IXL skill plan | Grade 7 plan for Pearson Literature Common Core edition

Skill plan for Pearson Literature Common Core edition - Grade 7

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1	Unit 1 Does every conflict have a winner?
Part 1
The Treasure of Lemon Brown		1. Analyze short stories
The Treasure of Lemon Brown
1. Analyze short stories
Part 2
Rikki-tikki-tavi		Language study 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Close reading 2. Identify story elements Conventions 3. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 4. Identify common and proper nouns
Rikki-tikki-tavi
Language study 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Close reading 2. Identify story elements Conventions 3. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 4. Identify common and proper nouns

Two Kinds		Language study 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Close reading 2. Show character emotions and traits 3. Identify the narrative point of view Conventions 4. Identify pronouns and their antecedents
Two Kinds
Language study 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Close reading 2. Show character emotions and traits 3. Identify the narrative point of view Conventions 4. Identify pronouns and their antecedents

The Third Wish		Close reading 1. Draw inferences from a text Conventions 2. Identify adjectives 3. Identify adverbs
The Third Wish
Close reading 1. Draw inferences from a text Conventions 2. Identify adjectives 3. Identify adverbs

Ribbons		1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives
Ribbons
1. Determine the themes of short stories 2. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives

The Night the Bed Fell, Stolen Day		Language study 1. Use dictionary entries 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Use thesaurus entries Close reading 4. Compare and contrast points of view
The Night the Bed Fell, Stolen Day
Language study 1. Use dictionary entries 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Use thesaurus entries Close reading 4. Compare and contrast points of view

Writing Process: Narrative		Writing 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue 2. Compare passages for tone 3. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Writing Process: Narrative
Writing 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue 2. Compare passages for tone 3. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Part 3
Amigo Brothers		1. Choose the synonym 2. Match the quotations with their themes
Amigo Brothers
1. Choose the synonym 2. Match the quotations with their themes

Get More From Competition		1. Identify text structures
Get More From Competition
1. Identify text structures

Forget Fun, Embrace Enjoyment		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Forget Fun, Embrace Enjoyment
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Video Game Competitiveness, Not Violence, Spurs Aggression, Study Suggests		• Coming soon: Read about business and technology
Video Game Competitiveness, Not Violence, Spurs Aggression, Study Suggests
• Coming soon: Read about business and technology

Win Some, Lose Some, Orlando Magic		Language study 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Close reading 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts 3. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Win Some, Lose Some, Orlando Magic
Language study 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Close reading 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts 3. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

Writing to Sources: Argument		Writing 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Distinguish facts from opinions 5. Choose evidence to support a claim 6. Identify counterclaims
Writing to Sources: Argument
Writing 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Distinguish facts from opinions 5. Choose evidence to support a claim 6. Identify counterclaims

2	Unit 2 What should we learn?
Part 1
from What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?		1. Identify the author's purpose
from What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?
1. Identify the author's purpose
Part 2
Life Without Gravity		1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
Life Without Gravity
1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns

I Am a Native of North America		Language study 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Close reading 2. Determine the author's point of view 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts Conventions 4. Irregular past tense: review 5. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 6. Choose between the past tense and past participle
I Am a Native of North America
Language study 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Close reading 2. Determine the author's point of view 3. Compare and contrast in informational texts Conventions 4. Irregular past tense: review 5. Simple past, present, and future tense: review 6. Choose between the past tense and past participle

All Together Now		Language study 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Close readiing 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Conventions 4. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
All Together Now
Language study 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Close readiing 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Conventions 4. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters

Rattlesnake Hunt		Language study 1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Close reading 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Positive and negative connotation Conventions 4. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 5. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence
Rattlesnake Hunt
Language study 1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Close reading 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Positive and negative connotation Conventions 4. Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence 5. Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence

from Barrio Boy, A Day's Wait		Language study 1. Words with -ful and -less 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Recall the source of an allusion Close reading 4. Compare two texts with different genres 5. Identify the narrative point of view 6. Determine the themes of short stories
from Barrio Boy, A Day's Wait
Language study 1. Words with -ful and -less 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Recall the source of an allusion Close reading 4. Compare two texts with different genres 5. Identify the narrative point of view 6. Determine the themes of short stories

Writing Process: Argumentative Text		Writing 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Create varied sentences based on models 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Suggest appropriate revisions
Writing Process: Argumentative Text
Writing 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Create varied sentences based on models 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Suggest appropriate revisions
Part 3
No Gumption		1. Draw inferences from a text
No Gumption
1. Draw inferences from a text

Intrinsic Motivation Doesn't Exist, Researcher Says		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Intrinsic Motivation Doesn't Exist, Researcher Says
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

The Cremation of Sam McGee		1. Read poetry
The Cremation of Sam McGee
1. Read poetry

A Special Gift- The Legacy of "Snowflake" Bentley		• Coming soon: Read about science and nature
A Special Gift- The Legacy of "Snowflake" Bentley
• Coming soon: Read about science and nature

All Stories Are Anasi's		1. Identify story elements
All Stories Are Anasi's
1. Identify story elements

Maslow's Theory of Motivation and Human Needs		1. Read graphic organizers
Maslow's Theory of Motivation and Human Needs
1. Read graphic organizers

Writing to Sources: Informative Text		Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Writing to Sources: Informative Text
Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

3	Unit 3 What is the best way to communicate?
Part 1
Maestro, The Desert Is My Mother, Bailando		1. Read poetry
Maestro, The Desert Is My Mother, Bailando
1. Read poetry
Part 2
Winter, The Rider, Seal, Haiku		Language study 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Close reading 2. Draw inferences from a text 3. Positive and negative connotation • Coming soon: Choose the word whose connotation best matches the sentence Conventions 4. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
Winter, The Rider, Seal, Haiku
Language study 1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Close reading 2. Draw inferences from a text 3. Positive and negative connotation • Coming soon: Choose the word whose connotation best matches the sentence Conventions 4. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Life, The Courage That My Mother Had, Mother to Son, Fog		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Life, The Courage That My Mother Had, Mother to Son, Fog
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses

Train Tune, Full Fathom Five, Sarah Cynthis Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out, Onomatopoeia		Language study 1. Words with -less Close reading 2. Compare passages for tone 3. Classify figures of speech Conventions 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex?
Train Tune, Full Fathom Five, Sarah Cynthis Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out, Onomatopoeia
Language study 1. Words with -less Close reading 2. Compare passages for tone 3. Classify figures of speech Conventions 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, or complex?

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Annabel Lee, Father William, Jim		Language study 1. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Close reading 2. Label the rhyme scheme Conventions 3. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 4. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 5. Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Annabel Lee, Father William, Jim
Language study 1. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Close reading 2. Label the rhyme scheme Conventions 3. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement 4. Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 5. Use the correct verb – with compound subjects

Miracles, in Just		Language study 1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition? Close reading 3. Identify sensory details
Miracles, in Just
Language study 1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition? Close reading 3. Identify sensory details

Writing Process: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay		Writing 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify coordinating conjunctions 4. Identify subordinating conjunctions 5. Use coordinating conjunctions 6. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 7. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 8. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Writing Process: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay
Writing 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Identify coordinating conjunctions 4. Identify subordinating conjunctions 5. Use coordinating conjunctions 6. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 7. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 8. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Part 3
The Highwayman		1. Choose the synonym 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
The Highwayman
1. Choose the synonym 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Carnegie Hero Fund Commission		1. Describe the difference between related words • Coming soon: Read about famous people
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
1. Describe the difference between related words • Coming soon: Read about famous people

The Myth of the Outlaw, The Real Story of a Cowboy's Life		• Coming soon: Read about history
The Myth of the Outlaw, The Real Story of a Cowboy's Life
• Coming soon: Read about history

After Twenty Years		• Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts
After Twenty Years
• Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts

Harriet Tubman, Wanted: Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist		1. Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 1
Harriet Tubman, Wanted: Harriet Tubman, Abolitionist
1. Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 1

Writing to Sources: Explanatory Text		Writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words 5. Correct errors with signs
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Text
Writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words 5. Correct errors with signs

4	Unit 4 Do others see us more clearly than we see ourselves?
Part 1
from Dragonwings, from the dramatization of Dragonwings		1. Compare two texts with different genres • Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts
from Dragonwings, from the dramatization of Dragonwings
1. Compare two texts with different genres • Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts
Part 2
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I		Language study 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Close reading 2. Read drama Conventions 3. Identify prepositional phrases
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I
Language study 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Close reading 2. Read drama Conventions 3. Identify prepositional phrases

A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act II		Close reading 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Identify sensory details Conventions 3. Identify appositives and appositive phrases
A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act II
Close reading 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Identify sensory details Conventions 3. Identify appositives and appositive phrases

Zoos: Joys or Jails?, Kid Territory: Why Do We Need Zoos?		Language study 1. Positive and negative connotation • Coming soon: Choose the word whose connotation best matches the sentence Close reading 2. Compare and contrast points of view 3. Choose evidence to support a claim
Zoos: Joys or Jails?, Kid Territory: Why Do We Need Zoos?
Language study 1. Positive and negative connotation • Coming soon: Choose the word whose connotation best matches the sentence Close reading 2. Compare and contrast points of view 3. Choose evidence to support a claim

Writing Process: Write an Argument		Writing 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Which sentence is more formal? 3. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 4. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 5. Are the modifiers used correctly? 6. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Writing Process: Write an Argument
Writing 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Which sentence is more formal? 3. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 4. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 5. Are the modifiers used correctly? 6. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Part 3
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street		Language study 1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition? Close reading 3. Show character emotions and traits
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Language study 1. Which definition matches the sentence? 2. Which sentence matches the definition? Close reading 3. Show character emotions and traits

All Summer in a Day		1. Analyze short stories
All Summer in a Day
1. Analyze short stories

Joseph R. McCarthy		1. Determine the main idea of a passage • Coming soon: Read about famous people
Joseph R. McCarthy
1. Determine the main idea of a passage • Coming soon: Read about famous people

The Salem Witch Trials of 1692		Language study 1. Describe the difference between related words Close reading 2. Compare passages for tone • Coming soon: Read about history
The Salem Witch Trials of 1692
Language study 1. Describe the difference between related words Close reading 2. Compare passages for tone • Coming soon: Read about history

Herd Mentality? The Freakonomics of Boarding a Bus		Close reading 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Determine the author's point of view 3. Match problems with their solutions
Herd Mentality? The Freakonomics of Boarding a Bus
Close reading 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Determine the author's point of view 3. Match problems with their solutions

Follow the Leader: Democracy in Herd Mentality, Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial		1. Trace an argument • Coming soon: Draw inferences from informational texts
Follow the Leader: Democracy in Herd Mentality, Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial
1. Trace an argument • Coming soon: Draw inferences from informational texts

Writing to Sources: Argument		Writing 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Create varied sentences based on models 4. Remove redundant words or phrases
Writing to Sources: Argument
Writing 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Create varied sentences based on models 4. Remove redundant words or phrases

5	Unit 5 Community or individual—which is more important?
Part 1
Grasshopper Logic, The Other Frog Prince, Duckbilled Platypus vs. BeefSnakStik®		1. Analyze short stories
Grasshopper Logic, The Other Frog Prince, Duckbilled Platypus vs. BeefSnakStik®
1. Analyze short stories
Part 2
Demeter and Persephone		Language study 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Close reading 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Conventions 3. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases 4. Identify gerunds and their functions
Demeter and Persephone
Language study 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Close reading 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Conventions 3. Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases 4. Identify gerunds and their functions

Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl		Close reading 1. Determine the themes of short stories Conventions 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 3. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists 4. Use dashes 5. Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl
Close reading 1. Determine the themes of short stories Conventions 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses 3. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists 4. Use dashes 5. Use hyphens in compound adjectives

Sun and Moon in a Box		Close reading 1. Compare and contrast points of view Conventions 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 3. Commas with series, dates, and places 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences 5. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
Sun and Moon in a Box
Close reading 1. Compare and contrast points of view Conventions 2. Commas with nonrestrictive elements 3. Commas with series, dates, and places 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences 5. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters

The People Could Fly		Language study 1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Close reading 2. Identify story elements Conventions 3. Correct capitalization errors 4. Capitalizing titles
The People Could Fly
Language study 1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Close reading 2. Identify story elements Conventions 3. Correct capitalization errors 4. Capitalizing titles

The Voyage, To the Top of Everest		Language study 1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Classify figures of speech 3. Use personification 4. Analogies 5. Analogies: challenge Close reading 6. Match the quotations with their themes • Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts
The Voyage, To the Top of Everest
Language study 1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Classify figures of speech 3. Use personification 4. Analogies 5. Analogies: challenge Close reading 6. Match the quotations with their themes • Coming soon: Draw inferences from literary texts

Writing Process: Cause and Effect Essay		Writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Commas with coordinate adjectives 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Commas: review
Writing Process: Cause and Effect Essay
Writing 1. Organize information by topic 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Commas with coordinate adjectives 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Commas: review
Part 3
My First Free Summer		• Coming soon: Read about famous places
My First Free Summer
• Coming soon: Read about famous places

How I Learned English		Language study 1. Choose the synonym 2. Choose the antonym Close reading 3. Read poetry
How I Learned English
Language study 1. Choose the synonym 2. Choose the antonym Close reading 3. Read poetry

mk		1. Identify the narrative point of view
mk
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Byron Yee: Discovering a Paper Son		• Coming soon: Read about history
Byron Yee: Discovering a Paper Son
• Coming soon: Read about history

from Grandpa and the Statue		1. Read drama
from Grandpa and the Statue
1. Read drama

Melting Pot, United States Immigration Statistics		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Read graphic organizers
Melting Pot, United States Immigration Statistics
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Read graphic organizers

Writing to Sources: Explanatory Text		Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Which sentence is more formal? 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 4. Correct errors in everyday use
Writing to Sources: Explanatory Text
Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Which sentence is more formal? 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures 4. Correct errors in everyday use

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