BMS Seventh Grade Reading

Suggested Curriculum Map

Draft 2008

	ESSENTIAL QUESTION (optional)	CONTENT	SKILLS	ASSESSMENT	RESOURCE
August and ongoing	How do students improve comprehension through word recognition and analysis? How do students improve reading comprehension by identifying and practicing pre-reading, during reading and post reading activities?	Vocabulary development Reading fluency Summarizing and summarizing statements Answering WASL / CBA type questions Review of pre-, during, and after reading skills	Increasing vocabulary ( synonyms, antonyms, analogies, appositives, multiple meanings, jargon, slang, connotation) Word Analysis (prefixes, suffixes, root words, word parts, word families) Answering WASL/CBA type questions Using text based evidence to explain, clarify, support, prove, quote, argue, rationalize, connect Before reading: “4P’s” Purpose, preview, prior knowledge, predict During Reading: Ask questions Make connections Compose reactions Determine importance Make inferences and predictions Visualize Clarify meaning	GATES MAZE	Wordly Wise #4 More Prefixes and Suffixes: Greek and Latin Roots Prentice Hall Literature 7^th Prentice Hall Readings for the Middle Ages
September	How do students read for information and how do they make sense of what they read?	Informational text features Before Reading: 4P’s Review Summarizing Literary Elements During Reading: Fix Up Strategies Making Connections	Informational Text Features Summarizing: Beginning, Middle, End Paraphrasing Main Idea/ Summary Statements Literary Elements: Plot Character Setting Conflict Resolution Figurative Language During Reading Strategies: Re-read text Context clues Dictionary Text to Text Text to Self Connections	CBA- “A Day in the Sun”, “Bimsey”	CBA Binder Read aloud novel Medieval Times Today
October	How do students improve comprehension through “text to self” and “text How do students connect literature with its social and historical context? to text” connections?	Predictions Inferences During Reading: Make Connections	During Reading: Make Connections Text to Self and Text to Text Inferences/predictions Symbolism Cause/Effect Compare/Contrast		CBA Binder Self-Selected novels Beowulf Squire’s Tale Anna of Byzantium
November	How do students determine the importance of what they read?	Informational Text Features Main Idea and Supporting Details During Reading: Determine Importance	Main Idea and Supporting Details Paraphrasing Understanding theme Creating Summary Statements	CBA #2	CBA Binder Current Events Magazine Medieval Times Today Prentice Hall Literature
December	How do students synthesize information from a variety of resources?	During Reading: Ask Questions Determine Author’s Purpose Critical Reading Synthesis Cause and Effect	Author’s Purpose Persuade, Inform, Entertain, Describe Synthesize information from several sources to enrich comprehension Selecting relevant details Paraphrasing	Middle Ages Project	Internet Resources Library Reference Materials Medieval Times to Today
January	How do students improve comprehension by comparing and contrasting?	Compare and Contrast Fiction/Non-fiction Poetry/Prose	Literary elements: Alliteration Tone/Mood Foreshadowing Irony Idiom Metaphor/simile Personification Rhyme, Repetition, Rhythm	Compare and Contrast Essay; two pieces on the same topic: one poetic, one non-fiction or fiction	CBA Binder Poetry collections OSPI WASL release items/other resources
February	How do students extend beyond the text to apply information from texts to life	During Reading: Make Connections Review GLE’s Cause and Effect	Pre/ During/ After reading skills and concepts Review text based responses Chain Reactions	CBA #3	CBA Binder WASL Prep materials Washington State History Book
March	How do students choose and use a variety of skills and strategies to navigate questions and tasks based on reading selections?	Review: Using Context Clues Determining Importance Summarizing Author’s Purpose Compare and Contrast Inference/Predictions Cause and Effect Literary Elements Story Elements	Stating the Main Idea Identifying text based details to support main ideas Summarizing statement Personification, simile, metaphor, irony Plot, Setting, Character	CBA #4	OSPI release materials and resources
April	Students should show competency in reading skills	Apply: Using Context Clues Determining Importance Summarizing Author’s Purpose Compare and Contrast Inference/Predictions Cause and Effect Literary Elements Story Elements	Show grade level skill for summative assessment of reading ability (WASL)	WASL	OSPI release items WASL Test
May	How do students think critically about the world around them through everyday reading opportunities? How do students understand the present through evidence from the past (primary sources)	Introduce: Propaganda Identifying elements of persuasion Determining Importance Summarizing Author’s purpose		Performance based assessment (presentations Washington State Assessment	Advertisements Selected informational materials Washington State Text
June	How do students understand the present through evidence from the past (primary sources) How do students continue to use present skills/concepts	Review: Using Context Clues Determining Importance Summarizing Author’s Purpose Compare and Contrast Inference/Predictions Cause and Effect Literary Elements Story Elements		GATES MAZE