Uni ts 1 & 2--

Narrati ve Texts
Learning Goals
English 7
1 This is new to me
2 I have questions about this...
3 I am making good progress
4 I could teach someone else about this
Reading I can...
identify a theme/ big idea and cite supporting evidence from the text
use reading strategies to analyze the text
understand unfamiliar vocabulary in context
identify genre and story elements
analyze how stories develop and how elements affect one another
(characters, theme, plot, setting, etc.)
discuss the authors craft and decision-making
Writing I can...
write a beginning that sets a story in motion, grounding it in place or
situation, including details that will be important later in the story
give a sense of closure by showing how the character or place changed or
how the problem was resolved and leave reader thinking about central
theme or message
develop the action, dialogue, details and inner thinking to convey an issue,
idea or lesson, show what is specific about the central character, and
develop the setting and the characters relationship to setting.
used specific details and figurative language to help the reader understand
the place and the mood (such as metaphor, simile, personification, using
the weather, using repetition)
Speaking and Listening I can...
listen and contribute in a positive manner to a group
consider what others think and how it changes my thinking
Language and Grammar I can...
punctuate dialogue correctly
in my writing, use commas correctly between independent clauses
(FANBOYS)
in my writing, correctly use commonly confused homophones (their/there/
theyre; your/youre; its/its; to/too/two; were/were/where)
Revised August 2014