Seventh Grade Curriculum
ALL CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS ARE ACTIVE DRAFTS
Literacy
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Prioritized Standards:
7.RL.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
7.RI.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
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Prioritized Standards:
7.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g, alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama
7.RI.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone
7.L.4.A Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in the sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase
7.L.4.B Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., belligerent, bellicose, rebel)
7.L.4.C Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech
7.L.4.D Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary)
7.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings
7.L.5.A Interpret figures of speech (e.g., literary, biblical, and mythological allusions) in context
7.L.5.B Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonym/antonym, analogy) to better understand each of the words
7.L.5.C Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., refined, respectful, polite, diplomatic, condescending)
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Prioritized Standards:
7.W.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence
7.W.1.B Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text
7.W.2 Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organizations, and analysis of relevant content
7.W.2.B Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples
7.W.2.D Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic
7.W.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions for further research and investigation
7.W.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, using search terms effectively; assess the credibility and accuracy of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation
7.W.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research
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Prioritized Standards:
7.W.1.A Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically
7.W.1.C Use wods, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence
7.W.1.E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented
7.W.2.A Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g.,charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension
7.W.2.C Use appropriate transitions to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts
7.W.2.F Provide a conclusion statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented
7.W.3.C Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another
7.W.3.E Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events
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Prioritized Standards:
7.W.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence
7.W.1.A Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically
7.W.1.B Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text
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7.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences
7.W.3.A Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator and/or characters; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically
7.W.3.B Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and descriptions, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters
7.W.3.D Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture to action and convey experiences and events
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7.W.1.D Establish and maintain a formal style
7.W.2.E Establish and maintain a formal style
7.W.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences
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7.L.6 Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression
MSU.7.DR.2 Adding transition words/sentences and deleting extraneous information (e.g., finding extraneous information by reading every sentence and asking if it is necessary)
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Prioritized Standards:
MSU.7.S.1 Spell derivatives correctly using bases and affixes (e.g., using “apply” to spell “application”)
MSU.7.S.2 Correctly spell low-frequency, commonly misspelled words (e.g., spelling “accelerate”)
MSU.7.LM.1 Appropriately using hyphens, dashes, and brackets (e.g., using hyphens to break a word into syllables or to avoid confusion, as in “re-sign” versus “resign”)
MSU.7.LC.1 Correcting run-on sentences, fragments, and comma splices (e.g., correcting sentences with commas used to separate two independent clauses without a conjunction)
MSU.7.LC.2 Correctly changing tense when necessary (e.g., explaining and exemplifying that it is appropriate to change from present tense to past tense when writing a flashback in a story)
MSU.7.LC.3 Correctly using commonly confused words (e.g., correctly using beside/besides, between/among, can/may, fewer/less, formerly/formally, if/whether, leave/let, lose/loose)
MSU.7.LC.4 Using compound-complex sentences (e.g., constructing sentences with two or more main clauses and two or more subordinate clauses
Social Studies
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Identity as a Citizen: What do I need to know about myself and the country to be a positively contributing citizen?
Migration & Adaptation
Vermont History Day
EQ dependent on NHD theme
Nonfiction Book Clubs
Geography of Civil Rights
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SS.7/8.SF - Know and understand the rights, responsibilities, and informed action associated with leadership and participation in healthy and sustainable systems and communities.
SS.7/8.CG - Explain the origins, functions, and structure of American Democracy with reference to the U.S. Constitution and other selected systems of government, including the powers and limits of those structures.
SS.7/8.S - Evaluate sustainable approaches or solutions to current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs to the well-being of different groups and society.
SS.7/8.G - Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
SS.7/8.H - Use the inquiry process to analyze individuals, groups, events, and eras in order to evaluate why they are seen as historically significant.
SS.7/8.H - Use the inquiry process to analyze individuals, groups, events, and eras in order to evaluate why they are seen as historically significant.
SS.7/8.G - Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
SS.7/8.G -Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
SS.7/8.SJ - Critically examine perspectives, issues, institutions, and events to find patterns of inequity, bigotry or discrimination, and explore possible solutions
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Identity :What do I need to know about myself to lead a full, happy life?
Government: What is the purpose of government?
Vermont History Day
EQ dependent on NHD theme
Revolutions
Propaganda
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SS.7/8.SJ - Critically examine perspectives, issues, institutions, and events to find patterns of inequity, bigotry or discrimination, and explore possible solutions.
SS.7/8.G - Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
SS.7/8.CG - Explain the origins, functions, and structure of American Democracy with reference to the U.S. Constitution and other selected systems of government, including the powers and limits of those structures.
SS.7/8.S - Evaluate sustainable approaches or solutions to current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs to the well-being of different groups and society.
SS.7/8.H - Use the inquiry process to analyze individuals, groups, events, and eras in order to evaluate why they are seen as historically significant.
SS.7/8.H - Use the inquiry process to analyze individuals, groups, events, and eras in order to evaluate why they are seen as historically significant.
SS.7/8.S - Evaluate sustainable approaches or solutions to current economic issues in terms of benefits and costs to the well-being of different groups and society.
SS.7/8.SJ - Critically examine perspectives, issues, institutions, and events to find patterns of inequity, bigotry or discrimination, and explore possible solutions.
Science
Math
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Prioritized Standards:
*7.NS.A.1 Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent addition and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram. (PLUS the 4 sub-standards)
*7.NS.A.2 Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division and of fractions to multiply and divide rational numbers (PLUS sub-standards A, B, & C)
7.NS.A.3 Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers.
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*NS.A.2.D Convert a rational number to a decimal using long division; know that the decimal form of a rational number terminates in 0s or eventually repeats.
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Priority Standards:
*7.RP.A.1 Compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions, including ratios of lengths, areas and other quantities measured in like or different units.
7.RP.A.2 Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities. (PLUS the 4 sub-standards)
*7.RP.A.3 Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems.
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Prioritized Standards:
*7.EE.B.3 Solve multi-step real-life and mathematical problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals), using tools strategically. Apply properties of operations to calculate with numbers in any form; convert between forms as appropriate; and assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies.
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Prioritized Standards:
7.EE.A.1 Apply properties of operations as strategies to add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with rational coefficients.
7.EE.B.4 Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by reasoning about the quantities. (PLUS the sub-standard A)
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7.EE.B.4 Use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by reasoning about the quantities. (PLUS the sub-standard B)
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7.G.B.6 Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, volume and surface area of two- and three-dimensional objects composed of triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, cubes, and right prisms.
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7.G.A.1 Solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures, including computing actual lengths and areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing at a different scale.
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7.G.B.5 Use facts about supplementary, complementary, vertical, and adjacent angles in a multi-step problem to write and solve simple equations for an unknown angle in a figure.
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7.G.B.4 Know the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle and use them to solve problems; give an informal derivation of the relationship between the circumference and area of a circle.
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*7.SP.A.1 Understand that statistics can be used to gain information about a population by examining a sample of the population; generalizations about a population from a sample are valid only if the sample is representative of that population. Understand that random sampling tends to produce representative samples and support valid inferences.
*7.SP.A.2 Use data from a random sample to draw inferences about a population with an unknown characteristic of interest. Generate multiple samples (or simulated samples) of the same size to gauge the variation in estimates or predictions.
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Proficiency Scale
Prioritized Standards:
*7.SP.C.5 Understand that the probability of a chance event is a number between 0 and 1 that expresses the likelihood of the event occurring. Larger numbers indicate greater likelihood. A probability near 0 indicates an unlikely event, a probability around 1/2 indicates an event that is neither unlikely nor likely, and a probability near 1 indicates a likely event.
*7.SP.C.6 Approximate the probability of a chance event by collecting data on the chance process that produces it and observing its long-run relative frequency, and predict the approximate relative frequency given the probability.
7.SP.C.7 Develop a probability model and use it to find probabilities of events. Compare probabilities from a model to observed frequencies; if the agreement is not good, explain possible sources of the discrepancy. (PLUS the 2 sub-standards)
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Prioritized Standards:
7.SP.C.8 Find probabilities of compound events using organized lists, tables, tree diagrams, and simulation. (PLUS the 3 sub-standards)