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Content Map: 7th Grade Language Arts -- Beginning of Year Key Learning(s) 4.02 Develop (with assistance) and apply appropriate criteria to evaluate the quality of the communication by considering the implications, consequences, or impact of those conclusions. 1.01 Narrate an expressive account which engages the reader/listener by establishing a context and creating a point of view. 5.01 Increase fluency, comprehension, and insight through a meaningful and comprehensive literacy program by using effective reading strategies to match type of text. 5.02 Study the characteristics of literary genres through exploring what impact literary elements have on the meaning of the text. Unit Essential Question(s): How can recognition of reading strategies and genre specific author tools assist me in becoming an active and more successful reader? Concepts: Reading Strategies Effect Of Readings On Personal Development/ Application of Reading Strategies Evaluative Writing Fiction Genre Reading Strategies – review from fiction viewpoint Authors’ Tools What tools does the author use to assist me in understanding a non-fiction reading? How can I identify Main Ideas using Significant Details? What information found in the student handbook and from my personal history can guide my personal behavior? What criteria can I use in order to prioritize my choices for writing? How do summaries help me pin-point essential information? How can I identify story elements? What impact does each of these elements have on my understanding of the work? Which reading strategies are key in improving MY reading comprehension? Bulleting/Numbering Headings Subheadings Bold Italics Graphics/illustrations Captions Making Connections Evaluate Brain Storm Criteria Support/Elaboration Non Fiction Genre Authors’ Tools Lesson Essential Questions: How are reading strategies used to better understand a reading selection? Focus: How can I identify the purposes of the author and the reader? How can knowing the reader’s purpose help me summarize passages? How can summarizing help me check my understanding or the passage? Vocabulary: Predict Identify Purpose(s) Make Connections Ask Questions Visualize Monitor and Clarify Monitor and Adjust Speed Summarize Characters/Characterization Plot – exposition, climax, Resolution Setting Theme Evaluate Main Idea Significant Details Genre Resources: Student Agenda Handbook Pricilla and the Wimps Graphic organizers used in order to complete the baseline writing sample Graphic organizers to visualize story elements