Curriculum » NC Standard Course of Study & aligned resources
English Language Arts — Grade 7
Goal 2, Objective 2.01
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Asian, African, or Australian Inventors & Inventions
- The lesson integrates both Social Studies and Language Arts in a research and a creative writing component. The student will further understand inventors or inventions from Asia, Africa, and Australia, the focused continents in the 7th grade Social Studies curriculum, as well as have the opportunity to develop his/her writing, reading, and oral communication skills. The project also incorporates mathematics with an emphasis on percentages and graphing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Mathematics)
- By Jeff Rachlin and Melissa Reid.
- Coastal Weather Issues: Planning for a Hurricane
- The unit is designed for seventh grade students who have been studying Earth and its atmosphere. In this sequence, students are faced with the realistic issue of personal and social decision-making when planning for hurricane strikes, which includes classification, tracking, and monitoring hurricanes, as well as planning for evacuations. The inquiry-based approach involves a WebQuest in which the learner will assume the role of an emergency management team member who must create a preparation plan for the community.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts, Computer Technology Skills, and Science)
- By Karen Greene.
- Cut and Paste Paragraphs: Editing Paragraphs on the Computer
- Students use the cut and paste commands of any word processing program to rearrange sentences in three different paragraphs, according to chronological order, spatial order, and order of importance.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Sally Watts.
- Diseases of Africa
- Students will demonstrate an ability to research diseases in Africa and the causes, symptoms, treatment, and long-range solutions involving infrastructure development. They will compare and contrast countries and diseases. Working in groups, students will do research and prepare a multimedia presentation on the disease.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts, Social Studies, Computer Technology Skills, English Language Development, and Science)
- By Teachers Connect.
- Endangered Species Scavenger Hunt
- This lesson will help your students better understand endangered species. It requires a field trip to the North Carolina Zoological park.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Craig Smith.
- Grandparent Interview
- Students will interview a grandparent and write a news article based upon their interview. They will also do research on historical events to develop questions to be asked during the interview.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)
- By Teachers Connect.
- Interdisciplinary Integrated Unit on DNA/Genetics Part C: Language Arts
- This lesson is part of an interdisciplinary integrated unit on DNA and genetics. The idea is that students will complete a week's worth of activities in science, math, and language arts related to this topic. This lesson is Part C: Language Arts. Students will apply information retrieval skills as they investigate controversial issues on human genetic cloning. Students then will develop a point-of-view essay stating their personal opinion on whether human cloning should or should not be allowed.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and Computer Technology Skills)
- By Jane Lentz, Jimmy White, Marlene Smith, and Tori Goldrick.
- Interpreting Diaries of the American South
- Students will read diaries of individuals who lived in the American South from 1865-1917. After reading these diaries the students will use a visual means of displaying their interpretation. Visual presentations will be one of the following: shadow box, poster, PowerPoint using drawings done by the student, brochure, or presenting an item that would have been used during the time that their diary was written.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts)
- By Rhonda Sneeden.
- Issues, we've all got them: Language arts/visual arts integration
- Students will learn how to deal positively with social issues important in their lives through personal investigation of social issues addressed in literature and art.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and English Language Development)
- By Runell Carpenter.
- The Life of Twain
- This assignment allows students to explore the life of Mark Twain by using concept map graphic organizers to compile their research in an interesting and creative way. This is a great way to assess students' comprehension!
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts)
- By Pam Stonesifer.
- Literature Biography Project
- For this project, students will learn to develop the various processes used in researching and writing a biographical research paper, including brainstorming, notetaking, outlining, creating a bibliography, and writing the final draft. This project is designed to act as an independent study geared toward AG or Level 3 and Level 4 students, but each step in the research process can also be taught directly to students in the classroom.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 Information Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Sandra Dail.
- Master Artist Internet Research Project: Timeline
- Students apply their knowledge of how to find specific information about a topic on the Internet using an outline created by the class prior to the lesson. Using this outline, the students will create a chronological timeline of the artist's life on MSPublisher.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7–8 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Computer Technology Skills)
- By Gail Dreis.
- Percent Problem Solving
- Students apply their knowledge of fractions, decimals, and percents to understand the relationship amongst the three. Students will solve basic percent number problems using the percent proportion or other methods and play a game using a resource of the Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. Permission has been granted to use the materials as part of the Interactivate Your Bored Math Students workshop. Students will also analyze and explain the results of their game by answering two exploration questions.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Mathematics)
- By Victoria Lunetta.
- Puzzled Papers: Using the Computer to Arrange Paragraphs in a Paper
- Students use the cut and paste commands in a word processing program to rearrange paragraphs in a paper, according to logical progression in writing.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Sally Watts.
- Rhythm, Patterns, Color, and Texture in Art and Poetry
- In this lesson, students will discover the meaning of "rhythm," "patterns," "color," and "texture" through the performance and modeled analysis of a class "symphony." Students will also evaluate the impact of each element on the whole work and note personal reactions and connections to this art form. Students will then work in small groups to apply the same elements and personal evaluation and connections to a historical work of visual art. At the end of the lesson, students will reflect on ways these two experiences are similar.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
- By Carol Horne.
- Seeing Two Poems
- This lesson will teach students how to actively read a poem and identify poetic devices.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts)
- By Teachers Connect.
- Seven directions: Making connections between literature and American Indian history
- This middle school lesson uses picture books to integrate American Indian culture and belief systems with language and visual arts.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education)
- By Edie McDowell.
- Sticky-Note Discussions
- Sticky-Notes discussions are fun, add variety to reading, and allow students to respond to the written text immediately. They are easy to implement in all content areas. Sticky-Note discussions are effective when used individually, in a small or large group, or a combination of settings.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 English Language Arts)
- By Kim Rector.
- Story Shackles (Linking Students To Written Text)
- Chain your students to reading a given text critically!! Story Shackles is an imaginative and stimulating way for students to acquire the ability to retell events of a story or text, sequence the action or happenings in a story, or to simply summarize the plot, main ideas with supporting details, or general information of a story or text.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Kim Rector.
- We Read Every Day!
- Students will, through observation outside of the classroom, gather and bring to class five items that exhibit different sources of information comprised of more complex vocabulary.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Information Skills and English Language Arts)
- By Janet Burnham.
