IXL skill plan | 7th grade plan for StudySync ELA Florida

Skill plan for StudySync ELA Florida - 7th grade

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1	Unit 1 Conflicts and Clashes
Reading and Writing
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi		Supporting details 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Figurative language 2. Interpret figures of speech
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Supporting details 1. Identify supporting details in literary texts Figurative language 2. Interpret figures of speech

The Wise Old Woman		1. Determine the themes of short stories
The Wise Old Woman
1. Determine the themes of short stories

Woodsong		Connotation and denotation 1. Describe the difference between related words Author's purpose 2. Identify the author's purpose
Woodsong
Connotation and denotation 1. Describe the difference between related words Author's purpose 2. Identify the author's purpose

Nimona		1. Analyze short stories
Nimona
1. Analyze short stories

Paired Readings: Stargirl and Seventh Grade		1. Identify story elements 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Paired Readings: Stargirl and Seventh Grade
1. Identify story elements 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts

The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street


The Eyes Have It		Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Point of view 2. Identify the narrative point of view
The Eyes Have It
Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Point of view 2. Identify the narrative point of view

Paired Readings: Mad, In the Year 1974, and Thank You, M'am		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Paired Readings: Mad, In the Year 1974, and Thank You, M'am
1. Match the quotations with their themes
Writing Project and Grammar
Plan
Plan


Draft		Descriptive details 1. Use personification 2. Order adjectives Narrative techniques 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Draft
Descriptive details 1. Use personification 2. Order adjectives Narrative techniques 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Revise		1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 2. Create varied sentences based on models
Revise
1. Revise the sentence using a stronger verb 2. Create varied sentences based on models

Grammar		Spelling rules 1. Use the correct frequently confused word Clauses 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses Simple and compound sentences 3. Use coordinating conjunctions
Grammar
Spelling rules 1. Use the correct frequently confused word Clauses 2. Identify dependent and independent clauses Simple and compound sentences 3. Use coordinating conjunctions

2	Unit 2 Highs and Lows
Reading and Writing
Annabel Lee		Figurative language 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Comparing texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres
Annabel Lee
Figurative language 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Comparing texts 2. Compare two texts with different genres

Sonnet 18		1. Classify figures of speech
Sonnet 18
1. Classify figures of speech

Paired Readings: My Mother Pieced Quilts and Museum Indians		1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-
Paired Readings: My Mother Pieced Quilts and Museum Indians
1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non-

The Walking Dance		1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts
The Walking Dance
1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Identify supporting details in literary texts

Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night		1. Label the rhyme scheme
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
1. Label the rhyme scheme

Second Estrangement
Second Estrangement


Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy		1. Read about science and nature 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts
Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
1. Read about science and nature 2. Match causes and effects in informational texts

The Highwayman		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
The Highwayman
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Paired Readings: My Father is a Simple Man, Tangerine, and My Mother Really Knew		1. Compare and contrast points of view
Paired Readings: My Father is a Simple Man, Tangerine, and My Mother Really Knew
1. Compare and contrast points of view
Writing Project and Grammar
Plan		Organizing writing 1. Organize information by topic Reasons and evidence 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Distinguish facts from opinions
Plan
Organizing writing 1. Organize information by topic Reasons and evidence 2. Choose evidence to support a claim 3. Distinguish facts from opinions

Draft		Introductions 1. Identify thesis statements Transitions 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Sources and citations 3. Identify plagiarism
Draft
Introductions 1. Identify thesis statements Transitions 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Sources and citations 3. Identify plagiarism

Revise		1. Suggest appropriate revisions 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Revise
1. Suggest appropriate revisions 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses

Grammar		Colons 1. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Ellipses 2. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Complex sentences 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Grammar
Colons 1. Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Ellipses 2. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Complex sentences 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?

3	Unit 3 Chasing the Impossible
Reading and Writing
We Beat the Street		1. Positive and negative connotation
We Beat the Street
1. Positive and negative connotation

The First Americans		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
The First Americans
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution		Text structures 1. Identify text structures Shades of meaning 2. Describe the difference between related words
The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide to the Constitution
Text structures 1. Identify text structures Shades of meaning 2. Describe the difference between related words

All Together Now		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts
All Together Now
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Paired Readings: Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward, Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers' Rights, and Letter to President Theodore Roosevelt, July 17, 1903		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts
Paired Readings: Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress-Toward, Mother Jones: Fierce Fighter for Workers' Rights, and Letter to President Theodore Roosevelt, July 17, 1903
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts

The New Colossus		1. Interpret figures of speech
The New Colossus
1. Interpret figures of speech

Paired Readings: Machines, not people, should be exploring the stars for now and Responses to "Machines, not people, should be exploring the stars for now"		1. Trace an argument 2. Compare information from two texts
Paired Readings: Machines, not people, should be exploring the stars for now and Responses to "Machines, not people, should be exploring the stars for now"
1. Trace an argument 2. Compare information from two texts
Writing Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose evidence to support a claim
Plan
1. Organize information by topic 2. Choose evidence to support a claim

Draft		Introductions 1. Identify thesis statements Sources and citations 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Draft
Introductions 1. Identify thesis statements Sources and citations 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Revise		1. Which sentence is more formal?
Revise
1. Which sentence is more formal?

Grammar		Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Active and passive voice 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Grammar
Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Active and passive voice 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

4	Unit 4 Moment of Truth
Reading and Writing
No Dream Too High: Simone Biles		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Read graphic organizers
No Dream Too High: Simone Biles
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Read graphic organizers

Paired Readings: The Yearling and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts
Paired Readings: The Yearling and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge		1. Identify the narrative point of view
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
1. Identify the narrative point of view

the sonnet-ballad		1. Label the rhyme scheme
the sonnet-ballad
1. Label the rhyme scheme

Paired Readings: The Skin I'm In, Barrio Boy, and The Tequila Worm		1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Compare and contrast points of view
Paired Readings: The Skin I'm In, Barrio Boy, and The Tequila Worm
1. Positive and negative connotation 2. Compare and contrast points of view

Harrison Bergeron		1. Analyze short stories 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge
Harrison Bergeron
1. Analyze short stories 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge

The Last Human Light (from "What If?")		1. Use dictionary entries 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Use thesaurus entries
The Last Human Light (from "What If?")
1. Use dictionary entries 2. Use dictionary definitions 3. Use thesaurus entries

Farewell Address to the Nation		1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Trace an argument
Farewell Address to the Nation
1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Trace an argument
Writing Project and Grammar
Plan		Organizing writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Thesis statements 2. Identify thesis statements Supporting details 3. Choose evidence to support a claim
Plan
Organizing writing 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Thesis statements 2. Identify thesis statements Supporting details 3. Choose evidence to support a claim

Draft		Improving writing 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Transitions 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Sources and citations 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Draft
Improving writing 1. Suggest appropriate revisions Transitions 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Sources and citations 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Revise		1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Create varied sentences based on models
Revise
1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Create varied sentences based on models

Grammar		Misplaced and dangling modifiers 1. Are the modifiers used correctly? Commas 2. Commas with coordinate adjectives Commonly misspelled words 3. Correct errors in everyday use
Grammar
Misplaced and dangling modifiers 1. Are the modifiers used correctly? Commas 2. Commas with coordinate adjectives Commonly misspelled words 3. Correct errors in everyday use

5	Unit 5 Test of Time
Reading and Writing
Aesop's Fables		1. Determine the themes of short stories
Aesop's Fables
1. Determine the themes of short stories

New Directions		1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
New Directions
1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Paired Readings: The Hunger Games, The Classical Roots of the "The Hunger Games", and The Cruel Tribute		1. Classify figures of speech
Paired Readings: The Hunger Games, The Classical Roots of the "The Hunger Games", and The Cruel Tribute
1. Classify figures of speech

The Other Side of the Sky		1. Identify supporting details in informational texts
The Other Side of the Sky
1. Identify supporting details in informational texts

Paired Readings: The Story of Anniko and Icarus and Daedalus		1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Identify story elements
Paired Readings: The Story of Anniko and Icarus and Daedalus
1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Identify story elements

The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales		1. Identify supporting details in literary texts
The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales
1. Identify supporting details in literary texts

The Third Elevator		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Draw inferences from a text
The Third Elevator
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Draw inferences from a text
Writing Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Plan
1. Distinguish facts from opinions

Draft		Critiquing research 1. Choose evidence to support a claim Paraphrasing 2. Identify plagiarism Sources and citations 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) Print and graphic features 4. Read graphic organizers
Draft
Critiquing research 1. Choose evidence to support a claim Paraphrasing 2. Identify plagiarism Sources and citations 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) Print and graphic features 4. Read graphic organizers

Revise		1. Remove redundant words or phrases
Revise
1. Remove redundant words or phrases

Grammar		Semicolons 1. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses Parallel structure 2. Use parallel structure
Grammar
Semicolons 1. Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses Parallel structure 2. Use parallel structure

6	Unit 6 The Power of One
Reading and Writing
Paired Readings: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea and A Thousand Cranes		1. Analyze short stories
Paired Readings: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea and A Thousand Cranes
1. Analyze short stories

Reality TV and Society		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts
Reality TV and Society
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts 2. Compare and contrast in informational texts

Paired Readings: Remarks at the UNESCO Education for All Week Luncheon and The Rights of the Colonists: The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meetings		1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Compare information from two texts
Paired Readings: Remarks at the UNESCO Education for All Week Luncheon and The Rights of the Colonists: The Report of the Committee of Correspondence to the Boston Town Meetings
1. Identify the author's purpose 2. Compare information from two texts

Miami Dancer Follows Dreams while Planning for the Future		1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
Miami Dancer Follows Dreams while Planning for the Future
1. Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

Hidden Figures		1. Read about science and nature
Hidden Figures
1. Read about science and nature

Choices		1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Choices
1. Label the rhyme scheme 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

The Matsuyama Mirror		Reference materials 1. Use guide words 2. Use dictionary entries 3. Use dictionary definitions 4. Use thesaurus entries Figurative language 5. Interpret figures of speech
The Matsuyama Mirror
Reference materials 1. Use guide words 2. Use dictionary entries 3. Use dictionary definitions 4. Use thesaurus entries Figurative language 5. Interpret figures of speech

Cuentos de Josefina (Josephine's Tales)		1. Determine the themes of short stories
Cuentos de Josefina (Josephine's Tales)
1. Determine the themes of short stories
Presentation Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Plan
1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Draft		Reasons and evidence 1. Classify logical fallacies Sources and citations 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Draft
Reasons and evidence 1. Classify logical fallacies Sources and citations 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Revise		1. Use coordinating conjunctions
Revise
1. Use coordinating conjunctions

Grammar		Hyphens 1. Use hyphens in compound adjectives Active and passive voice 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Grammar
Hyphens 1. Use hyphens in compound adjectives Active and passive voice 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

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