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English Language Arts — Grade 7
Goal 5, Objective 5.01
Resources aligned to this objective
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- Birds of a feather, an interdisciplinary unit: Language Arts wing
- This lesson, which features Mark Twain's “Jim Baker's Blue-jay Yarn,” is part of an interdisciplinary unit on birds that contains math/science and language arts components. In the language arts wing, students will explore dialects and personification through this very entertaining tall tale full of the antics of talking blue-jays.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 Information Skills, English Language Arts, and English Language Development)
- By Janet Fore.
- Christmas Carol Chronology
- Christmas Carol Chronology, based on Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, provides students with an opportunity to develop comprehension by listing plot developments and arranging them sequentially. This lesson begins with cooperative learning groups and ends with an individual manipulative activity of cutting and pasting strips of events in chronological order.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4–8 English Language Arts)
- By Judy Gibbs.
- Elements of a Fable
- In this lesson students will examine the elements of a fable. Students will use their understanding of fable elements to create an original fable and present it in dramatic form.
This lesson includes modifications and alternative assessments for Advanced Limited English Proficient students. - Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Kate Boyce.
- 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.
- Poetry From Prose: A Different Kind of "Book Report"
- Students use a word-processing program to write a poem that summarizes important themes or events central to the plot of a novel. Once the poem is proofread, students type the poem according to specific directions. They then print their work and illustrate over or around the writing for an illustrated "book report." Students incorporate details from the novel in their writing and in their illustrations of their poems. In this way, students focus on the themes or events in the novel that appeal to them most -- the ones they feel are most important to the novel's meaning.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- By Sally Watts.
- Poetry through Music: Santana's Smooth
- This lesson draws students into a study of poetry, using Santana's Smooth as an entry point.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and English Language Development)
- By Andrea Belletti.
- 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.
- Teaching Point of View
- Students will learn point of view by comparing and contrasting the views of slaves and a doctor in The People Could Fly retold by Virginia Hamilton and The Passing Cloud -- The Southern Negro by David Morrill.
I strongly suggest the teacher previews The Passing Cloud -- The Southern Negro by David Morrill. The entire text is not needed in order for students to form an opinion or to learn point of view. Some students and parents may find the language offensive. I found the text interesting because it allows students to actually read the historical views of some people who lived in the area during the 1800's and early 1900's. - Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts)
- By Angela Strother.
Lesson plans on the web
- ABC bookmaking builds vocabulary in the content areas
- Engages and motivates students in building content area vocabulary through the creation of ABC books. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Action is character: Exploring character traits with adjectives
- Students “become” one of the major characters in a book and describe themselves and other characters using lists of accurate, powerful adjectives. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Alphabiography project: Totally you
- In this lesson, students write alphabiographies recording an event, person, object, or feeling associated with each letter of the alphabet after reading Totally Joe by James Howe. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Analyzing advice as an introduction to Shakespeare
- Students read and analyze the advice given in Mary Schmich's 1997 Chicago Tribune column “Advice, Like Youth, Probably Just Wasted on the Young,” as an introduction to studying the advice that Polonius gives to Laertes in Shakespeare's Hamlet. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Ancient Egypt: Stories and myths
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students examine stories and myths about ancient Egypt through time. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3 and 7 Social Studies and English Language Arts)
- Provider: National Geographic
- Avalanche, Aztek, or Bravada? A connotation mini-lesson
- In this lesson that introduces connotation in literature, students examine familiar car names (such as Avalanche, Aztek, Bravada, Suburban or Vue) for underlying meaning. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Beyond the story: A Dickens of a party
- Students understand the values and customs that Dickens' characters represented in Victorian society by virtually attending a 19th-Century party as a character from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Book report alternative: Comic strips and cartoon squares
- This lesson incorporates student handouts and a comic creator interactive to encourage student creativity and expression. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–7 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Book report alternative: Creating a childhood for a character
- In this lesson, students examine the character traits of an adult character in a book they have read, create a childhood for the character, and describe that childhood in the form of a short story, journal entry, or time capsule letter. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
- Book report alternative: Summary, symbol, and analysis in bookmarks
- Students practice summarizing, recognizing symbols, and writing reviews—all while writing for an authentic audience. (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 7 English Language Arts)
- Provider: IRA/NCTE
