Grade 7

Students inquire about and comprehend key ideas and details in a variety of texts.

Students investigate the craft and structure of a variety of texts.

Students integrate knowledge to make meaningful connections between ideas in diverse texts.

Students apply their knowledge of text types and purposes.

Students use various processes to produce and distribute a wide range of their writing.

Students research to build and present knowledge in writing.

Students present their knowledge and ideas orally and comprehensibly

Students apply strategies for listening and collaborate with others to comprehend what is heard and spoken.

Students apply strategies to comprehend and utilize vocabulary appropriately in a variety of contexts: social, instructional, and academic.

Students recognize and apply conventions of English in order to produce oral and written texts.

Ask and respond to questions to determine textual evidence to support analysis of what grade-level expository and literary texts say explicitly and implicitly

Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact

Analyze how particular elements affect the characters of a story or drama

Determine how a theme or central idea of a grade-level text develops over the course of the text, and provide an objective summary and a personal response

Use word parts to decode unfamiliar grade-level academic words, recognize common prefixes, and identify Latin or Greek roots

Examine how an author’s choice of literary form, (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet, essay, chart, or letter) contributes to meaning

Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the multiple points of view of different characters or narrators in a text, and assess the strengths and weaknesses of the views

Analyze the role and effect of selected words and phrases used in a text, including figurative language and connotative meanings

Compare and contrast a text, written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium

Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text

Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information

Develop arguments to support claims that compare and contrast, and provide clear reasons and relevant evidence

Examine a topic, and write informative/explanatory texts to convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences

Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience (e.g., making a proposal)

Develop and strengthen writing as needed, with some guidance and support from peers and adults, by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed

Use technology, including the Internet, to interact and collaborate with others in order to produce and publish writing, including linking to and citing sources

Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection; gather relevant information from credible print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and using a given format for citation

Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation

Present claims and findings in a poster or PowerPoint format, using effective communication techniques

Recognize how image, text, and sound are used in electronic journalism and media to impact the viewer

Watch a dramatic presentation, discuss the characterization, and evaluate the effectiveness of the work

Confirm understanding, and develop strategies for clearing up any misunderstandings

Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners—one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led—on grade 7 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing own ideas clearly

Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies

Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings

Apply word knowledge when producing oral and written texts

Demonstrate a developing command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking

Demonstrate a developing command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing