7th Grade ELA Welcome to 7th Grade English. I’ve been building a library of subtopics for a create your own. Here is the 7th Grade ELA and the printable to go with. Reading strategies Main idea Determine the main idea of a passage Theme Match the quotations with their themes Determine the themes of short stories Author’s purpose and tone Identify author’s purpose Which sentence is more formal? Compare passages for tone Text structure Compare and contrast in informational texts Match causes and effects in informational texts Match problems with their solutions Identify text structures Literary devices Identify sensory details Identify the narrative point of view Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Recall the source of an allusion Interpret figures of speech Classify figures of speech Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Analyzing literature Analyze short stories Vocabulary review: Analyze short stories Label the rhyme scheme Analyzing informational texts Read and understand informational passages Vocabulary review: Read and understand informational passages Trace an argument Vocabulary review: Trace an argument Comparing texts Compare information from two texts Compare two texts with different genres Visual elements Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects Read graphic organizers Writing strategies Organizing writing Order topics from broadest to narrowest Organize information by main idea Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Developing and supporting arguments Identify thesis statements Distinguish facts from opinions Choose evidence to support a claim Identify supporting details in informational texts Identify supporting details in literary texts Identify counterclaims Classify logical fallacies Persuasive strategies Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Creative techniques Use personification Create varied sentences based on models Editing and revising Use parallel structure Remove redundant words or phrases Use the correct frequently confused word Correct errors with frequently confused words Correct errors with signs Correct errors in everyday use Suggest appropriate revisions Research skills (MLA) Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry Use in-text citations Identify plagiarism Vocabulary Prefixes and suffixes Words with pre- Words with re- Words with sub- Words with mis- Words with un-, dis-, in-, im-, and non- Words with -ful Words with -less Words with -able and -ible Greek and Latin roots Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Synonyms and antonyms Choose the synonym Choose the antonym Homophones Use the correct homophone Which definition matches the sentence? Which sentence matches the definition? Shades of meaning Describe the difference between related words Positive and negative connotation Analogies Analogies Context clues Find words using context Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Use context to identify the meaning of a word Domain-specific vocabulary Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures Reference skills Alphabetical order Use guide words Use dictionary entries Use dictionary definitions Use thesaurus entries Grammar and mechanics Sentences, fragments, and run-ons Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence Is it a complete sentence or a fragment? Is it a complete sentence or a run-on? Is it a complete sentence, a fragment, or a run-on? Phrases and clauses Is it a phrase or a clause? Identify appositives and appositive phrases Identify dependent and independent clauses Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Combine sentences using relative clauses Nouns Form and use plurals: review Form and use plurals of compound nouns Identify plurals, singular possessives, and plural possessives Form the singular or plural possessive Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns Pronouns and antecedents Identify pronouns and their antecedents Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent Identify vague pronoun references Identify all of the possible antecedents Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person Pronoun types Choose between subject and object pronouns Compound subjects and objects with “I” and “me” Compound subjects and objects with pronouns Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns Use reflexive pronouns Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive? Use relative pronouns: who and whom Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that Verb types Identify transitive and intransitive verbs Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns Subject-verb agreement Correct errors with subject-verb agreement Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement Use the correct verb – with compound subjects Verb tense Irregular past tense: review Simple past, present, and future tense: review Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense Form the progressive verb tenses Form the perfect verb tenses Adjectives and adverbs Identify adjectives Order adjectives Identify adverbs Choose between adjectives and adverbs Is the word an adjective or adverb? Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Prepositions Identify prepositional phrases Direct and indirect objects Is it a direct object or an indirect object? Conjunctions Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions Misplaced modifiers Misplaced modifiers with pictures Select the misplaced or dangling modifier Are the modifiers used correctly? Restrictive and nonrestrictive elements What does the punctuation suggest? Commas with nonrestrictive elements Commas Commas with series, dates, and places Commas with compound and complex sentences Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, and interrupters Commas with coordinate adjectives Commas: review Semicolons, colons, and commas Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses Use semicolons, colons, and commas with lists Dashes, hyphens, and ellipses Use dashes Use hyphens in compound adjectives Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately Capitalization Correct capitalization errors Capitalizing titles Formatting Formatting titles Formatting and capitalizing titles: review Formatting street addresses Formatting quotations and dialogue Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading...
