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English Language Development — Grade 7

Goal 3. Reading — Intermediate High, Objective IH 3.05

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 3.05

Demonstrate an understanding of literary devices as defined by grade-level competencies with assistance.

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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.