7th+Grade+English

 2010-2011 English 7th Grade SMART GOALS

1. Students will attain 80% accuracy on conventions in capitalization.
 * Term 1**

2. Students will attain 80% accuracy on easily confused words.


 * Term 2**

1. Students will achieve 80% accuracy on subect verb agreement.


 * Term 3**

1. Students will achieve 80% accuracy on prefixes and suffixes.

2. Students will achieve 80% accuracy on use of possessives.


 * __7th Grade Learning Targets__**


 * __Term 1__**

1. I can tell the difference between these commonly confused words and spell these words correctly:
 * a lot and allot
 * board and bored
 * brake and break
 * desert and dessert
 * hear and here
 * its and it's
 * led and lead
 * lie and lay
 * right, write, and rite
 * to, too, and two
 * your and you're


 * Six-Traits of Writing**

Ideas:
 * I can focus on one topic when I write.

Organization:
 * I can include an introduction, a body, and a conclusion in whatever I'm writing.
 * I can use transition sentences to connect my writing.

Voice:
 * I can use voice, or personality, in my writing.

Word Choice:
 * I can choose appropriate words that match my topic and my audience.

Sentence Fluency:
 * I can use a variety of sentence beginnings.
 * I can use a variety of sentence lengths.

Conventions
 * I can use commas correctly in a series.
 * I can capitalize sentence beginnings.
 * I can capitalize proper nouns.
 * I can correctly punctuate the end of a sentence.

Inquiry
 * I can define what the word inquiry means in a classroom setting.
 * I can decide on a purpose for //inquiry//.


 * __Term 2__**


 * Prefixes and Suffixes**

I can identify these common prefixes and suffixes and their meaningings: I can determine meanings of words that have the common prefixes and suffixes.
 * bi-
 * extra-
 * fore-
 * il-
 * im-
 * mis-
 * post-
 * pre-
 * re-
 * un-
 * -able, -ible
 * -ate
 * -er,-or
 * -ful
 * -ist
 * -less
 * -ly
 * -ment
 * -tion


 * Conventions**
 * I can match the subjects of a sentence with the correct verbs.


 * Reading**

I can identify the following parts of a plot line.
 * expostition (setting and situation)
 * rising actions
 * climax
 * falling action
 * resolution

I can describe the setting in a piece of literature by describing the following:
 * place
 * time
 * customs

I can describe a character by noticing the following:
 * the character's Speech
 * the character's Thoughts
 * the character's Effect on others
 * the character's Actions
 * the character's Looks

I can recognize the topic in a piece of literature.

I can recognize the theme in a piece of literature.

I can define the difference between topic and thme in literature.


 * Literary Devices**

I can identify and difine similies.

I can identify and difine metaphors.

I can tell the difference between similes and metaphors.


 * Poetry**

I can identify main ideas in a wide range of poetry.

I can identify emotions in a wide range of poetry.


 * __Term 3__**


 * Vocabulary**

I can determine word meaning through context clues.

I can identify literal meanings of words.

I can identify the different degrees or shades of meanings in related words.


 * Informational Texts**

I can identify these text features
 * headings
 * subheadings
 * pictures
 * captions
 * bolded words
 * graphs and charts
 * table of contents

I can use text features to help myself understand the text.

I can recognize chronological organization.

I can recognize sequence organization.

I can recognize description and organization.

I can find the main idea in a text.

I can find supporting details in a text.

I can gather relevant information to answer questions.

I can tell the difference between fact and opinion.

I can check on the correctness of the information I find.

I can retell, paraphrase, and summerizae from informational text.

I can avoid plagiarizing by correctly paraphrasing or summarizing.

I can use informal contextual citation. (Example: "Gary Paulsen says he gets his ideas from...")


 * Conventions**

I can use apostrophes to show ownership, or possession, and correctly spell possessive pronouns.