7th Grade BUNDLE: Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking & Listening Activities

Teaching your students to cite text evidence? Are they getting stuck on supporting their analysis? This 43-page mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding of RI.7.1.

With this standards-based resource, students will have the opportunity to read 3 nonfiction passages and use passage prompts to cite evidence and analyze each selection. Students will create their own how-to activities, make inferences, and annotate to understand. This resource includes everything you need to check for understanding, including a summative assessment with a rubric. All answer keys are also included.

PDF / Google Apps | 55 pages + Digital Version

Teaching your students to determine the central ideas of a text? Are they getting stuck on providing an objective summary? This 44 page mini unit includes all you need to check for understanding of RI.7.2.

With this standards-based resource, students will have the opportunity to read 3 nonfiction passages and use passage prompts to analyze the development of two or more central ideas. Students will work with graphic organizers, subjective rewrites and a tree sketch activity to help determine the central ideas of the texts they read.

PDF / Google Apps | 49 pages + Digital Version

Teaching your students to analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text? This 52-page mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding of RI.7.3. With this standards-based resource, students will have the opportunity to read 3 nonfiction passages and use passage prompts to cite evidence and analyze each selection. Students will practice cause and effect with graphic organizers, complete a “Who Invented It” activity, and utilize a Star Burst graphic organizer.. This resource includes everything you need to check for understanding, including a summative assessment with a rubric. All answer keys are also included.

PDF / Google Apps | 52 pages + Digital Version

Teaching your students to analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text? This 59-page mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding of RI.7.4.

With this standards-based resource, students will have the opportunity to read 4 nonfiction passages and use passage prompts to cite evidence and analyze each selection. Students will practice changing the tone, creating their own words, analyzing figurative language, and considering common meanings with technical words.

PDF / Google Apps | 59 pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th grade students to analyze text structures? This 39 page mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding of RI.7.5.

With this standards-based resource, students will have the opportunity to read 3 nonfiction passages and use passage prompts to cite evidence and analyze each selection. Students will practice choosing the best text structure, digging deeper with a graphic organizer, and setting the stage based on a passage.

PDF / Google Apps | 44 pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students to determine an author’s point of view and analyze how the author distinguishes their position from that of others? This mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding of RI.7.6. With this standards-based resource, students will have the opportunity to read 3 nonfiction passages and use passage prompts to cite evidence and analyze each selection. Students will practice writing reviews, considering the opposing view, and putting their persuasive skills to work with a job application. This resource includes everything you need to check for understanding, including a summative assessment with a rubric. All answer keys are also included, as well as a teacher guide breaking down the standard into learning targets and Depth of Knowledge (DOK) stages.

PDF / Google Apps | 48 pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students to compare and contrast an informational text to a visual medium? Do they need to analyze each medium’s depiction of the subject matter? This 36-page mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding of RI.7.7.

With this standards-based resource, students will have the opportunity to read 2 nonfiction passages and use passage prompts to cite evidence and analyze each selection. Students will work with a Venn diagram graphic organizer and do their own research.

PDF / Google Apps | 36 pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students to identify and evaluate arguments?  This mini unit includes all you need to check for understanding of RI.7.8. With this standards-based resource, students will have the opportunity to read 4 texts and use passage prompts to cite evidence and analyze each selection. Students will complete an activity for each text. This resource includes everything you need to check for understanding, including a summative assessment with a rubric. All answer keys are also included, as well as a teacher guide breaking down the standard into learning targets and Depth of Knowledge (DOK) stages.

PDF / Google Apps | 49 pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students to compare how two or more authors write about the same topic? Do you need students to analyze their different emphases of evidence and interpretation of facts? This mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding of RI.7.9.

PDF / Google Apps | 39 pages + Digital Version

With this standards-based resource based on RL.7.1, students will have the opportunity to read 4 passages and use passage prompts to cite evidence and analyze each selection. Students will have extra practice with determining explicit vs. implicit evidence, inference, and supporting their claims using text evidence. This resource includes everything you need to check for understanding, including a summative assessment with a rubric. All answer keys are also included.

PDF / Google Apps | 51 pages + Digital Version

Teaching the ELA standards requires the teacher to break down the standard and make sure they are checking for student mastery in all the elements of the standard. With this standards-based resource based on RL.7.2, students will have the opportunity to read 4 passages and use passage prompts to determine the theme of each selection. Students will have extra practice with determining the central idea, analyzing the development of the theme/central idea over the course of the text, and writing an objective summary. This resource includes everything you need to check for understanding, including a summative assessment with a rubric. All answer keys are also included.

PDF / Google Apps | 44 pages + Digital Version

With this standards-based resource based on RL.7.3, students will have the opportunity to read 4 passages and use passage prompts to identify story elements and analyze how the plot and setting affect the main character. This resource includes everything you need to check for understanding, including a summative assessment with a rubric. All answer keys are also included.

This resource includes both a printable and digital version that is ready for Google Classroom and other distance learning platforms.

PDF / Google Apps | 54 pages + Digital Version

Teaching the ELA standards requires the teacher to break down the standard and make sure they are checking for student mastery in all the elements of the standard. With this standards-based resource based on RL.7.4, students will have the opportunity to read 3 texts (2 fiction passages and 1 poem) and use passage prompts to show their comprehension of the standard. Students will practice with determining the meanings of words with connotations and denotation, determining the meaning of figurative language, and analyzing how rhymes and sound repetitions impact a poem. This resource includes everything you need to check for understanding, including a summative assessment with a rubric. All answer keys are also included.

PDF / Google Apps | 45 pages + Digital Version

Analyzing the text structure of poetry and drama doesn’t have to be boring! This CCSS aligned resource gives students the opportunity to analyze the structure and form of several different poems and plays to determine meaning.

PDF / Google Apps | 71 pages + Digital Version

Are your students needing practice with analyzing different points of view? Do you need a resource to help your 7th grade students contrast the perspectives of characters or narrators?  By the time they are done with these activities in this standards based resource, students will:

• Identify the points of view of different characters
• Contrast different points of view
• Analyze how the author creates different perspectives

PDF / Google Apps | 48 pages + Digital Version

With this standards-based resource, students will:

• learn about different film, theater, and multimedia techniques and apply them to their own creative adaptation
• Read an excerpt from The Hunger Games and analyze the effects of different techniques used in the film vs. the book
• Compare and contrast a text of their choosing (or yours!) to a film adaptation using prompts and a graphic organizer.

This resource includes everything you need to check for understanding, including a summative assessment with 3 options and a rubric.

PDF / Google Apps | 39 pages + Digital Version

This resource includes everything you need to check for understanding of RL7.9 including a summative assessment with a rubric. All answer keys are also included. Teaching the ELA standards requires the teacher to break down the standard and make sure they are checking for student mastery in all the elements of the standard, and we’ve got that covered with this resource!

PDF / Google Apps | 48 pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students about writing a thesis by introducing and supporting claims? Do you need students to organize their evidence logically? Do you want them to create cohesion amongst their claims? This mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding and mastery of W.7.1.

PDF + Google Apps | 65 Pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students about writing an informative essay with a thesis and supporting facts? Do you need students to write an appropriate conclusion? Do you want them to use multiple organization strategies, as well as identify and use appropriate vocabulary and transition statements? This 51-page mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding and mastery of W.7.2.

PDF + Google Apps | 51 Pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students about writing a narrative with an attention grabber, a clear plotline, and a strong conclusion? Do you want them to use detailed descriptions, as well as purposeful transitions? This 60-page mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding and mastery of W.7.3.

PDF + Google Apps | 60 Pages + Digital Version

With this standards-based resource, students will have access to several instructional resources based on thesis/claims, audience, transitional words, writing purpose, task, and final product. They will read a text and deconstruct it, and answer question sets based on the included instructional resources. This resource also includes a draft two emails activity for students to complete.

PDF / Google Apps | 47 pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th grade students how to make a plan for their writing? Do you need students to use revision strategies for a specific audience or purpose? This 66-page mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding and mastery of 7.W.5.

PDF + Google Apps | 66 Pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th grade students how to publish content online? Do you need students to cite their sources and collaborate with others? This 42-page mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding and mastery of W.7.6.

PDF + Google Apps | 42 Pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students how to conduct research? Do you need students to cite their sources and expand on their research to answer more questions? This 55-page mini-unit includes all you need to check for understanding and mastery of W.7.7.

PDF + Google Apps | 55 Pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students about writing a research paper? Do you want them to maintain a good flow of writing while avoiding plagiarism? How about finding and citing credible sources using MLA format? This 43-page mini-unit includes those skills, plus all you need to check for understanding and mastery of W.7.8.

PDF + Google Apps | 43 Pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th grade students about writing literary and informational analysis? Do you want them to avoid plagiarism and maintain MLA format throughout? This 37-page mini-unit includes those skills, plus all you need to check for understanding and mastery of W.7.9.

PDF + Google Apps | 37 Pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students about sentence structure including simple, complex, compound, and compound-complex? Do they need to recognize and correct misplaced and dangling modifiers? This 42-page mini-unit about the conventions of standard English includes those skills, plus all you need to check for understanding and mastery of L.7.1.

PDF + Google Apps | 42 Pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th grade students about spelling and grammar? Do they need to use adjectives, homonyms, homophones, homographs, and proper punctuation? This 52 page mini-unit about the conventions of standard English includes those skills, plus all you need to check for understanding and mastery of L.7.2.

PDF + Google Apps | 52 Pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students about grammar and word choice? Do they need to eliminate wordiness and redundancy in writing and speaking? This 51-page mini-unit about the conventions of standard English includes those skills, plus all you need to check for understanding and mastery of L.7.3.

PDF + Google Apps | 51 Pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students about using context clues to define terms? Do they need to use root words and affixes as well as reference materials to find definitions? This 39-page mini-unit about how to define or clarify unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases includes those skills, plus all you need to check for understanding and mastery of L.7.4.

PDF + Google Apps | 39 Pages + Digital Version

Teaching your 7th-grade students about figurative language? Do they need to use word relationships and nuances to better understand the meanings of words? This mini-unit about the conventions of standard English includes those skills, plus all you need to check for understanding and mastery of L.7.5.

PDF + Google Apps | 38 Pages + Digital Version

Ready to introduce Socratic Seminars in 7th grade ELA? This 51 page mini-unit about collaborative discussions includes 3 different discussions, plus all you need to check for understanding and mastery of SL.7.1-3.

PDF + Google Apps | 51 Pages + Digital Version

If your students need to practice public speaking and present their findings in a coherent speech, this 43-page mini-unit is what you need. It includes a list of possible speech topics, public speaking tips and ways to adapt your speech to different audiences, as well as ideas for visual displays. All that you need to check for understanding and mastery of SL.7.4-6 is included!

PDF + Google Apps | 43 Pages + Digital Version