Students will understand that inferences and analyses require textual support.

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1 Seventh Reading Standards for Literature: Key Ideas and Details 1. Why do readers read? 2. How do readers construct meaning? Essential cite, textual evidence, explicit, inferences, analyze, objective, summary, interact College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard 1 for Reading: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text. RL.7.1: Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. read closely to determine textual evidence to support analysis and inferences. cite specific evidence correctly. cite textual evidence explicit inferences analyze that inferences and analyses require textual support. identify and cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analyses and inferences. College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard 2 for Reading: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas. RL.7.2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text. find the central idea and supporting details. write summary without personal opinions and judgments. objective summary central idea that theme is developed over the course of a text, taking into account the other literary elements. that a summary must be objective. identify a theme and explain how it is developed over the course of the text. give an objective summary of the text.

2 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard 3 for Reading: Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. RL.7.3: Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot). identify specific events within the plot that are critical to the overall story and resolution. describe character s actions and reactions as they pertain to the events. interact that authors achieve their purpose through intentional use of the literary elements. that interactions within the story elements can alter or shape the other elements. analyze how and why characters, events, ideas, and setting develop and interact over the course of a text.

3 Seventh Reading Standards for Literature: Craft and Structure How does word choice impact the overall meaning of the text? How does the author s use of structure affect the meaning of the text? How does the author s point of view and purpose shape and direct the text? Essential sound devices, alliteration, rhyme, assonance, consonance, onomatopoeia, prose, figurative, connotative, stanza, verse, form, structure, drama, poem, direct characterization, indirect characterization College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard 4 for Reading: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone. RL.7.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama. examine and use the author s word choice as an indicator of tone. use context clues to determine the meaning of words and phrases, and use a dictionary to verify definition. give examples of figurative language using metaphors, similes, and idioms. show how the context of specific words can alter the connotation. sound devices alliteration rhyme assonance consonance onomatopoeia prose figurative connotative stanza verse that words and phrases can have multiple meanings. that sound devices impact literature. distinguish the author s intended meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text. evaluate the effects of sound devices in literature.

4 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard 5 for Reading: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole. RL.7.5: Analyze how a drama s or a poem s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning. evaluate how parts of a novel, drama, or poem work together to form a whole text. determine how a theme is conveyed through particular details. explain how a literary text develops in a series of events. use evidence from literary texts to support analysis of text structure. form structure drama poem that poems and dramas have distinct structures which contribute to their meaning. that authors select structures to convey meaning. analyze the poem or drama s structure. explain how the structure of the text contributes to the meaning. College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard 6 for Reading: Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. RL.7.6: Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text. evaluate the point of view of the narrator as conveyed by the author. explain how the author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker. direct characterization indirect characterization that an author uses devices to develop characters and their points of view. identify the devices an author uses to develop characters and their points of view. compare and contrast the points of view of different characters and narrators in a text.

5 Seventh Grade Reading Standards for Literature: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas How does analyzing diverse media help us to build our own knowledge? How does the use of evidence impact the author s claim? How does analyzing more than one text help us to interpret the author s intent and build our knowledge? Essential multimedia, medium (and types of), compare, contrast, portrayal, historical account College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard 7 for Reading: Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. RL.7.7: Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio filmed stage or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus, and angles in a film). identify the similarities and differences of a written text as compared to an audio, video, or live version of the same text. compare and contrast story details from various media formats. multimedia medium (and types of) compare contrast Grade 7 Enduring Understandings that each medium affects a subject in various ways. compare and contrast different mediums to show how each medium influences the subject. College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard 8 for Reading: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence. RL.7.8: Not applicable to literature

6 College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard 9 for Reading: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the author takes. RL.7.9: Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character, and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history. Include texts that contain portrayals and/or accounts by and about American Indians. (IEFA) Grade 7 Enduring Understandings identify similar themes and topics in different forms and genres. compare and contrast different forms or genres based on topics, ideas, and themes including stories by and about American Indians. portrayal compare contrast historical account that authors can use or alter history through their writing of fiction. compare and contrast historical accounts within the same time periods. use time, place, or characters to explain how authors use or alter history including accounts by and about American Indians.

7 Seventh Grade Reading Standards for Literature: Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity How does reading add meaning to your life? How do readers adapt when text becomes more complex? Essential College and Career Readiness Anchor Standard 10 for Reading: Read and comprehend complex literary and informational texts independently and proficiently. RL.7.10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories and poetry, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range. Grade 7 Enduring Understandings read self-selected and assigned literary text independently and proficiently at the high end of grades 6-8 band with scaffolding as needed at the high end range. establish and or maintain a reading habit. read a wide variety of texts at 6-8 complexity band for a variety of purposes including pleasure. that in order to read at their grade level they must practice reading independently. that as text complexity increases a variety of strategies may be used to increase comprehension, including scaffolding from an adult. read self-selected and assigned literary text in grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the band. establish and or maintain a reading habit. read a wide variety of texts for a variety of purposes including pleasure.