7th+Map,+Lepkyj

7th map, A. Lepkyj



Teacher’s Name **ADRIANA LEPKYJ** School **TMS** Grade Level/Course **ENG 7** Year **2006**

=** Curriculum Map **= ** INTRODUCTION TO 7TH GRADE:  ** ** LITERARY TERMS AND DEVICES: ** ·  Figurative language unit ·  Poetry unit ·  Literary terms unit Introduction to thesis statement Mystery **(inference unit)**  || === ===
 * || September  ||  October  ||  November  ||  December  ||
 * Unit Title/Theme ||
 * Classroom contract/binder
 * Three stars to aim for
 * DOL Paragraph editing workbooks
 * Spelling Units
 * Classroom portfolios ||
 * PORTFOLIO  **

__ FREAK THE MIGHTY __
** ESSENTIAL QUESTION:  ** ** “ ** How do we accept the differences in others?” ** PORTFOLIO: ** Expository and thesis “What is a rubric?” ELA rubric? ||

**__ THE WINTER OF RED SNOW __**
** ESSENTIAL QUESTION: ** “How is nonfiction different from historical fiction?”

** Mini-unit – “Christmas Carol” **
|| ** LITERACY PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIES:  ** ** POETRY:  ** ·  “When Carley Eats Spaghetti” ·  “Willow and Ginko” ·  “Apartment House” ·  “The Toaster” ·  “I Feel I am a Train”  ||
 * Related Literature ||
 * Step up to writing (writing)
 * Ruby Payne (reading comprehension)
 * KIS (inference)
 * QAR (multiple choice)
 * DOL (editing)
 * D.E.A.R. (non-fiction)
 * Reading incentive (25 books) ||
 * SHORT STORIES: **
 * “The Landlady”
 * “The Mysteries of Harris Burdick”

__ **FREAK THE MIGHTY** __
= =====** Related Literature **===== =
 * “What is Morquio’s Syndrome?”
 * “King Arthur and the Round Table” (listening)
 * “The Path to Knighthood”
 * Knight’s Webquest
 * A & E King Arthur’s Biography ||

RELATED ARTICLES:
** RELATED NOVELS:  ** __ Zlata’s Diary __ || ** PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW: ** ·  Noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, interjection, conjunction, pronoun, article, proper noun ** LITERARY GENRE REVIEW: ** · ** FICTION -** Fantasy, historical fiction, mystery, realistic fiction, science fiction, fable, fairy tale, myth, tall tales, folk tales, myth · ** NONFICTION –** narrative and expository  || ** LITERARY TERMS AND DEVICES: ** allusion, exposition, denouement, climax, conflict, resolution, theme, characters, setting, plot, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, rising action, falling action, point-of-view, flashback, foreshadow, imagery, and figurative language ** FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:  ** Personification, onomatopoeia, figures of speech, alliteration, literal, simile, metaphor, hyperbole ** PORTFOLIO (ELEMENTS OF A MYSTERY): ** alibi, clues, deduction, evidence, villain, red herring, sleuth, suspects, witness || ** READING COMPREHENSION: ** Chapter study guide questions, several graphic organizers based on expository and fictional texts, and several short answer response questions ** VOCABULARY:  ** Contextual Vocabulary Chart ** TERMS:  ** Dyslexia, ruckus, illiterate, injustice, biogenic, humanity, aberration, dysfunction, unvanquished, vacant, etc.
 * “The History of Valley Forge”
 * “The Story of Baron Friedrich Von Steuben”
 * “The Revolutionary War”
 * War Diary webquest articles
 * Content (include specific vocabulary)  ||

** PORTFOLIO: ELA Exam Practice **
||   **  READING COMPREHENSION:  ** ** Comprehension coach and Comprehension fix-it strategy ** Chapter study guide questions, several graphic organizers based on expository and fictional texts, and several short answer response questions ** VOCABULARY:  ** Contextual Vocabulary Chart ** TERMS:  **

Parlour, hearth, lye, cross, bayonet, carcass, inoculation, sentries, vanities, adjutant, shorn, trough, sulked, shad, easel, brigade, spectacles, intend, curtsy, encampment
||  Editing, mechanics, fluency, usage, spelling, sentence structure, and fluency with various texts   || Inferring, author’s perspective, voice in writing, paragraph editing, using knowledge of figurative language in writing, critical thinking skills ||       Listening, Reading Comprehension, Contextual Vocabulary Skills, short answer response, extended essay response, synthesis   || Listening, Reading Comprehension, Contextual Vocabulary Skills, short answer response, extended essay response, synthesis, Ruby Payne Rading Strategy, and Step up to writing  || (writing samples, essays)  || ** MYSTERIES ** (graded based on voice rubric), **NEWSPAPER ARTICLES,** Figurative Language Quiz, Literary Terms Quiz, and Cinqain poem  ||   Journal Response, Contextual vocabulary chart, Morquiou’s graphic organizer and short answer response questions, King Arthur Listening Activity, __Freak the Mighty__ Quiz #1+2   ||   Journal Response, Contextual Vocabulary Chart, Study Guides, KWL, Anticipatory Guide, Quizzes #1+2, Valley Forge extended essay response, war diaries, ELA practice Xmas carol   || Teacher’s Name **ADRIANA LEPKYJ **School **TMS **Grade Level/Course **ENG 7 **Year **2004**
 * Skills ||
 * Assessments || Spelling Quizzes (homonyms **) ,** Parts of Speech Quiz, Parts of Speech Unit Test,  Literary Genre Unit Test, Portfolio assignements

= Curriculum Map  = ** “WHAT IS THE ELA? WHAT ARE THE STANDARDS? HOW CAN THE STANDARDS HELP US?” ** ** REVIEW: LITERACY STRATEGIES  ** || ==   ==
 * || January  ||  February  ||  March  ||  April  ||
 * Unit Title/Theme || == ELA PRACTICE UNIT ==

NON-FICTION D.E.A.R. PROJECT
“What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction? How do we learn to enjoy nonfiction text? || ===  ===

__ PERSUASIVE ESSAY UNIT __
** “EXPRESSING OURSELVES THROUGH OPINION”  ** || == MARK TWAIN UNIT == “Getting to know one of America’s most influential authors” ** MISSISSIPPI RIVER (SETTING)  ** || ** 2003 ELA EXAM SCORER RUBRICS  ** ** VARIOUS ESSAYS AND ARTICLES  ** || **NEW GENRE:** || ** Various websites based on:  ** “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” “The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” || ** “STAIRCASE TO HEAVEN” ** (Merrick Johnston) || ** TARGET VOCABULARY:  ** Bibliography, resources, primary sources Synthesis of information from various expository texts  ||   Listening, Reading Comprehension, writing, speaking, Business letters   || ** USING THE RUBRICS TO GRADE THEIR PEERS’ PRACTICE ELA EXAM ** ||     (NEWSPAPER, TIMELINE, MINI-BOOK)   || ** Persuasive Essay Writing Portfolio:  **
 * Related Literature || == 2006 NYS/ELA EXAM ==
 * NON-FICTION TEXT CHOSEN BY STUDENTS **
 * Corporal punishment
 * Age limits
 * School uniforms
 * Year-round schooling
 * homework ||
 * Content (include specific vocabulary) ||  ** VOCABULARY:  ** HUMANITY, ESKIMO, SLEDGES, SOUNDINGS, CHARACTERISTICS
 * “MATTHEW HENSON: EXPLORER 1866-1955” **
 * NOTETAKING/JOURNAL NOTES ** ||
 * DEFENSIBLE THESIS STATEMENT: **
 * persuasive thesis
 * personal opinion
 * opposite point-of-view
 * supporting and challenging arguments ||  ** TARGET VOCABULARY:  ** apprehension, gaiety, melancholy, frivolous, ravenous, retribution, menagerie, saunter, unpalatable, diffident, appeased, rendezvous, lethargy, palpable   ||
 * Skills || ** LISTENING, READING,WRITING, SPEAKING, SPECIFIC DETAILS IN WRITING, EDITING  ** ||  ** NOTETAKING, USING EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THESIS STATEMENT, CITING REFERENCES **   || Support opinion with extensive research and detailed writing style
 * Assessments ||
 * EACH SECTION OF THE PRACTICE ELA **
 * NON-FICTION DEAR PROJECT **
 * Corporal punishment
 * Age limits
 * School uniforms
 * Year-round schooling
 * homework ||

Listening activity (nonfiction text, Mississippi River) and Webquest: Literary analysis essay (thesis statement), Newspaper articles and editorials
|| Teacher’s Name **ADRIANA LEPKYJ **School **TMS **Grade Level/Course **ENG 7 **Year **2004**

= Curriculum Map  = **FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE REVIEW** ** LITERARY TERMS ** ** FINAL EXAM REVIEW  ** ** “HOW DO WE BECOME PROUD OF WHO WE ARE?”  ** || ** FINAL EXAM REVIEW ** ||  ||   ||  **// CHOICES //**** TEXTBOOK ** ** “THE HIGHWAYMAN”  **
 * || May  ||  June  ||     ||     ||
 * Unit Title/Theme ||
 * POETRY REVIEW **
 * Related Literature ||

SEVERAL SELECTIONS FROM THE POETRY PACKET - “IDENTITY”
|| === __ FREAK THE MIGHTY __ === ** __ THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER __ **

“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”
** “THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY”  ** ** “A CONNECTICUT JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY” **  ||   ||   || ** TARGET VOCABULARY: ** FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE, ALLUSION,SYMBOLISM, IMAGERY, METAPHOR, SIMILE, PERSONIFICATION, IRONY, HYPERBOLE, THEME, PLOT, CONFLICT, ETC.  || LITERARY TERMS ||  ||   ||  ** UNDERSTANDING FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE AND LITERARY TERMS **   || ** LISTENING, READING, WRITING  ** ||  ||   ||
 * Content (include specific vocabulary) ||
 * TARGET VOCABULARY: **
 * Skills ||
 * Assessments || == ==

QUIZZES, TESTS, POETRY
|| ** FINAL EXAM: LISTENING ACTIVITY, COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY, SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES, GRAPHIC ORGANIZER, BUSINESS LETTER, MULTIPLE CHOICE  ** ||   ||   ||