Calendar Mapping
Lititz Area Mennonite School
Grade 7
2014-2015
Language Arts
Lit Terms: Climax, Dialogue
Cont. novel unit Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
Lit Terms: Theme, symbolism
Cont. novel unit Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
Lit Terms: Direct vs. Indirect Characterization
Research & response to Roll of Thunder, Hear
my Cry
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers,
2013)
Simple Sentences
4 types of sentences
Compound sentences
Complex sentences
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers,
2013)
-Protagonist comic
-Antagonist essay
-Quarter 1 book report
-Climax fairytale
-dialogue script
-Theme collage & explanation
-Symbolism essay
-Quarter 2 book report
-We-Search essay (research/drafting)
We-Search Project: research/note-taking/drafting/revising
January
December
November
October
Lit Terms: Protagonist, Antagonist
Cont. novel unit Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
Grammar
-Plot structure story
-Setting story
-Main idea & support (concept)
Research & response to Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry:
We-Search Project
Lit Terms: Plot, Setting
“Trickster Tales” mini-unit
Begin novel unit: Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry
Writing
Research & response to Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry: We-Search
Project
September
Literature
Writing with Nouns
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers,
2013)
Writing with Verbs
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers,
2013)
Writing with Adjective
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers,
2013)
Writing with Adverbs
Vocabulary
Red Hot Root Words (Prufrock Press Inc., 2005)
Weekly list of 10 thematically related words
-daily homework practice
-daily in-class sentences (using context clues)
-weekly quiz
Root Word Lessons
Lesson 27: “Earth & Sea” (aqua, geo, mar, terr, etc.)
Lesson 28: “Some Body Words” (bio, carn, corp)
Lesson 29: “Body Parts” (cap, cor, man, ped etc.)
Lesson 30: “Moving” (curs, grad, gress, mov, etc.)
Lesson 31: “Look & See” (scop, spec, spic, vis, vid)
Lesson 32: “Speaking” (dic, log, log, ora, test, etc.)
Lesson 33: “Sound Words” (aud, phon, son)
Lesson 34: “The Shape of Things” (cycl, rect, etc.)
Lesson 35: “Strength & Power” (dyna, forc, vali, etc.)
Lesson 36: “It’s About Time” (ann, chron, dia, etc.)
Lesson 37: “Twisting & Turning” (rot, tort, vert, etc.)
Lesson 38: “Thinking & Remembering” (mem, etc.)
Lesson 39: “Going, Going, Gone” (ceed, migr, etc.)
Lesson 40: “Take a Stand” (sist, sta, stab, stat)
Lesson 41: “Touching & Holding” (tact, tag, ten, etc.)
Lesson 42: “Governmental Words” (crac, dom, etc.)
Lesson 43: “People” (dem, demo, greg, hum, pop)
Suffix Lessons
Lesson 44: “Able & Capable” (able, ible, il, ile)
Lesson 45: “It’s Like” (al, ine, ous)
Lesson 46: “More Like Words” (ic, ical, ive)
Lesson 47: “With & Without” (ful, less, ose, ous)
Lesson 48: “Resembling” (ish, ly, oid, some)
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Grade 7 – L.A. Calendar Mapping
Calendar Mapping
Lititz Area Mennonite School
Grade 7
2014-2015
Language Arts
March
Lit Terms: Personification, Oxymoron
Begin novel study Maniac Magee
April
Lit Terms: Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole
Cont. novel study Maniac Magee
-Personification essay
-Oxymoron story
-Quarter 3 book report
-Simile poem
-Metaphor greeting card
-Hyperbole paragraph
-We-Search
essay
(research/draf
ting/revising)
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers,
2013)
Writing with Conjunctions
Compound sentences
Complex sentences
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers,
2013)
Vocabulary
Lesson 49: “Conditional Words” (acy, tude, ure)
Lesson 50: “States of Being” (ment, ness, tion, sion)
Lesson 51: “More States of Being” (ance, ity, etc.)
Lesson 52: “People” (ar, er, or, ist)
Lesson 53: “In the Making” (ate, en, fy, ify, ize)
Lesson 54: “Related To” (ary, ery, ory)
Writing with Prepositional Phrases
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers,
2013)
Writing with Pronouns
Finish novel study Maniac Magee
May
-Mystery story (foreshadowing)
-Irony screenplay script
-Irony picture project
Grammar
Project
presentations
February
Lit Terms: Foreshadowing, Irony
Writing
Project
presentations
Literature
-Comparison & Contrast Essay
Quarter 4 book report
Daily Paragraph Editing (Evan-Moor Educational Publishers,
2013)
Writing with Interjections
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