Grade 07 ELA - EC: E07.B-C.3.1.1
Grade 07 ELA - EC: E07.B-C.3.1.1
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 two reasons the author gives for his or her solution to a problem in a text.
- Identify the main argument the author is trying to make in a text.
- In any piece of argumentative writing, an author must present both sides of the argument. Summarize the claims made for both sides of the argument in the text.
- In any piece of argumentative writing, an author must present both sides of the argument. Using textual evidence, predict which solution would result in the most positive outcome.
- Aristotle identified three pillars of persuasion: ethos, logos, and pathos. Identify which strategy the author of this text relied on to convince you of his/her position and how effectively he/she used the strategies.
- Assess whether the author used sound reasoning in developing his/her claims. Identify relevant, accurate textual evidence that supports your interpretation of his/her sound reasoning.
Answer Key/Rubric
- Students will be able to list two reasons the author gives in developing his argument or claims for a solution to a problem.
- Students will be able to identify the main argument in the text based on their understanding of the text.
- Students will be able to summarize the claims made on both sides of the argument in the text. They will include the most important information from both sides in their summaries.
- Students will be able to predict which side of the argument would result in the most beneficial outcome for the problem/situation. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the text, the claims made within the text, and the initial problem addressed in the text.
- Students will be able to define ethos, logos, and pathos and analyze how effectively each strategy was used by the author in his/her argumentative text.
- Students will assess the claims made within the text in support of a claim and determine whether those reasons provide a sound argument or whether the author does not provide enough evidence in support of a claim.
