Professional Documents
Culture Documents
43Days
st
1 Cycle
Unit
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Vocabulary
R ELA.7.2B Use context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to determine or clarify the
meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words.
Reading
ELA.7.1A Adjust fluency (rate, accuracy, expression, appropriate phrasing) when reading aloud
grade-level text based on the reading purpose and the nature of the text.
ELA.7.Fig19A Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon own or others desired
outcome to enhance comprehension.
ELA.7.Fig19B Ask literal, interpretive, evaluative, and universal questions of text.
ELA.7.Fig19C Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension (e.g., summarizing and
synthesizing; making textual, personal, and world connections; visualizing).
R S ELA.7.Fig19D Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support
understanding.
R S ELA.7.Fig19E Summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning
and logical order within and across texts.R
ELA.7.Fig19F Make connections between and across texts, including media (e.g., film, play, music,
print media), and provide textual evidence.
R ELA.7.6A Summarize plot and explain the influence of the setting on plot development.
ELA.7.7A Describe the structural and substantive differences between an autobiography or a diary
and a fictional adaptation of it.
Writing
ELA.7.14A Plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to
an audience, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies (e.g., discussion,
background reading, personal interests, interviews), and developing a thesis or controlling idea.
students draft a
personal narrative
focusing on the
development of ideas
and the writing
process.
1 Cycle
Unit
Unit 2: Innovation
43Days
Aug. 22 Oct. 21, 2016
#ofLessons
20 45min.
Reading Focus:
Master
Informational T exts- Course
Expository and
Lessons
Procedural T exts
1 45-min.
Writing Focus:
Fall
Revising and Editing Writing
a Personal Narrative Sample
Essay Prewriting and Lesson
Drafting an
Expository Essay Unit
2 explores the theme
of Innovation through
reading expository
and procedural texts.
While continuing to
build comprehension
in the reading
workshop, students
examine how authors
choose to
communicate ideas
through the use of
details, facts,
graphical
components, and
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Vocabulary
R ELA.7.2A Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin,
Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
Reading
ELA.7.Fig19A Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon own or others desired
outcome to enhance comprehension.
ELA.7.Fig19B Ask literal, interpretive, evaluative, and universal questions of text.
ELA.7.Fig19C Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension (e.g., summarizing and
synthesizing; making textual, personal, and world connections; visualizing).
R S ELA.7.Fig19D Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support
understanding.
R S ELA.7.Fig19E Summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning
and logical order within and across texts.R
ELA.7.Fig19F Make connections between and across texts, including media (e.g., film, play, music,
print media), and provide textual evidence.S
ELA.7.9A Explain the difference between the theme of a literary work and the authors purpose in an
expository text (e.g., inform, influence, entertain, and express)
R ELA.7.10A Evaluate a summary of the original text for accuracy of the main ideas, supporting
details, and overall meaning.S
ELA.7.10C Use different organizational patterns (e.g., proposition-and-support, problem-andsolution, cause-effect, compare-contrast, inductive, deductive, chronological order) as guides for
summarizing and forming an overview of different kinds of expository text.
R ELA.7.10D Synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two
or three texts representing similar or different genres, and support those findings with textual
evidence.
ELA.7.12A Follow multi-dimensional instructions from text to complete a task, solve a problem, or
perform procedures.S
ELA.7.12B Interpret and explain the function of the graphical components of a text.S
organizational
patterns. In the
writing workshop,
students continue
ELA.7.13A Explain and interpret both explicit and implicit messages in various forms of media.
Writing
ELA.7.14A Plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to
an audience, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies (e.g., discussion,
background reading, personal interests, interviews), and developing a thesis or controlling idea.
R ELA.7.14B Develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of
events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a focused, organized, and
coherent piece of writing.
R ELA.7.14C Revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and vivid images; consistent point of
view; use of simple, compound, and complex sentences; internal and external coherence; and the
use of effective transitions after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have
been addressed.
1 Cycle
Unit
43Days
Aug. 22 Oct. 21, 2016
#ofLessons
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
nd
2 Cycle
Unit
Unit 3: Conflict
Reading Focus:
Fiction
22 45min.
Master
Course
Writing Focus:
Revising and Editing Lessons
an Expository Essay
Prewriting and
Drafting a Myth Unit 3
explores the theme of
conflict through the
reading of fiction.
While continuing to
strengthen
comprehension skills
in the reading
workshop, students
analyze how authors
convey theme
through narrative
elements and stylistic
choices. In the writing
workshop, students
continue to apply the
writing process to
their expository
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Vocabulary
R ELA.7.2B Use context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to determine or clarify the
meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words.
ELA.7.2D Identify the meaning of foreign words commonly used in written English with emphasis on
Latin and Greek words (e.g., habeus corpus, e pluribus unum, bona fide, nemesis).
R ELA.7.2E Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the
meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech words.
Reading
ELA.7.Fig19A Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon own or others desired
outcome to enhance comprehension.
ELA.7.Fig19B Ask literal, interpretive, evaluative, and universal questions of text.
ELA.7.Fig19C Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension (e.g., summarizing and
synthesizing; making textual, personal, and world connections; visualizing).
R S ELA.7.Fig19D Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support
understanding.
R S ELA.7.Fig19E Summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning
and logical order within and across texts.R
ELA.7.Fig19F Make connections between and across texts, including media (e.g., film, play, music,
ELA.7.6C Describe and analyze different forms of point of view, including first-person, third-person
omniscient, and third-person limited.
Writing
ELA.7.14A Plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to
an audience, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies (e.g., discussion,
background reading, personal interests, interviews), and developing a thesis or controlling idea.
R ELA.7.14B Develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of
events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a focused, organized, and
coherent piece of writing.
R ELA.7.14C Revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and vivid images; consistent point of
view; use of simple, compound, and complex sentences; internal and external coherence; and the
use of effective transitions after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have
been addressed.
nd
2 Cycle
Unit
#ofLessons
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
rd
3 Cycle
Unit
Unit 4: Courage
Reading Focus:
Literary Analysis
(Novel, Drama,
Poetry)
Writing Focus:
Expository Text Response to
Literature Unit 4
explores the theme of
courage through the
reading of multiple
genres. While
continuing to
strengthen
comprehension skills
in the reading
workshop, students
read a novel, poetry,
and drama to analyze
how authors create
meaning and convey
mood through the use
of dramatic
conventions, poetic
#ofLessons
22 45min.
Master
Course
Lessons
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Vocabulary
RELA.7.2A Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from Latin,
Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
RELA.7.2B Use context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to determine or clarify the
meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words.
Reading
ELA.7.Fig19A Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon own or others desired
outcome to enhance comprehension.
ELA.7.Fig19B Ask literal, interpretive, evaluative, and universal questions of text.
ELA.7.Fig19C Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension (e.g., summarizing and
synthesizing; making textual, personal, and world connections; visualizing).
RSELA.7.Fig19D Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support
understanding.
RSELA.7.Fig19E Summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning and
logical order within and across texts.
RELA.7.Fig19F Make connections between and across texts, including media (e.g., film, play,
music, print media), and provide textual evidence.S
ELA.7.3A Infer and describe multiple themes in a work of fiction, and support using textual evidence.
S
ELA.7.3C Analyze how place and time in which a literary work was written influence the theme or
message of a literary work.S
ELA.7.4A Explain how figurative language (e.g., personification, metaphors, similes, hyperbole)
contributes to the meaning of a poem, and analyze the importance of graphical elements (e.g.,
capital letters, line length, word position, figurative language, syntax) on the meaning of a poem.S
ELA.7.5A Explain a playwrights use of dialogue and stage directions.
RELA.7.6A Summarize plot and explain the influence of the setting on plot development.
techniques, and
fictional elements. In
the writing workshop,
students craft an
original poem and will
RELA.7.6B Analyze the development of the plot through the internal and external responses of the
characters, including their motivations and conflicts.
RELA.7.8A Determine the figurative meaning of phrases and analyze how an authors use of
language creates imagery, appeals to the senses, and suggests mood.
RELA.7.10D Synthesize and make logical connections between ideas within a text and across two
or three texts representing similar or different genres, and support those findings with textual
evidence.
Writing
ELA.7.14A Plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended meaning to
an audience, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies (e.g., discussion,
background reading, personal interests, interviews), and developing a thesis or controlling idea.
RELA.7.14B Develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g., sequence of
events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a focused, organized, and
coherent piece of writing.
47Days
rd
3 Cycle
Unit
formulate an
expository essay in
the form of a
literary response.
#ofLessons
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
RELA.7.14C Revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and vivid images; consistent point of view;
use of simple, compound, and complex sentences; internal and external coherence; and the use of
effective transitions after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience, and genre have been
addressed.
RELA.7.17A.v Write multi-paragraph essays to convey information about a topic that uses a variety of
sentence structures, rhetorical devices, and transitions to link paragraphs.
ELA.7.17C Write responses to literary or expository texts that demonstrate the writing skills for multiparagraph essays and provide sustained evidence from the text using quotations when appropriate.S
ELA.7.19A.ii Identify, use, and understand the function of appositive phrases in the context of reading,
writing, and speaking.S
ELA.7.19A.iv Identify, use, and understand the function of conjunctive adverbs (e.g., consequently,
furthermore, indeed) in the context of reading, writing, and speaking.
Listening and Speaking
ELA.7.27A Present a critique of a literary work, film, or dramatic production, employing eye contact,
speaking rate, volume, enunciation, a variety of natural gestures, and conventions of language to
communicate ideas effectively.
ELA.7.28A Participate productively in discussions, plan agendas with clear goals and deadlines, set
time limits for speakers, take notes, and vote on key issues.
3 Cycle
Unit
47Days
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Unit 5: Revolution
24 45-min.
Vocabulary
Reading Focus:
Informational Text
Persuasive and
Expository
Master Course
Lessons
R ELA.7.2A Determine the meaning of grade-level academic English words derived from
Latin, Greek, or other linguistic roots and affixes.
Writing Focus:
Persuasive Essay
Unit 5 explores the
theme of revolution
through informational
text. While continuing
to strengthen
comprehension skills
in the reading
workshop, students
examine various
mediums to analyze
the effects of
persuasive
techniques on
meaning and an
authors message. In
the writing workshop,
students synthesize
what they have
1 45-min. Spring R ELA.7.2B Use context (within a sentence and in larger sections of text) to determine or
Writing Sample
clarify the meaning of unfamiliar or ambiguous words.
Lesson
ELA.7.2C Complete analogies that describe part to whole or whole to part.
Reading
ELA.7.Fig19A Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon own or others
desired outcome to enhance comprehension.
ELA.7.Fig19B Ask literal, interpretive, evaluative, and universal questions of text.
ELA.7.Fig19C Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension (e.g., summarizing and
synthesizing; making textual, personal, and world connections; visualizing).
R S ELA.7.Fig19D Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support
understanding.
R S ELA.7.Fig19E Summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain
meaning and logical order within and across texts.R
ELA.7.Fig19F Make connections between and across texts, including media (e.g., film, play,
music, print media), and provide textual evidence.S
ELA.7.13B Interpret how visual and sound techniques (e.g., special effects, camera angles,
lighting, and music) influence the message.S
ELA.7.13C Evaluate various techniques used in media to influence and inform audiences.
Writing
ELA.7.14A Plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for conveying the intended
meaning to an audience, determining appropriate topics through a range of strategies (e.g.,
discussion, background reading, personal interests, interviews), and developing a thesis or
controlling idea.
R ELA.7.14B Develop drafts by choosing an appropriate organizational strategy (e.g.,
sequence of events, cause-effect, compare-contrast) and building on ideas to create a
focused, organized, and coherent piece of writing.
th
4 Cycle
Unit
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
R ELA.7.14C Revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and vivid images; consistent point
of view; use of simple, compound, and complex sentences; internal and external coherence;
and the use of effective transitions after rethinking how well questions of purpose, audience,
and genre have been addressed.
th
4 Cycle
Unit
#ofLessons
Unit 6:
Investigation
30 45min.
Master
Reading Focus: Course
Informationa l Text Lessons
Writing Focus:
Multimedia
Presentation Unit 6
explores
investigation
through the
research process.
Utilizing the
components of
project-based
learning, students
formulate a
question and
conduct research
to write a research
paper as well as
produce and
present a multimedia
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
Vocabulary
RELA.7.2E Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus (printed or electronic) to determine the
meanings, syllabication, pronunciations, alternate word choices, and parts of speech words.
Reading
ELA.7.Fig19A Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon own or others desired
outcome to enhance comprehension.
ELA.7.Fig19B Ask literal, interpretive, evaluative, and universal questions of text.
ELA.7.Fig19C Reflect on understanding to monitor comprehension (e.g., summarizing and
synthesizing; making textual, personal, and world connections; visualizing).
RSELA.7.Fig19D Make complex inferences about text and use textual evidence to support
understanding.
RSELA.7.Fig19E Summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning and
logical order within and across texts.
RELA.7.Fig19F Make connections between and across texts, including media (e.g., film, play, music,
print media), and provide textual evidence.S
ELA.7.10C Use different organizational patterns (e.g., proposition-and-support, problem- and-solution,
cause-effect, compare-contrast, inductive, deductive, chronological order) as guides for summarizing
4 Cycle
Unit
48Days
Mar. 20 May 25, 2017
#ofLessons
CurriculumScopeandSequence201617
TexasEssentialKnowledgeandSkills/StudentExpectations(TEKS/SEs)Thestudentwill:
RELA.7.17A.iv Write a multi-paragraph essay to convey information about a topic that accurately
synthesizes ideas from several sources.
RELA.7.17A.v Create multi-paragraph essays to convey information about a topic that uses a variety
of sentence structures, rhetorical devices, and transitions to link paragraphs.
RELA.7.14D Edit drafts for grammar, mechanics, and spelling.
ELA.7.14E Revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teacher and publish written work
for appropriate audiences.
ELA.7.17D Produce a multimedia presentation involving text and graphics using available technology.
ELA.7.22A Brainstorm, consult with others, decide upon a topic, and formulate a major research
question to address the major research topic.
ELA.7.22B Apply steps for obtaining and evaluating information from a wide variety of sources and
create a written plan after preliminary research in reference works and additional text searches.
ELA.7.23A Follow the research plan to gather information from a range of relevant print and electronic
ELA.7.23C Record bibliographic information (e.g., author, title, page number) for all notes and sources
according to a standard format (MLA).
ELA.7.23D Differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism and identify the importance of citing
valid and reliable sources.
ELA.7.24A Narrow or broaden the major research question, if necessary, based on further research
and investigation.
ELA.24B Utilize elements that demonstrate the reliability and validity of the sources used (e.g.,
publication date, coverage, language, point of view) and explain why one source is more useful than
another.
ELA.7.25A Complies with important information from multiple sources and draws conclusions and
summarizes or paraphrases the findings in a systematic way.
ELA.7.25B Marshals (gathers and organizes) evidence to explain the topic and gives relevant reasons
for conclusions.