Units of Study by Trimester
TRIMESTER ONE
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Trimester 1 Skills, Assignments, and Activities
NONFICTION- identify text features, determine the author's purpose, trace the author's main points, create a nonfiction text page
LITERATURE-understand types of characters, analyze how characters develop, trace a character's development throughout a series
WRITING- nonfiction, memoir, response to literature
SPEAKING/LISTENING- small group discussions
RESEARCH- choosing a topic to research, evaluating websites, locating relevant information, creating a work cited page
GRAMMAR- parts of speech
VOCABULARY- affixes and 7th grade required terms
LITERATURE-understand types of characters, analyze how characters develop, trace a character's development throughout a series
WRITING- nonfiction, memoir, response to literature
SPEAKING/LISTENING- small group discussions
RESEARCH- choosing a topic to research, evaluating websites, locating relevant information, creating a work cited page
GRAMMAR- parts of speech
VOCABULARY- affixes and 7th grade required terms
TRIMESTER TWO
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Trimester 2 Skills, Assignments, and Activities
NONFICTION- annotate fiction and nonfiction texts, compare a nonfiction account to a fictional story
LITERATURE- adventure fiction genre study, historical fiction genre study, understand literary elements and how they create a story, learn types of point of view
WRITING- adventure fiction narrative, responses to literature/informational text/media, historical poetry
SPEAKING/LISTENING-book clubs, Socratic Circles
RESEARCH- Using online resources (example: Easybib), note taking
GRAMMAR- parts of a sentence and types of sentences
VOCABULARY- 7th grade required terms
LITERATURE- adventure fiction genre study, historical fiction genre study, understand literary elements and how they create a story, learn types of point of view
WRITING- adventure fiction narrative, responses to literature/informational text/media, historical poetry
SPEAKING/LISTENING-book clubs, Socratic Circles
RESEARCH- Using online resources (example: Easybib), note taking
GRAMMAR- parts of a sentence and types of sentences
VOCABULARY- 7th grade required terms
TRIMESTER THREE
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Trimester 3 Skills, Assignments, and Activities
NONFICTION- synthesize information from multiple articles
LITERATURE- mystery genre study, identify ingredients of a mystery, identify types of irony
WRITING- responses to literature/informational text/media, formal research paper
SPEAKING/LISTENING- conducting speeches/interviews (mock trial)
RESEARCH- quoting/paraphrasing/summarizing information, acknowledging a counterclaim, internal citations
GRAMMAR- types of sentences, phrases, clauses
VOCABULARY- 7th grade required terms
LITERATURE- mystery genre study, identify ingredients of a mystery, identify types of irony
WRITING- responses to literature/informational text/media, formal research paper
SPEAKING/LISTENING- conducting speeches/interviews (mock trial)
RESEARCH- quoting/paraphrasing/summarizing information, acknowledging a counterclaim, internal citations
GRAMMAR- types of sentences, phrases, clauses
VOCABULARY- 7th grade required terms