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Skill plan for Amplify ELA - 7th grade

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7A	Unit 7A Red Scarf Girl & Narrative
Sub-unit 1: Welcome!
Sub-unit 1: Welcome!


Sub-unit 2: Get Started		Vocabulary 1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Describe the difference between related words Writing 3. Show character emotions and traits 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Use personification Reading 6. Summarize a story 7. Identify sensory details Grammar 8. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Sub-unit 2: Get Started
Vocabulary 1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Describe the difference between related words Writing 3. Show character emotions and traits 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Use personification Reading 6. Summarize a story 7. Identify sensory details Grammar 8. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Sub-unit 3: Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution		Reading 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Compare and contrast points of view 3. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 4. Determine the central idea of a passage 5. Draw inferences from literary texts 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Sub-unit 3: Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
Reading 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Compare and contrast points of view 3. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 4. Determine the central idea of a passage 5. Draw inferences from literary texts 6. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Sub-unit 4: Write an Essay		1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Correct errors with signs 5. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Sub-unit 4: Write an Essay
1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Correct errors with signs 5. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

7B	Unit 7B Character & Conflict
Sub-unit 1: "Sucker"		Vocabulary 1. Choose the synonym Reading 2. Analyze short stories 3. Determine the themes of short stories 4. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 1
Sub-unit 1: "Sucker"
Vocabulary 1. Choose the synonym Reading 2. Analyze short stories 3. Determine the themes of short stories 4. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 1

Sub-unit 2: A Raisin in the Sun		Vocabulary 1. Choose the antonym 2. Find words using context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Reading 4. Identify story elements 5. Read drama 6. Interpret figures of speech 7. Compare passages for tone 8. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 2
Sub-unit 2: A Raisin in the Sun
Vocabulary 1. Choose the antonym 2. Find words using context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Reading 4. Identify story elements 5. Read drama 6. Interpret figures of speech 7. Compare passages for tone 8. Analyze passages from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Part 2

Sub-unit 3: Dreams Deferred		Reading 1. Classify figures of speech 2. Read poetry 3. Compare two texts with different genres
Sub-unit 3: Dreams Deferred
Reading 1. Classify figures of speech 2. Read poetry 3. Compare two texts with different genres

Sub-unit 4: Write an Essay		1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Identify coordinating conjunctions 4. Use the correct frequently confused word 5. Correct capitalization errors 6. Which sentence is more formal?
Sub-unit 4: Write an Essay
1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Identify coordinating conjunctions 4. Use the correct frequently confused word 5. Correct capitalization errors 6. Which sentence is more formal?

7C	Unit 7C Brain Science
Sub-unit 1: Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science		Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing 4. Choose evidence to support a claim 5. Distinguish facts from opinions Reading 6. Match causes and effects in informational texts 7. Read graphic organizers 8. Read about science and nature 9. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Sub-unit 1: Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writing 4. Choose evidence to support a claim 5. Distinguish facts from opinions Reading 6. Match causes and effects in informational texts 7. Read graphic organizers 8. Read about science and nature 9. Compare and contrast in informational texts

Sub-unit 2: Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain		Vocabulary 1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Reading 2. Determine the author's point of view 3. Read about animals
Sub-unit 2: Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Reading 2. Determine the author's point of view 3. Read about animals

Sub-unit 3: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat		Vocabulary 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reading 2. Compare information from two texts 3. Trace an argument
Sub-unit 3: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reading 2. Compare information from two texts 3. Trace an argument

Sub-unit 4: Write an Essay		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Use coordinating conjunctions 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational
Sub-unit 4: Write an Essay
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Use coordinating conjunctions 3. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational

7D	Unit 7D Poetry & Poe
Sub-unit 1: Poetry		Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Reading 2. Classify figures of speech
Sub-unit 1: Poetry
Vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Reading 2. Classify figures of speech

Sub-unit 2: "The Tell-Tale Heart"		Vocabulary 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Reading 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Identify the narrative point of view 4. Determine the central idea of a passage 5. Identify counterclaims 6. Analyze short stories
Sub-unit 2: "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Vocabulary 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Reading 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Identify the narrative point of view 4. Determine the central idea of a passage 5. Identify counterclaims 6. Analyze short stories

Sub-unit 3: "The Cask of Amontillado"		Vocabulary 1. Words with pre- 2. Words with -ful Reading 3. Draw inferences from literary texts 4. Interpret figures of speech
Sub-unit 3: "The Cask of Amontillado"
Vocabulary 1. Words with pre- 2. Words with -ful Reading 3. Draw inferences from literary texts 4. Interpret figures of speech

Sub-unit 4: "The Raven"		Vocabulary 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Positive and negative connotation Reading 3. Label the rhyme scheme 4. Match the quotations with their themes
Sub-unit 4: "The Raven"
Vocabulary 1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Positive and negative connotation Reading 3. Label the rhyme scheme 4. Match the quotations with their themes

Sub-unit 5: Write an Essay		1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Suggest appropriate revisions 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Formatting quotations and dialogue 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Sub-unit 5: Write an Essay
1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Suggest appropriate revisions 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Formatting quotations and dialogue 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

7E	Unit 7E The Frida and Diego Collection
Sub-unit 1: Information Literacy		Vocabulary 1. Words with re- 2. Words with -less Writing 3. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 4. Identify plagiarism
Sub-unit 1: Information Literacy
Vocabulary 1. Words with re- 2. Words with -less Writing 3. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 4. Identify plagiarism

Sub-unit 2: Scavenger Hunt and Internet Research		Vocabulary 1. Words with sub- 2. Words with -able and -ible Writing 3. Identify relevant sources 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Sub-unit 2: Scavenger Hunt and Internet Research
Vocabulary 1. Words with sub- 2. Words with -able and -ible Writing 3. Identify relevant sources 4. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Sub-unit 3: Descriptive Writing and Collection Research		Writing 1. Use personification Reading 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Compare information from two texts
Sub-unit 3: Descriptive Writing and Collection Research
Writing 1. Use personification Reading 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Compare information from two texts

Sub-unit 4: Socratic Seminar and Internet Research		1. Words with mis- 2. Words with -ful and -less
Sub-unit 4: Socratic Seminar and Internet Research
1. Words with mis- 2. Words with -ful and -less

Sub-unit 5: Write an Essay		1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words 5. Correct errors in everyday use 6. Formatting and capitalizing titles: review 7. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 8. Identify audience and purpose 9. Remove the sentence that does not belong
Sub-unit 5: Write an Essay
1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify supporting details in informational texts 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words 5. Correct errors in everyday use 6. Formatting and capitalizing titles: review 7. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 8. Identify audience and purpose 9. Remove the sentence that does not belong

7F	Unit 7F The Gold Rush Collection
Sub-unit 1: Information Literacy		Vocabulary 1. Words with pre-, re-, sub-, and mis- 2. Which definition matches the sentence? Writing 3. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 4. Identify plagiarism
Sub-unit 1: Information Literacy
Vocabulary 1. Words with pre-, re-, sub-, and mis- 2. Which definition matches the sentence? Writing 3. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 4. Identify plagiarism

Sub-unit 2: Scavenger Hunt and Internet Research		Vocabulary 1. Which sentence matches the definition? Writing 2. Identify relevant sources 3. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Reading 4. Determine the author's point of view 5. Read about history
Sub-unit 2: Scavenger Hunt and Internet Research
Vocabulary 1. Which sentence matches the definition? Writing 2. Identify relevant sources 3. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Reading 4. Determine the author's point of view 5. Read about history

Sub-unit 3: Dear Diary and Collection Research		Vocabulary 1. Find words using context Reading 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 4. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 2
Sub-unit 3: Dear Diary and Collection Research
Vocabulary 1. Find words using context Reading 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 4. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 1 5. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 2

Sub-unit 4: Socratic Seminar and Internet Research		1. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Sub-unit 4: Socratic Seminar and Internet Research
1. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Sub-unit 5: Write an Essay		1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Remove redundant words or phrases 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Suggest appropriate revisions 6. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 7. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Sub-unit 5: Write an Essay
1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Remove redundant words or phrases 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Suggest appropriate revisions 6. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 7. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

7G	Unit 7G Intermediate Story Writing
Sub-unit 1: Creating a Believable Character		Writing 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Identify sensory details 3. Identify the narrative point of view 4. Determine the author's point of view Reading 5. Identify story elements 6. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 1 Grammar 7. Identify adjectives 8. Identify adverbs 9. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Sub-unit 1: Creating a Believable Character
Writing 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Identify sensory details 3. Identify the narrative point of view 4. Determine the author's point of view Reading 5. Identify story elements 6. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 1 Grammar 7. Identify adjectives 8. Identify adverbs 9. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Sub-unit 2: Experimenting with a Second Character		1. Show character emotions and traits 2. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 2
Sub-unit 2: Experimenting with a Second Character
1. Show character emotions and traits 2. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 2

Sub-unit 3: Writing a Short Story		1. Create varied sentences based on models 2. Use personification 3. Add imagery to stories 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Suggest appropriate revisions 6. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 7. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
Sub-unit 3: Writing a Short Story
1. Create varied sentences based on models 2. Use personification 3. Add imagery to stories 4. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 5. Suggest appropriate revisions 6. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 7. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?

G	Grammar Grade 7
Sub-unit 1: What Is a Complete Sentence?		Subjects and predicates 1. Identify common and proper nouns 2. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 3. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 4. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence 5. Identify gerunds and their functions 6. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases 7. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns Complete sentences 8. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 9. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 10. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?
Sub-unit 1: What Is a Complete Sentence?
Subjects and predicates 1. Identify common and proper nouns 2. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 3. Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence 4. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence 5. Identify gerunds and their functions 6. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases 7. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns Complete sentences 8. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 9. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 10. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on?

Sub-unit 2: Expanding the Complete Sentence		Adjectives 1. Identify adjectives 2. Order adjectives 3. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 4. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst Adverbs 5. Identify adverbs 6. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 7. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Adjectives vs. adverbs 8. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 9. Is the word an adjective or adverb? Prepositions 10. Identify prepositional phrases Appositives 11. Identify appositives and appositive phrases Modifiers 12. Misplaced modifiers with pictures Phrases and clauses 13. Is it a phrase or a clause? 14. Identify dependent and independent clauses Sentences 15. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 16. Combine sentences using relative clauses 17. Identify coordinating conjunctions 18. Identify subordinating conjunctions 19. Commas with compound and complex sentences
Sub-unit 2: Expanding the Complete Sentence
Adjectives 1. Identify adjectives 2. Order adjectives 3. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 4. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst Adverbs 5. Identify adverbs 6. Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 7. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Adjectives vs. adverbs 8. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 9. Is the word an adjective or adverb? Prepositions 10. Identify prepositional phrases Appositives 11. Identify appositives and appositive phrases Modifiers 12. Misplaced modifiers with pictures Phrases and clauses 13. Is it a phrase or a clause? 14. Identify dependent and independent clauses Sentences 15. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 16. Combine sentences using relative clauses 17. Identify coordinating conjunctions 18. Identify subordinating conjunctions 19. Commas with compound and complex sentences

Sub-unit 3: Understanding the Pronoun		1. Choose between subject and object pronouns 2. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" 3. Compound subjects and objects with pronouns 4. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 5. Use reflexive pronouns
Sub-unit 3: Understanding the Pronoun
1. Choose between subject and object pronouns 2. Compound subjects and objects with "I" and "me" 3. Compound subjects and objects with pronouns 4. Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns 5. Use reflexive pronouns

Sub-unit 4: Pronoun Usage: Agreement and Reference		Agreement 1. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 3. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 4. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 5. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Reference 6. Identify vague pronoun references 7. Identify all of the possible antecedents Correcting errors 8. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Sub-unit 4: Pronoun Usage: Agreement and Reference
Agreement 1. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 2. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 3. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 4. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 5. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Reference 6. Identify vague pronoun references 7. Identify all of the possible antecedents Correcting errors 8. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Sub-unit 5: Verb Tense		1. Identify transitive and intransitive verbs 2. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 3. Irregular past tense: review 4. Form the progressive verb tenses 5. Form the perfect verb tenses 6. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Sub-unit 5: Verb Tense
1. Identify transitive and intransitive verbs 2. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 3. Irregular past tense: review 4. Form the progressive verb tenses 5. Form the perfect verb tenses 6. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

Sub-unit 6: Verb Moods, Modals, and Voice		Mood 1. Identify the verb mood 2. Correct errors with the indicative and subjunctive verb moods 3. Correct errors with verb mood Voice 4. Identify active and passive voice 5. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Sub-unit 6: Verb Moods, Modals, and Voice
Mood 1. Identify the verb mood 2. Correct errors with the indicative and subjunctive verb moods 3. Correct errors with verb mood Voice 4. Identify active and passive voice 5. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

Sub-unit 7: Punctuation		Commas, colons, semicolons 1. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 2. Commas with coordinate adjectives 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 4. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Ellipses and dashes 5. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately 6. Use dashes
Sub-unit 7: Punctuation
Commas, colons, semicolons 1. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 2. Commas with coordinate adjectives 3. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 4. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Ellipses and dashes 5. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately 6. Use dashes

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