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Core Content and Skills
English Language Arts 7
2008-2009
BOE Approved 

Grammar Unit  Content   Skills  Parts of Speech Word Functions - Simple Subject, Simple Predicate, Direct Object, Indirect Object Verb Tense Subject/Verb Agreement Commonly Misused Homophones   Dissecting sentences Correcting sentences Editing existing passages     Plot Line/Literary Elements  Content   Skills  Plot Line Short Stories: "All Summer in a Day" "The Night the Bed Fell' "Treasure of Lemon Brown" "The Cat Who Thought She Was a Dog and the Dog Who Thought He Was a Cat"   Understanding of how the following elements of the plot line are revealed throughout the course of a short story: Setting Characters Conflict Climax Mapping a Story: Exposition Rising Action Falling action Resolution     Writing  Content   Skills  Quick Plan Essay Rubric   Developing a thesis statement. Using supporting details Quick planning an essay Editing/peer revision

Historical Fiction - The Witch of Blackbird Pond  Content   Skills  "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare Colonial Period Theme Symbolism Vocabulary Enhancement Elizabeth George Speare   Making predictions Graphic organizers Note-taking skills Character development Listening skills Developing short responses Quick planning essays Writing essays Editing Making personal responses/connections Test-taking strategies

Test Taking Strategies  Content   Skills  Coding the Text Multiple Choice Strategies Note Taking Strategies   Listening activities Independent reading Critical reading Critical note taking

Salem Witch Trial Web Journey  Content   Skills  National Geographic Salem Witch Trial Web Journey URL.   Inferring Computer skills     Mini-Unit: Play "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street"  Content   Skills  Play "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" Rod Serling   Reading aloud Compare and contrast

Realistic Fiction - The Outsiders -  Multi month unit  Content   Skills  "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton Classes in Society Theme Symbolism Foreshadowing Vocabulary Enhancement   Making predictions Graphic organizers Character development Listening skills Developing short responses Planning/writing essays Making personal responses Test-taking strategies

Poetry  Content   Skills  Stanza Rhyme Scheme Simile Metaphor Personification Onomatopoeia Alliteration Haiku Lyrical Poetry Narrative poetry Odes Parody Beat Poetry   Identifying poetic devices Identifying/analyzing types of poetry Writing poetry

Nonfiction - The Acorn People  Content   Skills  Physical and Mental Disabilities Vocabulary Enhancement Theme Literary Devices "The Acorn People" by Ron Jones   Reading comprehension strategies Making predictions Making personal responses Character development Listening skills

Nonfiction - The Acorn People (continued)/Final Exam Review  Content   Skills  Final Review