Dooly County Middle School Curriculum Map 2016-2017

ELA Curriculum: Grade 7 (Semester 2)

7th ELA 2016-2017 Pacing Guide

Date(s)

# of
Days

January 3-4, 2017

January 5March 10, 2017

44 days

No School:
*MLK Day
1/16/17
*Presidents Day
2/20/16
*Professional
Learning 2/21/17

Unit 3 Benchmark
Window
(March 8-10,
2017)

February 21, 2017

Standards
Professional Learning/Student Holidays
Thematic Unit #3: Overcoming Adversity/Coming of Age
Text Resources:
Extended Text (Choose one of these as the unit extended text):
Red Scarf Girl
Short Texts (Mixture of Literary and Informational thematically connected texts)

Long Walk to Freedom- Nonfiction-page 524

Unforgettable Journey-Nonfiction- page 33
Native American Poem Selections-Poetry-My Reservation (pg. 42), For Those
Who Hate (pg. 51), If I Lived in that House (pg. 70), The Man From
Washington (pg. 116)
Virtual Sticks and Stones-Informational- pg. 447
Debate on Bullying, pg. 453
NBAs Jeremy Lin Rejected the Bullies, Dared to Be Different from Newsela
That October by D. H. Figueredo, pgs. 272-279
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes, page 671
Malala Yousafzais Courage Article
Taliban Guns Down Girl Who Spoke -Article
Peace Prize Awarded to Malala Newsela Article (950L)
Peace Prize Awarded to Malala Newsela Article (670L)

Professional Learning/Student Holiday

Priority Standards

Reading Literature:
ELAGSE7RL1
ELAGSE7RL4
ELAGSE7RL5
Reading Informational:
ELAGSE7RI1
ELAGSE7RI2
ELAGSE7RI3
ELAGSE7RI4
ELAGSE7RI35
ELAGSE7RI6
ELAGSE67RI8
ELAGSE7RI9
Writing Standards:
ELAGSE7W2
ELAGSE7W3
ELAGSE7W7
ELAGSE7W8
ELAGSE7W9
Language Standards:
ELAGSE7L1
ELAGSE7L2
ELAGSE7L3

March 13, 2017May 19, 2017

March 24, 2017

(Early
Release/Parent
Conference)

No School
April 3-7, 2017
Spring Break
Georgia
Milestones
Testing
Window
(April 24-May 5,
2017)

May 11-12, 2017

May 15-17
Testing Window for
nd
2 Semester Exam

46

Thematic Unit #4: What Does It Take to Succeed?

Text Resources
Extended Text (Choose one of the following as your extended text for the unit)
The Face on the Milk Carton

Short Texts (Mixture of Literary and Informational thematically connected texts)

The Village Blacksmith, page 654
Elegy on the Death of a Blacksmith
Poetry Analysis-The Village Blacksmith
Compare/Contrast Blacksmith Poems- with Rubric
The Girl Who Silenced the World for Five Minutes Speech and Video Clip
Myths, Folktales, Legends, and Fables Powerpoint
What Are the Characteristics of Myths? (900-901)
What are the Characteristics of Folk Tales? (902-903)
How Can You Learn about Myths from a Literary Map (904-905)
What Skills Help you Read Myths and Folk Tales (906-907)
King Midas and the Golden Touch (908-910)
Orpheus, the Great Musician (915-918)
The Flight of Icarus (925-928)
The Twelve Tasks of Heracles (935-938)
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street (833-855)

2nd Semester Examination

Reading Literature:
ELAGSE7RL1
ELAGSE7RL2
ELAGSE7RL3
ELAGSE7RL4
ELAGSE7RL5
ELAGSE7RL6
ELAGSE7RL7

Reading Informational:
ELAGSE7RI1
ELAGSE7RI6
ELAGSE7RI7
ELAGSE7RI8

Writing Standards:
ELAGSE7W1
ELAGSE7W2
ELAGSE7W3

Language Standards:
ELAGSE7L1
ELAGSE7L2
ELAGSE7L3

Speaking & Listening

Standards:
ELAGSE7SL1