Ol' King Cole's Castle

7th grade humanities at SAS goes digital

Standards

Language Arts
I. Writing Process
Grade 7
Standard I Writing Process Use the skills and strategies of the writing process
  • 1. Apply the following traits to the writing process
    a) Ideas
    b) Organization
    c) Voice
    d) Sentence fluency
    e) Word choice
    f) Convention usage
  • 2. Write expository compositions using appropriate expository structures and features
  • 3. Restate questions in well-formed answers
  • 4. Write narratives including:
    a) Develop a plot line with beginning, conflict, rising action, climax and denouement
    b) Demonstrate a point of view
    c) Develop major and minor characters and a setting
  • 5. Regularly and effectively use a thesaurus and other tools to choose effective wording
  • 6. Write personal responses to experiences and prompts including literature
  • 7. Use a variety of prewriting strategies (e.g., makes outlines, uses published pieces as writing models, constructs critical standards, brainstorms, builds background knowledge)
  • 8. Use a variety of strategies to draft and revise written work (e.g., analyzes and clarifies meaning, makes structural and syntactical changes, uses an organizational scheme, uses sensory words and figurative language, rethinks and rewrites for different audiences and purposes, checks for a consistent point of view and for transitions between paragraphs, uses direct feedback to revise compositions)
  • 9. Use a variety of strategies to edit and publish written work (e.g., eliminates slang; edits for grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling at a developmentally appropriate level; proofreads using reference materials, word processor, and other resources; edits for clarity, word choice, and language usage; uses a word processor or other technology to publish written work)
  • 10. Evaluate own and others’ writing (e.g., applies criteria generated by self and others, uses self-assessment to set and achieve goals as a writer, participates in peer response groups)
II. Style/Rhetorical Technique
Standard II Style/Rhetorical Techniques Use stylistic and rhetorical techniques in a variety of written genre
  • 1. Use a range of appropriate strategies in narrative writing including dialogue, suspense, naming of specific narrative action including movement, gestures and expressions
  • 2. Use content, style, and structure (e.g., formal or informal language, genre, and organization) appropriate for specific audiences and purposes
  • 3. Use figurative devices, imagery and sound devices to create effective narrative language
  • 4. Write expository compositions, which present information in a logical manner including an introduction and conclusion as well as transitions. Students will use the following a) Compare-contrast or problem-solution b) Effective use of transitions between sentences and ideas to unify key ideas c) Support all statements and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts and statistics, and/or specific examples
III. Grammar and Mechanics
Standard III Grammar and Mechanics Use grammatical and mechanical conventions in a variety of written genre
  • 1. Identify and use a variety of sentence structures including varying the use of simple, complex, and compound sentences in written compositions
  • 2. Use modifiers correctly in active voice
  • 3. Identify and have proper usage of the eight parts of speech, infinitives, participles and clear pronoun/antecedent references
  • 4. Identify and use conventions of punctuation in written compositions, including hyphen, dash, brackets, semi-colon between two clauses of a compound sentence that are not joined by a conjunction, quotations, commas at the end of a dependent clause
  • 5. Identify and use conventions of spelling in written compositions including derivatives by applying spellings of bases and affixes
IV. Research
Standard IV Research Use the skills and strategies of the research process -Gather -Analyze and interpret -Respond
  • 1. Gather and use new information to adjust and extend personal knowledge base
    a) Identify topics; ask and evaluate questions; and develop ideas leading to inquiry, investigation, and research b) Draw conclusions and make inferences based on information in texts
    c) Write summaries of reading materials
    d) Include the main ideas and most significant details
  • 2. Recognize the concept of plagiarism and summarize and paraphrase information from a variety of texts in a way that demonstrates comprehension of main ideas
  • 3. Use appropriate methods (such as MLA format) to cite and document reference sources
  • 4. Write persuasive compositions
    a) Discuss techniques such as word choice and context used to convey a viewpoint
    b) State a clear position or perspective in support of a proposition or proposal
    c) Describe the points in support of the proposition, employ well articulated evidence
    d) Use the student’s own words, except for quotations
    e) Reflect underlying meaning, not just the superficial details
V. Reading Process
Standard V Reading Process Use the skills and strategies of the reading process across a variety of genre -Word analysis -Fluency -Vocabulary development
  • 1. Interpret meaning from a variety of texts a) Utilize a number of strategies such as context clues b) Clarify word meaning through the use of definition c) Use knowledge of Latin and Greek
  • 2. Describe conventions and devices used by the author to accomplish his or her purpose a) Identify idioms, analogies, metaphors and similes in prose and poetry
  • 3. Reflect on reading and form personal responses
  • 4. Establish and adjust purposes for reading
VI. Interpret Literature
Standard VI Interpret Literature Use reading skills and strategies to comprehend and interpret a variety of genre
  • 1. Develop strategies to interpret a variety of texts, for example
    a) Assess the adequacy, accuracy, and appropriateness of the author’s evidence to support claims and assertions, noting instances of bias and stereotyping
    b) Select books from various genres at or above current reading levels according to their knowledge of characteristics of a variety of literary forms and genres
  • 2. Identify and discuss the use of specific literary devices and their effect (e.g., foreshadowing, flashback to convey mood, tone, suspense, and meaning)
  • 3. Identify and trace the development of an author’s argument, point of view, or perspective in text
  • 4. Write personal responses to literature that explain with reference to the text, why particular thoughts and feelings have been inspired
  • 5. Recognize and interpret the structure of a variety of texts
    a) Articulate the expressed purposes and characteristics of different forms of prose (short story, novel, novella, and essay)
    b) Identify events which advance the plot, and determine how each event explains past or present action(s) or foreshadows future action(s)
    c) Discuss complex elements of plot development, such as cause and effect relationships, subplots, climax and development of conflict and resolution
  • 6. Interpret elements of the text
    a) Identify and analyze recurring themes across works, (e.g., bravery, loneliness, loyalty, friendship)
    b) Analyze characterization as delineated through a character’s thoughts, words, speech patterns and actions; the narrator’s description; and what other characters think, say and do
    c) Describe elements of character development, mood and conflict in fiction
    d) Contrast points of view in narrative text and how they affect the overall theme of the work (e.g. first versus third person, limited versus omniscient, subjective versus objective)
    e) Explore and reflect on the author’s style (e.g., word choice, speaker, imagery, genre, perspective)
VII. Listening and Speaking Skills
Standard VII Use listening and speaking skills and strategies for a variety of purposes
  • 1. Listen in order to paraphrase a speaker’s purpose and point of view, and ask relevant questions concerning the speaker’s content, delivery and purpose
  • 2. Listen in order to analyze and evaluate spoken ideas demonstrated by taking appropriate notes from material
  • 3. Listen in order to evaluate the credibility of the speaker
  • 4. Listen in order to ask questions to seek elaboration and clarification of ideas
  • 5. Speak in order to demonstrate active listening e.g., ask questions, restate the main idea
  • 6. Speak in order to communicate effectively in a variety of situations
  • 7. Speak in order to deliver effective oral presentations on a variety of subjects (e.g., use appropriate enunciation and pace)
  • 8. Speak in order to state a clear position in support of main idea and employ supporting evidence, e.g.,
    a. Use language suitable to engage the audience
    b. Use appropriate grammar, word choice during formal presentations
    c. Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate and colorful modifiers, and active rather than passive voice in ways that enliven oral presentations
    d. Demonstrate effective organization of ideas
VIII. Viewing and Media
Standard VIII Viewing and Media Use viewing skills and strategies to comprehend and interpret a variety of visual media
  • 1. Compare and contrast original text to film version or versions viewed in video
  • 2. Use a variety of criteria to evaluate and/or form viewpoints of visual and print media
    a) Select, interpret, and synthesize information from visual sources
    b) Respond to and interpret various meanings, ideas, and effects, describing how verbal and visual features are combined for different purposes
    c) Discuss the reasons for varied interpretations of visual media d) Discuss the different purposes and the variety of messages conveyed by visual media (e.g., main concept, details theme, view point)
    e) Recognizes stereotypes and cultural nuances utilized by the media
  • 3. Identify and analyze different genre of television, video, audio, print, and internet media a) Use appropriate terminology to describe the conventions of verbal and visual language in several genres
  • 4. Discuss the use of stereotypes and biases in visual and print media (e.g., distorted representation and stereotyping in advertising; elements of stereotypes such as physical characteristics, mannerisms and attitudes)
  • 5. Analyzes language choice used to enhance visual and print media (e.g., language of particular genres, the use of emotional or logical arguments in commercials)
  • 6. Identify and discuss the success of symbols, images, sound and other conventions are used in visual media (e.g., set elements that identify a particular time period or culture; short cuts used to construct meaning, e.g., screech of breaks and a thud to imply a car crash; sound and image used together; the use of long camera shots to establish setting)
Social Studies
Social Studies
Grade 7
Standard I Analyze how individuals, groups, and institutions create and change structures of power, authority, and governance
  • 1. Describe the ways people and groups respond to forces of unity and diversity
  • 2. Describe the various forms institutions take and the interactions of people with institutions
  • 3. Describe the role of institutions in furthering both continuity and change
Standard II Explore and apply geographic knowledge and skills
  • 1. Describe ways that humans have influenced, and be influenced, by geographic conditions
  • 2. Use geographic tools and concepts to generate interpret information
  • 3. Locate and identify physical and political features of selected regions
Standard III Recognize how time, continuity, and change affect perspectives and relationships
  • 1. Use primary and secondary sources to see persons and events in their historical context
  • 2. Recognize cause and effect of key events in selected historical periods
  • 3. Understand how knowledge of the past and its trends can help explain current events
Standard IV Applies economic concepts
  • 1. Identify the factors that motivate trade a) How did technology and innovation influence trade?
  • 2. Identify factors that lead to more organized forms of production and distribution
  • 3. Describe how trade influenced the development of economic organizations
Standard V Examines cultural practices and human interactions
  • 1. Examine how elements of culture develop during selected periods of history

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