Standards - English Language Arts

2021 - English Language Arts Course of Study Document
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.21b

Construct simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to represent relationships among ideas.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Strategies to write simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences to express relationships between ideas in writing.

Skills

  • Construct various types of sentences to represent the relationships among ideas, including simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, and compound-complex sentences.

Understanding

  • Using different sentence types in their writing can show relationships among ideas.
  • Different sentence types have different impacts on the overall meaning and organization of writing.

Vocabulary

  • Simple sentences
  • Compound sentences
  • Complex sentences
  • Compound-complex sentences
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.21c

Embed phrases and clauses within a sentence, recognizing and correcting misplaced or dangling modifiers.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Strategies to embed phrases and clauses within a sentence.
  • The correct usage of modifiers.
  • Methods to correct misplaced or dangling modifiers.

Skills

  • Embed phrases and clauses in their own writing.
  • Revise writing to correct the misuse of modifiers.

Understanding

  • Phrases and clauses are impactful elements of writing.
  • Dangling and misplaced modifiers distract from meaning and clarity of their writing.

Vocabulary

  • Phrases
  • Clauses
  • Misplaced modifiers
  • Dangling modifiers
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.22

Choose language that expresses ideas precisely and concisely.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Language that can expresses ideas precisely and concisely.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Select language to express ideas precisely and concisely when speaking.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Proper language choice is important when speaking to convey ideas clearly and effectively.

Vocabulary

  • Precise ideas
  • Clear ideas

Aligned Learning Resources

Doodle Splash: Using Graphics to Discuss Literature
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.23

Implement ethical guidelines while finding and recording information from a variety of primary, secondary, and digital sources.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Ethical guidelines for using primary, secondary, and digital sources in research.
  • Strategies for finding and recording information from primary, secondary, and digital sources.
  • Primary sources are firsthand accounts of events and provide raw information.
  • Secondary sources explain, analyze, or summarize primary sources.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Implement ethical guidelines during the research process.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Ethical guidelines exist to protect original ideas and these guidelines should be followed when using information that was created by someone else.

Vocabulary

  • Ethical guidelines
  • Primary sources
  • Secondary sources
  • Digital sources

Aligned Learning Resources

Twenty-First Century Informational Literacy: Integrating Research Techniques and Technology
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.24

Determine the relevance, reliability, and validity of information from nonfiction and fictional printed and/or digital texts.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Relevant information is connected closely to the topic and purpose of the text.
  • Reliable information is information that appears consistently in a variety of texts.
  • Valid information is considered to be accurate information.
  • Research information can be sourced from nonfiction and fictional printed and/or digital text.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Read a variety of texts to determine their relevance to a particular occasion.
  • Read a variety of texts to determine the reliability of the presented information.
  • Read a variety of texts and determine the validity of the information.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • It is important to determine the relevance, reliability, and validity of a text before utilizing its ideas in discussion, writing, or research.

Vocabulary

  • Relevance
  • Reliability
  • Validity
  • Nonfiction text
  • Fiction text
  • Digital text
  • Printed text

Aligned Learning Resources

Finding the Science Behind Science Fiction Through Paired Readings
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.25

Use active listening to acquire information and assess its relevance and credibility.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Active listening skills.
  • Relevant information is connected closely to the topic and purpose of the presentation.
  • Credible information is accurate and reliable.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Listen actively to determine the relevance of a speaker's ideas.
  • Listen actively to determine if the speaker's ideas are credible.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Listening actively can help them determine if the speaker's ideas are relevant and credible to the given occasion.

Vocabulary

  • Active listening
  • Relevance
  • Credibility

Aligned Learning Resources

Active Listening With Podcasts: The Worst Video Game Ever?
Introduction to Active Listening: What, Why, and How?
Counting Practice! Fundamental Counting Principle
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.26

Produce research writings over extended periods with time for research, reflection, and revision and within shorter time frames, with minimal guidance.

Examples: a day or two, a single sitting

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Research strategies.
  • Independent writing skills for all steps of the writing process.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Produce writing that contains information obtained through research.
  • Reflect on and revise their research given the occasion and time constraints.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Research can happen in short and extended time frames.
  • It is important to reflect upon information obtained through research before incorporating it into one's own writing.
  • It is important to revise work that contains research to ensure proper use for the given occasion.

Vocabulary

  • Research writing
  • Research
  • Reflection
  • Revision

Aligned Learning Resources

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Finding the Science Behind Science Fiction Through Paired Readings
Twenty-First Century Informational Literacy: Integrating Research Techniques and Technology
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English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.27

Quote, paraphrase, summarize, and present findings, following an appropriate citation style and avoiding plagiarism.

Example: MLA, APA

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to quote, paraphrase, and summarize information from research sources.
  • Writing skills to present research findings and avoid plagiarism.
  • Citation styles, such as MLA and APA.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Quote, paraphrase, and summarize information from research sources.
  • Present research findings through writing while avoiding plagiarism.
  • Appropriately use citation styles.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Particular citation styles exist to support the integration of outside information into one's writing.
  • There are different ways to use outside information, from quoting directly, to summarizing and paraphrasing ideas.
  • Plagiarism is a serious offense and can be avoided by understanding appropriate citation styles.

Vocabulary

  • Quote
  • Paraphrase
  • Summarize
  • Citation styles
  • Plagiarism

Aligned Learning Resources

Let's Talk About Measurement--Rise and Shine: Math Time
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.28

Incorporate research into oral presentations, summarizing and supporting opinions and ideas with relevant details.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to incorporate research into oral presentations.
  • Methods to summarize and support opinions and ideas with relevant details.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Incorporate research findings into oral presentations.
  • Summarize research findings and support opinions and ideas with relevant details from research.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Effective oral presentations include summaries of research findings, with opinions and ideas supported with relevant details.

Vocabulary

  • Research
  • Oral presentations
  • Summarizing
  • Supporting
  • Opinions
  • Relevant details

Aligned Learning Resources

Finding the Science Behind Science Fiction Through Paired Readings
My Pledge to Unplug-- Part 3 of Unplug: The Digital Diet Plan
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.28a

Collect information through the research process to answer follow-up questions and participate in discussions about their research findings.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Research strategies.
  • Collaborative discussions occur when participants actively listen, build on others' ideas, and ask clarifying questions.
  • Generally accepted rules for discussions.

Skills

  • Engage in research with the purpose of answering questions about the information.
  • Participate in discussions about research findings.

Understanding

  • Information obtained through research can be used to answer audience questions about the findings.

Vocabulary

  • Research process
  • Follow-up questions
  • Research findings
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.29

Determine word meaning through the use of word parts, context clues, connotation and denotation, or print or digital reference tools.

Examples: affixes, Greek and Latin roots, stems; dictionary, thesaurus, glossary

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The meaning of words can be identified by examining the word's morphological structure or its connotation or denotation.
  • Word meaning can be determined by using context clues within the text.
  • Strategies for using print and digital reference tools.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use word parts, context clues, connotation, and denotation to determine word meanings.
  • Use print and digital reference tools to determine word meanings.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • If they encounter an unfamiliar or unknown word in text, they should use a strategy to discover the word meaning or consult a reference tool to find the word meaning.

Vocabulary

  • Word meaning
  • Word parts
  • Context clues
  • Connotation
  • Denotation
  • Print reference tools
  • Digital reference tools

Aligned Learning Resources

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Engineering the Perfect Poem by Using the Vocabulary of STEM
Greek and Latin Science Root Words
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.30

Read and evaluate texts from science, social studies, and other academic disciplines to determine how those disciplines treat domain-specific vocabulary and content organization.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to read and evaluate texts from various academic disciplines.
  • Content-specific text will often include a particular structure and domain-specific vocabulary.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Read texts from subjects other than English language arts and assess the use of domain-specific vocabulary.
  • Read texts from subjects other than English language arts and evaluate how the academic discipline organizes content.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Different academic disciplines may utilize different vocabulary.
  • Different academic disciplines may arrange content in particular organizational styles.

Vocabulary

  • Academic disciplines
  • Domain-specific vocabulary
  • Content organization

Aligned Learning Resources

Engineering the Perfect Poem by Using the Vocabulary of STEM
Julius Caesar, Rhetoric, and Relevance: Shakespeare Uncovered
Let's Explore Light
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.31

Infer word meaning through active listening in various contexts for purposeful, effective communication.

Examples: classroom discussion, oral presentations, digital formats

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to identify word meaning in spoken language.
  • Active listening skills.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Actively listen to infer word meaning.
  • Engage in purposeful, effective communication.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Listening is vital in understanding the full meaning of a speaker's message and when communicating effectively with others.

Vocabulary

  • Infer
  • Active listening
  • Various contexts
  • Purposeful communication
  • Effective communication

Aligned Learning Resources

A Portrait of Our World: Making Connections and Developing Comprehension
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.32

Apply vocabulary in writing to convey and enhance meaning.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Word choice can convey a message and enhance the meaning of written communication.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Strategically use vocabulary to convey meaning and enhance meaning when writing.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Vocabulary plays an important role in conveying clear meaning and in enhancing the intended meaning in writing.

Vocabulary

  • Vocabulary

Aligned Learning Resources

Alphabiography Project: Totally You
Proper Case of Pronouns | No Nonsense Grammar
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.33

Select and utilize effective words and phrases that are suitable for purpose and audience to communicate clearly in a variety of situations.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to adapt spoken language suitable for the purpose and audience of a particular situation.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use words and phrases intentionally given a particular audience, purpose, or situation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • The words and phrases they use in speech should change depending on the purpose, audience, and situation of their presentation.

Vocabulary

  • Effective words and phrases
  • Purpose
  • Audience
  • Situations

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