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Grade 7

• Critical Literacy

  • 7.CL.1
  • 7.CL.2
  • 7.CL.3
  • 7.CL.4
  • 7.CL.5
  • 7.CL.6
  • 7.CL.7
  • 7.CL.7.a
  • 7.CL.7.b
  • 7.CL.7.c
  • 7.CL.8
  • 7.CL.9

• Digital Literacy

  • 7.DL.10
  • 7.DL.11
  • 7.DL.12
  • 7.DL.13
  • 7.DL.14
  • 7.DL.15
  • 7.DL.16

• Language Literacy

  • 7.LL.17
  • 7.LL.17.b
  • 7.LL.17.c
  • 7.LL.18
  • 7.LL.19
  • 7.LL.21
  • 7.LL.21.a
  • 7.LL.21.b
  • 7.LL.21.c
  • 7.LL.22

• Standards

  • 7.R1
  • 7.R2
  • 7.R3
  • 7.R4
  • 7.R5
  • 7.R6

• Research Literacy

  • 7.RL.23
  • 7.RL.24
  • 7.RL.26
  • 7.RL.27
  • 7.RL.28
  • 7.RL.28.a

• VL

  • 7.VL.29
  • 7.VL.30
  • 7.VL.32
  • 7.VL.33

Alabama ELA Standard: 7.CL.3

Explain how the author’s choice of setting, plot, characters, theme, conflict, dialogue, and point of view contribute to and/or enhance the meaning and purpose of prose and poetry, using textual evidence from the writing.

A Character’s Challenges and Changes

Your 1st and 2nd graders will analyze how a character responded to a challenge.

Gr 1, 2, 3, 6

Robot Writing: Volcano

Read three pieces of writing from three different robots about the same beautiful painting of a volcano. Who wrote it best?

Gr 1-8

Analyze Characters Using Philosophy

What is the Brick Pig’s philosophy? How would he apply it to the characters in Harry Potter?

Gr 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8

Writing Sample: A Christmas Carol (Cold)

A passage from White Fang to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

Writing Sample: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Shrinking)

A passage from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

Writing Sample: The Velveteen Rabbit (The Toys)

A passage from The Velveteen Rabbit to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

Writing Sample: White Fang (The Wild)

A passage from White Fang to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

Writing Sample: The Jungle Book (Bagheera)

A passage from The Jungle Book to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

Not Like The Others: Charlotte’s Web

Four Charlotte’s Web characters. One doesn’t belong. But which one? That depends on your argument.

Gr 1-5

Writing Sample: The Wind in the Willows

A passage from The Wind in the Willows to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

Writing Sample: Moby Dick

A passage from Moby Dick to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

Writing Sample: Peter Pan

A passage from “Peter Pan” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

Writing Sample: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

A passage from “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

Writing Sample: Anne of Green Gables

An intriguing passage from Anne of Green Gables to use as a mentor text, discussion starter, or writing prompt.

Gr 1-8

Describing Author’s Voice

What if… Edgar Allen Poe wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?

Gr 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8

Content Imperatives: Convergence

Add complexity by considering how multiple factors 🔄 Converge within one topic.

Gr 2, 5, 6, 7, 8

Analyze Character Change with Depth and Complexity

Your students will use Depth and Complexity to note how a character’s main trait changes across a story.

Gr 1-8

Characters’ Talents and Multiple Intelligences

How do characters from novels line up with Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences?

Gr 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8