Grade 7 ELA Florida standards Standards

K-12 ELA Expectations

Foundational Reading Intervention Standards

Vocabulary

Communication

Reading

Applying Foundational Reading Skills for Secondary

Demonstrate an understanding of spoken words, syllables, and sounds.

Orally produce single-syllable and multisyllabic words by accurately blending sounds.

Accurately segment single-syllable and multisyllabic words.

Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

Use an array of strategies to decode single-syllable and multisyllabic words.

Accurately read multisyllabic words using a combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, and syllabication patterns.

Know and apply phonics and word analysis skills in encoding words.

Use an array of strategies to accurately encode single-syllable and multisyllabic words.

Read grade-level texts with accuracy, automaticity, and appropriate prosody or expression.

Communicating Through Writing

Write personal or fictional narratives using narrative techniques, a recognizable point of view, precise words and phrases, and figurative language.

Write and support a claim using logical reasoning, relevant evidence from sources, elaboration, a logical organizational structure with varied transitions, and acknowledging at least one counterclaim.

Write expository texts to explain and analyze information from multiple sources, using relevant supporting details and a logical organizational pattern.

Improve writing by planning, revising, and editing, considering feedback from adults and peers.

Communicating Orally

Present information orally, in a logical sequence, emphasizing key points that support the central idea.

Following Conventions

Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling appropriate to grade level.

Researching

Conduct research to answer a question, drawing on multiple reliable and valid sources, and generating additional questions for further research.

Creating and Collaborating

Integrate diverse digital media to build cohesion in oral or written tasks.

Use digital tools to produce and share writing.

Reading Prose and Poetry

Analyze the impact of setting on character development and plot in a literary text.

Compare two or more themes and their development throughout a literary text.

Explain the influence of narrator(s), including unreliable narrator(s), and/or shifts in point of view in a literary text.

Analyze the impact of various poetic forms on meaning and style.

Reading Informational Text

Explain how individual text sections and/or features convey a purpose in texts.

Compare two or more central ideas and their development throughout a text.

Explain how an author establishes and achieves purpose(s) through diction and syntax.

Track the development of an argument, analyzing the types of reasoning used and their effectiveness.

Reading Across Genres

Analyze how figurative language contributes to tone and meaning and explain examples of allusions in text(s).

Paraphrase content from grade-level texts.

Compare and contrast how authors with differing perspectives address the same or related topics or themes.

Explain the meaning and/or significance of rhetorical devices in a text.

Finding Meaning

Integrate academic vocabulary appropriate to grade level in speaking and writing.

Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine meanings of words and phrases in grade-level content.

Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials, and/or background knowledge to determine the connotative and denotative meaning of words and phrases, appropriate to grade level.

Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.

Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently.

Make inferences to support comprehension.

Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.

Use the accepted rules governing a specific format to create quality work.

Use appropriate voice and tone when speaking or writing.

Finding Meaning

Vocabulary

Reading Across Genres

Reading Informational Text

Reading Prose and Poetry

Reading

Creating and Collaborating

Researching

Following Conventions

Communicating Orally

Communicating Through Writing

Communication

Write a personal narrative using a recognizable point of view, precise words and figurative language.

Make and support a claim using logical reasoning, relevant evidence from a source(s), elaboration and a logical organizational structure with transitions, acknowledging one counterclaim.

Write an expository text to explain information from a source(s), using relevant supporting details and a logical organizational pattern.

Improve writing by planning, revising and editing, with guidance and support as needed, considering feedback from adults and peers.

Present information in a logical sequence, emphasizing key points that support the central idea, using the student’s mode of communication with guidance and support.

Follow the rules of standard English grammar, punctuation, capitalization and spelling appropriate to grade-level with guidance and support.

Use pronouns correctly with regard to case, number and a person, correcting for vague pronoun reference.

Conduct research to answer a question, drawing on reliable and valid sources and generating an additional question, with guidance and support.

Arrange one or more elements of digital media to enhance understanding in oral or written tasks with guidance and support.

Identify digital tools to produce writing.

Explain how the setting impacts the characters and the plot in a literary text.

Find the similarities between two themes and their development throughout a literary text.

Identify an unreliable narrator.

Explain how the narrators shifts in points of view change in the text.

Explain how the style of a poem affects its meaning.

Describe the purpose of a specific text section in a text.

Identify two central ideas and their development throughout a text.

Explain how the authors word choice influences the purpose of the text.

Track the development, the type of reasoning (deductive, inductive, abductive) and its effectiveness in the argument.

Explain how figurative language contributes to tone and meaning of text(s).

Retell content from grade-level texts, at the students ability level using the students mode of communication.

Compare and contrast how two authors with different perspectives view the same theme in a text with grade-level appropriate content at the student’s skill level.

Identify the meaning of irony in a text with grade level content at the students ability level.

Use grade-level academic vocabulary in communication, using the students mode of communication.

Apply knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and affixes to determine meanings of words and phrases in grade-level content at the student’s ability level with guidance and support.

Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, reference materials and/or background knowledge to determine the connotative meaning of words and phrases, appropriate to grade-level content at the student’s ability level with guidance and support.

Applying Foundational Reading Skills for Secondary

Foundational Skills

Combine word parts (blend syllables, attach affixes to root words, fingerspell, etc.) to produce words in the student’s mode of communication.

Segment single-syllable and multisyllabic words using the students mode of communication.

Decode single-syllable and multisyllabic words as appropriate to the students mode of communication.

Read multisyllabic words using a combined knowledge of all letter-sound correspondences, and syllabication patterns using to the student’s mode of communication.

Encode single-syllable and multisyllabic words using the students mode of communication.

Read grade-level text at the student’s ability level with accuracy, automaticity, and prosody or expression as appropriate for the student’s mode of communication.

Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.

Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently.

Make inferences to support comprehension.

Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.

Use the accepted rules governing a specific format to create quality work.

Use appropriate voice and tone when speaking or writing.