Common Core State Standards for Grade 7

Language Arts Instructional Strategies and Activities

By (author) Michelle Manville

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Publication date:

21 May 2014

Length of book:

182 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781475810905

Common Core State Standards for Grade 6: Language Arts Instructional Strategies and Activities is designed to help teachers address Common Core standards using effective, research-based instructional strategies in combination with ready-to-use activities. These strategies include identifying similarities and differences, writing summaries and taking notes, creating non-linguistic representations, and suggestions for homework and practice. There are a variety of suggested texts as well as identified text exemplars that can easily be used with the strategies and activities.

Introduction

Chapter 1: Instructional Strategies and Activities: An Overview
Chapter 2: Grade 7 Common Core State Standards
Chapter 3: Grades 6-8 Common Core State Standards Text Exemplars
Chapter 4: Grade 7 Strategies and Activities for Reading Literature
Chapter 5: Grade 7 Strategies and Activities for Reading Informational Text
Chapter 6: Grade 7 Strategies and Activities for Writing
Chapter 7: Grade 7 Strategies and Activities for Speaking and Listening
Chapter 8: Grade 7 Strategies and Activities for Language
Chapter 9: Grade 7 Strategies and Activities for Reading Literacy in History/Social Studies
Chapter 10: Grade 7 Strategies and Activities for Reading Literacy in Science and Technical Subjects
Chapter 11: Grade 7 Strategies and Activities for Writing Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

Appendix A: Summary Frames
Appendix B: Position Paper Format
Appendix C: Stem Questions
Appendix D: Hypothesis Worksheet
Appendix E: Primary Source Analysis
Appendix F: SMART Goals
Appendix G: Sample Grade 7 Advance Organizers
Appendix H: Sample Parent Letter
Appendix I: Products and Performances List
Appendix J: Verbs to Question
References
About the Author

Classroom teachers and reading specialists will find these new resource books full of rich and targeted activities designed to strengthen students’ skills as they meet the requirements of the Common Core State Standards. Michelle Manville is a consummate professional Missouri educator who understands student needs and suggests effective strategies and literature to meet them.