AISL Grade 7 Benchmarks in English Language Arts

(Revised June, 2010)

• AISL.ELA.01 READING-FLUENCY: Students will read fluently using the skills and strategies of the reading process.
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• AISL.ELA.01.G7.01 Analyze author’s purpose for writing
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• AISL.ELA.01.G7.02 Relate reading to personal experiences through written exercises and discussion
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• AISL.ELA.01.G7.03 Scan text to find key information
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• AISL.ELA.02 READING-COMPREHENSION: Students will comprehend, respond to, and analyze a wide variety of literary texts.
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• AISL.ELA.02.G7.01 Identify and demonstrate an understanding of the following terms: setting, characterization, theme, mood, climax, protagonist, plot.
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• AISL.ELA.02.G7.02 Make valid inferences about characters, real or imaginary, based on various methods of characterization used.
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• AISL.ELA.02.G7.03 Identify and recognize emotive language.
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• AISL.ELA.02.G7.04 Recognize that personal opinions may influence interpretation.
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• AISL.ELA.02.G7.05 Distinguish different forms of genre (fantasy, mystery, science, fiction, etc.).
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• AISL.ELA.03 READING-STRATEGIES: Students will apply skills and strategies appropriate for decoding reading of unfamiliar words in a variety of texts
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• AISL.ELA.03.G7.01 Use knowledge of word relationships, as well as historical and literary context clues, to determine the meaning of specialized vocabulary and to understand the precise meaning of grade-level-appropriate words
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• AISL.ELA.03.G7.02 Use idioms, analogies, metaphors, and similes to infer the literal and figurative meanings of phrases
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• AISL.ELA.03.G7.03 Use the dictionary as a tool for reading (e.g., pronunciation, parts of speech, etc.)
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• AISL.ELA.04 WRITING-MECHANICS: Students will write using the appropriate conventions of the English language.
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• AISL.ELA.04.G7.01 Examine spelling, commonly misspelled words, and punctuation.
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• AISL.ELA.04.G7.02 Identify and use the different parts of speech accurately.
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• AISL.ELA.04.G7.03 Recognize and revise work for correct sequence, tense, and detail.
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• AISL.ELA.04.G7.04 Select specific words in place of general words to convey precise meaning and impression by using a thesaurus and/or dictionary.
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• AISL.ELA.05 WRITING-CONTENT: Students will write with clarity and coherence in a wide variety of contexts.
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• AISL.ELA.05.G7.01 Plan and develop an outline before engaging in the task
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• AISL.ELA.05.G7.02 Develop and organize paragraphs in a logical sequence using detail, example, facts or figures
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• AISL.ELA.05.G7.03 Practice the writing process through drafting, revising, editing and publishing stages
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• AISL.ELA.05.G7.04 Recognize and employ various forms of writing analysis (summary, explanatory, discussion, review, autobiographies, essays, first and third person and editorials)
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• AISL.ELA.05.G7.05 Experiment with original writing (where author’s voice is heard) by e.g. creating puns, jokes, changing endings, and altering versions
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• AISL.ELA.06 LISTENING: Students will listen and respond critically to oral communication.
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• AISL.ELA.06.G7.01 Appropriately participate as a listener in group activities.
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• AISL.ELA.06.G7.02 Make connections between what is heard and previous experience or knowledge.
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• AISL.ELA.06.G7.03 Re-express ideas and information in alternative ways.
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• AISL.ELA.06.G7.04 Understand information or ideas not stated literally - (making valid inferences about subject matter presented and speaker’s knowledge or views).
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• AISL.ELA.06.G7.05 Recognize, record, and summarize main points.
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• AISL.ELA.06.G7.06 Ask questions for clarification.
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• AISL.ELA.07 SPEAKING: Students will speak with clarity and coherence in a wide variety of contexts.
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• AISL.ELA.07.G7.01 Practice increasingly diverse language forms (syntax, and vocabulary effects, altering sequence, conversing, using irony, etc.)
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• AISL.ELA.07.G7.02 Use questioning to extend thinking.
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• AISL.ELA.07.G7.03 Communicate clearly and logically in response to questions and in making inquiries.
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• AISL.ELA.07.G7.04 Converse with others to allow meaning to be constructed, revised, and reformed.
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• AISL.ELA.07.G7.05 Use punctuation in speech to clarify meaning (pause, emphasis, voice tone, pace).
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• AISL.ELA.07.G7.06 Consciously adapt spoken language to suit different purposes, roles, situations, and audiences.
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• AISL.ELA.07.G7.07 Interact with others in a range of different situations using appropriate oral language conventions in discussion, negotiation, presentation, etc.
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• AISL.ELA.07.G7.08 Plan, organize, and present or participate in a speech, debate, recitation, drama.
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• AISL.ELA.08 RESEARCH: Students will use a variety of resources and research skills
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• AISL.ELA.08.G7.01 Plan and conduct research using print and multimedia resources.
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• AISL.ELA.08.G7.02 Use a variety of primary and secondary sources.
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• AISL.ELA.08.G7.03 Quote or paraphrase information sources, citing them with author, source, year, and/or internet address.
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• AISL.ELA.09 MEDIA-COMPREHENSION: Students will respond to, analyze and comprehend the content of a variety of media.
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• AISL.ELA.09.G7.01 Recognize the different ways media products reflect a bias in regards to the audience for which they were created.
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• AISL.ELA.09.G7.02 Analyze strategies employed by the media (advertising, perpetuation of stereotypes, language) to inform, persuade, entertain, and transmit culture.
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• AISL.ELA.10 MEDIA-CREATION: Students will create a variety of media
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• AISL.ELA.10.G7.01 Independently create a product using media (eg. power-point, poster, blog, newsletter etc.)