Grade 07 ELA - Standard: CC.1.2.7.L
Grade 07 ELA - Standard: CC.1.2.7.L
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Grade Levels
7th Grade
Course, Subject
English Language Arts
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- List unfamiliar vocabulary words in a literary non-fiction and/or informational text on grade level.
- Using context clues, infer the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary words in a literary non-fiction and/or informational text on grade level.
- Formulate answers to multiple choice and short response questions in response to literary non-fiction and/or informational text on grade level.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Student will list unfamiliar vocabulary words when reading a grade-level literary non-fiction or informational text. After listing these words, student should use a dictionary or online reference to determine the meaning of those words. Student can keep track of these words in a journal or a notebook or a simple Google form can be created by the teacher for student to fill in with these unfamiliar words. Then, these words can become the center of a mini-lesson in preparation for a vocabulary review or quiz.
- Student will use context clues to infer meaning to unfamiliar vocabulary words in grade-level literary non-fiction or informational texts. Context clues can include words in the sentence that hint at the unfamiliar word’s meaning; antonyms or synonyms; word sound-alikes; or other details in the sentence that gives clues to the word’s meaning.
- Using a website such as http://www.readworks.org/, student should read texts on grade level and in increasing complexity and answer the multiple choice questions and short response questions at the end of each passage. Passages can be chosen based on grade or Lexile level. Teacher can recreate these passages into Google documents/Google forms for paperless reading or can provide print versions. Answers are given at the end of each reading passage.
