Benchmarks Practice - Mrs. Rodgers' ELA Class

Mrs. Rodgers' ELA Class

Reading Prose and Poetry

IXL Skills:
ELA.7.R.1.1 Analyze the impact of setting on character development and plot in a literary text.
Analyze short stories (G.3)
ELA.7.R.1.2 Compare two or more themes and their development throughout a literary text.
Match the quotations with their themes (B.1)
Determine the themes of short stories (B.2)

ELA.7.R.1.3 Explain the influence of narrator(s), including unreliable narrator(s), and/or shifts in point of view in a literary text.
Identify the narrative point of view (G.1)

CPALMS TUTORIALS:

Analyzing the Beginning of The Red Umbrella – Part One: How Setting Influences Events Https://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/191869

Analyzing the Beginning of The Red Umbrella – Part Two: How Setting Influences Characters Events https://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/193056

Comparing Universal Themes in Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 18"
https://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/195827

How Form Contributes to Meaning in Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 18"
https://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/195722

A Giant of Size and Power -- Part One: Exploring the Significance of "The New Colossus"
https://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/191575

A Giant of Size and Power – Part Two: How the Form of a Sonnet Contributes to Meaning in "The New Colossus"
https://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/191660

FLOCABULARY
Go to flocabulary.com and log in (use office 365)
Under assignments, complete the Types of Poetry lesson

Reading Informational Text

IXL Skills:
ELA.7.R.2.1 Explain how individual text sections and/or features convey a purpose in texts.
Compare and contrast in informational texts (E.1)
Match causes and effects in informational texts (E.2)
Match problems with their solutions (E.3)
Identify text structures (E.4)
Read graphic organizers (M.2)
ELA.7.R.2.2 Compare two or more central ideas and their development throughout a text.
Read about animals (H.1)
Read about science and nature (H.2)
Read about history (H.3)
Trace an argument (I.1)
Distinguish facts from opinions (O.1)
Identify supporting details in informational texts (Q.1)
ELA.7.R.2.3 Explain how an author establishes and achieves purpose(s) through diction and syntax.
Identify the author's purpose (C.1)
Describe the difference between related words (Y.1)
Positive and negative connotation (Y.2)
ELA.7.R.2.4 Track the development of an argument, analyzing the types of reasoning used and their effectiveness. Trace an argument (I.1)
Classify logical fallacies (O.6)
Identify supporting details in informational texts (Q.1)

CPalms Tutorials:

**How Text Sections Convey an Author’s Purpose Explore excerpts from the extraordinary autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, as you examine the author's purpose
https://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/197854

NEWSELA ARTICLES:
Use this Link to login to Newslea: https://newsela.com/quickjoin/#/6GZZ5V
Go to the assignments tab and open the Grade 7 Benchmarks Practice Assignment. Choose one of the articles to read and complete the quiz.

Reading Across Genres & Vocabulary

IXL Skills:
ELA.7.R.3.1 Analyze how figurative language contributes to tone and meaning and explain examples of allusions in text(s).
Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source (F.2)
Recall the source of an allusion (F.3)
Interpret figures of speech (F.4)
Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone (F.6)
ELA.7.R.3.2 Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.
Identify plagiarism (T.5)
ELA.7.R.3.3 Compare and contrast how authors with differing perspectives address the same or related topics or themes.
Compare information from two texts (L.1)
Compare two texts with different genres (L.2)
ELA.7.R.3.4 Explain the meaning and/or significance of rhetorical devices in a text. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements (O.5)

CPALMS TUTORIALS:

Analyzing Imagery in Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 18"
https://www.floridastudents.org/PreviewResource/StudentResource/195956

FLOCABULARY**
Go to flocabulary.com and log in (use office 365)
Under assignments, complete the "Roots" assignment (Greek and Latin Roots)