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English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.15

Utilize digital tools and/or products to enhance meaning.

Examples: hashtags, videos, slide presentations, audio clips, GIFS, memes; social media platforms

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Necessary skills to utilize digital tools.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Use digital tools or products, such as hashtags, videos, slide presentations, audio clips, GIFS, memes, and social media platforms, to strategically enhance the meaning of digital texts.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Digital tools and products can be used to enhance the overall meaning of a text.

Vocabulary

  • Digital tools/products

Aligned Learning Resources

Alphabiography Project: Totally You
On a Musical Note: Exploring Reading Strategies by Creating a Soundtrack
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.16

Convey ideas in an appropriate digital format with specific attention to subject, occasion, audience, purpose, and tone.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Methods to convey ideas in a digital format.
  • Strategies to determine the subject, occasion, audience, and purpose.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Convey a particular idea in a digital format.
  • Ensure that a clear subject and occasion are evident in digital writing.
  • Appeal to a particular digital audience.
  • Achieve an intended purpose and tone in a digital text.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • To effectively convey ideas in a digital format, they should ensure that the subject and occasion are clear; that a particular audience is targeted; that a clear purpose and tone are achieved.

Vocabulary

  • Digital format
  • Subject
  • Occasion
  • Audience
  • Purpose
  • Tone

Aligned Learning Resources

Literary Elements and Techniques | Conflict
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.LL.A

Recognize and demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar, mechanics, and usage, including appropriate formality of language.

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.17

Identify the conventions of standard English grammar and usage in writing.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • The conventions of standard English grammar and usage.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify conventions of standard English grammar and usage in texts.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Writing should demonstrate the appropriate use of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.

Vocabulary

  • Conventions
  • Standard English grammar
  • Standard English usage

Aligned Learning Resources

More Than One Way to Create Vivid Verbs
Slipping, Sliding, Tumbling: Reinforcing Cause and Effect Through Diamante Poems
Learn About Dependent and Independent Clauses | No Nonsense Grammar
Making Math Matter: Multiplication of a Whole Number by a Fraction
Peg + Cat: The Perfect Ten Problem
Peg + Cat: The Teens
Knowing the In's and Out's of a Direct Object
Ewwww! Another Direct and Indirect Object Lesson
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.17a

Identify subject-verb agreement with compound subjects joined by correlative and coordinating conjunctions and with collective nouns when verb form depends on the rest of the sentence.

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Knowledge

  • The subject of a sentence is connected to a verb, and the subject and verb must match in number, case, and person.

Skills

  • Identify subject-verb agreement in a sentence with compound subjects joined by a correlative conjunction.
  • Identify subject-verb agreement in a sentence with compound subjects joined by a coordinating conjunction.
  • Identify subject-verb agreement in a sentence with collective nouns when verb form depends on the rest of the sentence.

Understanding

  • Particular rules exist for subject-verb choices to ensure accurate use of conventions of standard English.
  • Authors should ensure subject-verb agreement in all sentences, including those with compound subjects, conjunctions, and collective nouns.

Vocabulary

  • Subject-verb agreement
  • Compound subjects
  • Correlative Conjunctions
  • Coordinating conjunctions
  • Collective nouns
  • Verb forms
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.17b

Identify the usage of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex statements and questions to signal differing relationships among ideas in a text.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Methods to identify the usage of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex statements and questions in text.

Skills

  • Identify various types of statements and questions to assess the relationship of ideas in a text.

Understanding

  • Different types of statements and questions are used in writing to describe relationships among ideas.

Vocabulary

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

ELA21.7.17c

Evaluate the functions of phrases and clauses in general and their function in specific sentences.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • Strategies to evaluate the functions of phrases and clauses.

Skills

  • Evaluate how phrases and clauses function in general.
  • Evaluate how phrases and clauses function in a particular sentence.

Understanding

  • Particular phrases and clauses are used in writing for emphasis, to convey specific ideas, and to enhance meaning.

Vocabulary

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

ELA21.7.18

Identify the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in a variety of texts.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • The conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling in texts.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • A variety of texts can provide examples of the appropriate use of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

Vocabulary

  • Conventions
  • Standard English capitalization
  • Standard English punctuation
  • Standard English spelling

Aligned Learning Resources

Peg + Cat: The Teens
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.18a

Correct improper usage of commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and semicolons through peer editing.

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Knowledge

  • The proper usage of commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and semicolons.
  • Strategies to correct punctuation mistakes during the peer editing process.

Skills

  • Identify and correct punctuation errors through peer editing.

Understanding

  • Specific rules for proper usage exist with various forms of punctuation.
  • Peer editing can help revise and correct errors with punctuation in writing.

Vocabulary

  • Commas
  • Apostrophes
  • Quotation marks
  • Colons
  • Semicolons
  • Peer editing
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.19

Evaluate a speaker’s organizational choices to determine point of view, purpose, and effectiveness.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Speakers organize their speech to indicate the point of view and purpose of the presentation.
  • Listeners can assess a speaker's organizational choices to determine the effectiveness of the presentation.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify and describe a speaker's organizational choices, such as point of view and purpose.
  • Evaluate a speaker's organizational choices to determine the effectiveness of the presentation.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Speakers make organizational choices that affect the overall effectiveness of their presentations.
  • Active listening is critical to evaluating the organizational choices of a speaker's presentation.

Vocabulary

  • Evaluate
  • Organizational choices
  • Point of view
  • Purpose
  • Effectiveness
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.20

Identify a speaker’s formality of language in order to comprehend, interpret, and respond appropriately.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • Strategies to interpret the formality of a speaker's language.
  • Methods to comprehend, interpret, and respond to oral language.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Listen to a speaker to determine the formality of language.
  • Listen to a speaker to comprehend for meaning.
  • Listen to a speaker to interpret meaning.
  • Listen to a speaker to respond to the message.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Listening is critical in determining the formality of a speaker's language.
  • They must actively listen to comprehend, interpret, and respond to a speaker's message.

Vocabulary

  • Formal language
  • Comprehend
  • Interpret
  • Respond
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.21

Create written work using standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics.

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Knowledge

Students know:
  • The conventions of written standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Demonstrate written command of standard English, grammar, usage, and mechanics.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • To clearly communicate in writing, they must use standard English grammar, usage, and mechanics.

Vocabulary

  • Standard English grammar
  • Standard English usage
  • Standard English mechanics

Aligned Learning Resources

Making Math Matter: Multiply a Fraction by a Fraction
English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 7

ELA21.7.21a

Revise their own writing using correct mechanics with a focus on commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and semicolons.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

  • The proper usage of commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and semicolons.
  • Strategies to correct punctuation mistakes during the revision process.

Skills

  • Revise their own writing with particular emphasis on the proper use of various punctuation marks.

Understanding

  • Specific rules for proper usage exist with various forms of punctuation.
  • Revision is an important component of the writing process to ensure accurate use of punctuation.

Vocabulary

  • Revise
  • Mechanics
  • Commas
  • Apostrophes
  • Quotation marks
  • Colons
  • Semicolons
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.

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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.

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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.

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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

More Than One Way to Create Vivid Verbs
Finding the Science Behind Science Fiction Through Paired Readings
Twenty-First Century Informational Literacy: Integrating Research Techniques and Technology
Picture This: Combining Infographics and Argumentative Writing
When and Why Do We Write Quadratic Equations?

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