Grade 7
7.W.2b
Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
October 1, 20187.W.2c
Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
October 1, 20187.W.2d
Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
October 1, 20187.SL.3
Delineate a speaker’s argument and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the reasoning and the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
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, 20187.RL.5
Analyze how a drama’s or poem’s form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning
October 1, 20187.RL.6
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
October 1, 20187.RL.7
Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
October 1, 2018