7th+Grade+Language+Arts+and+Reading+Standards

 South Dakota Content Standards ** and context. **  ||   I can examine carefully and in detail (analyze) prefixes, suffixes, root words, and word origins (word parts) to determine meaning and words in passages (context). ||  denotation and connotation (word choice) affects meaning. || ** strategies. **  ||   I can understand and communicate the meaning (interpret) of text using methods to understand text (comprehension strategies). || ** text. **  ||   I can read using accuracy, rate, phrasing, and expression (fluently) to comprehend grade-level text. || ** of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry. **  ||   I can evaluate in writing and/or speaking (examine) the organizational patterns in text (text structures) for characteristics of fiction, nonfiction, drama, and poetry. || ** to create meaning. **  ||   I can recognize in writing and/or speaking (identify) how authors use features that contribute meaning to text (literary elements) to create meaning. || ** to create meaning. **  ||   I can recognize in writing and/or speaking (identify) how authors use techniques to convey or enhance the text (literary devices) to create meaning. || ** diverse cultures, time periods, and historical events. **  ||   I can recognize (identify) recurring themes in text from distinct or unlike groups of people based on age, gender, religion, ethnicity, and ways of life (diverse cultures), specific spans of time in the past, present, or future (time periods), and past events (historical events). || ** provide the best information for the assigned task. **  ||   I can explain by writing and/or speaking (determine) which print and electronic materials (reference sources) will supply or make available (provide) the best information for the assigned task. || ** informational text. **  ||   I can examine carefully and in detail (analyze) and arrange (organize) nonfiction (informational) text. || ** information about a topic contained in multiple sources. **  ||   I can determine the importance or quality (evaluate) of the correctness (accuracy) and truthfulness (credibility) of information about a topic contained in multiple sources.   || ** of three paragraphs. **  ||   || ** from references to compose text. **  ||   || ** writing process. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  || ** presentation using listening and viewing skills. ** || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> || ** purpose influence speech format. ** || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> || ** informative, and narrative presentations. ** || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> || ** expressed in auditory and visual information. ** || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"> ||
 * ** Standard ** ||  ** Student Speak **  ||
 * ** Reading **  || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  ||
 * ** 7.R.1.1 Students can analyze word parts to determine meaning  **
 * ** 7.R.1.2 Students can infer how word choice affects meaning. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  ||   I can conclude by reasoning (infer) how the words the author chooses, including
 * ** 7.R.2.1 Students can interpret text using comprehension  **
 * ** 7.R.2.2 Students can read fluently to comprehend grade-level  **
 * ** 7.R.3.1 Students can examine text structures for characteristics  **
 * ** 7.R.3.2 Students can identify how authors use literary elements  **
 * ** 7.R.3.3 Students can identify how authors use literary devices  **
 * ** 7.R.4.1 Students can identify recurring themes in text from  **
 * ** 7.R.5.1 Students can determine which reference sources will  **
 * ** 7.R.5.2 Students can analyze and organize data from  **
 * ** 7.R.5.3 Students can evaluate the accuracy and credibility of  **
 * ** 7.R.5.4 Students can analyze the author’s purpose in text. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  ||   I can examine carefully and in detail (analyze) the motive or reason for which an author writes (the author’s purpose) in text.   ||
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 * ** 7.W.1.1 Students can compose expository and persuasive text  **
 * ** 7.W.1.2 Students can revise word choice in writing. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  ||
 * ** 7.W.1.3 Students can select language and style for writing. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  ||
 * ** 7.W.1.4 Students can summarize and paraphrase information  **
 * ** 7.W.2.1 Students can edit text for verb tense agreement. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  ||
 * ** 7.W.2.2 Students can identify and incorporate adjectives in the  **
 * ** Listening, Viewing, and Speaking **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">  ||
 * ** 7.LVS.1.1 Students can evaluate the purpose and content of the  **
 * ** 7.LVS.1.2 Students can express orally how audience and  **
 * ** 7.LVS.1.3 Students can create clear and organized descriptive,  **
 * ** 7.LVS.1.4 Students can evaluate the use of facts and opinions  **
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