7th+RLA+Language

** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: Language ** ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): ****SPI 0701.1.2 **Identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., action/linking, regular/irregular, agreement, perfect tenses, verb phrases) within context. ** Assessment Topic: Identify Verbs ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative/superlative, adjective clauses) and adverbs (i.e., comparative and superlative forms) within context. ** ** Assessment Topic: Identify Adjectives ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.3 Identify the correct use of adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative/superlative, adjective clauses) and adverbs (i.e., comparative and superlative forms) within context. ** ** Assessment Topic: Identify adverbs ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.4 Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating, correlative, subordinating) and interjections within context. ** ** Assessment Topic: Identify Conjunctions ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.4 Identify the correct use of conjunctions (i.e., coordinating, correlative, subordinating) and interjections within context. ** ** Assessment Topic: Identifying interjections ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.10 Identify the correct use of colons (i.e., in business letters, preceding list of items) within context. ** ** Assessment Topic: Identify Colons ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.11 Identify the correct use of appositives and appositive phrases within context. ** ** Assessment Topic: Identify Appositives ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.13 Select the appropriate use of underlining/italicizing with titles, specific words, numbers, and letters. ** ** Assessment Topic: Underlining/Italicizing appropriately ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.19 Replace unknown words in context with appropriate synonyms or antonyms. ** ** Assessment Topic: Synonyms and Antonyms ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.22 Identify commonly used foreign words and phrases (i.e., RSVP, déjà vu, faux pas, du jour, bon voyage). ** ** Assessment Topic: Foreign Phrases ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.15 Choose the correct use of quotation marks and commas (i.e., in direct quotations, with explanatory material within the quote, proper use with end marks). ** ** Assessment Topic: Quotations Marks ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.17 Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of multi-meaning words. ** ** Assessment Topic: Context Clues ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.20 Recognize and use grade appropriate and/or content specific vocabulary within context. ** ** Assessment Topic: Recognize vocabulary ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.21 Decode unknown grade level words in context, using previously learned strategies as aids in determining meaning. ** ** Assessment Topic: Unknown Vocabulary ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.16 Identify correctly and incorrectly spelled words in context. ** ** Assessment Topic: Spelling ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#):SPI 0701.1.18 Use context clues and background knowledge of roots and affixes to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words. ** ** Assessment Topic: Context Clues ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.12 Identify the correct use of infinitives and infinitive phrases within context. ** ** Assessment Topic: Infinitives and infinitive phrases ** ** Essential Question (s): ** ** Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts ** Grade Level: ** 7 ** Standard: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Language ** SPI or Check for Understanding (#): SPI 0701.1.14 Form singular and plural possessives using apostrophes correctly. ** ** Assessment Topic: Possessives using apostrophes ** ** Essential Question (s): **
 * Subject/Course: ** English Language Arts
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Identify types of verbs within text. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Identify the function of a verb. **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l15 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Revise sentences to reflect a different tense and analyze know the meaning of the sentence changes. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l16 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Construct a diagram to correctly identify adjectives and the words they describe. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l16 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Recognize how adjectives can enhance a piece of writing. **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l16 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Differentiate between the effectiveness of adjectives within a selection. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Distinguish between an adverb and an adjective. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Identify adverbs within a sentence and explain the function within the sentence accordingly. **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l10 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Determine how adverb can be inserted to enhance ones writing. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">** What is the purpose of a conjunction? **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">** How can the use of conjunctions help formulate more complex sentences? **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l13 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Use conjunctions to write an effective paragraph. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Recognize interjections within context. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Use interjections to create and enhance the voice of your writing. **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l11 level1 lfo5; tab-stops: list .5in;">** How can interjections be utilized to improve ones writing? **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">** How will the use of colons help me in the future? **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Create a piece of writing in which colons are needed and explain why colons are needed. **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo6; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Identify the correct placement of colons within a selection. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;">** How can the use of appositives help one understand a sentence with more clarity? **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;">** What is the purpose of an appositive? **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo7; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Classify appositives as essential or nonessential based on the meaning of the sentence. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Differentiate between when one is to underline versus Italicize. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Create a short written passage that utilizes underlining/italicizing. (book critique) **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo8; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Identify the correct way to underline/italicize, depending on your mode. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l17 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Investigate how synonym s and antonyms can positively affect ones understanding of a given text. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l17 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Identify the relationship between synonyms and antonyms. **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l17 level1 lfo9; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Assess how the use of synonyms and antonyms affect the meaning of a sentence when replaced. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in;">** How can foreign phrases be connected to real world situations (restaurants, cruises, etc.) **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo10; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Determine the appropriate places and/or situations where one can utilize these phrases in his/her vocabulary effectively. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Critique a newspaper article for the correct use of quotation marks. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo11; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Construct a dialogue where quotation marks are utilized correctly. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Differentiate between the types of context clues to help one better understand a text. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Analyze how roots and affixes affect the meaning of words. **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l7 level1 lfo12; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Investigate how a group of words with common roots and/or affixes are connected in meaning. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Recognize content specific vocabulary. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Use content specific vocabulary correctly. **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l14 level1 lfo13; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Analyze/evaluate how using appropriate vocabulary can enrich text. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Decode unknown vocabulary. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Use context clues to determine meaning. **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Why is this an important skill to master? **
 * 4) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l5 level1 lfo14; tab-stops: list .5in;">** How can I use this skill in a real life situation? **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Identify whether a word is spelled correctly. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Edit a passage for spelling errors. **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Create an argument and use specific examples in order to prove why correct spelling usage is important. **
 * 4) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo15; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Devise a situation in which spelling usage can positively or negatively affect job performance and/or evaluation. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo16; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Differentiate between types of context clues. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo16; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Analyze how roots/affixes affect the meaning of words. **
 * 3) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l12 level1 lfo16; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Investigate how a group of words with common roots and /or affixes are connected in meaning. **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo17; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases in a sentence. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo17; tab-stops: list .5in;">** How does the use of infinitives affect the clarity of a piece of text? **
 * 1) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo18; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Demonstrate how to form singular and plural possessives using apostrophes. **
 * 2) <span style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; 0in margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l8 level1 lfo18; tab-stops: list .5in;">** Compare and contrast text in which possessives are used both correctly and incorrectly, and assess how meaning is affected. **