Grade 7
Outcomes
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Reading Literature
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Key Ideas and Details
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7.RL.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.Examples
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7.RL.2
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Craft and Structure
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7.RL.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.Examples
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7.RL.5
Analyze how a drama's or poem's form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.Examples
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7.RL.4
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Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
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7.RL.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.Examples
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7.RL.10
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Key Ideas and Details
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Reading Informational
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Key Ideas and Details
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7.RI.1
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.Examples
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7.RI.2
Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.Examples
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7.RI.1
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Craft and Structure
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7.RI.5
Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.Examples
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7.RI.5
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Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
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7.RI.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.Examples
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7.RI.10
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Key Ideas and Details
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Language
- Conventions of Standard English
- Knowledge of Language
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Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
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7.L.4.a
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.Examples
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7.L.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.Examples
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7.L.5.b
Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonym/antonym, analogy) to better understand each of the words.Examples
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7.L.5.c
Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., refined, respectful, polite, diplomatic, condescending).Examples
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7.L.4.a