L.7.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 7 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
17 Lessons
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Initial Reading of "Thank You M'am"7th Grade ELA» Unit:Analyzing Literature and Writing Business Letters with Langston Hughes’ Thank You, M’am”
7th Grade ELA
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Analyzing Literature and Writing Business Letters with Langston Hughes’ Thank You, M’am”
Big Idea:Students create their own vocabulary lists to help make meaning.
Creating a Student-Chosen Vocabulary List7th Grade ELA» Unit:Analyzing Literature with Act 1 of Rod Serling’s “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
7th Grade ELA
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Analyzing Literature with Act 1 of Rod Serling’s “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
Big Idea:Students create their own vocabulary list to help understand an author's motivation for writing.
Genre Study: Dystopia7th Grade ELA» Unit:Novel Study: The Hunger Games
7th Grade ELA
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Novel Study: The Hunger Games
Big Idea:dys+topos > eu+topos? dys+topos < eu+topos?
Cornerstone Analyzing Word Choice in Stage Directions7th Grade ELA» Unit:Analyzing Literature with Act 1 of Rod Serling’s “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
7th Grade ELA
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Analyzing Literature with Act 1 of Rod Serling’s “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
Big Idea:Welcome to Maple Street. . . a world of friendly neighbors and wary whispers.
Final Draft of Writing Piece Using Multiple Text Structures7th Grade ELA» Unit:Text Structures Project
7th Grade ELA
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Text Structures Project
Big Idea:Finalize it!
Using Vocabulary Words in Our Writing7th Grade ELA» Unit:Vocabulary
7th Grade ELA
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Vocabulary
Big Idea:Use your words carefully!
Setting up Rules for Discussions7th Grade ELA» Unit:Developing Critical Thinking with Shared Inquiry and Socratic Circles
7th Grade ELA
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Developing Critical Thinking with Shared Inquiry and Socratic Circles
Big Idea:Components of an effective class discussion--parking, pruning, and promoting.
Revising with Dramatic Vocabulary7th Grade ELA» Unit:Drama Unit
7th Grade ELA
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Drama Unit
Big Idea:Is vocabulary the missing puzzle piece?
It Begins With the Words7th Grade ELA» Unit:Studying Informational Text
7th Grade ELA
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Studying Informational Text
Big Idea:To understand the text, first you must understand the words.
Serling Vocabulary Carousel 7th Grade ELA» Unit:Analyzing Literature with Act 1 of Rod Serling’s “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
7th Grade ELA
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Analyzing Literature with Act 1 of Rod Serling’s “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
Big Idea:Students create their own vocabulary list to help understand an author's motivation for writing.
Using Our Resources to Understand a Text7th Grade ELA» Unit:Studying Informational Text
7th Grade ELA
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Studying Informational Text
Big Idea:Studying vocabulary before reading enhances comprehension of difficult texts.
Vocabulary Word Sort7th Grade ELA» Unit:Analyzing Literature with Act 1 of Rod Serling’s “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
7th Grade ELA
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Analyzing Literature with Act 1 of Rod Serling’s “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”
Big Idea:Students use a student-generated vocabulary list to help understand an author's motivation for writing.
Owning the Definition of a Word7th Grade ELA» Unit:Introduction to Mark Twain
7th Grade ELA
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Introduction to Mark Twain
Big Idea:I looked it up, so now what?
LIterary Discussion Roles: Word Wizard7th Grade ELA» Unit:Using Tom Sawyer for an Introduction to Literary Discussions
7th Grade ELA
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Using Tom Sawyer for an Introduction to Literary Discussions
Big Idea:Let's talk about words!
L.7.4a
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
10 Lessons
L.7.4b
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel).
10 Lessons
L.7.4c
Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
11 Lessons
L.7.4d
Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
4 Lessons