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Jefferson County Schools Language Arts The Tennessee English Language Arts Curriculum Framework for Kindergarten through Grade 12 was adopted by the State Board of Education on December 5, 1996. "The framework includes the Content Strands and Learning Expectations necessary to insure K-12 Tennessee students develop the language skills needed to succeed in school, in the workplace, and in their lives." Grade 7 The Terra Nova Complete Battery assesses students in seventh grade (Level 17). |
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| The Genres Unit includes identifying and comparing key characteristics of literary genres, as designated by a work's subject, theme, style, and time period. Some examples of genres are science fiction, poetry, drama, British literature, and multicultural literature. The Genres Unit includes identifying and comparing key characteristics of literary genres, as designated by a work's subject, theme, style, and time period. Some examples of genres are science fiction, poetry, drama, British literature, and multicultural literature. |
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Author Intention: Evaluate
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) evaluate the author's purpose in a given work.
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Author Style/Technique: Tone/Evaluate
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) evaluate how an author's tone influences the text.
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Author Technique: Nonfiction/Analyze
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) analyze how authors use the elements of nonfiction to achieve their purposes.
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Comprehend: Differences
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) understand the differences of various genres.
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Point of View: Evaluate
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) evaluate how author point of view influences reading materials.
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Study /Research Skills: Refine
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) refine study/research skills by using resources in various formats including encyclopedias, card/electronic catalogs, almanacs, periodicals, Internet, non-fiction books, CD-ROMs, biographical sketches, letters, diaries, periodicals, dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses, and other word-referenced materials.
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Study/Research Skills: Refine
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) enhance study/research skills by distinguishing between primary/secondary sources, use skimming and scanning, develop and use notes, analyze various types of media and their impact on daily life, recognize that two equally reliable resources may present material from different perspectives, analyze surveys and polls, and select and use a variety of resources to develop a research paper that includes a title page, outline, notes, and a bibliography.
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| Language Expressions |
| The Language Expressions Unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar. The Language Expressions Unit focuses on language conventions, structure, usage, and language study. It also addresses parts of speech, figures of speech, syntax, paragraph and sentence structure, word agreement, modifiers, and grammar. |
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Appositives/Infinitives:Identify Correct
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the correct use of appositives/appositive phrases and infinitives/infinitive phrases within context.
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Clauses: Use Correctly
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify and place correctly within a sentence adjective, adverb, and noun clauses.
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Declarative: Change to Question
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) change a declarative sentence into a question.
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Devices: Us to Clarify Relationships
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use subordination, apposition, coordination, prepositional phrases, phrases words and phrases, and other devices to indicate clear relationships.
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Fragment/Run-On: Identify
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify incomplete sentences including fragments and run-ons.
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Interjections/Conjunctions: Use Correct
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) use conjunctions(e.g., coordinating, correlative subordinating conjunctions to combine words, phrases, clauses and sentences) and interjections appropriately.
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Modifier: Misplaced/Identify
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify a misplaced modifier in a sentence.
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Noun: Forms/Edit
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) edit writing for noun forms.
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Parallel Structure: Writing/Edit
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) edit writing for appropriate parallel structure.
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Pronoun: Case/Edit
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) edit written works for correct use of pronouns.
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Prepositions /Phrases:Identify Correct
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the correct use of prepositions and prepositional phrases within context.
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Run-on Sentence: Correct
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) select the most appropriate method to correct a run-on sentence (i.e.,conjunctions, semicolons, and periods to join or separate elements) within context.
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Sentence Combining
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) combine multiple complete sentences into one complete sentence.
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Sentence Combining Techniques: Identify
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify within context a variety of appropriate sentence combining techniques (i.e., comma + coordinating conjunction, use of semicolon, introductory phrases and/or clauses).
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Sentences: Sentence Types
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) recognize and differentiate among simple, compound, and complex sentences.
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Sentence Structure: Identify Complete
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify complete sentences.
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Sentence Structure: Recognize Errors
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) recognize and correct errors in sentence structure.
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Sentence Structure: Writing Purpose
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the sentence structure most appropriate for different writing purposes.
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Subject/Predicate: Identify
The learner will be able to (IMPORTANT) identify the complete subject and complete predicate of interrogative and other inverted sentence patterns.
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Subject-Verb: Agreement
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) use correct subject-verb agreement.
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Usage: Identify Correct
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the correct use of verbs (i.e., correct/linking, correct/irregular,agreement, Perfect tenses, verb phrases), adjectives (i.e., common/proper, comparative, superlative, and adjective clauses), adverbs (i.e., comparative/superlative), and comparative and comparative (i.e., coordinating, correlative, subordinating) within context.
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Usage Errors: Recognize
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) recognize usage errors occurring within context (e.g., double negatives, troublesome words, to, too, two; their, there, they're; lie, lay; sit, set;).
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| Language Mechanics |
| The Language Mechanics Unit includes comprehending and applying the rules that govern punctuation and capitalization when writing and editing written works. The Language Mechanics Unit includes comprehending and applying the rules that govern punctuation and capitalization when writing and editing written works. |
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Apostrophe: Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) correctly use apostrophes in sentences (including singular and plural possessives).
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Capitalization: Use Correctly
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) use capitalization correctly including proper nouns, proper adjectives, beginning of sentences, parts of a letter, city/state, titles, and titles of books.
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Colons: Identify Correct Use
The learner will be able to (ESSENTIAL) identify the correct use of colons (i.e., business letters, preceding a list of items) within context.
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