7th grade · Reading & Literature
What a 7th grade student learns in Reading & Literature
Grade 7 Reading & Literature centers on citing multiple pieces of evidence to support inferences, analyzing how literary elements interact to develop theme and meaning, and comparing texts across points of view, structures, media, and historical contexts at full middle-school text complexity.
The skills for the year
- 1Citing several pieces of textual evidence to support explicit statements and inferences
- 2Determining a theme and analyzing its development over the full course of a text
- 3Crafting objective summaries of stories, dramas, and poems
- 4Analyzing how story elements (setting, character, plot) interact and shape one another
- 5Determining figurative and connotative meanings of words and phrases in literary context
- 6Analyzing the impact of rhyme, alliteration, and other sound devices on a verse or scene
- 7Analyzing how a poem’s or drama’s form/structure (sonnet, soliloquy, etc.) contributes to meaning
- 8Analyzing how an author develops and contrasts points of view of different characters or narrators
- 9Comparing a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, or staged version
- 10Evaluating effects of medium-specific techniques (lighting, sound, camera angles) on meaning
- 11Comparing a fictional portrayal of a time/place/character with a historical account of the same period
- 12Analyzing how authors of fiction use or alter historical details
- 13Tracing character motivation and change through dialogue, actions, and interactions
- 14Interpreting symbols, imagery, and other literary devices that develop theme
- 15Reading and comprehending literature in the grades 6–8 complexity band proficiently and independently
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