Analyze characteristics and structures of argumentative text by: (i) identifying the claim; (ii) explaining how the author uses various types of evidence and consideration of
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Grade 7 English Language Arts and Reading Video Lessons
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Analyze how playwrights develop characters through dialogue and staging
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Analyze plot elements, including the use of foreshadowing and suspense, to advance the plot
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Compose multi-paragraph argumentative texts using genre characteristics and craft
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Create mental images to deepen understanding
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Demonstrate knowledge of literary genres such as realistic fiction, adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, humor, myths, fantasy, and science fiction
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Describe how the author's use of figurative language such as metaphor and personification achieves specific purposes
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Determine the meaning and usage of grade-level academic English words derived from Greek and Latin roots such as omni, log/logue, gen, vid/vis, phil, luc, and sens/sent
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Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--fluency. The student reads grade-level text with fluency and comprehension
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Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking--self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently
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Discuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text
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Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts
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Evaluate details read to determine key ideas
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Explain the author's purpose and message within a text
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Explain the purpose of rhetorical devices such as direct address and rhetorical questions and logical fallacies such as loaded language and sweeping generalizations
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Generate student-selected and teacher-guided questions for formal and informal inquiry
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Identify and gather relevant information from a variety of sources
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Infer multiple themes within and across texts using text evidence
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Listen actively to interpret a message and ask clarifying questions that build on others' ideas
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Paraphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order
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Plan a first draft by selecting a genre appropriate for a particular topic, purpose, and audience using a range of strategies such as discussion, background reading, and personal
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Present a critique of a literary work, film, or dramatic production, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, a variety of natural gestures, and conventions of
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Publish written work for appropriate audiences
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Revise drafts for clarity, development, organization, style, word choice, and sentence variety
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Use an appropriate mode of delivery, whether written, oral, or multimodal, to present results. Source: The provisions of this §110.23 adopted to be effective September 25, 2017
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Use print or digital resources to determine the meaning, syllabication, pronunciation, word origin, and part of speech
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