TEACHER ELEMENTS

STUDENT ELEMENTS

GRADE 7

GRADE 7

THE TEACHER SHALL:

THE STUDENT SHOULD:

REVIEW, RETEACH, AND REASSESS PAST CONCEPTS.

NEW CONCEPTS

NEW CONCEPTS

READING COMPREHENSION AND FLUENCY

READING COMPREHENSION AND FLUENCY

Assign increasingly demanding texts for a variety of purposes.

Read silently for longer periods of time and demonstrate comprehension through written or oral responses.

Identify setting, plot structure, conflict, and theme.

Identify the author's purpose by analyzing the author's style, literary form, and impact on the reader.

Describe the impact of historical and/or cultural influences on the author and, hence, on his/her writing.

Describe how word choice and language structure (syntax) convey an author's point of view in nonfiction works.

Recognize cause/effect in literary selections.

Provide students with opportunities to read and understand information from varied sources.

Use knowledge of text structures including charts and graphs to aid comprehension.

Distinguish fact from opinion in newspapers, magazines, and other print media.

Organize and synthesize information for use in oral and written presentations.

Extend general and specialized vocabulary.

INDEPENDENT READING/ASSIGNED READING/GUIDED READING

INDEPENDENT READING/ASSIGNED READING/GUIDED READING

Present multiple opportunities for students to read and study notable literary selections which are rich in vocabulary (e.g., "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Heritage," "Annabel Lee," "Auld Lang Syne," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Fire and Ice," "The Necklace," "Gift of the Magi," The Call of the Wild , The Prince and the Pauper , Jane Eyre , ABC Murders , Johnny Tremain , The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman , Cheaper by the Dozen , The Man Without a Country , The Old Man and the Sea , The Jungle Book , Big Red , My Friend Flicka , The Time Machine , Born Free , Helen Keller: The Story of My Life, Around the World in 80 Days ).

Present brief, comprehensive, narrative summary of notable literary selections (e.g, "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "Heritage," "Annabel Lee," "Auld Lang Syne," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "Fire and Ice," "The Necklace," "Gift of the Magi," The Call of the Wild , The Prince and the Pauper , Jane Eyre , ABC Murders , Johnny Tremain , The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman , Cheaper by the Dozen , The Man Without a Country , The Old Man and the Sea , The Jungle Book , Big Red , My Friend Flicka , The Time Machine , Born Free , Helen Keller: The Story of My Life, Around the World in 80 Days ).

Read independently at least 15 books of various genres from accepted fiction and non-fiction lists.

Read materials daily at a comfortable, independent level (e.g., texts in which no more than 1 in 20 words is difficult for the reader).

Read regularly in instructional-level materials that are challenging but manageable (e.g., texts in which no more than 1 in 10 words is difficult for the reader).

Adjust reading rate based on the purposes for reading.

Demonstrate understanding of literature which is read aloud by others.

LITERARY TERMS

LITERARY TERMS

Teach the following terms: forms of poetry (ballad, sonnet, lyric, narrative, limerick, haiku); rhyme (stanzas and refrains, types of rhyme); point of view in narration (omniscient narrator, unreliable narrator, third person limited, first person); conflict (external and internal--suspense and climax); soliloquies and asides; flashbacks and foreshadowing; hyperbole, oxymoron, parody.

Define the following terms: forms of poetry (ballad, sonnet, lyric, narrative, limerick, haiku); rhyme (stanzas and refrains, types of rhyme); point of view in narration (omniscient narrator, unreliable narrator, third person limited, first person); conflict (external and internal--suspense and climax); soliloquies and asides; flashbacks and foreshadowing; hyperbole, oxymoron, parody.

INQUIRY, RESEARCH, STUDY SKILLS

INQUIRY, RESEARCH, STUDY SKILLS

Provide multiple opportunities for students to utilize library/media center.

Check materials in and out of media center with ease.

Demonstrate ability in locating media according to assignments or personal interests.

Recognize three types of cards (i.e., author, title, subject) and interpret information on cards.

Match information on cards to media selection.

Match information on cards to parts of books.

Locate information utilizing indices (e. g., periodical guides [both printed and computerized], almanacs, atlas, encyclopedia [both printed and computerized]).