COMMON CORE STANDARDS
7th Grade
Reading Standards:
2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text
Writing Standards:
1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
a. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
d. Establish and maintain a formal style.
e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
3.Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
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.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events
7.Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions
for further research and investigation.
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Common Core Standards Retrieved From: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy
Reading Standards:
2. Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text
Writing Standards:
1. Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
a. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
b. Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
c. Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
d. Establish and maintain a formal style.
e. Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
2.Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
3.Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
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.
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
c. Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another.
d. Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to capture the action and convey experiences and events.
e. Provide a conclusion that follows from and reflects on the narrated experiences or events
7.Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions
for further research and investigation.
9. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
Common Core Standards Retrieved From: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy
NC ESSENTIAL STANDARDS - SOCIAL STUDIES
- 7.H.1 Use historical thinking to analyze various modern societies.
- 7.G.1 Understand how geography, demographic trends, and environmental conditions.
- 7.C&G.1 Understand the development of government in modern societies and regions.
- 7.C.1 Understand how cultural values influence relationships between individuals, groups and political entities in modern societies and regions.
NC Essential Standards Retrieved From: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/acre/standards/new-standards/social-studies/7.pdf