IXL skill plan | Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments

Skill plan for the CAASPP - Smarter Balanced Summative Assessments - 7th grade

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Claim 1 Reading
Literary Texts
Target 1: Key Details		Short stories 1. Analyze short stories Literary passages 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Analyze passages from A Long Walk to Water: Part 1
Target 1: Key Details
Short stories 1. Analyze short stories Literary passages 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Analyze passages from A Long Walk to Water: Part 1

Target 2: Central Ideas		1. Determine the themes of short stories
Target 2: Central Ideas
1. Determine the themes of short stories

Target 3: Word Meanings		Word choice in literary passages 1. Analyze passages from A Long Walk to Water: Part 2 Vocabulary in context 2. Find words using context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Prefixes and suffixes 4. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 5. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 6. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Reference skills 7. Use dictionary entries Homophones 8. Which definition matches the sentence?
Target 3: Word Meanings
Word choice in literary passages 1. Analyze passages from A Long Walk to Water: Part 2 Vocabulary in context 2. Find words using context 3. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Prefixes and suffixes 4. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- 5. Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots 6. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Reference skills 7. Use dictionary entries Homophones 8. Which definition matches the sentence?

Target 4: Reasoning & Evidence Target 5: Analysis Within or Across Texts		1. Draw inferences from literary texts
Target 4: Reasoning & Evidence Target 5: Analysis Within or Across Texts
1. Draw inferences from literary texts

Target 6: Text Structures & Features		1. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 1 2. Read drama 3. Read poetry
Target 6: Text Structures & Features
1. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 1 2. Read drama 3. Read poetry

Target 7: Language Use		Figurative language 1. Interpret figures of speech Shades of meaning 2. Positive and negative connotation 3. Describe the difference between related words Word choice in literary passages 4. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 2
Target 7: Language Use
Figurative language 1. Interpret figures of speech Shades of meaning 2. Positive and negative connotation 3. Describe the difference between related words Word choice in literary passages 4. Analyze passages from Anne of Green Gables: Part 2
Informational Texts
Target 8: Key Details		Supporting details 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts Text evidence in nonfiction books 2. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 1
Target 8: Key Details
Supporting details 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts Text evidence in nonfiction books 2. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 1

Target 9: Central Ideas		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Target 9: Central Ideas
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Target 10: Word Meanings		Domain-specific vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Vocabulary in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Prefixes and suffixes 5. Words with -ful and -less 6. Words with pre-, re-, sub-, and mis- Greek and Latin roots 7. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reference skills 8. Use thesaurus entries
Target 10: Word Meanings
Domain-specific vocabulary 1. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Vocabulary in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 4. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Prefixes and suffixes 5. Words with -ful and -less 6. Words with pre-, re-, sub-, and mis- Greek and Latin roots 7. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Reference skills 8. Use thesaurus entries

Target 11: Reasoning & Evidence Target 12: Analysis Within or Across Texts		Text analysis 1. Read about science and nature 2. Trace an argument Text analysis in nonfiction books 3. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 2 Author's purpose 4. Identify the author's purpose Compare texts 5. Compare information from two texts
Target 11: Reasoning & Evidence Target 12: Analysis Within or Across Texts
Text analysis 1. Read about science and nature 2. Trace an argument Text analysis in nonfiction books 3. Analyze passages from Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Part 2 Author's purpose 4. Identify the author's purpose Compare texts 5. Compare information from two texts

Target 13: Text Structures & Features		1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. Identify text structures
Target 13: Text Structures & Features
1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts 3. Match problems with their solutions 4. Identify text structures

Target 14: Language Use		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Target 14: Language Use
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Claim 2 Writing
Organization/Purpose
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative		1. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative
1. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory		Organize writing 1. Organize information by topic Topic sentences 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Transitions 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Tone and style 4. Which sentence is more formal?
Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory
Organize writing 1. Organize information by topic Topic sentences 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Transitions 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Tone and style 4. Which sentence is more formal?

Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument		1. Identify thesis statements 2. Distinguish facts from opinions
Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument
1. Identify thesis statements 2. Distinguish facts from opinions

Across genres: Purpose		1. Identify the author's purpose
Across genres: Purpose
1. Identify the author's purpose
Evidence/Elaboration
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative		1. Show character emotions and traits
Targets 1a & 2: Narrative
1. Show character emotions and traits

Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Create varied sentences based on models
Targets 3a & 4: Informative/Explanatory
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Create varied sentences based on models

Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument		1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Identify counterclaims
Targets 6a & 7: Opinion/Argument
1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Identify counterclaims

Target 8: Language & Vocabulary Use		Precise language 1. Describe the difference between related words Tone 2. Compare passages for tone
Target 8: Language & Vocabulary Use
Precise language 1. Describe the difference between related words Tone 2. Compare passages for tone
Revision
Targets 1b, 3b, & 6b: Revision		1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Targets 1b, 3b, & 6b: Revision
1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Conventions
Target 9: Edit/Clarify		Sentence structure 1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Capitalization 3. Correct capitalization errors Punctuation 4. Commas: review 5. What does the punctuation suggest? Frequently confused words 6. Correct errors with frequently confused words Homophones 7. Use the correct homophone
Target 9: Edit/Clarify
Sentence structure 1. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Capitalization 3. Correct capitalization errors Punctuation 4. Commas: review 5. What does the punctuation suggest? Frequently confused words 6. Correct errors with frequently confused words Homophones 7. Use the correct homophone

Claim 4 Research/Inquiry
Research
Target 2: Analyze/Integrate Information		1. Compare information from two texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres
Target 2: Analyze/Integrate Information
1. Compare information from two texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres

Target 3: Evaluate Information/Sources		1. Identify relevant sources 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 3. Analyze passages from A Night to Remember: Part 1
Target 3: Evaluate Information/Sources
1. Identify relevant sources 2. Evaluate newspaper headlines for bias 3. Analyze passages from A Night to Remember: Part 1

Target 4: Use Evidence		Text evidence in nonfiction books 1. Analyze passages from A Night to Remember: Part 2 Citations 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 3. Identify plagiarism
Target 4: Use Evidence
Text evidence in nonfiction books 1. Analyze passages from A Night to Remember: Part 2 Citations 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Plagiarism 3. Identify plagiarism

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