IXL skill plan | 7th grade plan for SpringBoard ELA 2021

Skill plan for SpringBoard ELA 2021 - 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: Whose Room Is This?		1. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
Activity 1.2: Whose Room Is This?
1. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Activity 1.3: Choices and Consequences: Paired Poetry		Reading strategies 1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Classify figures of speech 3. Read poetry Word study 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Activity 1.3: Choices and Consequences: Paired Poetry
Reading strategies 1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Classify figures of speech 3. Read poetry Word study 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Activity 1.4: Exploring the Personal Narrative		Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Word study 2. Identify sensory details 3. Words with re- Language checkpoint 4. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 5. Correct errors with signs
Activity 1.4: Exploring the Personal Narrative
Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Word study 2. Identify sensory details 3. Words with re- Language checkpoint 4. Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives 5. Correct errors with signs

Activity 1.5: Analyzing Language		Word study 1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writer's craft 2. Use parallel structure 3. Show character emotions and traits
Activity 1.5: Analyzing Language
Word study 1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writer's craft 2. Use parallel structure 3. Show character emotions and traits

Activity 1.6: Timed Writing: Choosing a Topic and Drafting a Personal Narrative		1. Correct errors in everyday use 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Activity 1.6: Timed Writing: Choosing a Topic and Drafting a Personal Narrative
1. Correct errors in everyday use 2. 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		Grammar and usage 1. Commas with series, dates, and places 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters Writer's craft 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Activity 1.8: Can You Sense it? Revising the Middle
Grammar and usage 1. Commas with series, dates, and places 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters Writer's craft 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses

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
Activity 1.10: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2: Expanded Narrative Writing


Activity 1.11: Expanding Narrative Writing: Myths and Folklore		1. Identify story elements 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activity 1.11: Expanding Narrative Writing: Myths and Folklore
1. Identify story elements 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Activity 1.12: Poor Choices: "Phaethon"		Writing 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Word Study 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Use dictionary definitions
Activity 1.12: Poor Choices: "Phaethon"
Writing 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Word Study 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Use dictionary definitions

Activity 1.13: A Matter of Pride		1. Determine the themes of short stories
Activity 1.13: A Matter of Pride
1. Determine the themes of short stories

Activity 1.14: Animals as Symbols		1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Activity 1.14: Animals as Symbols
1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Activity 1.15: Creation Stories from Around the Globe		1. Choose the synonym 2. Analyze short stories
Activity 1.15: Creation Stories from Around the Globe
1. Choose the synonym 2. Analyze short stories

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?		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Activity 2.2: What Is the Issue?
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

Activity 2.3: Analyzing Informational Text		Reading strategies 1. Identify text structures Grammar and usage 2. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters
Activity 2.3: Analyzing Informational Text
Reading strategies 1. Identify text structures Grammar and usage 2. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? 3. Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters

Activity 2.4: How Do They Do It? Analyzing Ads		Reading strategies 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Classify logical fallacies Writing 3. Identify thesis statements
Activity 2.4: How Do They Do It? Analyzing Ads
Reading strategies 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Classify logical fallacies Writing 3. Identify thesis statements

Activity 2.5: Advertising for All		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Activity 2.5: Advertising for All
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Activity 2.6: Evaluating Sources: How Credible Are They?		Reading strategies 1. Identify the author's purpose Writer's craft 2. Which sentence is more formal? 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
Activity 2.6: Evaluating Sources: How Credible Are They?
Reading strategies 1. Identify the author's purpose Writer's craft 2. Which sentence is more formal? 3. Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures

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. Compare and contrast in informational texts Grammar and usage 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Identify coordinating conjunctions Writer's craft 4. Create varied sentences based on models
Activity 2.8: Gathering Evidence from a News Article
Reading strategies 1. Compare and contrast in informational texts Grammar and usage 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Identify coordinating conjunctions Writer's craft 4. Create varied sentences based on models

Activity 2.9: Gathering Evidence: Bringing It All Together		Writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Identify plagiarism
Activity 2.9: Gathering Evidence: Bringing It All Together
Writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Identify plagiarism

Embedded Assessment 1: Writing an Informational Essay and Participating in a Collaborative Discussion
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing an Informational Essay and Participating in a Collaborative Discussion


Activity 2.10: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2
Activity 2.10: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2


Activity 2.11: Preparing for Argumentative Writing		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Activity 2.11: Preparing for Argumentative Writing
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Activity 2.12: Which Claims to Believe		Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument 2. Determine the author's point of view Language checkpoint 3. Use parallel structure 4. Commas with series, dates, and places 5. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Activity 2.12: Which Claims to Believe
Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument 2. Determine the author's point of view Language checkpoint 3. Use parallel structure 4. Commas with series, dates, and places 5. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses

Activity 2.13: Exploring and Evaluating Reasons and Evidence		Reading strategies 1. Choose evidence to support a claim Grammar and usage 2. Use the correct frequently confused word 3. Correct errors with frequently confused words Writer's craft 4. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Activity 2.13: Exploring and Evaluating Reasons and Evidence
Reading strategies 1. Choose evidence to support a claim Grammar and usage 2. Use the correct frequently confused word 3. Correct errors with frequently confused words Writer's craft 4. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Activity 2.14: Just the Right Rhetoric: Logical Appeals		1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Is it a phrase or a clause?
Activity 2.14: Just the Right Rhetoric: Logical Appeals
1. Match causes and effects in informational texts 2. Is it a phrase or a clause?

Activity 2.15: Differing Opinions: Acknowledging Opposing Claims		1. Identify counterclaims 2. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement
Activity 2.15: Differing Opinions: Acknowledging Opposing Claims
1. Identify counterclaims 2. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement

Activity 2.16: To Introduce and Conclude		Grammar and usage 1. Misplaced modifiers with pictures Writer's craft 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Language checkpoint 3. Suggest appropriate revisions 4. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier
Activity 2.16: To Introduce and Conclude
Grammar and usage 1. Misplaced modifiers with pictures Writer's craft 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Language checkpoint 3. Suggest appropriate revisions 4. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier

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: Reading the Novel Tangerine		Reading strategies 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Draw inferences from literary texts Word study 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activity 3.2: Reading the Novel Tangerine
Reading strategies 1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Draw inferences from literary texts Word study 3. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Activity 3.3: There's a New Kid in Town		Reading strategies 1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Compare passages for tone Word study 3. Words with sub- Grammar and usage 4. Formatting quotations and dialogue Writer's craft 5. Identify subordinating conjunctions
Activity 3.3: There's a New Kid in Town
Reading strategies 1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Compare passages for tone Word study 3. Words with sub- Grammar and usage 4. Formatting quotations and dialogue Writer's craft 5. Identify subordinating conjunctions

Activity 3.4: Like Mother, Like Son?		1. Compare and contrast points of view
Activity 3.4: Like Mother, Like Son?
1. Compare and contrast points of view

Activity 3.5: Oh, Brother!		1. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
Activity 3.5: Oh, Brother!
1. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses

Activity 3.6: SIFTing Through Tangerine		Reading strategies 1. Classify figures of speech 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Writer's craft 3. Identify prepositional phrases 4. Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Activity 3.6: SIFTing Through Tangerine
Reading strategies 1. Classify figures of speech 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Writer's craft 3. Identify prepositional phrases 4. Identify appositives and appositive phrases

Activity 3.7: Same Sport, Different School		1. Analyze short stories 2. Describe the difference between related words
Activity 3.7: Same Sport, Different School
1. Analyze short stories 2. Describe the difference between related words

Activity 3.8: Seeing is Believing		1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Identify active and passive voice
Activity 3.8: Seeing is Believing
1. Interpret figures of speech 2. Identify active and passive voice

Activity 3.9: Conflicts and Consequences		1. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Activity 3.9: Conflicts and Consequences
1. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

Activity 3.10: Mourning and Night		Reading strategies 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Recall the source of an allusion 3. Match the quotations with their themes
Activity 3.10: Mourning and Night
Reading strategies 1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Recall the source of an allusion 3. Match the quotations with their themes

Activity 3.11: The Final Score		1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Determine the themes of short stories
Activity 3.11: The Final Score
1. Identify supporting details in literary texts 2. Determine the themes of short stories

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


Activity 3.12: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2
Activity 3.12: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2


Activity 3.13: Nelson Mandela in Hollywood
Activity 3.13: Nelson Mandela in Hollywood


Activity 3.14: A Long Walk to Peace		Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts Word study 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 3. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Writer's craft 4. Identify adjectives 5. Order adjectives
Activity 3.14: A Long Walk to Peace
Reading strategies 1. Compare information from two texts Word study 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Grammar and usage 3. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Writer's craft 4. Identify adjectives 5. Order adjectives

Activity 3.15: Planning for Research and Citing Sources		Writing 1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) Word study 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Activity 3.15: Planning for Research and Citing Sources
Writing 1. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) Word study 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Activity 3.16: Visual Impact		1. Read graphic organizers
Activity 3.16: Visual Impact
1. Read graphic organizers

Activity 3.17: Comparing Film and Text		Reading strategies 1. Compare two texts with different genres Language checkpoint 2. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
Activity 3.17: Comparing Film and Text
Reading strategies 1. Compare two texts with different genres Language checkpoint 2. Identify pronouns and their antecedents 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Activity 3.18: Follow the Leader		Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts Writer's craft 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 3. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Activity 3.18: Follow the Leader
Reading strategies 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts Writer's craft 2. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 3. 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		Reading strategies 1. Interpret figures of speech Word study 2. Use dictionary entries 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Activity 4.2: Using Language for Effect
Reading strategies 1. Interpret figures of speech Word study 2. Use dictionary entries 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Activity 4.3: Analyzing a Comedic Monologue		Writing 1. Identify audience and purpose Word study 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writer's craft 3. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 4. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Activity 4.3: Analyzing a Comedic Monologue
Writing 1. Identify audience and purpose Word study 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Writer's craft 3. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 4. Are the modifiers used correctly?

Activity 4.4: Analyzing and Presenting a Dramatic Monologue		Writer's craft 1. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 2. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Remove redundant words or phrases
Activity 4.4: Analyzing and Presenting a Dramatic Monologue
Writer's craft 1. Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? 2. Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Remove redundant words or phrases

Activity 4.5: Analyzing and Responding to Narrative Poetry		Reading strategies 1. Use personification 2. Label the rhyme scheme Grammar and usage 3. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses Language checkpoint 5. Identify prepositional phrases 6. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement
Activity 4.5: Analyzing and Responding to Narrative Poetry
Reading strategies 1. Use personification 2. Label the rhyme scheme Grammar and usage 3. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses Language checkpoint 5. Identify prepositional phrases 6. Correct errors with subject-verb agreement

Activity 4.6: Transforming a Traditional Tale		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Activity 4.6: Transforming a Traditional Tale
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Activity 4.7: Using Language to Develop Theme		1. Find words using context 2. Compare two texts with different genres
Activity 4.7: Using Language to Develop Theme
1. Find words using context 2. Compare two texts with different genres

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


Activity 4.8: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2
Activity 4.8: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2


Activity 4.9: Putting on the Mask		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Activity 4.9: Putting on the Mask
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Activity 4.10: Improvisation
Activity 4.10: Improvisation


Activity 4.11: Analyzing and Delivering a Shakespearean Monologue		1. Compare passages for tone
Activity 4.11: Analyzing and Delivering a Shakespearean Monologue
1. Compare passages for tone

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


Activity 4.13: Interpreting Character in Performance		1. Read drama
Activity 4.13: Interpreting Character in Performance
1. Read drama

Activity 4.14: Stage Directions
Activity 4.14: Stage Directions


Activity 4.15: Exploring: Theatrical Elements		1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Activity 4.15: 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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