Quarter 2 (7th)‐ “Melting Pot” and “How I Learned English”
Stage 1 – Desired Results
Standards
LRA 3.2 (Fall EOC) Identify events that advance the plot, and determine how each event explains past or present actions or foreshadows future actions. ARG
LRA 3.4 (Fall EOC) Identify and analyze recurring themes across works (e.g. the value of bravery, loyalty, and friendships; the effects of loneliness). ARG
V1.1 (Fall EOC) Identify idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes in prose and poetry.
V 1.3 (Fall EOC) Clarify word meanings through the use of definition, example, restatement or contrast.
WA 2.5‐ (STAR) Write summaries of reading materials. SUM
WA 2.2 (On Demand/ STAR) Write Responses to Literature. ARG
WS 1.2 (On Demand) Support all statements and claims with anecdotes, descriptions, facts and statistics, and give examples. REF
WS 1.3 Use strategies of note‐taking, outlining and summarizing to impose structure on composition drafts.
AN, SUM, REF
WS 1.4 (Fall EOC) Identify topics and evaluate questions and develop ideas leading to inquiry, investigation, and research. AN, ARG
WS 1.7 (On Demand, Fall EOC) Revise writing to improve organization and word choice after checking the logic of ideas and the precision of vocabulary. ALANG
WOC 1.4 (On Demand) Demonstrate the mechanics of writing (e.g. quotation marks, commas at the end of dependent clauses) and appropriate English usage (e.g. pronoun reference). ALANG Big Ideas & Understanding(s):
Students will understand that:
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Narratives are organized by a series of events and important events move a story forward.

Essential Question(s):
What is the author’s perspective and how do you know? (RC 2.4)
What do you know about this text, and what additional information do you need? (WS 1.3)

Themes are life lessons that can be shared between stories