Common Core State
7.RI.7
Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).
October 1, 20187.SL.1b
Follow rules for collegial discussions, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
October 1, 20187.RI.8
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
October 1, 20187.SL.1c
Pose questions that elicit elaboration and respond to others’ questions and comments with relevant observations and ideas that bring the discussion back on topic as needed.
October 1, 20187.RI.9
Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
October 1, 20187.SL.1d
Acknowledge new information expressed by others and, when warranted, modify their own views.
October 1, 20187.RI.10
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 6-8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.
October 1, 20187.SL.2
Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
October 1, 20187.RL.1
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
October 1, 20187.RL.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
October 1, 20187.RL.3
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
October 1, 20187.RL.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
October 1, 2018