CORRELATION TO Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS AND READING CPO Texas Grade 7
CPO Texas Grade 7 TEKS Correlation English Language Arts and Reading 110.19. Grade 7, Beginning with School Year 2009-2010 English Language Arts and Reading TEKS TEKS Volume 1: Student Text Volume 2: Investigation Manual 7.1 Reading/Fluency. Students read grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. Students are expected to adjust fluency when reading aloud grade-level text based on the reading purpose and the nature of the text. 7.1 7.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. 7.2A 7.2B 7.2C 7.2D 7.2E 7.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. 7.3A 7.3B 7.3C 7.4 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze the importance of graphical elements (e.g., capital letters, line length, word position) on the meaning of a poem. 7.4 7.5 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain a playwright's use of dialogue and stage directions. 7.5 7.6 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding 7.6A 7.6B 7.6C 7.7 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the structural and substantive differences between an autobiography or a diary and a fictional adaptation of it. 7.7 7.8 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to determine the figurative meaning of phrases and analyze how an author's use of language creates imagery, appeals to the senses, and suggests mood. 7.8 7.9 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the difference between the theme of a literary work and the author's purpose in an expository text.
TEKS Volume 1: Student Text Volume 2: Investigation Manual 7.9 7.10 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. 7.10A 7.10B 7.10C 7.10D 7.11 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis. 7.11A 7.11B 7.12 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Texts. Students understand how to glean and use information in procedural texts and documents. 7.12A 7.12B 7.13 Reading/Media Literacy. Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts. 7.13A 7.13B 7.13C 7.13D 7.14 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text. 7.14A 7.14B 7.14C 7.14D 7.14E 7.15 Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas. 7.15A 7.15B 7.16 Writing. Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write a personal narrative that has a clearly defined focus and communicates the importance of or reasons for actions and/or consequences. 7.16 7.17 Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. 7.17A 7.17B 7.17C 7.17D 7.18 Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. 7.18A 7.18B 7.18C 7.19 Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. 7.19A 7.19B 7.19C
TEKS Volume 1: Student Text Volume 2: Investigation Manual 7.20 Oral and Written Conventions/Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions. 7.20A 7.20B 7.21 Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling. Students spell correctly. Students are expected to spell correctly, including using various resources to determine and check correct spellings. 7.21 7.22 Research/Research Plan. Students ask open-ended research questions and develop a plan for answering them. 7.22A 7.22B 7.23 Research/Gathering Sources. Students determine, locate, and explore the full range of relevant sources addressing a research question and systematically record the information they gather. 7.23A 7.23B 7.23C 7.23D 7.24 Research/Synthesizing Information. Students clarify research questions and evaluate and synthesize collected information. 7.24A 7.24B 7.25 Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas. Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. 7.25A 7.25B 7.25C 7.25D 7.26 Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students will use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. 7.26A 7.26B 7.26C 7.27 Listening and Speaking/Speaking. Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to present a critique of a literary work, film, or dramatic production, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, a variety of natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively. 7.27 7.28 Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate productively in discussions, plan agendas with clear goals and deadlines, set time limits for speakers, take notes, and vote on key issues. 7.28
CPO Texas Grade 7 TEKS Correlation English Language Arts and Reading 110.19. Grade 7, Beginning with School Year 2009-2010 English Language Arts and Reading TEKS TEKS Volume 1: Student Text Volume 2: Investigation Manual 7.1 Reading/Fluency. Students read grade-level text with fluency and comprehension. Students are expected to adjust fluency when reading aloud grade-level text based on the reading purpose and the nature of the text. 7.1 Chapters 1-16 Study Guides (read-aloud summaries) 7.2 Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. 7.2A Chapter 2, Section 3 7.2B Chapter 2 Study Guide 7.2C 7.2D 7.2E Chapters 1-16 Study Guides (Helpful Vocabulary section) Chapter 8, Section 2 (My Notebook) Glossary and ELL Glossary appendices 7.3 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. 7.3A 7.3B 7.3C 7.4 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze the importance of graphical elements (e.g., capital letters, line length, word position) on the meaning of a poem. 7.4 7.5 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Drama. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of drama and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain a playwright's use of dialogue and stage directions. 7.5 7.6 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Fiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of fiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding 7.6A 7.6B 7.6C 7.7 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patterns and features of literary nonfiction and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to describe the structural and substantive differences between an autobiography or a diary and a fictional adaptation of it. 7.7 7.8 Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Sensory Language. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about how an author's sensory language creates imagery in literary text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to determine the figurative meaning of phrases and analyze how an author's use of language creates imagery, appeals to the senses, and suggests mood. 7.8 7.9 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their
understanding. Students are expected to explain the difference between the theme of a literary work and the author's purpose in an expository text. TEKS Volume 1: Student Text Volume 2: Investigation Manual 7.9 7.10 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. 7.10A Chapters 1-16 Study Guides (Chapter Summaries) 7.10B Chapter 1, Sections 1-2 7.10C Chapters 1-16 Check Your Understanding Graphic Organizers 7.10D Chapter 10, Section 2 Challenge sidebar 7.11 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Persuasive Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about persuasive text and provide evidence from text to support their analysis. 7.11A 7.11B Chapter 1, Section 2 7.12 Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Procedural Texts. Students understand how to glean and use information in procedural texts and documents. 7.12A Chapter 3 Activity Chapter 5 Activity Chapter 6 Activity Chapter 14 Activity Chapters 1-16 Investigations (ALL) 7.12B Chapter 2, Section 3 Chapter 2 Review Chapter 9, Section 3 Chapter 9 Review Investigation 2.3 Investigation 9.1 Investigation 9.4 7.13 Reading/Media Literacy. Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater depth in increasingly more complex texts. 7.13A 7.13B 7.13C 7.13D 7.14 Writing/Writing Process. Students use elements of the writing process (planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing) to compose text. 7.14A Chapter 14 Project 7.14B Chapter 14 Project 7.14C Chapter 14 Project 7.14D Chapter 14 Project 7.14E Chapter 14 Project 7.15 Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas. 7.15A Chapter 5 Section 2 (My Notebook) 7.15B Chapter 4 Project 7.16 Writing. Students write about their own experiences. Students are expected to write a personal narrative that has a clearly defined focus and communicates the importance of or reasons for actions and/or consequences. 7.16 Chapter 15 Project 7.17 Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. 7.17A Investigation 8.2 (Extension h) 7.17B 7.17C 7.17D Chapter 9 Project Chapter 14 Project Investigation 13.3
7.18 Writing/Persuasive Texts. Students write persuasive texts to influence the attitudes or actions of a specific audience on specific issues. 7.18A Chapter 7 Review 7.18B Chapter 7 Review 7.18C Chapter 7 Review 7.19 Oral and Written Conventions/Conventions. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. 7.19A Chapter 8 Study Guide 7.19B 7.19C TEKS Volume 1: Student Text Volume 2: Investigation Manual 7.20 Oral and Written Conventions/Handwriting, Capitalization, and Punctuation. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions. 7.20A Chapter 9 Project Chapter 14 Project 7.20B Chapter 9 Project Chapter 14 Project 7.21 Oral and Written Conventions/Spelling. Students spell correctly. Students are expected to spell correctly, including using various resources to determine and check correct spellings. 7.21 Chapter 9 Project Chapter 14 Project 7.22 Research/Research Plan. Students ask open-ended research questions and develop a plan for answering them. 7.22A Chapter 9 Project 7.22B Chapter 9 Project 7.23 Research/Gathering Sources. Students determine, locate, and explore the full range of relevant sources addressing a research question and systematically record the information they gather. 7.23A Chapter 9 Project 7.23B Chapter 9 Project 7.23C Chapter 8 Project Chapter 9 Project 7.23D Chapter 9 Project 7.24 Research/Synthesizing Information. Students clarify research questions and evaluate and synthesize collected information. 7.24A Chapter 9 Project 7.24B Chapter 9 Project 7.25 Research/Organizing and Presenting Ideas. Students organize and present their ideas and information according to the purpose of the research and their audience. 7.25A Chapter 9 Project 7.25B Chapter 8 Project Chapter 9 Project 7.25C Chapter 8 Activity Chapter 8 Project Chapter 9 Project Chapter 11 Project 7.25D Chapter 9 Project 7.26 Listening and Speaking/Listening. Students will use comprehension skills to listen attentively to others in formal and informal settings. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. 7.26A Unit 3 Try This (Interview a Scientist) 7.26B Chapter 8 Activity 7.26C
7.27 Listening and Speaking/Speaking. Students speak clearly and to the point, using the conventions of language. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to present a critique of a literary work, film, or dramatic production, employing eye contact, speaking rate, volume, enunciation, a variety of natural gestures, and conventions of language to communicate ideas effectively. 7.27 7.28 Listening and Speaking/Teamwork. Students work productively with others in teams. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. Students are expected to participate productively in discussions, plan agendas with clear goals and deadlines, set time limits for speakers, take notes, and vote on key issues. 7.28 Chapter 7, Section 2 Chapter 7 Activity Chapter 8 Activity Chapter 14 Activity Chapters 1-16 Investigations (ALL)