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 3A Overview
Grade 7, Module 3A Assessments
Grade 7, Module 3A Performance Task
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 3A Overview
Grade 7, Module 3A Assessments
Grade 7, Module 3A Performance Task
Unit 1: This unit students are introduced to the central text of the module: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Students will read an analyze excerpts of the text to understand its' historical context. Students will also listen to and discuss the picture book, The People Could Fly. Through reading informational texts and working with images and reading poems, students will continue to build an understanding of slavery and it's controversy. Using a variety of texts students will answer one of the module's guiding questions: What gives stories and poems their enduring power?
Unit 2: This is primarily a close reading unit of excerpts from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass focusing on the narrative arc as well as the ways in which the excerpt conveys Douglass's position. The class will construct a word wall that showcases some of Douglass's powerful language. Finally through independent and collaborative work, students will prepare an extended essay about how Douglass conveys his purpose and distinguishes his position from that of those who defend slavery.
Unit 3: This final unit requires students to write a picture book based on an event from the life of Federick Douglass. Students will re-read the picture book from Unit 1 along with another to closely examine how the author used the tools of a narrative writer to craft a powerful story. Utilizing both Writer's Roundtable and writer's workshops students will practice narrative writing techniques, sensory language, precise word choice, strong verbs and dialogue. This book is the final performance task; students synthesize all they have learned about Frederick Douglass and the power of stories.
Unit 2: This is primarily a close reading unit of excerpts from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass focusing on the narrative arc as well as the ways in which the excerpt conveys Douglass's position. The class will construct a word wall that showcases some of Douglass's powerful language. Finally through independent and collaborative work, students will prepare an extended essay about how Douglass conveys his purpose and distinguishes his position from that of those who defend slavery.
Unit 3: This final unit requires students to write a picture book based on an event from the life of Federick Douglass. Students will re-read the picture book from Unit 1 along with another to closely examine how the author used the tools of a narrative writer to craft a powerful story. Utilizing both Writer's Roundtable and writer's workshops students will practice narrative writing techniques, sensory language, precise word choice, strong verbs and dialogue. This book is the final performance task; students synthesize all they have learned about Frederick Douglass and the power of stories.