Grade 7 ELA Curriculum Modules
The Grade 7 curriculum modules are designed to address CCLS ELA outcomes during a 45-50 minute English Language Arts class. The overarching focus for all modules is building students’ literacy skills as they develop knowledge about the world.
Each MODULE provides 8 eight weeks of instruction, broken into three shorter units. Each module includes one end-of-module performance task as well as mid-unit and end-of-unit assessments for all three units
Taken as a whole, these modules are designed to give teachers concrete strategies to address the “shifts” required by the CCLS.
Grade 7, Module 1 Overview (Text found in here)
Grade 7, Module 1 Assessments
Grade 7, Module 1 Performance Task
Unit 1: This unit students explore the question: "How do culture, time, and place influence the development of identity?" Through a study of the development of character in the novel A Long Walk to Water, students immerse themselves in the experiences of the people of Southern Sudan during the Sudanese Civil War. Students also explore informational text that describe the cultures of the Dinka and Nuer tribes. The end of Unit 1 Assessment focuses on students' ability to gather textual evidence that highlights the different perspectives from their readings.
Unit 2: In this second unit, students are introduced to the concept of theme in a novel. Students will complete the novel as well as read informational text that provide more information about the context of the novel. Students will be asked to analyze how the author used historical facts throughout the novel. The end-of unit assessment asks students to write a literary analysis essay requiring textual support to discuss the topic of survival in Southern Sudan during and after the second civil war in the 1980s.
Unit 3: This unit brings students back to a deep exploration of character and point of view: students will combine their research about Sudan with specific quotes from A Long Walk to Water as they craft a researched-based two voice poem, comparing and contrasting the points of view of the two main characters, Salva and Nya.
Unit 2: In this second unit, students are introduced to the concept of theme in a novel. Students will complete the novel as well as read informational text that provide more information about the context of the novel. Students will be asked to analyze how the author used historical facts throughout the novel. The end-of unit assessment asks students to write a literary analysis essay requiring textual support to discuss the topic of survival in Southern Sudan during and after the second civil war in the 1980s.
Unit 3: This unit brings students back to a deep exploration of character and point of view: students will combine their research about Sudan with specific quotes from A Long Walk to Water as they craft a researched-based two voice poem, comparing and contrasting the points of view of the two main characters, Salva and Nya.