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SUBJECT: Reading GRADE LEVEL: 7 MONTH : August INDICATOR Reading Applications: Literary Text 6. Explain the defining characteristics of literary forms and genres, including poetry,
drama, myths, biographies, autobiographies, science fiction, fiction, and nonfiction. ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS SKILLS Identify genre ACTIVITIES Use biographies and autobiographies to introduce career activities ASSESSMENTS Tests, journal writing, portfolio evaluation, quizzes, teacher observation, teacher conference, peer conferencing, final research project, reading achievement test,
homework RESOURCES Buckledown Lesson 6, Ben Carson NF books, George Washington Carver NF books TECHNOLOGY Videos of Ben Carson and George Washington Carver
SUBJECT: Reading GRADE LEVEL: 7 MONTH : September INDICATOR Acquisition of Vocabulary 9/1: 2. Apply knowledge of connotation and denotation to determine the meaning of
words.
9/6: 5. Recognize and use words from other languages that have been adopted into
the English language.
9/5: 6. Use knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to
understand vocabulary
9/4: 7. Use knowledge of symbols and acronyms to identify whole words.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
9/3: 8. Use criteria to choose independent reading materials, (e.g. personal interest,
knowledge of authors and genres, or recommendations from others.)
9/2: 9. Independently read books for various purposes (e.g. for enjoyment, for
literary experience, to gain information, or to perform a task). ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS Acquisition of Vocabulary
9/1: 2. How do connotation and denotation help you to determine word meanings?
9/6: 5. How can context clues and text structures help you to determine the meaning
of words from other languages?
9/5: 6. How does knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon word origins help
you to determine new vocabulary meanings?
9/4: 7. How do symbols and acronyms help you to determine the meaning of new
vocabulary?
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
9/3: 8. What criteria do you use to choose your independent reading materials?
9/2: 9. How does your purpose for reading affect your independent book selections? SKILLS Acquisition of Vocabulary
9/1: 2. Determine word meanings
9/6: 5. Use context clues and text structures, determine meaning of new vocabulary,
recognize and use words from other languages
9/5: 6. Use context clues and text structures, determine word meanings
9/4: 7. Use context clues and text structures, determine word meanings.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
9/3: 8. Determine purpose for reading.
9/2: 9. Gain information, critical thinking, reading, prediction. ACTIVITIES 9/1 Bukledown Lesson 2, Oral and written practice lessons
9/2 Weekly library visits
9/3 Weekly library visits
9/4 Buckledown Lesson 1
9/5 Buckledown Lesson 1
9/6 Buckledown Lesson 1 ASSESSMENTS Tests, journal writing, portfolio evaluation, quizzes, teacher observation, teacher conference, peer conferencing, final research project, reading achievement test,
homework RESOURCES Buckledown, trade books, teacher prepared literature units, dictionary TECHNOLOGY 9/2 Computer card catalog SUBJECT: Reading GRADE LEVEL: 7 MONTH : October INDICATOR Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
10/16: 1. Establish and adjust purposes for reading including to find out, to
understand, to interpret, to enjoy, and to solve problems
10/12: 2. Predict or hypothesize as appropriate from information in text,
substantiating with specific references to textual examples that may be in widely
separated sections of text.
10/5: 3. Make critical comparisons across texts, noting authors style as well as
literal and implied content of text.
10/13: 4. Summarize information in texts, using key ideas, supporting details, and
referencing gaps or contradictions.
10/1: 6. Answer literal, inferential, evaluative, and synthesizing questions to
demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts and electronic and visual
media.
10/14: 7. Monitor own comprehension by adjusting speed to fit the purpose, or by
skimming, scanning, reading on, looking back, note taking, or summarizing what has
been read so far in text.
Reading Applications: Literary Text
10/4: 5. Identify recurring themes, patterns, and symbols found in literature from
different eras and cultures.
10/2 & 10/6: 6. Explain the defining characteristics of literary forms and genres,
including poetry, drama, myths, biographies, autobiographies, science fiction, fiction,
and non-fiction
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
10/3: 2. Analyze examples of cause and effect and fact and opinion.
10/15: 4. Compare original text to a summary to determine the extent to which the
summary adequately reflects the main ideas, critical details, and underlying meaning
of the original text.
10/8: 6. Assess the adequacy, accuracy, and appropriateness of an authors details,
identifying persuasive techniques and examples of bias and stereotyping.
10/7: 7. Identify an authors purpose for writing and explain an authors argument,
perspective, or viewpoint in text.
Acquisition of Vocabulary
10/10: 1. Define the meaning of unknown words through context clues and the
authors use of comparison, contrast, definition, restatement, and example.
10/9: 3. Infer word meanings through the identification of analogies and other word
relationships, including synonyms, and antonyms
10/11: 4. Interpret metaphors and similes to understand new use of words and
phrases in text. ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
10/16: 1. How does the purpose for reading help the reader in understanding,
interpreting, enjoying, and problem-solving reading passages.
10/12: 2. How do textual examples help the reader to predict or hypothesize?
10/13: 4. How does summarizing help to understand key ideas, supporting details,
gaps or contradictions in a text?
10/1: 6. How do purpose for reading and reading comprehension strategies help you to answer literal, inferential, evaluative, and synthesizing questions?
10/14: 7. How do previewing and adjusting reading speed help the reader to
summarize a reading passage?
Reading Applications: Literary Text
10/2: 6. How do the defining characteristics of each genre help you to identify
poetry, drama, myths, biographies, autobiographies, science fiction, fiction, and
nonfiction?
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
10/3: 2. How does analysis of cause and effect and fact and opinion enable you to
organize, analyze, and draw inferences from content?
10/15: 4. How does comparison of a summary and an original text help the reader to
identify the main idea of a passage?
10/8: 6. Why is it important to be able to evaluate reading texts for accurate details,
persuasive techniques, bias, and stereotyping?
10/7: 7. How does identifying the authors purpose for writing help the reader to
explain the authors perspective?
Acquisition of Vocabulary
10/10: 1. How do context clues, comparison, contrast, definition, restatement, and
examples help to define the meaning of unknown words?
10/9: 3. How do analogies and other word relationships help to infer word
meanings?
10/11: 4. How do metaphors and similes help to understand new words? SKILLS Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
10/16: 1. Determine purpose for reading, learn different strategies to better
understand text.
10/12: 2. Make predictions, use examples from text to back up predictions.
10/5: 3. Determine authors style, determine literal meaning of text, determine
implied content of text
10/13: 4. Determine purpose for reading, use different reading comprehension
strategies to understand what you read.
10/1: 6. Determine purpose for reading, use reading comprehension strategies,
answer literal, inferential, evaluative, and synthesizing questions.
10/14: 7. Adjust speed of reading, skimming, scanning, note taking, summarizing
Reading Applications: Literary Text
10/4: 5. Identify themes in literature from different eras and cultures.
10/2: 6. Explain characteristics of literary forms and genres. &
10/6: 6. Explain the characteristics of different literary forms and genres.
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
10/3: 2. Organize content, analyze content, draw inferences from content
10/15: 4. Use text features and graphics to make inferences and gain information.
10/8: 6. Identify persuasive techniques, identify bias and stereotyping.
10/7: 7. Identify an authors purpose
Acquisition of Vocabulary
10/10: 1. Use context clues and text structures to understand new words.
10/9: 3. Understand the meanings of words by using relationships such as analogies,
synonyms, and antonyms
10/11: 4Interpret metaphors and similes. ACTIVITIES 10/1 Buckledown Lesson 6 10/2 Buckledown Lessons 4, 7, 11
10/3 Buckledown Lesson 6, ongoing identification and discussion of reading
organizational structures
10/4 Buckledown Lesson 13, Cooperative group discussions, book projects
10/5 Buckledown Lesson 6
10/6 Buckledown Lessons 4, 7, 11, 13
10/7 Buckledown Lesson 7, ongoing cooperative group discussions and activities,
author studies
10/8 Buckledown Lesson 6, cooperative group practice
10/9 Buckledown lessons 2, 3, practice worksheets, ongoing class discussion in
literature projects
10/10 Buckledown Lesson 2, practice lessons
10/11 Buckledown Lessons 3, 12, practice lessons, ongoing identification in
literature units.
10/12 Buckledown Lesson 6, ongoing practice with literature units
10/13 Buckledown lessons 4, 5, ongoing practice lessons and cooperative group
discussions with literature units.
10/14 Buckledown Lessons 4, 12, ongoing practice with literature units.
10/15 Buckledown Lesson 4, ongoing practice lessons in literature units.
10/16 Buckledown Lesson 4, ongoing teacher directed activities with literature units.
Buckledown Lesson 4, ongoing teacher directed activities with literature units. ASSESSMENTS Tests, journal writing, portfolio evaluation, quizzes, teacher observation, teacher conference, peer conferencing, final research project, reading achievement test,
homework RESOURCES Reading Literature books, English 7 book, BuckledownReading and Writing,
Write Source 2000, Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing, Library books, Daily
Grams, Readers Handbook-Great Source, dictionary, internet TECHNOLOGY Internet, Infohio, Nonfiction Internet Research, Carol Gibson workshop
SUBJECT: Reading GRADE LEVEL: 7 MONTH : November INDICATOR Acquisition of Vocabulary 11/1: 8. Determine the meaning and pronunciations of unknown words by using
dictionaries, thesaurus, glossaries, technology, and textual features such as
definitional footnotes or sidebars.
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
11/4: 1. Use textual features such as chapter titles, headings, and subheadings; parts
of books, including index, appendix, table of contents, and online tools (search
engines) to locate information.
11/2: 3. Compare and contrast different sources of information, including books,
magazines, newspapers, and online resources, to draw conclusions about a topic.
11/3: 5. Analyze information found in maps, charts, tables, graphs, diagrams,
cutaways, and overlays.
11/5: 8. Compare the treatment, scope, and organization of ideas from different texts
on the same topic. ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS Acquisition of Vocabulary
11.1
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
11/4: 1. How do preview features help the reader to locate information in the text?
11/2: 3. How does the use of multiple sources help the reader to draw conclusions
about a topic?
11/3: 5. How do graphic organizers help the reader to analyze information?
11.5: 8. How do ideas from different texts on the same topic help the reader to
compare scope and organization of a topic? SKILLS Acquisition of Vocabulary
11/1: 8. Use dictionaries, thesaurus, glossary, footnotes, sidebars, determine new
vocabulary meanings.
Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
11/4: 1. Identify text features, parts of the book, and online tools to be used to locate
information; use text features, book parts, and online tools to organize, analyze, draw
inferences, and gain additional information
11/2: 3. Compare/contrast different sources of information, organize, analyze, and
draw inferences from different sources of information, draw conclusions from
different sources of information.
11/3: 5. Identify information found in maps, charts, tables, graphs, diagrams,
cutaways, and overlays; organize, analyze, and draw inferences from maps, charts,
tables, graphs, diagrams, cutaways, and overlays.
11/5: 8. Identify treatment, scope, and organization of ideas from different texts;
compare/contrast each of the above; organize and draw inferences from content ACTIVITIES 11/1 Buckledown Lesson 9, ongoing practice lessons
11/2 Buckledown Lesson 9, research project
11/3 Buckledown Lesson 8, ongoing practice lessons
11/4 Buckledown Lesson 9, ongoing practice lessons with literature units, research
project, author studies
11/5 Buckledown Lesson 1, guided research project, ongoing practice lessons ASSESSMENTS Tests, journal writing, portfolio evaluation, quizzes, teacher observation, teacher conference, peer conferencing, final research project, reading achievement test,
homework RESOURCES Reading Literature books, English 7 book, BuckledownReading and Writing,
Write Source 2000, Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing, Library books, Daily
Grams, Readers Handbook-Great Source, dictionary, thesaurus TECHNOLOGY Research on internet Carol Gibson research workshop SUBJECT: READING GRADE LEVEL: 7 MONTH : DECEMBER
INDICATOR Reading Applications: Literary Text 12/5: 1. Explain interactions and conflicts (e.g., character vs. self, nature or society)
between main and minor characters in literary text and how the interactions affect the
plot.
12/1: 2. Analyze the features of the setting and their importance in a text.
12/3: 3. Identify the main and minor events of the plot, and explain how each
incident gives rise to the next.
12/2: 4. Identify and compare subjective and objective points of view and how they
affect the overall body of a work.
12/6: 7. Interpret how mood or meaning is conveyed through word choice,
figurative language and syntax.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
12/4: 5. Select, create, and use graphic organizers to interpret textual information

12/7 All Ohio 7 th Grade Reading Indicators ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS Reading Applications: Literary Text
12/5: 1. How do conflicts between literary characters affect the plot in a story?
12/1: 2. Why is the setting important in a text?
12/3: 3. How do the main and minor plot events help the reader to determine the
relationships in a passage?
12/2: 4. How do subjective and objective points of view affect the body of a reading
passage?
12/6: 7. How do word choice, figurative language, and syntax convey the mood of a
passage?
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
12/4: 5. How do graphic organizers help the reader to interpret textual information?

12/7 SKILLS Reading Applications: Literary Text
12/5: 1, Identify main and minor characters, analyze character development, explain
how development affects plot.
12/1: 2, Identify the features of the setting. Analyze the importance of features of a
setting in the text.
12/3: 3. Identify main and minor events of plot. Explain building of events in plot.
12/2: 4. Identify subjective and objective points of view, compare/contrast
subjective and objective points of view, explain how subjective and objective points
of view affect a work.
12/6: 7. Identify mood or meaning, analyze character development, explain how
mood or meaning is conveyed.
Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
12/4: 5. Identify appropriate graphic organizer, select or create appropriate graphic
organizer.

12/7 All Skills ACTIVITIES 12/1 Buckledown Lesson 11, Ongoing lessons with literature units.
12/2 Buckledown Lesson 11, Ongoing cooperative group discussions.
12/3 Buckledown Lesson 11, Ongoing practice lessons with literature units
12/4 Buckledown Lesson 11, Ongoing practice lessons with all genres.
12/5 Buckledown Lesson 11, Ongoing practice lessons with literature units.
12/6 Buckledown Lesson 11, Ongoing cooperative group discussions of literature.
12/7 Take performance assessment, review test results, students will evaluate
strengths and weaknesses ASSESSMENTS Tests, Journal Writing, Portfolio Evaluation, Quizzes, Teacher Observation, Teacher Conference, Peer Conferencing, Final Research Project, Homework, Reading
Achievement Test
12/7 Buckledown Ohio Reading Achievement 7 th Grade Practice Test A RESOURCES Reading Literature Book, English 7 Book, Buckledown Reading and Writing, Write
Source 2000, Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing, Library books, Daily Grams,
Readers HandbookGreat Source
12/7 Buckledown Form A Practice Reading Test TECHNOLOGY Carol Gibson Research Workshop
SUBJECT: READING GRADE LEVEL: 7 MONTH : JANUARY
INDICATOR Reading Applications: Informational, Technical, and Persuasive Text
3. Compare and contrast different sources of information, including books,
magazines, newspapers and online resources to draw conclusions about a topic. ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS Reading Applications: Informational, Technical, and Persuasive Text
3. How does comparison and contrast of differing information sources help the
reader to draw conclusions about the topic? SKILLS Reading Applications: Informational, Technical, and Persuasive Text
3. Compare/Contrast different sources of information ACTIVITIES Guided Research, Mini Lessons on works cited, outlining ASSESSMENTS Final Research Project Check Points
RESOURCES Library, internet, teacher developed units on foreign countries, African Americans,
and Abraham Lincoln, information agency materials TECHNOLOGY Internet InfOhio, Carol Gibson Internet Research Workshop
SUBJECT: READING GRADE LEVEL: 7 MONTH : FEBRUARY
INDICATOR Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
8. Compare the treatment, scope, and organization of ideas from different texts on
the same topic. ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
8. Why is it important to compare different texts on the same topic? SKILLS Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
8. Read from a variety of informational sources to compare ideas on the same topic. ACTIVITIES Guided research project. ASSESSMENTS Final Research Project Check Points
RESOURCES Library, internet, teacher developed units on foreign countries, African Americans,
and Abraham Lincoln, information agency materials TECHNOLOGY Internet InfOhio, Carol Gibson Internet Research Workshop
SUBJECT: READING GRADE LEVEL: 7 MONTH : MARCH
INDICATOR Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
5. Select, create and use graphic organizers to interpret textual information
6. Answer literal, inferential, evaluative and synthesizing questions to demonstrate
comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts and electronic and visual media. ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
5. How do graphic organizers help to interpret textual information? SKILLS Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-
Monitoring Strategies
5. Use graphic organizers to present research information, summarizing text,
synthesize text and electronic media ACTIVITIES Finalize the research projects, prepare oral and visual presentation of research. ASSESSMENTS Final Research Project RESOURCES Library, internet, information and Government Agency Material TECHNOLOGY Internet SUBJECT: READING GRADE LEVEL: 7 MONTH : APRIL
INDICATOR All Ohio 7 th Grade Reading Indicators ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS SKILLS Test Taking ACTIVITIES Ohio Buckledown Reading Practice Test B
Review Test Results
Complete Intervention Activities
Ohio Reading Achievement Test 7 th Grade ASSESSMENTS Ohio Buckledown Reading Practice Test B
Ohio 7 th Grade Reading Achievement Test RESOURCES Buckledown 7 th Grade Reading Workbooks Language Arts Portfolios TECHNOLOGY SUBJECT: READING GRADE LEVEL: 7 MONTH : MAY
INDICATOR Reading Applications: Literary Text 6. Explain the defining characteristics of literary forms and genres, including
poetry, drama, myths, biographies, autobiographies, science fiction, fiction and non-
fiction. ESSENTIAL
QUESTIONS SKILLS Reading Applications: Literary Text
6. Read the classics:Identify genres;Identify defining characteristics of various
genres. ACTIVITIES Book Projects using the Classics ASSESSMENTS Book projects RESOURCES Library
Classroom classic libraries TECHNOLOGY

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