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schools are working to provide higher quality instruction than ever before.  \nThe way we taught students in the past simply does not prepare them for the higher demands of college and careers today and in the future. Your school and schools throughout the country are working to improve teaching and learning to ensure that all children will graduate high school with the skills they need to be successful.  \nIn English language arts and literacy, this means three major changes. Students will continue reading and writing. But in addition to stories and literature, they will read more texts that provide facts and background knowledge in areas including science and social studies. They will read more challenging texts, and be asked more questions that will require them to refer back to what they have read. There will also be an increased emphasis on building a strong vocabulary so that students can read and understand challenging material.  \nSUPPORTING YOUR CHILD IN GRADE SEVEN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS 1  \nWhat your child will be learning in grade seven English language arts and literacy  \nIn grade seven, students will continue to develop the ability to cite relevant evidence when interpreting or analyzing a text or supporting their points in speaking and writing. Your child will also build academic vocabulary as he or she reads more complex texts, including stories, plays, historical novels, poems, and informational books and articles. Activities in these areas will include:  \n• Analyzing how the form or structure of a play or poem contributes to its meaning  \n• Analyzing how particular elements of a story or play interact (like how the setting shapes the characters or plot)  \n• Determining how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text  \n• Conducting short research projects, drawing on several sources and identifying related questions for further research and investigation  \n• Engaging in a range of classroom discussions on topics and texts, expressing ideas clearly and building on the ideas of others  \n• Identifying a speaker’s argument and specific claims and evaluating the reasoning and evidence behind these claims  \n• Using clues such as word roots or add-ons to a word (such as the prefix hyper–, which means ‘excessive’ in the words hyperactive and hypersensitive) to determine the meaning of a word  \n• Interpreting figures of speech or references to literature or mythology in a text  \n• Writing for a range of purposes and audiences  \nFor example, the phrase “a heart of gold”is a figure of speech.  \nPartnering with your child’s teacher  \nDon’t be afraid to reach out to your child’s teacher—you are an important part of your child’s education. Ask to see a sample of your child’s work or bring a sample with you. Ask the teacher questions like:  \n• Is my child’s work meeting grade-level expectations?  \n• What are my child’s strengths and weaknesses?  \n• What can I do at home to make sure that my child is successful?  \nIn grade seven, students will read a wide range of literature, including stories, plays, and poems. Additionally, they will read to learn information about history, the world, science, and other areas. Here are just a few examples of how your child will develop important reading skills across grade levels.  \nREADING LITERATURE  \n\n| \u003Cbr>Grade Six Reading\u003Cbr>• Students determine the theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details. Students also provide a summary of the text without personal opinions or judgments.\u003Cbr>• Students explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. | Grade Seven Reading\u003Cbr>• Students determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text. Students also provide an objective summary of the text.\u003Cbr>• Students analyze how an author develo","cbCaimKqm9Mqywii","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaimKqm9Mqywii","pdf",1444974,"English","# What your child will be learning in grade seven English language arts and literacy\n## Reading literature\n## Reading for information\n## Partnering with your child’s teacher\n## Writing tasks in grade seven","[{\"question\":\"What major changes will seventh graders see in English language arts and literacy?\",\"answer\":\"Students will continue reading and writing, but will also read more informational texts, tackle more challenging passages with evidence-based questions, and receive increased support for building strong vocabulary.\"},{\"question\":\"What reading skills will students practice in seventh grade?\",\"answer\":\"They will analyze how themes develop across a text, contrast points of view among characters or narrators, cite multiple pieces of evidence for explicit statements and inferences, and compare the text to audio/video/multimedia versions.\"},{\"question\":\"How can parents partner with the classroom teacher to support their child?\",\"answer\":\"Reach out to the teacher, ask to see a sample of the child’s work, and ask questions about grade-level expectations, the child’s strengths and weaknesses, and what parents can do at home to help success.\"}]","SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD IN GRADE SEVEN - ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS | PDF",1790836485,15]