7th Grade ELA Milestones Boot CampStandard:ELAGSE7RL4

Presented by:

Ms. Tatum

ELAGSE7RL4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.

READING LITERARY

Bell Ringer: March 27-29, 2017UNPACK THE STANDARD

The students will unpack the following

standard:

● Identify the key concepts, the important

nouns or noun phrases. (Box 2: Left)

● Identify verbs. (Box 2: Right)

Bell Ringer: March 30, 2017LIST THE CONTENT

● MEANING

● WORDS

● PHRASES

● TEXT

● IMPACT

● RHYMES

● REPETITIONS

● SOUNDS

● VERSE

● STANZA

● POEM

● SECTION

● STORY

● DRAMA

Bell Ringer: March 30, 2017LIST THE VERBS

● DETERMINE

● ANALYZE

Work Period: March 30, 2017BENCHMARK TWO: QUESTION ANALYSIS

● Think: Read the passage: Journey’s End and

Mighty Mac by Mona Gedney

● Pair: Answer the selected response question: As

a group answer the selected response question,

and complete the selected worksheet.

● Share: Handout Responses: Pick a leader from

your group to share your response to the

question.

Work Period: March 30, 2017BENCHMARK TWO:

QUESTION 4 ANALYSIS

● 7th Grade ELA Students:

Fail: 63% Pass: 37%

● The correct response is B.

● B is correct because “intensely” means “very serious and using a

lot of strength and effort,” which is the same meaning as

“strenuously” in the context of the sentence. A is incorrect

because “conclusively” means “showing something is definitely

true.” C is incorrect because “exuberantly” means “full of

excitement and energy.” D is incorrect because “tentatively”

means “not definite or certain.”

Work Period: March 30, 2017BENCHMARK TWO:

QUESTION 12 ANALYSIS

● 7th Grade ELA Students:

Fail: 57% Pass: 43%

● The correct response is D.● D is correct; the paragraph explains how much work was put into building a

bridge that could “span the Straits” and link the “peninsulas of Michigan.” In

addition, the “two main towers” eventually tower above the water, but this

happens “slowly.” A is incorrect because the language in paragraph 4 does

not show that it took “far too long” to make the bridge because of the

caissons. B is incorrect because the language of the paragraph does not

indicate disorganization. C is incorrect because the language does not

indicate a “precise method.”

Closing: March 30, 2017Standard in Action

● Read the excerpt: from Dr. Dredd's Wagon

of Wonders by Bill Brittain

● Answer the selected response question

and the short constructed response (Using

the R.A.C.E. strategy)

Bell Ringer: March 30, 2017DEFINE THE CONTENT

● MEANING

● WORDS

● PHRASES

● TEXT

● IMPACT

● RHYMES

● REPETITIONS

● SOUNDS

● VERSE

● STANZA

● POEM

● SECTION

● STORY

● DRAMA

Homework: March 30, 2017ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

Homework: March 30, 2017ANSWERS TO ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS