliteration, & Assonance
Just ...
Imagery and Irony
Literary Devices: It's Elementary
Definition Sheet
Gift of the Magi lesson plan
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __32 Con’t__
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
 0701.8.9 Identify and analyze the setting (location and time) and its impact on plot,
character, and theme in literary texts.
 0701.8.10 Explore how the author reveals character (e.g., what the author tells us, what
the characters say about him or her, what the character does, what the character says, what
the character thinks).
 0701.8.11 Identify the narration and point of view (e.g., first person, third-person
objective, third-person limited, third-person omniscient) in literary texts.
 0701.8.13 Identify sound devices (e.g., alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme scheme),
figurative language (e.g., metaphor, simile), and other conventions of verse in poetry (e.g.,
limerick, lyric, narrative, haiku) and explain how these contribute to the poem’s meaning and
to the poem’s effect.
*(Continued to Week #8)
Resources
DEA Resources:
Rhyme & Rhythm Just the Facts:
Understan...
Imagery, Alliteration, & Assonance
Just ...
Poetry Matters
Writing that Rocks
Section B: The Language and Verse
of <...
List of Definitions
DEA Resources:
Immigrants: Factory Work
Immigrants: Prejudice and
Derision in Am...
Panic and Fear on the Island
More News From Egypt
Prejudice in Chicago
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___33___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Same as Week #32
Resources
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___34___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
T-CAP Review Week
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QUIA
Jeopardy
Coach
DEA Probes
Practice Book
Rags to Riches
Resources
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* (Continued in Week #36)
Instructional Week ___35___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.4.4 Write a research paper, using primary and secondary sources and technology
and graphics, as appropriate.
PowerPoint Project
SPI 0701.4.4 Distinguish between primary (i.e., interviews, letters, diaries, newspapers,
personal narratives) and secondary (i.e., reference books, periodicals, Internet, biographies)
sources.
 0701.4.4 Distinguish between primary and secondary sources, defining the
characteristics of each and evaluating each for their benefits and limitations.
 0701.4.11 Craft an introductory paragraph in which the thesis statement(s) clearly
presents the topic of the documented essay.
 0701.4.12 Present a body of well-developed and specific facts and information pertinent
to the topic, developed as a series of paragraphs which support the topic.
 0701.4.13 Connect ideas using a variety of transition strategies.
 0701.4.15 Craft a conclusion in which closure is provided, such as by restating the topic
and summarizing findings.
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Resources
DEA Resources:
Research Sources: Primary and
Secondary
Electronic Media
Exploring Encyclopedias
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Instructional Week ___35 Con’t___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
 0701.4.16 Acknowledge source material using a predetermined standard format (e.g.,
APA, MLA).
 0701.4.17 Understand the differences among quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
 0701.4.18 Quote, paraphrase, or summarize text, ideas, or other information taken from
print or electronic sources.
 0701.4.19 Follow a standard format and use the appropriate technology to embed text
graphics, including a title, contents page, numbered pages, and a bibliography.
 0701.4.20 Include effective graphics and illustrative material to support research ideas
in the text.
* (Continued in Week #36)
Resources
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* (Continued from Week #35)
Instructional Week ___36___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.8.5 Identify and analyze common literary terms (e.g., personification, conflict,
theme).
Resources
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Instructional Week ___37___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Last Week of School Activities
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Field Day
Awards
Talent Show
Resources
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Instructional Week _____1_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
SPI 0701.1.5 Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place correctly according to
the words they modify within the sentence) within context.
 0701.1.1 Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns
(including collective nouns, compound nouns, noun clauses, noun functions as direct and
indirect objects, and as predicate nouns), pronouns (including proper case: nominative,
objective, possessive; reflexive pronouns, interrogative; demonstrative; agreement of
pronouns with their antecedents), verbs (including agreement with subject in person and
number, verbs that take objects, regular and irregular verb forms, correct use of the three
perfect tenses), adjectives (including comparative and superlative forms, compound
predicate adjectives, adjective clauses), adverbs (including comparative and superlative
forms, punctuation with introductory adverb phrases and clauses, correct placement within
he sentence), conjunctions (including coordinating, correlative, and subordinating
conjunctions to combine words, phrases, clauses, and sentences), interjections, and
prepositions (recognize prepositional phrases as adjective/adverb modifiers and note their
functions in the sentence).
*SPI 1.9 (Troublesome Words)
Resources
DEA Resources:
Prepositions
Section B: Prepositions
Review: Adverbs, Prepositions,
Conjuncti...
Part Three: Prepositions
Preposition
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week _____2______
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
SPI 0701.1.5 Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place correctly according to
the words they modify within the sentence) within context.
SPI 0701.1.12 Identify the correct use of infinitives and infinitive phrases within context.
SPI 0701.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular,
agreement, perfect tenses, verb phrases) within context.
 0701.1.8 Identify and use infinitives and infinitives phrases.
 0701.1.1 Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns
(including collective nouns, compound nouns, noun clauses, noun functions as direct and
indirect objects, and as predicate nouns), pronouns (including proper case: nominative,
objective, possessive; reflexive pronouns, interrogative; demonstrative; agreement of
pronouns with their antecedents), verbs (including agreement with subject in person and
number, verbs that take objects, regular and irregular verb forms, correct use of the three
perfect tenses), adjectives (including comparative and superlative forms, compound
predicate adjectives, adjective clauses), adverbs (including comparative and superlative
forms, punctuation with introductory adverb phrases and clauses, correct placement within
the sentence), conjunctions (including coordinating, correlative, and subordinating
conjunctions to combine words, phrases, clauses, and sentences), interjections, and
prepositions (recognize prepositional phrases as adjective/adverb modifiers and note their
functions in the sentence).
(Continued on next page)
Resources
DEA Resources:
Prepositions
Section B: Prepositions
Review: Adverbs, Prepositions,
Conjuncti...
Part Three: Prepositions
Preposition
online interactive quiz
DEA Resources:
Part Two: Infinitives
Part Three: Verbs (continued from
Progra...
Part Two: Infinitives
Part One: Simple Sentences and
Verbal Ph...
Section B: Split Infinitives
DEA Resources:
Grammar Time: The Verb
Grammar Time: The Verb
Section B: Different Strokes for
Differe...
Section A: Subject/Verb
Agreement
Part Two: Can't We All Just Get
Along? (...
Verb
Section A: Tense Shifts
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Instructional Week ____2 Con’t___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
5 Paragraph Essay Format/State Rubric
GLE 0701.3.1 Write in a variety of modes for different audiences and purposes.
GLE 0701.3.2 Employ various prewriting strategies.
GLE 0701.3.3 Organize ideas into an essay with an introduction, developing paragraphs,
conclusion, and appropriate transitions.
Resources
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Instructional Week _____3_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
SPI 0701.1.1 Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural,
possessives, direct/indirect objects, predicate) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, reflexive,
interrogative, demonstrative) within context.
SPI 0701.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular,
agreement, perfect tenses, verb phrases) within context.
SPI 0701.1.12 Identify the correct use of infinitives and infinitive phrases within context.
 0701.1.1 Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns
(including collective nouns, compound nouns, noun clauses, noun functions as direct and
indirect objects, and as predicate nouns), pronouns (including proper case: nominative,
objective, possessive; reflexive pronouns, interrogative; demonstrative; agreement of
pronouns with their antecedents), verbs (including agreement with subject in person and
number, verbs that take objects, regular and irregular verb forms, correct use of the three
perfect tenses), adjectives (including comparative and superlative forms, compound
predicate adjectives, adjective clauses), adverbs (including comparative and superlative
forms, punctuation with introductory adverb phrases and clauses, correct placement within
the sentence), conjunctions (including coordinating, correlative, and subordinating
conjunctions to combine words, phrases, clauses, and sentences), interjections, and
prepositions (recognize prepositional phrases as adjective/adverb modifiers and note their
functions in the sentence).
(Continued on next page)
Resources
DEA Resources:
Introduction
Part One: Interjections
Part Two: Conjunctions
Segment 2: Common and Proper
Nouns
Part Four: Adverbial Degrees of
Comparis...
Part One: Adjectives
DEA Resources:
Grammar Time: The Verb
Grammar Time: The Verb
Section B: Different Strokes for
Differe...
Section A: Subject/Verb
Agreement
Part Two: Can't We All Just Get
Along? (...
Verb
Section A: Tense Shifts
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ____3 Con’t___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
SPI 0701.1.11 Identify the correct use of appositives and appositive phrases within context.
Resources
online interactive quiz
DEA Resources:
 0701.1.7 Identify and use appositives and appositive phrases.
Part Two: Infinitives
Part Three: Verbs (continued from
Progra...
Part Two: Infinitives
Part One: Simple Sentences and
Verbal Ph...
Section B: Split Infinitives
Appositives for Purdue Owl
Appositives - a quia activity
Grammar: Parts of Speech
DEA Resources:
Section B: Phrases and Objects
Part Six: Complex Sentences
Section C: Compound and Complex
Sentence...
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ____4_______
Academic Vocabulary: Double Negative
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
SPI 0701.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper,
comparative/superlative, adjective clauses) and adverbs (i.e., comparative and superlative
forms) within context.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Modifiers
Review
Prepositional Phrases
Lost Clauses
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.1.9 Recognize usage errors occurring within context (i.e., double negatives,
troublesome words: {to/too/two, their/there/they’re, its/it’s, sit/set, lie/lay, affect/effect,
may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principle/principal,
between/among, rise/raise, stationary/stationery}).
 0701.1.1 Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns
(including collective nouns, compound nouns, noun clauses, noun functions as direct and
indirect objects, and as predicate nouns), pronouns (including proper case: nominative,
objective, possessive; reflexive pronouns, interrogative; demonstrative; agreement of
pronouns with their antecedents), verbs (including agreement with subject in person and
number, verbs that take objects, regular and irregular verb forms, correct use of the three
perfect tenses), adjectives (including comparative and superlative forms, compound
predicate adjectives, adjective clauses), adverbs (including comparative and superlative
forms, punctuation with introductory adverb phrases and clauses, correct placement within
the sentence), conjunctions (including coordinating, correlative, and subordinating
conjunctions to combine words, phrases, clauses, and sentences), interjections, and
prepositions (recognize prepositional phrases as adjective/adverb modifiers and note their
functions in the sentence).
Malapropisms, Homonyms,
Homophones, & Ho...
Part One: Stretching Exercises
(The Flex...
Section A: Things Change
Section F: Revising Is Rewriting
Editing and Publishing
Part Two: Adjective Degrees of
Compariso...
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ____5______
Academic Vocabulary: Sentence Fragment, Run-0n Sentence
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.3 Understand and use correctly a variety of sentence structures.
SPI 0701.1.4 Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating, correlative,
subordinating) and interjections within context.
SPI 0701.1.6 Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating
conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context.
SPI 0701.1.7 Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence combining techniques
(i.e., comma with coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases or
clauses).
SPI 0701.1.8 Select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence (i.e.,
conjunctions, semicolons, periods to join or separate elements) within context.
 0701.1.4 Demonstrate the correct use of commas (including after introductory words,
phrases or clauses; setting off appositives and interrupters; before coordinating conjunction
joining independent clauses to form compound sentences), colons (including in business
letters or before a list of items in a series), semicolons (including combining sentences,
between items in a series when the items already contain commas), underlining and
italicizing (including titles; certain words, letters, figures; foreign words), quotation marks
(including with direct quotations, to set off dialogue, in titles, use of end punctuation with
quotation marks) and apostrophes (including forming both singular and plural possessives).
 0701.1.6 Demonstrate knowledge of correct sentence structure by correcting run-on
sentences (e.g., conjunctions, semicolons, periods to join or separate elements) and sentence
fragments (e.g., supplying the missing elements).
 0701.1.11 Recognize and differentiate among simple, compound, and complex
sentences.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Section D: Interjections
Interjection
Interjections and Huck Finn
DEA Resources:
Part Six: Complex Sentences
Part Five: Clauses and Compound
Sentence...
Part Seven: Compound-Complex
Sentences a...
A Closer Look at Revising a First
Draft
Fragment, Run-on, or Sentence?
DEA Resources:
sentence fragments and run on
sentence t...
Section B: Comma Splices
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week _____6_____
Academic Vocabulary: Clause
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.3 Understand and use correctly a variety of sentence structures.
SPI 0701.1.4 Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating, correlative,
subordinating) and interjections within context.
SPI 0701.1.11 Identify the correct use of appositives and appositive phrases within context.
 0701.1.10 Differentiate between independent and subordinate clauses.
 0701.1.7 Identify and use appositives and appositive phrases.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Section D: Interjections
Interjection
Interjections and Huck Finn
Appositives for Purdue Owl
Appositives - a quia activity
Grammar: Parts of Speech
DEA Resources:
Section B: Phrases and Objects
Part Six: Complex Sentences
Section C: Compound and Complex
Sentence...
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week _____7_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
GLE 0701.2.5 Understand strategies for expressing ideas clearly and effectively in a variety
of oral contexts.
DEA Resources:
GLE 0701.2.6 Deliver effective oral presentations.
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.2.1 Identify the purpose of a speech (i.e., to inform, to describe, to explain, to
persuade, to entertain).
SPI 0701.2.4 Determine the most effective methods for engaging an audience during an oral
presentation (e.g., making eye contact, adjusting speaking rate).
SPI 0701.2.5 Organize ideas in the most effective order for an oral presentation.
 0701.2.9 Include relevant facts, reasons, details, and examples to support a relatively
complicated thesis.
 0701.2.10 Organize oral presentations incorporating a relatively simple three-part
structure, previewing the content of presentation in introduction, offering ideas with
supporting details, and providing a brief summary or conclusion.
 0701.2.11 Use an organizational pattern appropriate for the topic and purpose (e.g.,
sequential, chronological, problem-solution, comparison-contrast, cause-effect).
 0701.2.12 Arrange ideas logically and group related ideas in ways that enhance the topic.
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Writing an Autobiography
Public Speaking
Writing: The Big Idea
Giving a Speech
DEA Resources:
Part Three: Prepositions
Transitions and Connections
Part Two: Conjunctions
Drafting
A Hole Lotta Sentences
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___7 Con’t___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
 0701.2.13 Connect ideas using a variety of transition strategies that signal addition of
information and relationships between ideas (e.g., use listing words such as first, in addition,
but, and however).
 0701.2.14 Provide an effective conclusion that reinforces the focus of the presentation.
 0701.2.15 Employ presentation skills such as good eye contact, clear enunciation,
effective speaking rate and volume, and natural gestures.
Resources
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week _____8______
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.4.1 Define and narrow a problem or research topic.
(3 Days)
SPI 0701.4.1 Select the most focused research topic.
 0701.4.1 Narrow a topic so that the research process is manageable and the controlling
idea is focused.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Certainty and Likelihood
Example 2: Likely and Unlikely
Events
Example 1: Likely Events
Example 3: Degrees of Likelihood
Likelihood
Interviewing a Veterinarian
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week _____9_____
Academic Vocabulary: Punctuation
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
SPI 0701.1.1 Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural,
possessives, direct/indirect objects, predicate) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, reflexive,
interrogative, demonstrative) within context.
SPI 0701.1.6 Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating
conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context.
SPI 0701.1.7 Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence combining techniques
(i.e., comma with coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases or
clauses).
SPI 0701.1.10 Identify the correct use of colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding list of
items) within context.
SPI 0701.1.11 Identify the correct use of appositives and appositive phrases within context.
SPI 0701.1.13 Select the appropriate use of underlining/italicizing with titles, specific words,
numbers, and letters.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Introduction
Part One: Interjections
Part Two: Conjunctions
Segment 2: Common and Proper
Nouns
Part Four: Adverbial Degrees of
Comparis...
Part One: Adjectives
DEA Resources:
Part Six: Complex Sentences
Part Five: Clauses and Compound
Sentence...
Part Seven: Compound-Complex
Sentences a...
A Closer Look at Revising a First
Draft
Appositives for Purdue Owl
Appositives - a quia activity
Grammar: Parts of Speech
DEA Resources:
Section B: Phrases and Objects
Part Six: Complex Sentences
Section C: Compound and Complex
Sentence...
(Continued on next page)
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ____9 Con’t____
Academic Vocabulary: Punctuation
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
SPI 0701.1.14 Form singular and plural possessives using apostrophes correctly.
DEA Resources:
Colon and semicolon
SPI 0701.1.15 Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas (i.e., in direct
quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks).
DEA Resources:
 0701.1.4 Demonstrate the correct use of commas (including after introductory words,
phrases or clauses; setting off appositives and interrupters; before coordinating conjunction
joining independent clauses to form compound sentences), colons (including in business
letters or before a list of items in a series), semicolons (including combining sentences,
between items in a series when the items already contain commas), underlining and
italicizing (including titles; certain words, letters, figures; foreign words), quotation marks
(including with direct quotations, to set off dialogue, in titles, use of end punctuation with
quotation marks) and apostrophes (including forming both singular and plural possessives).
Punctuation
Quotation Marks
Sources and the City
Capitalize This!
DEA Resources:
Section B: The Apostrophe
Apostrophe
Pendemonium at the Point
Battle Stations: Fighting Dark
Marker
Mission Accomplished
An Email Message from Dark
Marker
DEA Resources:
Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Introduction
Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Comma
Mission Accomplished
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ____10______
Academic Vocabulary: Pronouns
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
SPI 0701.1.1 Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural,
possessives, direct/indirect objects, predicate) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, reflexive,
interrogative, demonstrative) within context.
 0701.1.1 Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns
(including collective nouns, compound nouns, noun clauses, noun functions as direct and
indirect objects, and as predicate nouns), pronouns (including proper case: nominative,
objective, possessive; reflexive pronouns, interrogative; demonstrative; agreement of
pronouns with their antecedents), verbs (including agreement with subject in person and
number, verbs that take objects, regular and irregular verb forms, correct use of the three
perfect tenses), adjectives (including comparative and superlative forms, compound
predicate adjectives, adjective clauses), adverbs (including comparative and superlative
forms, punctuation with introductory adverb phrases and clauses, correct placement within
the sentence), conjunctions (including coordinating, correlative, and subordinating
conjunctions to combine words, phrases, clauses, and sentences), interjections, and
prepositions (recognize prepositional phrases as adjective/adverb modifiers and note their
functions in the sentence).
 0701.1.2 Recognize and correct usage errors (e.g., subject-verb agreement, pronoun case
{with emphasis on who/whom}, double negatives, comparative and superlative forms,
troublesome words {to/too/two, their/there/they’re, its/it’s, affect/effect, sit/set, lie/lay,
may/can, leave/let, teach/learn, accept/except, capitol/capital, principle/principal,
between/among, rise/raise, stationary/stationery}).
Resources
DEA Resources:
Introduction
Part One: Interjections
Part Two: Conjunctions
Segment 2: Common and Proper
Nouns
Part Four: Adverbial Degrees of
Comparis...
Part One: Adjectives
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week _____11_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.3 Understand and use correctly a variety of sentence structures.
Resources
Fragment, Run-on, or Sentence?
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.1.8 Select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence (i.e.,
conjunctions, semicolons, periods to join or separate elements) within context.
 0701.1.6 Demonstrate knowledge of correct sentence structure by correcting run-on
sentences (e.g., conjunctions, semicolons, periods to join or separate elements) and sentence
fragments (e.g., supplying the missing elements).
 0701.1.10 Differentiate between independent and subordinate clauses.
 0701.1.11 Recognize and differentiate among simple, compound, and complex
sentences.
 0701.1.12 Identify the complete subject and predicate of interrogative and inverted
sentences.
sentence fragments and run on
sentence t...
Section B: Comma Splices
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ____12______
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
SPI 0701.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular,
agreement, perfect tenses, verb phrases) within context.
 0701.1.1 Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns
including collective nouns, compound nouns, noun clauses, noun functions as direct and
indirect objects, and as predicate nouns), pronouns (including proper case: nominative,
objective, possessive; reflexive pronouns, interrogative; demonstrative; agreement of
pronouns with their antecedents), verbs (including agreement with subject in person and
number, verbs that take objects, regular and irregular verb forms, correct use of the three
perfect tenses), adjectives (including comparative and superlative forms, compound
predicate adjectives, adjective clauses), adverbs (including comparative and superlative
forms, punctuation with introductory adverb phrases and clauses, correct placement within
the sentence), conjunctions (including coordinating, correlative, and subordinating
conjunctions to combine words, phrases, clauses, and sentences), interjections, and
prepositions (recognize prepositional phrases as adjective/adverb modifiers and note their
functions in the sentence).
(SPI 1.9 - incorporate lie/lay, raise/rise, sit/set)
Resources
DEA Resources:
Grammar Time: The Verb
Grammar Time: The Verb
Section B: Different Strokes for
Differe...
Section A: Subject/Verb
Agreement
Part Two: Can't We All Just Get
Along? (...
Verb
Section A: Tense Shifts
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week _____13_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.2 Employ a variety of strategies and resources to determine the definition,
pronunciation, and usage of words and phrases.
SPI 0701.1.17 Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to
determine the meaning of multi-meaning words.
SPI 0701.1.18 Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to
determine the meaning of unfamiliar words.
 0701.1.15 Identify and define English words derived from Latin and Greek words that
form common roots (e.g., audio, auto, mal) and recognize English words that are based on
them (e.g., audible, autobiography, malice).
 0701.1.16 Use roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words and to
clarify the meaning of familiar words.
Resources
Academic Raceway Vocabulary &
Context Clues (grade 8)
DEA Resources:
The Power of Language
DEA Resources:
Segment 3: Prefixes and Suffixes
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GLE 0701.2.3 Identify the thesis and main points of a speech.
GLE 0701.2.4 Analyze the organizational structure of a speech.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Persuasive Ideas
Problems and Solutions
Writing and Revising
SPI 0701.2.2 Identify the targeted audience of a speech.
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.2.3 Identify the thesis and main points of a speech.
SPI 0701.2.6 Discern the organizational pattern of a speech (e.g., sequential, chronological,
problem-solution, comparison-contrast, cause-effect).
SPI 0701.2.9 Distinguish between a summary and a critique.
 0701.2.2 Identify the thesis of a speech in which the main idea may be explicitly or
implicitly stated, concepts may be more abstract, and extended metaphors may be used;
determine the essential elements that elaborate it.
 0701.2.7 Identify and analyze the structure of a speech (e.g., sequential, chronological,
problem-solution, comparison-contrast, cause-effect).
Author's Purpose
Fact vs. Opinion
Layers of Meaning
Constructive Criticism
Expository Writing
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ____15________
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Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
GLE 0701.3.3 Organize ideas into an essay with an introduction, developing paragraphs,
conclusion, and appropriate transitions.
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.3.2 Identify the audience for which a text is written.
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.3.3 Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample.
SPI 0701.3.4 Rearrange a multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.
SPI 0701.3.5 Select the appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the
flow of a writing sample.
SPI 0701.3.6 Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context and flow of ideas in a
paragraph.
SPI 0701.3.7 Identify the sentence(s) irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.
SPI 0701.3.8 Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph.
 0701.3.5 Create a thesis statement and include relevant facts, details, reasons, and
examples that support the thesis.
 0701.3.6 Develop relevant details or reasons in a manner that meets the needs of the
audience and purpose.
(Continued on next page)
consider your audience
Writing for Young People
Section A: Getting Started,
Defining the...
Section F: Revising Is Rewriting
Section B: Some General
Characteristics ...
Researching the Salem Witch
Project
DEA Resources:
study skills I
Prewriting: A Visit to the Fire
Station
Writing a Biography
Define Your Purpose
Persuasive Writing
Go Analyze Alice
DEA Resources:
Transatlantic Transitions
Reviewing Your Writing:
Sacagawea
Have Information, Will Research
Gathering Information
Drafting
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___15 Con’t___
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Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
 0701.3.7 Organize writing using structures appropriate for the topic and that meet the
needs of the audience (e.g., if using an anecdote to provide an example, use chronological
order with sufficient time signals for the reader to follow easily).
 0701.3.8 Use appropriate and effective words and phrases to indicate the organizational
pattern (e.g., for a problem/solution paper indicate the order of steps in the solution).
 0701.3.9 Use text features (e.g., headings, subheadings, formatting) as appropriate to
signal relationships between ideas.
 0701.3.16 When other sources are used or referenced (such as in research, informational
essays, or literary essays) adhere to the list below.
• Acknowledge source material (e.g., list sources).
• Understand the differences between/among quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
• Quote, paraphrase, or summarize text, ideas, and other information taken from
print/electronic sources.
• Embed quotations and graphics from other sources, when appropriate.
Resources
DEA Resources:
The Topic Sentence & Supporting
Ideas Th...
A Closer Look at Expository
Writing
A Closer Look at Writing a Letter
A Closer Look at Visual Tools
Basic Organizational Skills
Active Listening Skills
DEA Resources:
A Closer Look at Previewing
Resources
Expository Writing
Language of Logic
Valid and Invalid Arguments
DEA Resources:
A Closer Look at Reasons for
Writing
A Closer Look at Revising a First
Draft
Persuasive Ideas
Fact vs. Opinion
Revolt on the Amistad
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ____16____
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Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.4.2 Gather relevant information from a variety of print and electronic sources, as
well as from direct observation, interviews, and surveys.
SPI 0701.4.5 Discern irrelevant research material from written text.
 0701.4.2 Take and organize notes on what is known and what needs to be researched
about the topic.
 0701.4.3 Focus on relevant information and/or theories.
 0701.4.8 Provide relevant research information to develop and support a complicated
topic.
 0701.4.10 Collect evidence in various ways (e.g., gathering relevant reasons, examples,
and facts; defining key terms and ideas; identifying relationships such as cause/effect).
 0701.4.14 Create an effective organizing structure based on research information (e.g.,
description, problem-solution, question-answer, comparison-contrast, cause-effect).
Resources
DEA Resources:
Researching the Brooklyn Bridge
"Every Foot in Sight Can be
Plowed&...
Hmong History and Book Publishing
The Mid-1800s: Laying the
Groundwork for...
The Machine Age
Frontier Women
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
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Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
SPI 0701.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper,
comparative/superlative, adjective clauses) and adverbs (i.e., comparative and superlative
forms) within context.
SPI 0701.1.4 Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating, correlative,
subordinating) and interjections within context.
SPI 0701.1.5 Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place correctly according to
the words they modify within the sentence) within context
SPI 0701.1.7 Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence combining techniques
(i.e., comma with coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases or
clauses).
SPI 0701.1.13 Select the appropriate use of underlining/italicizing with titles, specific words,
numbers, and letters.
SPI 0701.1.14 Form singular and plural possessives using apostrophes correctly.
SPI 0701.1.15 Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas (i.e., in direct
quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks).
(Continued on next page)
Resources
DEA Resources:
Section D: Interjections
Interjection
Interjections and Huck Finn
DEA Resources:
Part Six: Complex Sentences
Part Five: Clauses and Compound
Sentence...
Part Seven: Compound-Complex
Sentences a...
A Closer Look at Revising a First
Draft
DEA Resources:
Section B: The Apostrophe
Apostrophe
Pendemonium at the Point
Battle Stations: Fighting Dark
Marker
Mission Accomplished
An Email Message from Dark
Marker
DEA Resources:
Punctuation
Quotation Marks
Sources and the City
Capitalize This!
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __17 Con’t_____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
 0701.1.3 Use capitalization correctly (e.g., titles, friendly and business letters,
quotations, proper adjectives).
 0701.1.4 Demonstrate the correct use of commas (including after introductory words,
phrases or clauses; setting off appositives and interrupters; before coordinating conjunction
joining independent clauses to form compound sentences), colons (including in business
letters or before a list of items in a series), semicolons (including combining sentences,
between items in a series when the items already contain commas), underlining and
italicizing (including titles; certain words, letters, figures; foreign words), quotation marks
(including with direct quotations, to set off dialogue, in titles, use of end punctuation with
quotation marks) and apostrophes (including forming both singular and plural possessives).
 0701.1.7 Identify and use appositives and appositive phrases.
 0701.1.8 Identify and use infinitives and infinitives phrases.
 0701.1.9 Explore gerund and participial phrases.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Introduction
Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Comma
Mission Accomplished
DEA Resources:
Modifiers
Review
Prepositional Phrases
Lost Clauses
DEA Resources:
Prepositions
Section B: Prepositions
Review: Adverbs, Prepositions,
Conjuncti...
Part Three: Prepositions
Preposition
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __18___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
 0701.1.1 Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns
(including collective nouns, compound nouns, noun clauses, noun functions as direct and
indirect objects, and as predicate nouns), pronouns (including proper case: nominative,
objective, possessive; reflexive pronouns, interrogative; demonstrative; agreement of
pronouns with their antecedents), verbs (including agreement with subject in person and
number, verbs that take objects, regular and irregular verb forms, correct use of the three
perfect tenses), adjectives (including comparative and superlative forms, compound
predicate adjectives, adjective clauses), adverbs (including comparative and superlative
forms, punctuation with introductory adverb phrases and clauses, correct placement within
the sentence), conjunctions (including coordinating, correlative, and subordinating
conjunctions to combine words, phrases, clauses, and sentences), interjections, and
prepositions (recognize prepositional phrases as adjective/adverb modifiers and note their
functions in the sentence).
Resources
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___19___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.4.3 Make distinctions about the credibility, reliability, consistency, strengths, and
limitations of resources, including information gathered from websites.
Resources
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.4.2 Identify levels of reliability among resources (e.g., eyewitness account,
newspaper account, supermarket tabloid account, Internet source).
Research Papers
Internet Research
Research Skills: The Sky's the Limit
Researching the Brooklyn Bridge
SPI 0701.4.3 Determine the most appropriate research source for a given research topic.
DEA Resources:
 0701.4.5 Choose among sources provided and those found independently based on the
usefulness, credibility, and reliability of the sources.
 0701.4.6 Identify reasons for choosing one source over another, including those found on
websites.
 0701.4.7 Identify the characteristics and limitations of source material.
 0701.4.9 Analyze and interpret data in multiple forms (e.g., a bar or circle graph) on a
familiar topic.
Finding & Retrieving Information:
Period...
Finding & Retrieving Information:
The Re...
Choosing a Format Business Basics:
Busin...
Context Clues
Mummies in the Dictionary
A Closer Look at Context Clues
Sources and the City
Read Around Washington
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Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.2 Employ a variety of strategies and resources to determine the definition,
pronunciation, and usage of words and phrases.
Vocabulary Week
Focus on more roots/affixes/context clues
Resources
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___21____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.3 Understand and use correctly a variety of sentence structures.
SPI 0701.1.4 Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating, correlative,
subordinating) and interjections within context.
SPI 0701.1.8 Select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence (i.e.,
conjunctions, semicolons, periods to join or separate elements) within context.
 0701.1.6 Demonstrate knowledge of correct sentence structure by correcting run-on
sentences (e.g., conjunctions, semicolons, periods to join or separate elements) and sentence
fragments (e.g., supplying the missing elements).
 0701.1.10 Differentiate between independent and subordinate clauses.
 0701.1.11 Recognize and differentiate among simple, compound, and complex
sentences.
 0701.1.12 Identify the complete subject and predicate of interrogative and inverted
sentences.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Section D: Interjections
Interjection
Interjections and Huck Finn
Fragment, Run-on, or Sentence?
DEA Resources:
sentence fragments and run on
sentence t...
Section B: Comma Splices
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___22___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
GLE 0701.3.3 Organize ideas into an essay with an introduction, developing paragraphs,
conclusion, and appropriate transitions.
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.3.2 Identify the audience for which a text is written.
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.3.3 Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample.
SPI 0701.3.4 Rearrange a multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.
SPI 0701.3.5 Select the appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the
flow of a writing sample.
consider your audience
Writing for Young People
Section A: Getting Started,
Defining the...
Section F: Revising Is Rewriting
Section B: Some General
Characteristics ...
Researching the Salem Witch
Project
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.3.6 Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context and flow of ideas in a
paragraph.
SPI 0701.3.7 Identify the sentence(s) irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.
SPI 0701.3.8 Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph.
 0701.3.5 Create a thesis statement and include relevant facts, details, reasons, and
examples that support the thesis.
 0701.3.6 Develop relevant details or reasons in a manner that meets the needs of the
audience and purpose.
(Continued on next page)
study skills I
Prewriting: A Visit to the Fire
Station
Writing a Biography
Define Your Purpose
Persuasive Writing
Go Analyze Alice
DEA Resources:
Transatlantic Transitions
Reviewing Your Writing:
Sacagawea
Have Information, Will Research
Gathering Information
Drafting
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __22 Con’t___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
 0701.3.7 Organize writing using structures appropriate for the topic and that meet the
needs of the audience (e.g., if using an anecdote to provide an example, use chronological
order with sufficient time signals for the reader to follow easily).
 0701.3.8 Use appropriate and effective words and phrases to indicate the organizational
pattern (e.g., for a problem/solution paper indicate the order of steps in the solution).
 0701.3.9 Use text features (e.g., headings, subheadings, formatting) as appropriate to
signal relationships between ideas.
Resources
DEA Resources:
The Topic Sentence & Supporting
Ideas Th...
A Closer Look at Expository
Writing
A Closer Look at Writing a Letter
A Closer Look at Visual Tools
Basic Organizational Skills
Active Listening Skills
DEA Resources:
 0701.3.16 When other sources are used or referenced (such as in research, informational
essays, or literary essays) adhere to the list below.
• Acknowledge source material (e.g., list sources).
• Understand the differences between/among quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
• Quote, paraphrase, or summarize text, ideas, and other information taken from
print/electronic sources.
• Embed quotations and graphics from other sources, when appropriate.
 0701.3.17 Generate notes on text, and identify main and supporting ideas.
A Closer Look at Previewing
Resources
Expository Writing
Language of Logic
Valid and Invalid Arguments
DEA Resources:
A Closer Look at Reasons for
Writing
A Closer Look at Revising a First
Draft
Persuasive Ideas
Fact vs. Opinion
Revolt on the Amistad
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __23___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
SPI 0701.1.6 Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating
conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context.
SPI 0701.1.7 Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence combining techniques
(i.e., comma with coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases or
clauses).
SPI 0701.1.10 Identify the correct use of colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding list of
items) within context.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Part Six: Complex Sentences
Part Five: Clauses and Compound
Sentence...
Part Seven: Compound-Complex
Sentences a...
A Closer Look at Revising a First
Draft
DEA Resources:
Colon and semicolon
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.1.14 Form singular and plural possessives using apostrophes correctly.
SPI 0701.1.15 Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas (i.e., in direct
quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks).
 0701.1.3 Use capitalization correctly (e.g., titles, friendly and business letters,
quotations, proper adjectives).
(Continued on next page)
Section B: The Apostrophe
Apostrophe
Pendemonium at the Point
Battle Stations: Fighting Dark
Marker
Mission Accomplished
An Email Message from Dark
Marker
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __23 Con’t__
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
 0701.1.4 Demonstrate the correct use of commas (including after introductory words,
phrases or clauses; setting off appositives and interrupters; before coordinating conjunction
joining independent clauses to form compound sentences), colons (including in business
letters or before a list of items in a series), semicolons (including combining sentences,
between items in a series when the items already contain commas), underlining and
italicizing (including titles; certain words, letters, figures; foreign words), quotation marks
(including with direct quotations, to set off dialogue, in titles, use of end punctuation with
quotation marks) and apostrophes (including forming both singular and plural possessives).
Resources
DEA Resources:
Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Introduction
Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Comma
Mission Accomplished
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __24___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.7.4 Apply and adapt the principles of written composition to create coherent
media productions.
SPI 0701.7.2 Select the visual image that best reinforces a viewpoint or enhances a presentation.
 0701.7.4 Present a clearly identifiable, explicit message, using visual, audio, and graphic
effects and interactive features.
Resources
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __25___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
SPI 0701.1.5 Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place correctly according to
the words they modify within the sentence) within context.
SPI 0701.1.11 Identify the correct use of appositives and appositive phrases within context.
SPI 0701.1.12 Identify the correct use of infinitives and infinitive phrases within context.
 0701.1.7 Identify and use appositives and appositive phrases.
 0701.1.8 Identify and use infinitives and infinitives phrases.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Prepositions
Section B: Prepositions
Review: Adverbs, Prepositions,
Conjuncti...
Part Three: Prepositions
Preposition
Appositives for Purdue Owl
Appositives - a quia activity
Grammar: Parts of Speech
DEA Resources:
Section B: Phrases and Objects
Part Six: Complex Sentences
Section C: Compound and Complex
Sentence...
online interactive quiz
DEA Resources:
Part Two: Infinitives
Part Three: Verbs (continued from
Progra...
Part Two: Infinitives
Part One: Simple Sentences and
Verbal Ph...
Section B: Split Infinitives
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___26___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
SPI 0701.1.1 Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural,
possessives, direct/indirect objects, predicate) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, reflexive,
interrogative, demonstrative) within context.
SPI 0701.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular,
agreement, perfect tenses, verb phrases) within context.
SPI 0701.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper,
comparative/superlative, adjective clauses) and adverbs (i.e., comparative and superlative
forms) within context.
SPI 0701.1.13 Select the appropriate use of underlining/italicizing with titles, specific words,
numbers, and letters.
Resources
DEA Resources:
Introduction
Part One: Interjections
Part Two: Conjunctions
Segment 2: Common and Proper
Nouns
Part Four: Adverbial Degrees of
Comparis...
Part One: Adjectives
DEA Resources:
Grammar Time: The Verb
Grammar Time: The Verb
Section B: Different Strokes for
Differe...
Section A: Subject/Verb
Agreement
Part Two: Can't We All Just Get
Along? (...
Verb
Section A: Tense Shifts
DEA Resources:
Modifiers
Review
Prepositional Phrases
Lost Clauses
DEA Resources:
Punctuation
Quotation Marks
Sources and the City
Capitalize This!
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __27____
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
Resources
GLE 0701.3.3 Organize ideas into an essay with an introduction, developing paragraphs,
conclusion, and appropriate transitions.
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.3.2 Identify the audience for which a text is written.
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.3.3 Select an appropriate thesis statement for a writing sample.
SPI 0701.3.4 Rearrange a multi-paragraphed work in a logical and coherent order.
SPI 0701.3.5 Select the appropriate time-order or transitional words/phrases to enhance the
flow of a writing sample.
consider your audience
Writing for Young People
Section A: Getting Started,
Defining the...
Section F: Revising Is Rewriting
Section B: Some General
Characteristics ...
Researching the Salem Witch
Project
DEA Resources:
SPI 0701.3.6 Choose the supporting sentence that best fits the context and flow of ideas in a
paragraph.
SPI 0701.3.7 Identify the sentence(s) irrelevant to a paragraph’s theme or flow.
SPI 0701.3.8 Select an appropriate concluding sentence for a well-developed paragraph.
 0701.3.5 Create a thesis statement and include relevant facts, details, reasons, and
examples that support the thesis.
 0701.3.6 Develop relevant details or reasons in a manner that meets the needs of the
audience and purpose.
(Continued on next page)
study skills I
Prewriting: A Visit to the Fire
Station
Writing a Biography
Define Your Purpose
Persuasive Writing
Go Analyze Alice
DEA Resources:
Transatlantic Transitions
Reviewing Your Writing:
Sacagawea
Have Information, Will Research
Gathering Information
Drafting
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __27 Con’t__
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
 0701.3.7 Organize writing using structures appropriate for the topic and that meet the
needs of the audience (e.g., if using an anecdote to provide an example, use chronological
order with sufficient time signals for the reader to follow easily).
 0701.3.8 Use appropriate and effective words and phrases to indicate the organizational
pattern (e.g., for a problem/solution paper indicate the order of steps in the solution).
 0701.3.9 Use text features (e.g., headings, subheadings, formatting) as appropriate to
signal relationships between ideas.
Resources
DEA Resources:
The Topic Sentence & Supporting
Ideas Th...
A Closer Look at Expository
Writing
A Closer Look at Writing a Letter
A Closer Look at Visual Tools
Basic Organizational Skills
Active Listening Skills
DEA Resources:
 0701.3.16 When other sources are used or referenced (such as in research, informational
essays, or literary essays) adhere to the list below.
• Acknowledge source material (e.g., list sources).
• Understand the differences between/among quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
• Quote, paraphrase, or summarize text, ideas, and other information taken from
print/electronic sources.
• Embed quotations and graphics from other sources, when appropriate.
 0701.3.17 Generate notes on text, and identify main and supporting ideas.
A Closer Look at Previewing
Resources
Expository Writing
Language of Logic
Valid and Invalid Arguments
DEA Resources:
A Closer Look at Reasons for
Writing
A Closer Look at Revising a First
Draft
Persuasive Ideas
Fact vs. Opinion
Revolt on the Amistad
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week __28 ___
Academic Vocabulary:
Grade Level Expectations/Checks for Understanding/State Performance Indicators
GLE 0701.3.4 Refine strategies for editing and revising written work.
 0701.3.10 Use accurate and precise language to convey meaning.
 0701.3.11 Use strong verbs and figurative language (e.g., metaphors, similes) for
emphasis or creative effect as appropriate to the purpose.
 0701.3.12 Use appropriate vocabulary, sentence structure, and usage to distinguish
between formal and informal language.
 0701.3.13 Incorporate a variety of syntactic structures for effect when appropriate (e.g.,
modifying phrases, parenthetical expressions).
 0701.3.14 Edit to craft a tone that is appropriate for the topic and audience, and supports
the purpose.
 0701.3.18 Edit writing for mechanics (punctuation, capitalization), spelling, and
grammar (e.g., consistent verb tense, noun and pronoun agreement).
 0701.3.19 Based on readers’ comments, revise papers to focus on topic or thesis, develop
ideas, employ transitions, and identify a clear beginning and ending.
(Continued on next page)
Resources
Grade __7__ Reading/Language Arts Pacing Guides
Instructional Week ___28_Con’t____
Academic Vocabulary:
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 0701.3.20 Demonstrate confidence in using the Tennessee Writing Assessment Rubric
while evaluating one’s own writing and the writing of others.
 0701.3.21 Use relatively basic software programs (e.g., Word, PowerPoint) to write texts
and create graphics to present ideas visually and in writing.
 0701.3.22 Identify and explore opportunities for publication (e.g., local/national contests,
Internet websites, newspapers, periodicals, school displays).
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GLE 0701.4.4 Write a research paper, using primary and secondary sources and technology
and graphics, as appropriate.
SPI 0701.4.4 Distinguish between primary (i.e., interviews, letters, diaries, newspapers,
personal narratives) and secondary (i.e., reference books, periodicals, Internet, biographies)
sources.
 0701.4.4 Distinguish between primary and secondary sources, defining the
characteristics of each and evaluating each for their benefits and limitations.
 0701.4.11 Craft an introductory paragraph in which the thesis statement(s) clearly
presents the topic of the documented essay.
 0701.4.12 Present a body of well-developed and specific facts and information pertinent
to the topic, developed as a series of paragraphs which support the topic.
 0701.4.13 Connect ideas using a variety of transition strategies.
 0701.4.15 Craft a conclusion in which closure is provided, such as by restating the topic
and summarizing findings.
 0701.4.16 Acknowledge source material using a predetermined standard format (e.g.,
APA, MLA).
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 0701.4.17 Understand the differences among quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
 0701.4.18 Quote, paraphrase, or summarize text, ideas, or other information taken from
print or electronic sources.
 0701.4.19 Follow a standard format and use the appropriate technology to embed text
graphics, including a title, contents page, numbered pages, and a bibliography.
 0701.4.20 Include effective graphics and illustrative material to support research ideas in
the text.
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GLE 0701.1.1 Demonstrate control of Standard English through grammar usage, and
mechanics (punctuation, capitalization, and spelling).
SPI 0701.1.1 Identify the correct use of nouns (i.e., common/proper, singular/plural,
possessives, direct/indirect objects, predicate) and pronouns (i.e., agreement, reflexive,
interrogative, demonstrative) within context.
SPI 0701.1.2 Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular,
agreement, perfect tenses, verb phrases) within context.
SPI 0701.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper,
comparative/superlative, adjective clauses) and adverbs (i.e., comparative and superlative
forms) within context.
SPI 0701.1.4 Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating, correlative,
subordinating) and interjections within context.
SPI 0701.1.5 Identify the correct use of prepositional phrases (place correctly according to
the words they modify within the sentence) within context.
SPI 0701.1.6 Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating
conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context.
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Introduction
Part One: Interjections
Part Two: Conjunctions
Segment 2: Common and Proper
Nouns
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Comparis...
Part One: Adjectives
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Grammar Time: The Verb
Grammar Time: The Verb
Section B: Different Strokes for
Differe...
Section A: Subject/Verb
Agreement
Part Two: Can't We All Just Get
Along? (...
Verb
Section A: Tense Shifts
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Modifiers
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Interjection
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SPI 0701.1.7 Identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence combining techniques
(i.e., comma with coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases or
clauses).
SPI 0701.1.10 Identify the correct use of colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding list of
items) within context.
SPI 0701.1.11 Identify the correct use of appositives and appositive phrases within context.
SPI 0701.1.12 Identify the correct use of infinitives and infinitive phrases within context.
SPI 0701.1.13 Select the appropriate use of underlining/italicizing with titles, specific words,
numbers, and letters.
SPI 0701.1.14 Form singular and plural possessives using apostrophes correctly.
SPI 0701.1.15 Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas (i.e., in direct
quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks).
SPI 0701.1.16 Identify correctly and incorrectly spelled words in context.
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Prepositions
Section B: Prepositions
Review: Adverbs, Prepositions,
Conjuncti...
Part Three: Prepositions
Preposition
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Part Six: Complex Sentences
Part Five: Clauses and Compound
Sentence...
Part Seven: Compound-Complex
Sentences a...
A Closer Look at Revising a First
Draft
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Colon and semicolon
Appositives for Purdue Owl
Appositives - a quia activity
Grammar: Parts of Speech
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Section B: Phrases and Objects
Part Six: Complex Sentences
Section C: Compound and Complex
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 0701.1.1 Know and use appropriately the meaning, forms, and functions of nouns
(including collective nouns, compound nouns, noun clauses, noun functions as direct and
indirect objects, and as predicate nouns), pronouns (including proper case: nominative,
objective, possessive; reflexive pronouns, interrogative; demonstrative; agreement of
pronouns with their antecedents), verbs (including agreement with subject in person and
number, verbs that take objects, regular and irregular verb forms, correct use of the three
perfect tenses), adjectives (including comparative and superlative forms, compound
predicate adjectives, adjective clauses), adverbs (including comparative and superlative
forms, punctuation with introductory adverb phrases and clauses, correct placement within
the sentence), conjunctions (including coordinating, correlative, and subordinating
conjunctions to combine words, phrases, clauses, and sentences), interjections, and
prepositions (recognize prepositional phrases as adjective/adverb modifiers and note their
functions in the sentence).
 0701.1.3 Use capitalization correctly (e.g., titles, friendly and business letters,
quotations, proper adjectives).
 0701.1.4 Demonstrate the correct use of commas (including after introductory words,
phrases or clauses; setting off appositives and interrupters; before coordinating conjunction
joining independent clauses to form compound sentences), colons (including in business
letters or before a list of items in a series), semicolons (including combining sentences,
between items in a series when the items already contain commas), underlining and
italicizing (including titles; certain words, letters, figures; foreign words), quotation marks
(including with direct quotations, to set off dialogue, in titles, use of end punctuation with
quotation marks) and apostrophes (including forming both singular and plural possessives).
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online interactive quiz
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Part Two: Infinitives
Part Three: Verbs (continued from
Progra...
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Part One: Simple Sentences and
Verbal Ph...
Section B: Split Infinitives
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Punctuation
Quotation Marks
Sources and the City
Capitalize This!
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Section B: The Apostrophe
Apostrophe
Pendemonium at the Point
Battle Stations: Fighting Dark
Marker
Mission Accomplished
An Email Message from Dark
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 0701.1.5 Spell correctly high frequency, misspelled words (appropriate to grade level),
and words commonly used in content specific vocabulary.
 0701.1.7 Identify and use appositives and appositive phrases.
 0701.1.8 Identify and use infinitives and infinitives phrases.
 0701.1.9 Explore gerund and participial phrases.
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Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Introduction
Part Three: The Middle of the
Sentence: ...
Comma
Mission Accomplished
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Review
Editing
Editing and Publishing
A Closer Look at Editing and
Publishing
Prefixes and Suffixes: A Message
From Da...
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REVIEW OF ALL
Use of Probes, Coach, Buckledown, etc.
Games
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