Grade 7 ELA Units

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Unit Plan 36 (Grade 7 ELA): Publishing Celebration & Reflection

Grade 7 ELA unit: students polish writing portfolios, refine language for effect, and deliver formal author talks. They revise diction and sentence rhythm for impact, use technology to publish, and present their growth and craft to an authentic audience.

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Unit Plan 35 (Grade 7 ELA): Author Study – Style and Craft

Grade 7 ELA unit: students compare an author’s craft across works and contrast fiction with historical accounts. They identify stylistic fingerprints, write short imitations using those moves, and deliver formal presentations explaining the author’s creative choices.

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Unit Plan 34 (Grade 7 ELA): Revising & Editing for Clarity

Grade 7 ELA unit: students strengthen grammar, punctuation, and style through revision. They refine phrases and clauses for clarity, fix commas and capitalization, and improve cohesion using precise language and transitions for polished, professional writing.

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Unit Plan 33 (Grade 7 ELA): Summarizing & Synthesizing Information

Grade 7 ELA unit: students determine central ideas, condense key details, and synthesize across texts. They compare how authors shape information, integrate evidence lines, and write concise, objective summaries and synthesis paragraphs showing overlap and divergence.

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Unit Plan 32 (Grade 7 ELA): Writing Informational Reports with Visuals

Grade 7 ELA unit: students write formal multi-section reports with clear headings, visuals, and captions. They integrate graphics that teach, use precise academic language, maintain an objective tone, and conclude with insights that show significance or next steps.

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Unit Plan 31 (Grade 7 ELA): Extended Research Project

Grade 7 ELA unit: students design focused research projects, gather credible print and digital sources, and take organized notes. They draft and publish concise reports using technology tools for collaboration, accurate citations, and digital literacy skills.

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Unit Plan 30 (Grade 7 ELA): Reading Science/History Texts with Visuals

Grade 7 ELA unit: students interpret charts, diagrams, and maps to extract trends, identify domain-specific vocabulary, and evaluate media credibility. They integrate text and visual evidence to write clear, accurate explanations that show how visuals deepen understanding.

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Unit Plan 29 (Grade 7 ELA): Procedural / How-To Explanatory Writing

Grade 7 ELA unit: students write clear, step-by-step how-to essays using logical sequencing, precise language, and effective formatting. They apply transitions, visuals, and measurable details to create organized, user-friendly procedural writing.

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Unit Plan 28 (Grade 7 ELA): Cause & Effect and Evaluating Claims

Grade 7 ELA unit: students analyze how events and ideas connect in informational texts and speeches, trace claims, and evaluate reasoning and evidence. They write concise evaluations judging whether arguments are logical, relevant, and sufficiently supported.

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Unit Plan 27 (Grade 7 ELA): Synthesizing Across Sources

Grade 7 ELA unit: students compare multiple texts and media on the same topic to identify agreements, differences, and credibility. They reconcile conflicting evidence and write concise, evidence-based responses that integrate ideas and evaluate reliability across sources.

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Unit Plan 26 (Grade 7 ELA): Author’s Purpose and Point of View (Informational)

Grade 7 ELA unit: students analyze how an author’s purpose and point of view shape content and style in informational texts. They compare tone, diction, and structure across sources and write evidence-based analyses using precise, objective language.

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Unit Plan 25 (Grade 7 ELA): Reading Biographies & Timelines

Grade 7 ELA unit: students analyze biographies to trace key life events, causes, and effects. They build timelines, summarize central ideas objectively, and integrate visuals or multimedia to explain how each medium deepens understanding of the subject’s impact.

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Unit Plan 24 (Grade 7 ELA): Narrative Pacing, Transitions, and Reflection

Grade 7 ELA unit: students plan, draft, and revise narratives using clear sequencing, purposeful transitions, and controlled pacing for tension. They craft reflective endings that show growth or insight, mastering structure, flow, and meaning in storytelling.

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Unit Plan 23 (Grade 7 ELA): Writing Dialogue & Building Scenes

Grade 7 ELA unit: students master dialogue punctuation, integrate action beats and thoughts, and refine narrative voice through precise language and pacing. They craft scenes that reveal character, build tension, and demonstrate strong writing conventions.

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Unit Plan 22 (Grade 7 ELA): Poetry, Drama, and Prose Structures

Grade 7 ELA unit: students analyze how structure in poems, plays, and prose shapes meaning, then compare written texts to performances. They explore staging, pacing, and media techniques to understand how form and medium influence interpretation.

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Unit Plan 21 (Grade 7 ELA): Tone, Connotation, and Precise Language

Grade 7 ELA unit: students analyze how word choice shapes tone and meaning. They study connotation, rank synonyms by intensity, and revise writing for precision and concision—building clear, purposeful, and stylistically aware communication.

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Unit Plan 20 (Grade 7 ELA): Comparing Texts by the Same Author

Grade 7 ELA unit: students compare two works by the same author to uncover recurring themes, settings, and plot patterns. They analyze how fiction alters history for effect, then write clear, evidence-based comparisons using precise, formal language.

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Unit Plan 19 (Grade 7 ELA): Finding and Tracking Theme

Grade 7 ELA unit: students identify and analyze how a theme develops across a text, citing evidence to support their ideas. They write precise, objective summaries that explain how key events and details reveal the theme.

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Unit Plan 18 (Grade 7 ELA): Presenting Findings Clearly

Grade 7 ELA unit: students transform research into polished oral presentations with clear visuals, precise language, and confident delivery. They adapt tone and pacing for audience, integrate media strategically, and respond professionally to questions.

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Unit Plan 17 (Grade 7 ELA): Explanatory Writing with Graphics & Citations

Grade 7 ELA unit: students write multi-paragraph explanatory articles integrating charts or diagrams, clear captions, and citations. They analyze how visuals convey information and publish polished pieces.

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Unit Plan 16 (Grade 7 ELA): Mini-Research – Reading Across Sources

Grade 7 ELA unit where students craft focused research questions, evaluate credible sources, take organized notes, and use technology to synthesize findings into a polished one-page research summary.

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Unit Plan 15 (Grade 7 ELA): Performance Reading & Speaking

Grade 7 ELA unit: students perform poems and short scenes using prosody, gesture, and multimedia to enhance meaning. They analyze how audio, video, and stage techniques transform written texts, building expressive speaking, media literacy, and presentation skills through practice and reflection.

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Unit Plan 14 (Grade 7 ELA): Poetry Craft – Figurative Language & Imagery

Grade 7 ELA unit: students explore how poets use figurative language, imagery, and structure to shape tone and meaning. Through close reading, annotation, and short explications, they connect poetic craft to theme, analyzing how word choice and form create emotional and intellectual impact.

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Unit Plan 13 (Grade 7 ELA): Informational Structures Across Articles

Grade 7 ELA unit: students analyze how authors use sequence, cause/effect, and comparison structures to organize ideas. Working across multiple informational texts, they trace relationships among events and ideas, then synthesize evidence to build clear, connected explanations.

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Unit Plan 12 (Grade 7 ELA): Cohesion, Counterclaims & Conclusions

Grade 7 ELA unit: students refine argument writing through precise transitions, fair counterclaims, and strong conclusions. They practice revision cycles to improve cohesion, tone, and correctness, producing polished, logically connected arguments with formal style and accurate conventions.