Seventh Grade Literacy Content Standards

Students read a wide range of texts to build comprehension; to acquire and comprehend new information; to respond to texts through evaluation, analysis and reflection, and for personal fulfillment.

Students use the writing process to communicate effectively in terms of purpose, audience, and context.

Students listen and speak effectively with different audiences and purposes.

Seventh grade students are expected to:

• Reading
  • Use conventions of language, such as commas and periods, to facilitate oral reading and comprehension
  • Use phonics, meaning, grammar, overall context, and outside resources to determine pronunciation and meaning
  • Display fluency and intonation, and when appropriate dramatic interpretation, while reading orally
  • Continue to use comprehension strategies such as rereading, questioning, monitoring, reading with others, and predicting and confirming to read
  • Interpret text through oral and written demonstrations
    • make and support ideas and opinions about text
    • support ideas about reading by referring specifically to text excerpts
    • reflect on text
  • Comprehend text
    • use prior experiences to understand text or visual media
    • put ideas into own words
    • summarize information
    • make connections to related topics or information
    • state one or more of the main ideas revealed in the text or visual media
    • relate new information to prior knowledge and experience
    • recognize and use common persuasive techniques
  • Reading
    • be self-motivated readers
    • select favorite authors, topics, and genres
    • select books for recreational reading
  • Reflect about his or her reading abilities
• Writing
  • Use all stages of the writing process
    • first draft writing
    • include relevant facts and details
    • analyze and revise own drafts to further develop and clarify ideas
    • respond specifically and meaningfully to others’ writing
    • proofread own writing and the writing of others, using dictionaries and other resources, including the teacher or peers as appropriate
    • utilize techniques to engage reader through means such as sensory details; sentence variety; rearranging words, phrases, sentences and paragraphs; use of vivid verbs, creative voice, catchy leads/hook, be a risk taking writer
    • create an organized, focused piece that is controlled by one idea
  • Write to inform the reader
    • provide appropriate facts from multiple sources
    • make inferences or evaluate facts and details
    • include visuals or graphs as appropriate to support the text
    • include clear and complete descriptions
    • analyze the subject and provide commentary
  • Write to persuade the reader
    • promote a critical judgment that is analytic, evaluative, and/or reflective
    • support the judgment through references from the text or personal knowledge
  • Write for self-expression or to entertain
    • use literary elements, such as situation, plot, point of view, setting
    • use dialogue with increasing skill
    • use a variety of literary techniques, such as suspense, flashbacks, simile, alliteration, metaphor, tension
  • Write to summarize or paraphrase by stating the main idea and significant details in his or her own words and connect ideas to the main idea
  • Manage the conventions of written language so that they aid rather than interfere with reading
  • Use a variety of sentence structures and careful word choice to make writing effective and interesting
  • Use paragraph development to organize ideas, hold the reader’s attention, and facilitate understanding
• Speaking and listening
  • Ask pertinent questions in a respectful way
  • Respond clearly and completely to the questions of others
  • Use appropriate word choice, grammar, and pacing during formal oral presentations
  • Listen respectfully and respond to others’ points of view
  • Use language which is clear, audible, and appropriate for communicating to the intended audience
  • Use eye contact, intonation, gestures, and pacing to engage the listener in formal presentations and speeches
  • Present effectively various types of oral presentations

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