Description
All 8 lessons are complete — notice devices a writer uses on purpose, make an inference using clues in a text, combine ideas from more than one text into one clear idea, notice cultural elements shown in a text, notice perspectives a text states directly or only hints at, explain how a text addresses a topic like inclusion or accessibility, assess how history and community experience shape a text, and compare the thinking skills we used to understand texts this unit.
Every lesson comes with a full teaching set: a lesson plan, a worksheet, homework, and a handout. The unit also includes 8 exit cards, 2 quizzes, a project, and an assignment.
Grade 7 · ready for Monday
What's in this unit
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1
Plan
8 lesson plans, each one 40-minute period, with what to say and what to watch for.
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Slides
The lesson on the board, one step at a time, with each answer on the next slide.
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Printouts
A worksheet, a handout and homework for every lesson.
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Assessment
8 exit cards, 2 quizzes, a project, an assignment.
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Answer keys
At the back of every worksheet, homework and assessment.
The 8 lessons
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Reading the Signs Writers Leave Behindnotice devices a writer uses on purpose and explain how hints, symbols, and made-up stories build meaning - 2What the Text Doesn't Saymake an inference using clues in a text and use what we already know to understand more than a text states
- 3Putting the Pieces Togethercombine ideas from more than one text into one clear idea and put events in order and reach a conclusion
- 4What a Text Shows About a Communitynotice cultural elements shown in a text and connect those elements to real traditions and to our own lives
- 5Whose Side Is the Story On?notice perspectives a text states directly or only hints at and spot bias and think about how a writer could avoid it
- 6What This Text Is Really Sayingexplain how a text addresses a topic like inclusion or accessibility and identify the different positions a text presents on that topic
- 7History, Community, and the Texts They Shapeassess how history and community experience shape a text and connect that shaping to how people live today
- 8Which Thinking Skill Worked Best?compare the thinking skills we used to understand texts this unit and explain why one skill supported our understanding the most
- Read-Me-First — open it before anything else; one page that says what each file is for
- One numbered zip per lesson: lesson plan, worksheet, homework, handout and a one-page lesson read-me
- A zip for the 8 exit cards; a zip for the assessments: 2 quizzes, a project, and an assignment
- Every file as a print-ready PDF and an editable Word document; the lesson plan also as a PowerPoint deck to project
In every lesson
- Lesson plan
- Worksheet
- Homework
- Handout
For the whole unit
- 8 exit cards
- 2 quizzes
- A project
- An assignment
- Every format included — PDF, DOCX & PPTX
- Reading the Signs Writers Leave Behind
- What the Text Doesn't Say
- Putting the Pieces Together
- What a Text Shows About a Community
- Whose Side Is the Story On?
- What This Text Is Really Saying
- History, Community, and the Texts They Shape
- Which Thinking Skill Worked Best?
- Each lesson fits one 40-minute period; the plan is written for a substitute to teach cold
- Prints cleanly in black and white; nothing depends on colour
- Answer keys on the teacher pages at the end of every worksheet, homework and assessment
- In My files right away, and by email.
- Zips open on any computer; on a phone, save them to Files or Drive first
- Licensed to one teacher for one classroom — not for sharing with colleagues or your school. Full licence terms
- Digital files are final sale; if something is wrong with a file we'll fix it
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