Foundations Unit

Learning Goals
English 7

This is new to me

I have questions about this...

I am making good progress

I could teach someone else about this

Reading

I can...

use strategies to think (and write) deeply and analytically about what I read
(questions, connections, predictions, inferences, authors craft, big ideas)
discuss meaningfully with others what I read and my thinking about it
notice when I am confused or dont understand a text and know what to do
to fix my confusion
set reading goals and accurately track my own reading progress

Writing

I can...

be a contributing member of a writing community

have a beginning, middle and end to my writing
make purposeful choices about words and sentences
consider my reader and include enough detail to accomplish my task
(including using specific examples and explaining those examples)
set goals about my writing and work systematically toward accomplishing
those goals
experiment with revision

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
know and honor the difference between group and individual work time
practice positive group norms (encouraging group, being present, adding
on, clarifying, disagreeing respectfully, paraphrasing to seek understanding,
avoiding hitch hiking)

Language and Grammar

I can...

identify the parts of a sentence (subject and verb) and know when a
sentence is problematic (how to fix fragments and run-ons)

Revised August 2016