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English Language Development — Grade 7

Goal 3. Reading — Intermediate High

Goal 3. Reading

The learner will comprehend written English in personal, social, and academic contexts from print and non-print materials.

Level: Intermediate High

Students will begin to use expanded vocabulary to participate effectively in social and academic conversations and presentations with occasional difficulty. They may continue to use forms of non-verbal communication to demonstrate comprehension, but will rely more upon verbal skills. Learning objectives focus on identifying main idea and details, differentiating between minimal pairs, recognizing differences in regional pronunciation, developing familiarity with language conventions, using verb tenses accurately, initiating and sustaining conversations, paraphrasing, comprehending grade-level text with assistance, recognizing some literary techniques, analyzing text, expressing opinions, and constructing more advanced paragraphs.

Objective IH 3.01
Apply phonics knowledge and syntactic structures to develop fluency in comprehending roots, suffixes, prefixes, less-common vowel patterns, and syllable breaks in texts.
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Objective IH 3.02
Demonstrate critical comprehension of familiar grade-level texts with assistance.
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Objective IH 3.03
Identify elements of genres and support by using information from the text (e.g., referencing).
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Objective IH 3.04
Analyze the text before, during, and after reading.
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Objective IH 3.05
Demonstrate an understanding of literary devices as defined by grade-level competencies with assistance.
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Objective IH 3.06
Interpret meaning of figurative and idiomatic language found in grade-level texts with assistance.
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Objective IH 3.07
Extend vocabulary knowledge by using context clues or structural analysis of words.
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