Grade: 7th Quarter: 1 Unit 1

Unit 1: _Growth in the face of challenges_____________________________

By the end of the unit, students will respond to the following writing prompt:
Write a short story in which the main character(s) experiences a challenge and gains some insight or truth about
life.
Students must craft:
Well developed characters.
A conflict that keeps the reader asking, What will happen next?
Narrative that includes dialogue, descriptive setting with sensory details, and an organized plot.
Varied and effective word choice.



We
ek
Mentor
text
Reading Writing

Speaking/
Listening
Language Informal
Assessmen
t
1 A Days
Wait
By: Ernest
Hemingway
Standard:
RL.7.2
RL.7.1

Strategy/Skill:
Theme/ Story
elements

Respond to
close reading
quesitons


Standard:
W.7.3

Strategy/Skill:
Writers
notebook
Standard:
SL.7.1

Strategy/Skill:
Class
Discussion
Standard:
L.7.1
L.7.2


Strategy/Skill:
Vocabulary
in Context
Writers
notebook

Plot Diagram



2 A Days
Wait
By: Ernest
Hemingway

Mother to
Son By:
Langston
Hughes
Standard:
RL 7.2
RL 7.1
RL 7.3
Strategy/Skill:
Identify sensory
language

Respond to
close reading
questions


Standard:
W.7.3


StrategySkill:
Writers
notebook

Letter
Standard:
SL.7.1



StrategySkill:
Class
discussion
Standard:
L.7.1
L.7.2
L.7.3

StrategySkill:
Compose a
friendly
letter
Writers
notebook

Graphic
organizer

Friendly
letter
3 Papas
Standard: Standard: Standard: Standard:
Graphic
Parrot
By: Cynthia
Rylant
RL.7.2
RL.7.3
Strategy/Skill:
Interacting
story elements

Graphic
organizer
W.7.3
W.7.4
W.7.5
Strategy/Skill:
Prewriting of
narrative
SL.7.1

StrategySkill:
Class
Discussion
L.7.2


StrategySkill:
Prewriting
organizer

Writers
notebook

Prewriting of
narrative
4 Annabel
Lee By:
Edgar Allen
Poe


Model
writing
samples



Standard:
RL.7.1
RL.7.2
RL.7.3
RL.7.4


Strategy/Skill:
Identify
figurative
language

Respond to
close reading
questions



Standard:
W.7.4

StrategySkill:
Identify rhyme
scheme

Crafting a
conclusion
Standard:
SL.7.1


StrategySkill:
Round table
discussion

Participation in
writing
conference

Peer editing

Standard:
L.7.1
L.7.2
L.7.3
L.7.5
L.7.6

StrategySkill
Completion of
narrative first
draft

Round table

3,2,1

Rough draft

5 Amigo
Brothers
By: Piri
Thomas
Strategy/Skill:
RL.7.1
RL.7.2
Skill:
Anticipation
guide

Creating close
reading
questions

Theme graphic
organizer
Standard:
W.7.3
W.7.5
StrategySkill:
Writers
notebook

Peer editing

Performance
Task
Standard:
SL.7.6
StrategySkill:
Role- Play

Participation in
writing
conference

Standard:
L.7.1
L.7.3

StrategySkill:
peer ediitng

Applying
writing
revisions
from
conferences
Theme
Graphic
organizer

Writers
notebook

Performance
Task