7.2B: use context such as contrast or cause and effect to clarify the meaning of words

7.5E: make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society

7.5F: make inferences and use evidence to support understanding

7.5G: evaluate details read to determine key ideas

7.5H: synthesize information to create new understanding

7.6D: paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order

7.8D(i): analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence

7.10A: plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal interests

7.10B(i): develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, coherence within and across paragraphs, and a conclusion

7.10B(ii): develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts, details, and examples

7.10C: revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety

7.10D(iii): edit drafts using standard English conventions, including edit drafts using standard English conventions, including conjunctive adverbs

7.10D(vii): edit drafts using standard English conventions, including correct capitalization

7.10D(ix): edit drafts using standard English conventions, including correct spelling, including commonly confused terms such as its/it's, affect/effect, there/their/they're, and to/two/too

7.12A: generate student-selected and teacher-guided questions for formal and informal inquiry

7.12H(i): examine sources for reliability, credibility, and bias

7.2A: use print or digital resources to determine the meaning, syllabication, pronunciation, word origin, and part of speech

7.2C: determine the meaning and usage of grade-level academic English words derived from Greek and Latin roots such as omni, log/logue, gen, vid/vis, phil, luc, and sens/sent

7.3A: adjust fluency when reading grade-level text based on the reading purpose

7.4A: self-select text and read independently for a sustained period of time

7.5A: establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts

7.5B: generate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information

7.5C: make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures

7.5D: create mental images to deepen understanding

7.5I: monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down

7.6A: describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts

7.6C: use text evidence to support an appropriate response

7.6E: interact with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating

7.6F: respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate

7.6H: respond orally or in writing with appropriate register, vocabulary, tone, and voice

7.7A: infer multiple themes within and across texts using text evidence

7.7B: analyze how characters' qualities influence events and resolution of the conflict

7.8F: analyze characteristics of multimodal and digital texts

7.9B: analyze how the use of text structure contributes to the author's purpose

7.9D: describe how the author's use of figurative language such as metaphor and personification achieves specific purposes

7.10E: publish written work for appropriate audiences

7.11A: compose literary texts such as personal narratives, fiction, and poetry using genre characteristics and craft

7.12C: refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions

7.12D: identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources

7.12J: use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results

7.2B: use context such as contrast or cause and effect to clarify the meaning of words

7.5E: make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society

7.5G: evaluate details read to determine key ideas

7.8E(i): analyze characteristics and structures of argumentative text by identifying the claim

7.5H: synthesize information to create new understanding

7.6D: paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order

7.8D(i): analyze characteristics and structural elements of informational text, including the controlling idea or thesis with supporting evidence

7.8E(ii): explaining how the author uses various types of evidence and consideration of alternatives to support the argument

7.8E(iii): identifying the intended audience or reader

7.9A: explain the author's purpose and message within a text

7.9F: analyze how the author's use of language contributes to mood, voice, and tone

7.10A: plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal interests

7.10B(i): develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by organizing with purposeful structure, including an introduction, transitions, coherence within and across paragraphs, and a conclusion

7.10B(ii): develop drafts into a focused, structured, and coherent piece of writing by developing an engaging idea reflecting depth of thought with specific facts, details, and examples

7.10C: revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety

7.10D(i): edit drafts using standard English conventions, including complete complex sentences with subject-verb agreement and avoidance of splices, run-ons, and fragments

7.10D(v): edit drafts using standard English conventions, including pronoun-antecedent agreement

7.10D(vi): edit drafts using standard English conventions, including subordinating conjunctions to form complex sentences and correlative conjunctions such as either/or and neither/nor

7.10D(viii): edit drafts using standard English conventions, including punctuation, including commas to set off words, phrases, and clauses, and semicolons

7.12A: generate student-selected and teacher-guided questions for formal and informal inquiry

7.5C: make and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures

7.5I: monitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down

7.6B: write responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing sources within and across genres

7.6C: use text evidence to support an appropriate response

7.6F: respond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate

7.6G: discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text

7.7B: analyze how characters' qualities influence events and resolution of the conflict

7.7C: analyze plot elements, including the use of foreshadowing and suspense, to advance the plot

7.7D: analyze how the setting influences character and plot development

7.8C: analyze how playwrights develop characters through dialogue and staging

7.8F: analyze characteristics of multimodal and digital texts

7.9C: analyze the author's use of print and graphic features to achieve specific purposes

7.9E: identify the use of literary devices, including subjective and objective point of view

7.9G: explain the purpose of rhetorical devices such as direct address and rhetorical questions and logical fallacies such as loaded language and sweeping generalizations

7.10E: publish written work for appropriate audiences

7.11C: compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft

7.12B: develop and revise a plan

7.12C: refine the major research question, if necessary, guided by the answers to a secondary set of questions

7.12D: identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources

7.12E: differentiate between primary and secondary sources

7.12F: synthesize information from a variety of sources

7.12G: differentiate between paraphrasing and plagiarism when using source materials

7.12J: use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results

7.2B: use context such as contrast or cause and effect to clarify the meaning of words

7.5E: make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society

7.5F: make inferences and use evidence to support understanding