Grade 7 Curriculum Map

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Appendix A

CURRICULUM MAP

Grade 8

1^st Marking Period

CONTENTS	SKILLS	ASSESSMENTS
READING Fiction Short stories Selections from The Language of Literature Contemporary issues novel (ex: The Contender) Nonfiction Selections related to short story authors (ex: Meet the Author: Jack London, Birthday Ritual: A Grave Tradition, Man-Made Monsters) Selections related to history curriculum (ex: excerpt from Undaunted Courage and Bike a Historic Trail) CMT review: DRP and reading comprehension	READING Short stories: review of plot terms and conflict review of reading strategies: predicting, relating, judging, summarizing point of view antagonist/protagonist Novel: review of dialect review of characterization symbol character change Nonfiction: text features: headings, bold print, timeline reading a newspaper feature story determining text organization taking notes and paraphrasing using maps to aid comprehension understanding words based on context identifying fact and opinion	READING Objective and essay tests, quizzes, reader responses, class discussions Reading strategies: Short story reading model (ex: McDougal Littell has hired you to produce the “reading model” in The Language of Literature. Read the present “reading model” and create your own.) Character change: Infomercial (ex: Using Alfred as your selling point, advertise Donatelli’s gym. Highlight the way the gym allows Alfred to gain greater self-esteem and leadership abilities.) Nonfiction reading strategies: Nonfiction reading model
WRITING CMT persuasive review Writing practice and instruction (ex: classroom writing activities, journals, writing notebooks, mini-lessons, writing workshop) Short story Literary analysis	WRITING developing fluency identifying purposes of writing genres and using appropriate features Short story: interesting lead paragraph development using general and specific details (show don’t tell, explode the moment) specific word choices Literary analysis: graphic organizers topic sentences/supporting details transitions expressing ideas in a logical order revising for redundancy of ideas	WRITING Completion of writing assignments, journals, class participation Student reflection essays on writing Short story Literary analysis: (ex: In The Language of Literature, read The Tell Tale Heart and the student literary analysis of the story. Write your own analysis of your favorite short story.)
SPELLING/GRAMMAR Write Source 2000 Daily Language Workouts MUG Shots Write Source Skills Book Proofreading symbols CMT editing practice Mastering Spelling Level F 4 lists Vocabulary from reading	SPELLING/GRAMMAR Review of commas in a series commas in a date commas with an appositive commas with a parenthetical expression quotation marks fragment run-on apostrophe special problems in usage Parts of speech noun -review of singular, plural, collective, proper, subjects, appositives -direct address pronouns -review of personal, possessive, demonstrative, indefinite, reflexive, and antecedent -interrogative verbs -review of action vs. being and helping conjunctions -review of definition and identification interjections -review of definition and identification prepositions -review of definition and identification adverbs -review of definition and identification adjectives -review of definition and identification review of subject/verb agreement apply knowledge of base words, suffixes, and prefixes recognize and use increasingly complex vocabulary	SPELLING/GRAMMAR Tests, quizzes, writing pieces, peer editing with proofreading symbols Grammar: Projects (ex: Read Ruth Heller’s grammar books. Create your own grammar book on a part of speech.) Writing assignments (ex: Eliminate the adjectives and adverbs in one of your writing pieces. Revise the piece using stronger nouns and verbs.) Vocabulary and spelling: Games (ex: Create a crossword puzzle or password game for your classmates to practice their vocabulary and spelling skills.) Student created tests (ex: Create a vocabulary test that your teacher could use next year. Include an answer key.) Vocabulary/spelling tests and quizzes, writing assignments, peer editing
SPEAKING/LISTENING/VIEWING Book discussions	SPEAKING/LISTENING/VIEWING appropriate communication skills: eye contact, body language, enunciation, articulation, volume, pacing listening to classmates during class discussions and responding thoughtfully	SPEAKING/LISTENING/VIEWING Questions, quizzes, class participation Reflections (ex: Watch the videotape of your class discussion. In a reflection essay, evaluate your performance in the discussion.)

2nd Marking Period

CONTENT	SKILLS	ASSESSMENTS
READING Fiction Greek mythology Documentary novel (ex: Nothing but the Truth) Nonfiction Magazine articles Newspaper articles Internet articles Fiction Historical fiction (ex: Bull Run)	READING Greek mythology: reading orally with fluency and expression determining meaning of vocabulary words based on mythological connections Novel: understanding author purpose determining text structure making inferences forming questions and determining when and if they are answered Media sources: strategies for evaluating media and Internet loaded language