IXL skill plan | 7th grade plan for SpringBoard ELA 2018

Skill plan for SpringBoard ELA 2018 - 7th grade

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1	Unit 1 The Choices We Make
Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 1.2: Exploring the Concept of Choice
Activity 1.2: Exploring the Concept of Choice


Activity 1.3: Choices and Consequences: Paired Poetry		Reading strategies 1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Interpret figures of speech
Activity 1.3: Choices and Consequences: Paired Poetry
Reading strategies 1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Describe the difference between related words 3. Interpret figures of speech

Activity 1.4: Exploring the Personal Narrative		Reading strategies 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Word study 2. Words with re- Language checkpoint 3. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 4. Form the singular or plural possessive 5. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
Activity 1.4: Exploring the Personal Narrative
Reading strategies 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Word study 2. Words with re- Language checkpoint 3. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 4. Form the singular or plural possessive 5. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Activity 1.5: Analyzing Language		1. Identify sensory details
Activity 1.5: Analyzing Language
1. Identify sensory details

Activity 1.6: Timed Writing: Choosing a Topic and Drafting a Personal Narrative		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Activity 1.6: Timed Writing: Choosing a Topic and Drafting a Personal Narrative
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Activity 1.7: Once Upon a Time: Revising the Beginning
Activity 1.7: Once Upon a Time: Revising the Beginning


Activity 1.8: Can You Sense it? Revising the Middle		Writing 1. Use personification Grammar and usage 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Commas with series, dates, and places 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences 5. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters Writer's craft 6. Commas with coordinate adjectives
Activity 1.8: Can You Sense it? Revising the Middle
Writing 1. Use personification Grammar and usage 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Commas with series, dates, and places 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences 5. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters Writer's craft 6. Commas with coordinate adjectives

Activity 1.9: Tie It Together: Revising the Ending
Activity 1.9: Tie It Together: Revising the Ending


Embedded Assessment 1: Revising a Personal Narrative About Choice
Embedded Assessment 1: Revising a Personal Narrative About Choice


Activity 1.10: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Expanded Narrative Writing		1. Identify story elements
Activity 1.10: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Expanded Narrative Writing
1. Identify story elements

Activity 1.11: Poor Choices: "Phaethon"		Reading strategies 1. Determine the themes of short stories Writing 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Remove redundant words or phrases
Activity 1.11: Poor Choices: "Phaethon"
Reading strategies 1. Determine the themes of short stories Writing 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts 3. Remove redundant words or phrases

Activity 1.12: A Matter of Pride		Reading strategies 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Writer's craft 2. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 3. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
Activity 1.12: A Matter of Pride
Reading strategies 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Writer's craft 2. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 3. Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent

Activity 1.13: Symbolic Thinking		1. Identify plagiarism
Activity 1.13: Symbolic Thinking
1. Identify plagiarism

Activity 1.14: Animals as Symbols		1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Activity 1.14: Animals as Symbols
1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Activity 1.15: Creation Myths from Around the Globe		Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Activity 1.15: Creation Myths from Around the Globe
Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Embedded Assessment 2: Creating an Illustrated Myth
Embedded Assessment 2: Creating an Illustrated Myth

2	Unit 2 What Influences My Choices?
Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 2.2: What Is the Issue?		Reading strategies 1. Read graphic organizers 2. Identify text structures
Activity 2.2: What Is the Issue?
Reading strategies 1. Read graphic organizers 2. Identify text structures

Activity 2.3: Analyzing Informational Text		Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Writing 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Word study 3. Which sentence matches the definition? 4. Which definition matches the sentence? Grammar and usage 5. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists
Activity 2.3: Analyzing Informational Text
Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Writing 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Word study 3. Which sentence matches the definition? 4. Which definition matches the sentence? Grammar and usage 5. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists

Activity 2.4: How Do They Do It? Analyzing Ads		Reading strategies 1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Writing 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Activity 2.4: How Do They Do It? Analyzing Ads
Reading strategies 1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts Writing 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Activity 2.5: Advertising for All		Writing 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Correct errors in everyday use
Activity 2.5: Advertising for All
Writing 1. Choose evidence to support a claim 2. Correct errors in everyday use

Activity 2.6: Evaluating Sources: How Credible Are They?		Reading strategies 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Writer's craft 3. Which sentence is more formal?
Activity 2.6: Evaluating Sources: How Credible Are They?
Reading strategies 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Writer's craft 3. Which sentence is more formal?

Activity 2.7: Gathering Evidence from a Film
Activity 2.7: Gathering Evidence from a Film


Activity 2.8: Gathering Evidence from a News Article		Reading strategies 1. Read about science and nature 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts Grammar and usage 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses Writer's craft 4. Create varied sentences based on models
Activity 2.8: Gathering Evidence from a News Article
Reading strategies 1. Read about science and nature 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts Grammar and usage 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses Writer's craft 4. Create varied sentences based on models

Activity 2.9: Gathering Evidence: Bringing It All Together		Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Organize information by topic
Activity 2.9: Gathering Evidence: Bringing It All Together
Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Organize information by topic

Embedded Assessment 1: Explanatory Essay and a Collaborative Discussion
Embedded Assessment 1: Explanatory Essay and a Collaborative Discussion


Activity 2.10: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2: Preparing for Argumentative Writing
Activity 2.10: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2: Preparing for Argumentative Writing


Activity 2.11: Which Claims to Believe		Writing 1. Trace an argument Language checkpoint 2. Use parallel structure
Activity 2.11: Which Claims to Believe
Writing 1. Trace an argument Language checkpoint 2. Use parallel structure

Activity 2.12: Exploring and Evaluating Reasons and Evidence		Reading strategies 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts Writing 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Grammar and usage 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words
Activity 2.12: Exploring and Evaluating Reasons and Evidence
Reading strategies 1. Identify supporting details in informational texts Writing 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) Grammar and usage 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Correct errors with frequently confused words

Activity 2.13: Just the Right Rhetoric: Logical Appeals		Reading strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Writing 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Suggest appropriate revisions Grammar and usage 4. Is it a phrase or a clause?
Activity 2.13: Just the Right Rhetoric: Logical Appeals
Reading strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Writing 2. Identify counterclaims 3. Suggest appropriate revisions Grammar and usage 4. Is it a phrase or a clause?

Activity 2.14: Differing Opinions: Acknowledging Opposing Claims		Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts Writer's craft 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures
Activity 2.14: Differing Opinions: Acknowledging Opposing Claims
Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts Writer's craft 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures

Activity 2.15: To Introduce and Conclude		Reading strategies 1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Grammar and usage 2. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier Language checkpoint 3. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Activity 2.15: To Introduce and Conclude
Reading strategies 1. Use academic vocabulary in context: informational Grammar and usage 2. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier Language checkpoint 3. Are the modifiers used correctly?

Embedded Assessment 2: Writing an Argumentative Essay
Embedded Assessment 2: Writing an Argumentative Essay

3	Unit 3 Choices and Consequences
Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 3.2: Peeling a Tangerine		Writing 1. Identify sensory details 2. Classify figures of speech 3. Order adjectives
Activity 3.2: Peeling a Tangerine
Writing 1. Identify sensory details 2. Classify figures of speech 3. Order adjectives

Activity 3.3: Reading the Novel Tangerine		Reading strategies 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Word study 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 3. Simple past, present, and future tense: review
Activity 3.3: Reading the Novel Tangerine
Reading strategies 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Word study 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 3. Simple past, present, and future tense: review

Activity 3.4: There's a New Kid in Town		Grammar and usage 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue Writer's craft 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Identify subordinating conjunctions
Activity 3.4: There's a New Kid in Town
Grammar and usage 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue Writer's craft 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses 3. Identify subordinating conjunctions

Activity 3.5: Like Mother, Like Son?		1. Analyze short stories
Activity 3.5: Like Mother, Like Son?
1. Analyze short stories

Activity 3.6: Oh, Brother!		Writing 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Grammar and usage 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Activity 3.6: Oh, Brother!
Writing 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Grammar and usage 2. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses

Activity 3.7: September 11 Perspectives		Reading strategies 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Identify the narrative point of view Grammar and usage 4. Identify coordinating conjunctions
Activity 3.7: September 11 Perspectives
Reading strategies 1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Identify the narrative point of view Grammar and usage 4. Identify coordinating conjunctions

Activity 3.8: SIFTing Through Tangerine		Reading strategies 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Compare passages for tone Writing 3. Match the quotations with their themes Writer's craft 4. Identify prepositional phrases 5. Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Activity 3.8: SIFTing Through Tangerine
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Compare passages for tone Writing 3. Match the quotations with their themes Writer's craft 4. Identify prepositional phrases 5. Identify appositives and appositive phrases

Activity 3.9: Same Sport, Different School		1. Create varied sentences based on models
Activity 3.9: Same Sport, Different School
1. Create varied sentences based on models

Activity 3.10: A Good Sport		Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Choose evidence to support a claim
Activity 3.10: A Good Sport
Writing 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Choose evidence to support a claim

Activity 3.11: Seeing is Believing		Reading strategies 1. Interpret figures of speech Writer's craft 2. Identify active and passive voice
Activity 3.11: Seeing is Believing
Reading strategies 1. Interpret figures of speech Writer's craft 2. Identify active and passive voice

Activity 3.12: Conflicts and Consequences		1. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Activity 3.12: Conflicts and Consequences
1. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

Activity 3.13: Mourning and Night		Reading strategies 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion
Activity 3.13: Mourning and Night
Reading strategies 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Recall the source of an allusion

Activity 3.14: The Final Score		1. Determine the themes of short stories
Activity 3.14: The Final Score
1. Determine the themes of short stories

Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Literary Analysis Essay


Activity 3.15: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Analyzing Words that Inspire
Activity 3.15: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Analyzing Words that Inspire


Activity 3.16: Nelson Mandela in Hollywood
Activity 3.16: Nelson Mandela in Hollywood


Activity 3.17: A Long Walk to Peace		Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Grammar and usage 3. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Writer's craft 4. Identify adjectives
Activity 3.17: A Long Walk to Peace
Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Grammar and usage 3. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Writer's craft 4. Identify adjectives

Activity 3.18: Planning for Research and Citing Sources		1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Activity 3.18: Planning for Research and Citing Sources
1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Activity 3.19: Visual Impact		Reading strategies 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Read graphic organizers
Activity 3.19: Visual Impact
Reading strategies 1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects 2. Read graphic organizers

Activity 3.20: Comparing Film and Text		Reading strategies 1. Read about science and nature Language checkpoint 2. Identify vague pronoun references 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Activity 3.20: Comparing Film and Text
Reading strategies 1. Read about science and nature Language checkpoint 2. Identify vague pronoun references 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Activity 3.21: Follow the Leader		Writer's craft 1. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 2. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Activity 3.21: Follow the Leader
Writer's craft 1. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 2. Are the modifiers used correctly?

Embedded Assessment 2: Creating a Biographical Presentation
Embedded Assessment 2: Creating a Biographical Presentation

4	Unit 4 How We Choose to Act
Activity 4.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 4.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 4.2: Using Language for Effect		1. Label the rhyme scheme
Activity 4.2: Using Language for Effect
1. Label the rhyme scheme

Activity 4.3: Analyzing a Comedic Monologue		Writing 1. Identify the narrative point of view Writer's craft 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures
Activity 4.3: Analyzing a Comedic Monologue
Writing 1. Identify the narrative point of view Writer's craft 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures

Activity 4.4: Analyzing and Presenting a Dramatic Monologue		Grammar and usage 1. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 2. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately 3. Commas: review Writer's craft 4. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 5. Use parallel structure 6. Remove redundant words or phrases
Activity 4.4: Analyzing and Presenting a Dramatic Monologue
Grammar and usage 1. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 2. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately 3. Commas: review Writer's craft 4. Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? 5. Use parallel structure 6. Remove redundant words or phrases

Activity 4.5: Analyzing and Responding to Narrative Poetry		Reading strategies 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Grammar and usage 2. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 3. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Activity 4.5: Analyzing and Responding to Narrative Poetry
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Grammar and usage 2. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 3. Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses

Activity 4.6: Transforming a Traditional Tale		1. Compare passages for tone
Activity 4.6: Transforming a Traditional Tale
1. Compare passages for tone

Activity 4.7: Using Language to Develop Theme		Reading strategies 1. Find words using context 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Identify audience and purpose Writing 4. Use thesaurus entries
Activity 4.7: Using Language to Develop Theme
Reading strategies 1. Find words using context 2. Compare two texts with different genres 3. Identify audience and purpose Writing 4. Use thesaurus entries

Embedded Assessment 1: Creating and Presenting a Monologue
Embedded Assessment 1: Creating and Presenting a Monologue


Activity 4.8: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Performing Shakespeare
Activity 4.8: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Performing Shakespeare


Activity 4.9: Putting on the Mask		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Activity 4.9: Putting on the Mask
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Activity 4.10: Improvisation
Activity 4.10: Improvisation


Activity 4.11: Analyzing and Delivering a Shakespearean Monologue
Activity 4.11: Analyzing and Delivering a Shakespearean Monologue


Activity 4.12: Acting for Understanding
Activity 4.12: Acting for Understanding


Activity 4.13: Interpreting Character in Performance		Reading strategies 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Analyze short stories
Activity 4.13: Interpreting Character in Performance
Reading strategies 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 2. Analyze short stories

Activity 4.14: Comparing Performance and Text		Reading strategies 1. Use dictionary entries 2. Use dictionary definitions
Activity 4.14: Comparing Performance and Text
Reading strategies 1. Use dictionary entries 2. Use dictionary definitions

Activity 4.15: Stage Directions
Activity 4.15: Stage Directions


Activity 4.16: Exploring Theatrical Elements		1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Activity 4.16: Exploring Theatrical Elements
1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

Embedded Assessment 2: Performing a Shakespearean Dialogue
Embedded Assessment 2: Performing a Shakespearean Dialogue

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