MONROVIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT INSTRUCTIONAL PACING GUIDE

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Department Course Name Grade Level Instructional Reference Material (s) Grading/ Benchmark Term TERM # SAMPLE TERM #1 (_1__wks)

ELA 7th Grade 7th Holt Topic & Resource Reference

7th Grade English

*E.S. monthly (Tungston) *M.S. Math & English 6 wks (Tungston) *M.S. Sci. & Soc.Sci. 6 wk (benchmark @ 9wk - Action Learning) *H.S. All Content 9wk (benchmark @ 9wk - Action Learning) Major Activities (tests, projects, tests, reports, performances) Common Vocabulary (Content & Academic) Differentiation Intervention (Skills level, SDAIE) Other Information

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Chapter 1 Clarifying Meaning Word Analysis, Fluency and Vocabulary Development Standard 1.3 Clarifying Word Meanings Restatement, p. 14 Contrast, p. 37, Examples, p. 61, Definitions, pp. 79, 90 Wordly Wise Reading Comprehension (Informational Materials) Standard 2.1 Yeti-like Monster Gives Staid Town in Illinois a Fright (newspaper) pp. 15-18 Indias History (textbook) pp. 42-47 Cellular Telephone Owners Manual (instructional manual) pp 91-93 Signs (signs) pp. 94-95 Standards review: Reading Comprehension, pp. 98-99 Literary Response and Analysis Standard 3.2 Plot: A Storys Building Blocks (standards essay) Duffys Jacket p. 7 (short story) or Rikki-TikkiTavi p. 21 (short story) Standards Review: Literary Response and Analysis, pp. 96-97

Tungsten Testing (once monthly) My Access Short Story tests Spelling & Vocabulary tests Quizzes Unit Tests

Wordly Wise

OPTIONS: Group work & presentation: plot chart p. 13 #1 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi chartclass discussion or group work p. 36 Compare and contrast Rikki to Nag and Nagaina Draw the climax of R-T-T to visualize it Go over Rikki as third person limited narrator. Retell from the point of view of Teddy Wanted poster for snakes Extra-credit project: make a sign for the class room.

See Attached sample CST questions. Novels from approved district list may taught as appropriate by teacher. Examples: Watsons Go to Birmingham The Witch of Blackbird Pond Number the Stars ** The Diary of Anne Frank (8th grade text used with Pre-AP 7thcheck with 8th grade teacher on duplication)

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Holt Handbook (Grammar) Standard 1.3 Review Parts of Speech: Noun (p. 25-29), Verbs (p. 45-52), Prepositions (p. 90-94 and Conjunctions (p. 62) Teach Interjection, (p. 65), Pronouns (p. 30-32) Writing Standard 1.0 Persuasive Essay #1 Spelling Standard 1.7 Holt Spelling lessons 1-6 TERM #2 (_6__ wks) Chapter 2 - Characters Word Analysis, Fluency and Vocabulary Development Standard 1.2 Recognizing roots and Affixes, p. 135 Wordly Wise Reading Comprehension (Informational Materials) Standards 2.1 2.3, 2.4, 2.6 Scholastic Real Life Reading Literary Response and Analysis Standards 2.1,2.3,2.4,2.6 Characterization: All About the People We Meet (standards essay) pp. 106-107 The Smallest Dragonboy (short story) pp. 118134 Standards Review: Literary Response and Analysis, pp. 150-151 Holt Handbook (Grammar) 1.2, 1.3 Teach Adjectives (p 34-37), Adverbs (p. 54-56) The Phrase (p. 89, 98-106) Writing Standard 1.0 Persuasive Essay #2 Spelling Standard 1.7 Holt Spelling Tungsten Testing (once monthly) My Access Short Story tests Spelling & Vocabulary tests Quizzes Unit Tests

Journalwrite own sentence and underline specific part of speech, define, and draw a picture that complements the sentence.

Compare and contrast Keevan and Beterli; Peer review of compare/contrast; Peer grading

Haiku poems: use two adjectives and two adverbs, underline

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TERM #3 (_6__ wks)

Chapter 3 Themes Word Analysis, Fluency and Vocabulary Development Standard 1.2 Making Connections: Similes and Metaphors, p. 169 Idioms: Dont Take Them Literally, p. 197 Putting Analogies to Work, p. 202 Wordly Wise Reading Comprehension (Informational Materials) Standard 2.3 It Just Keeps Going and Going . . . (article) pp. 198-201 Standard Review: Reading Informational Materials, pp. 214-215 Scholastic Real Life Reading, Standards 2.1, 2.3,2.4, 2.6 Literary Response and Analysis Standard 3.4 Theme Whats the Big Idea? (standards essay), pp. 158-159 The Highwayman: (poem), pp. 174-178 Standards Review: Literary Response and Analysis, pp. 210-213 Holt Handbook (Grammar) The Clause Standard 1.3, pp. 113-123 Kinds of Sentence Structure, Standard 1.3, pp. 130-138 Agreement, Standards 1.2, 1.4, pp. 147-169 Capital Letters Standard 1.6, pp. 266-281 Punctuation: End Marks, Commas, Semicolons, and Colons Standards 1.4, 1.5, pp. 290-311 Punctuation: Underlining (Italics), Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Hyphens, Parentheses, Brackets, and Dashes Standards 1.4, 1.5, pp. 322328, 338-342 Writing Standard 1.0 Literary Response #1 Spelling Standard 1.7 Holt Spelling

Tungsten Testing (once monthly) My Access Short Story tests Spelling & Vocabulary tests Quizzes Unit Tests

Draw idioms literally, write sentence. Idioms game: origins.

Robin Hood poem in Interactive reader Barbara Allen poem; Joan Baez song Draw Highwayman narrative. Paraphrase each stanza. T title P peruse for nouns and verbs P paraphrase C connotation A attitude/tone/shift? S syntax T theme T title Group project: determine theme, and write topic sentences to support theme thesis; scaffolding for essay.

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TERM #4 (_4__ wks)

Chapter 4 Point of View Word Analysis, Fluency, and Vocabulary Development Standard 1.3 Clarifying Meaning Through Contrast, p. 277 Clarifying Word Meanings: Definitions in Context, p. 295 Wordly Wise Reading Comprehension (Informational Materials) Standards 2.4 Exile Eyes (radio commentary), pp. 278-281 Standards Review: Reading Informational Materials, pp. 298-299 Scholastic Real Life Reading Standards 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6 Literary Response and Analysis Standard 3.5 Point of View: Through Whose Eyes? (standards essay), pp. 222-223 Standards Review: Literary Response and Analysis, pp. 296-297 Holt Handbook (Grammar) Using verbs correctly Standard 1.1, pp. 189-190 Using pronouns correctly Standards 1.2, 1.4, pp. 201-217 Agreement 1.2 pp. 147-169 Writing Standard 1.0 Literary Response #2 and Review all types for CST Spelling Standard 1.7 Holt Spelling

Tungsten Testing (once monthly) My Access Short Story tests Spelling & Vocabulary tests Quizzes Unit Tests

Rewrite: After Twenty Years from robbers p.o.v. Fairy Tale Project: tell a fairy tale from the villains point of view in the 1st person; do a storyboard from the 3rd person omniscient p.o.v. (the regular fairy tale). Review all genres for CST.

TERM #5 (_6 _wks)

Chapter 5 (Prose & Poetry) & Chapter 7 (Reading for Life) Word Analysis, Fluency, and Vocabulary Development Standard 1.1 Analogies: Pairs of Pairs, p. 356 Wordly Wise

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Literary Response and Analysis Standard 3.1 Reading Like A Wolf: Understanding the Forms of Prose (Standards Essay) Amigo Brothers (short story), pp. 316-318 from Barrio Bo y (autobiography), pp. 323-348 Song of the Trees (novella), pp. 332-348 Fish Cheeks (essay), pp. 351-355 Standards Review: Literary Response and Analysis, pp. 404-405 Reading Comprehension (Informational Materials) Standards 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6 Scholastic Real Life Reading Reading for Life (standards essay), pp. 482-483 Casting Call; Hollywood Beat; Application for Permission to Work in the Entertainment Industry (public announcement), pp. 484-490 Letter from Casting Director; Talent Instructions; E-mail Memo; E-mail Directory (workplace documents), pp. 491-495 BART System Map; BARTs Bicycle Rules; BART Ticket Guide; BART Schedule (consumer documents), pp. 496-500 How to Change a Flat Tire, pp. 501-504 Holt Handbook (Grammar) Using Modifiers Correctly Standard 1.1, pp. 232239 A Glossary of Usage Standards 1.0, 1.4, pp. 245260 Spelling Rules Standard 1.7, pp 350-354 Writing Standards 2.4 Essay of your choice

Spelling Standard 1.7 Holt Spelling

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TERM #6 (___6_ wks)

Chapter 6 Literary Criticism Word Analysis, Fluency, and Vocabulary Development Standard 1.2 Where Do Words Come From? Try Latin and Anglo-Saxon, p. 431 Its Greek to Me, p. 466 Wordly Wise Reading Comprehension Standard 2.6 Three Responses to Literature Articles, pp. 432436 Scholastic Real Life Reading Standards 2.1,2.3,2.4,2.6 Literary Response and Analysis Standard 3.6 Literary Criticism: How Did You Like It? King Arthur: The Sword and the Stone (legend), pp. 451-460 Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady (legend), pp. 451-460 Standards Review: Literary Response and Analysis, pp. 472-473 Holt Handbook (grammar) Catch up and or review Writing Standard 2.0 Essay of your choice Spelling Standard 1.7 Holt Spelling

Tungsten Testing (once monthly) My Access Short Story tests Spelling & Vocabulary tests Quizzes Unit Tests

Act out Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady

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