7th grade English worksheets

Grade 7

• 7.1.Alisten actively to interpret a message and ask clarifying questions that build on others' ideas
• 7.1Oral language. The student develops oral language through listening, speaking, and discussion
• 7.1.Bfollow and give complex oral instructions to perform specific tasks, answer questions, or solve problems
• 7.1.Cpresent 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 language to communicate ideas effectively
• 7.1.Dengage in meaningful discourse and provide and accept constructive feedback from others
• 7.2Vocabulary. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively
• 7.2.Ause print or digital resources to determine the meaning, syllabication, pronunciation, word origin, and part of speech
• 7.2.Buse context such as contrast or cause and effect to clarify the meaning of words
• 7.2.Cdetermine 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
• 7.3Fluency. The student reads grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. The student is expected to adjust fluency when reading grade-level text based on the reading purpose
• 7.4Self-sustained reading. The student reads grade-appropriate texts independently. The student is expected to self-select text and read independently for a sustained period of time
• 7.5The student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts
• 7.5.Aestablish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts
• 7.5.Bgenerate questions about text before, during, and after reading to deepen understanding and gain information
• 7.5.Cmake and correct or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures
• 7.5.Dcreate mental images to deepen understanding
• 7.5.Emake connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society
• 7.5.Fmake inferences and use evidence to support understanding
• 7.5.Gevaluate details read to determine key ideas
• 7.5.Hsynthesize information to create new understanding
• 7.5.Imonitor comprehension and make adjustments such as re-reading, using background knowledge, asking questions, and annotating when understanding breaks down
• 7.6.Adescribe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts
• 7.6The student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed
• 7.6.Bwrite responses that demonstrate understanding of texts, including comparing sources within and across genres
• 7.6.Cuse text evidence to support an appropriate response
• 7.6.Dparaphrase and summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order
• 7.6.Einteract with sources in meaningful ways such as notetaking, annotating, freewriting, or illustrating
• 7.6.Frespond using newly acquired vocabulary as appropriate
• 7.6.Gdiscuss and write about the explicit or implicit meanings of text
• 7.6.Hrespond orally or in writing with appropriate register, vocabulary, tone, and voice
• 7.6.Ireflect on and adjust responses as new evidence is presented
• 7.7.Ainfer multiple themes within and across texts using text evidence
• 7.7Literary elements. The student recognizes and analyzes literary elements within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse literary texts
• 7.7.Banalyze how characters' qualities influence events and resolution of the conflict
• 7.7.Canalyze plot elements, including the use of foreshadowing and suspense, to advance the plot
• 7.7.Danalyze how the setting influences character and plot development
• 7.8.Ademonstrate knowledge of literary genres such as realistic fiction, adventure stories, historical fiction, mysteries, humor, myths, fantasy, and science fiction
• 7.8Genres. The student recognizes and analyzes genre-specific characteristics, structures, and purposes within and across increasingly complex traditional, contemporary, classical, and diverse texts
• 7.8.Banalyze the effect of rhyme scheme, meter, and graphical elements such as punctuation and capitalization in poems across a variety of poetic forms
• 7.8.Canalyze how playwrights develop characters through dialogue and staging