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Grade 7

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District Resources (downloadable lessons in alpha order by strand)

Listening & Speaking	District Focus/Resource
Listening Speaking	Book Report in a Bag Cube Project Determining Audience and Purpose Diction in Literary Works What's the Big Idea (Get the Gist) Inner-Outer Circle Language Registers Listening Logs Make a Date Online Literature Circles Performance Reading Poetry for Two Voices QAR1, QAR2, QAR Spanish, FQR Question Matrix Reporter's Formula Socratic Seminar Instructions Socratic Seminar Instructions 2 Socratic Seminar rubric Socratic Seminar Questioning Strategies to "Fix Up" Confusion Support Student Responses Why Flexible Grouping? Why Word Walls?
Reading	District Focus/Resource
Vocabulary Fluency Variety of Texts Vocabulary Fluency Variety of Texts	Affixes and Roots Grade 7 Alphabet letters for word walls Bookmatch Book Tasting Buddy Reading CD Map Comparing and Contrasting: Picturing an Organizational Pattern Connotation and Denotation Context Clues PPT Creative Writing Through Wordless Picture Books Developing a Definition of Reading through Analysis in Middle School Developing Reading Plans to Support Independent Reading Flexible Grouping Hexagonal Writing Inner-Outer Circle Interest Survey Interpreting Idioms Literary Characters on Trial: Combining Persuasion and Literary Analysis Literature Circles Roles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Literature Circle Role Cards Persuasive Essay: Environmental Issues Prefix Lesson Prefixes Quad Card 1, 2 Reader Response Reader Response Ideas Reader Response Journal Reading and Analyzing Multi Genre Texts Reading Log Reading Survey Robert Frost Prompts the Poet in You SSR Management SSR (Sample Class Guidelines) Shared Spelling Strategies She Did What? Revising for Connotation Six Steps to Vocabulary Development Strategic Reading Support Student Responses Thinking Maps: Bridge Timed Reading Chart Timelines and Texts: Motivating Students to Read Nonfiction Tone and Mood Vocabulary Assurance Cards Word Wall Word Wall Activities Word Web Word Wheel You Can't Spell the Word Prefix Without a Prefix
Comprehension Literary Response Text Structures Research Culture Comprehension Literary Response Text Structures Research Culture	A Graphic for Literary Text (PDF) An Explorationof Text Sets Author's POV Book Chat Questions--Fiction (Word) (PDF) Book Chat Questions--Non Fiction (Word) (PDF) Book Chat Score Sheet Buddy Reading Building Comprehension through Read Alouds Careful Reading Cartoon Comprehension CASPER Character Sociogram Character and POV Characterization PPT Comparing and Contrasting: Picturing an Organizational Pattern Considering Setting Cooperative Learning Guidelines Critical Thinking Determining Audience and Purpose Diction in Literary Works Effective Use of Dialogue Enchanting Readers with Revisionist Fairy Tales Expository Escapade Flexible Grouping Focusing Reader Response Through Vocabulary Analysis Four Categories of Reading Generalization Lesson Getting Ready for College CR Guided Reading in Grades 4 - 12 Hypertext Lesson 1, 2, 3, 4 Improve Students' Writing Using Online Workshop In the Poet's Shoes Identifying Genre Inferring How and Why Characters Change Inner-Outer Circle K-W-L Leads Literary Characters on Trial: Combining Persuasion and Literary Analysis Literature Circles Roles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Literature Circle Role Cards Literary Devices Literary Terms Making Personal and Cultural Connections Metaphor for Egg Mind Games Open Mind Diagram Organizational Patterns Planning for a Career CR Planning For My Future CR Previewing the Text QAR1, QAR2, QAR Spanish, FQR QAR Questions by Category (WORD) (PDF) Question Matrix Questioning the Author Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts Reading Literary Texts Reading Process Reader Response Reader Response Ideas Readers' Response Journal Reading Strategies for Test Success Reciprocal Teaching Seeing Integration from Different View Points Sequencing Sequencing ABC Poem SMART Socratic Seminar Instructions Socratic Seminar Instructions 2 Socratic Seminar rubric Socratic Seminar Questioning Stickman Notetaking Strategic Reading Strategies to "Fix Up" Confusion TAKS OER Rubric TAKS OER Rubric--Crossover Question Tenement Life: Mapping Texts and Making Models The Big, Bad Wolf...Is This a Fact? The Pentad Thinking Maps: Circle, Bubble, Double Bubble, Flow, Multi Flow, Tree, Brace, and Bridge Thrills and Chills! Timelines and Texts: Motivating Students to Read Nonfiction Tone and Mood-DVD Tone and Mood Walking the Line Watchful Reading What's the Big Idea 1, and 2 Why Literature Circles? Yearlong Concepts
Writing	District Focus/Resource
Purposes Penmanship/ Mechanics/ Grammar/Usage	A Literature to Language Experience Audience, Purpose, and Language Use in Electronic Text Be Verbs Be Verbs Hand Jive Capitalization Car Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience Composing Cinquain Poems Using Basic Parts of Speech Conjunction Junction Clocking Sheet Developing Story Structure with Paper Bag Skits Editing Checklist Empty Writing End Punctuation Exploring Character Traits with Adjectives Exploring Free Speech and Persuasion FANBOYS Focus on Proofreading Found Poems/Parallel Poems Four Uses of a Comma Genres of Writing Grammar with Toys Handwriting Continuum Introducing Each Other: Interviews, Memoirs, and Internet Research K-W-L Language Registers Literary Devices Macaroni Punctuation More Than One Way to Create Vivid Verbs Oreo Sentences Peer Edit 1, 2, and 3 Playing with Prepositions Through Poetry Plot Structure: A Literary Elements Mini-lesson Purposes for Writing Shared Spelling Strategies Voice What's in Your Heart? Writing Free Verse in the "Voice" of Cesar Chavez
Process Evaluation Research Connections Process Evaluation Research Connections	Alternative Ways of Assessing Beyond the Story Book Reviews, Annotation, and Web Technology Books for Teaching the 6 Traits Books for Teaching Voice Books to Use to Support the Content Areas Character Clash: A Mini Lesson on Paragraphing and Dialogue Characterization PPT Clocking Coloring Language with Adjectives and Adverbs Commenting in Word Conference Sheet Cube Project Developing Searching, Skimming, and Scanning Skills With Internet Bingo Digital Reflections E-pals Around the World Effective Use of Dialogue Empty Writing Everyone Loves a Mystery: A Genre Study Five Senses Flexible Grouping Hexagonal Writing How to Bake an Apple Pie and See the World Inquiry on the Internet: Evaluating Web Pages for a Class Collection Leads Leads PPT Life Chart for Prewriting 1, 2 Literary Devices Literary Terms Magnify the Focus Make a Date Mini Lessons for Drafting Mini Lessons for Writing Organize Your Essay DVD Style Peer Review: Narrative Peer Revision Peer Revision - Show not Tell Periodic Portfolio Questions Process Reflection Portfolio Questions QAR1, QAR2, QAR Spanish, FQR Qualities of Good Writing Reciprocal Revision Revision Self Evaluation Rubric Sample Criteria Charts and Rubrics 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 Sample Essays Self-Evaluation Sequencing Poem Show Not Tell Six Traits Rubric - Student Friendly Support Student Responses TAKS Essay Rubric TAKS OER Rubric TAKS OER Rubric--Crossover Question Tone Using a Word Journal... Verbal Recreations Versions in XP Voice What's in Your Heart? "Where I Come From" Multi Genre Project Write From the Heart (Heart Mapping) Writer's Toolbox Writing Process Writing Record Writing Survey Writing Log Writing Process Wheel
Viewing/ Representing	District Focus/Resource
Interpretation Analysis Production	Administrative Produre I - M Attributes of the 21st Century Learner Be a Reading Detective: Finding Similarities and Differences in Ideas Book Reviews, Annotation, and Web Technology Campaigning for Fair Use: Public Service Announcements on Copyright Awareness Compare and Contrast Electronic Text... Comparing Books to Movies Cube Project Creative Communication Frames Crit Lit for Kids: From Critical Consciousness to Service Learning Critical Media Questions Doodle Splash: Using Graphics to Discuss Literature Dynamic Duo Text Talks: Examining the Content of Internet Sites Exploring Free Speech and Persuasion with Nothing But the Truth Exploring Reading Strategies by Creating a Soundtrack Hypertext Lesson 1, 2, 3, 4 Media Literacy: Exploring the World of Lizzie McGuire Mind Pictures: Strategies That Enhance Mental Imagery... Painting Poetry: Using Visual Representation as a Response to Literature Permission to Use Media Postcard Project Seeing Integration from Different View Points Wading Through the Web Writing a Flashback and Flash-Forward Story Using Movies and Texts as Models You Know the Movie is Coming--Now What?
Web Resources	URL/Web Address
General Sites	pblmm.K12.ca.us/PBLGuide/Activities/Activities.html eteach.esc13.net/t_lang_arts.htm www.readwritethink.org/index.asp rubistar4teachers.org www.pics4learning.com www.freeplaymusic.com www.brainpop.com www.enchanted learning.com www.factmonster.com www.mybookmarks.com/PISDIT
Vocabulary	www.dictionary.com syndicate.com www.vocabulary.co.il
Text Structures	www.planetesme.com/dontmiss.html
Grammar	webnz.co.nz/checkers/grammar2.html englishplus.com/grammar www.grammarbook.com english-zone.com/index.php www3.uakron.edu/noden www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/2692/grammarlink.html Sentence Structure wwwnew.towson.edu/ows/sentencestruct.htm www.arts.uottawa.ca/writcent/hypergrammar/rvsntstr.html Sentence Combining leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/sentencev.html www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1981/4/81.04.06.x.html www.sanmarcos.net/ana/Class/Notes/CombSen.html pigseye.kennesaw.edu/~slamos
Writing	www.discover-writing.com www.readwritethink.org www.englishcompanion.com rubistar4teachers.org writingfix.com
Research	www.newseum.org www.pics4learning.com eduscapes.com/tap/topic20.htm
Viewing/ Representing	www.medialit.org www.pbs.org medialit.med.sc.edu www.medialiteracy.net www1.medialiteracy.com/home.jsp www.pbs.org/teachersource/media_lit/media_lit.shtm Media Literacy \| Media Education \| Questia.com Online Library www.ianjukes.com (teaching the 21st century learner)