Comprehension

Grade 7 Strand: Comprehension
Lesson LO ID Concept Description
1 smre_di_00549 Genre, Poetry, Drama Students learn to analyze poem structures and how they contribute to the meaning and style of the poem.
smre_itr_001291 Genre, Poetry, Drama Students read the poem, "Dot." Then they answer literal and inferential questions, draw conclusions, and use structural elements to analyze and interpret the meaning of the poem.
smre_ip_001391 Genre, Poetry, Drama Students use the structure of various poetic forms to determine the meaning.
smre_pp_00569 Genre, Poetry, Drama Students read a poem and practice using structural elements to determine its meaning and style.
1 smre_di_00435 Literary Devices Students learn to determine the meaning of idioms.
smre_itr_01435 Literary Devices Students read the literary text, "Greenies." Students also determine the meaning of idioms; identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings; use question-and-answer relationships (Right There); analyze how characters in literature deal with conflict, solve problems, and relate to real-life situations; and make inferences.
smre_ip_01335 Literary Devices Students determine the meaning of idioms using the context of short sentences.
2 smre_di_00441 Literary Devices Students learn to determine the meaning of metaphors.
smre_itr_01441 Literary Devices Students read the literary text, "Melba and Me." Then they answer literal and inferential questions, draw conclusions, identify characters' feelings, identify the use of rhetorical devices, and determine the meaning of metaphors.
smre_ip_01341 Literary Devices Students determine the meaning of metaphors using the context of short sentences.
3 smre_di_00439 Literary Devices Students learn to determine the meaning of similes.
smre_itr_01439 Literary Devices Students read the informational text, "Gandhi's Medicine: Satyagraha." Then they identify cause-and-effect relationships, identify the use of rhetorical devices, make inferences, draw conclusions, and determine the meaning of similes.
smre_ip_01339 Literary Devices Students determine the meaning of similes by using the context of short sentences.
smre_pp_00513 Literary Devices Students read sentences to determine the meaning of similes.
4 smre_di_00443 Literary Devices Students learn to interpret analogies.
smre_itr_01443 Literary Devices Students read the literary text, "From Corey Gordon's Extremely Private Diary: Chapters 4 and 5." Students also interpret analogies; draw conclusions; identify cause-and-effect relationships; use question-and-answer relationships (Right There); identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings; and identify plot elements.
smre_ip_01343 Literary Devices Students interpret analogies in a standardized test format.
smre_pp_00514 Literary Devices Students read and complete analogies.
5 smre_di_00548 Literary Devices Students learn about allusions and how they contribute to the tone and mood of a text.
smre_itr_001290 Literary Devices Students read the literary text, "Sleep Crusader Saves the Day." Then they answer questions about characters' actions, feelings, and traits. Students also identify allusions and how they contribute to the tone of the story.
smre_ip_001390 Literary Devices Students identify the use of allusions and how the allusions contribute to the tone of the text.
smre_pp_00568 Literary Devices Students practice identifying allusions and how the allusions contribute to the tone of the text.
1 smre_di_02531 Literary Elements Students learn to compare multiple themes in a text.
smre_itr_02531 Literary Elements Students read the literary text, "The Honest Woodcutter." Then they answer literal questions, draw conclusions, identify characters' motives, use context clues to determine meanings of words, and compare themes within a text.
smre_ip_02531 Literary Elements Students compare multiple themes within a text.
smre_pp_02531 Literary Elements Students practice comparing multiple themes within a text.
2 smre_di_00444 Literary Elements Students learn to identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings.
smre_ip_01344 Literary Elements Students identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings.
smre_itr_01444 Literary Elements Students read the literary text, "Sea Escape." Students also identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings; recognize plot elements; make inferences; use question-and-answer relationships (Right There, Text and You), and make predictions.
1 smre_di_00438 Organizational Patterns of Text Students learn to use compare and contrast relationships to gain meaning of a text.
smre_itr_01438 Organizational Patterns of Text Students read the informational text, "Olympics and Paralympics." Students also use compare and contrast relationships to gain meaning, analyze organizational patterns (compare and contrast), draw conclusions, make inferences, and use question-and-answer relationships (Right There).
smre_ip_01338 Organizational Patterns of Text Students use compare and contrast relationships to gain meaning.
1 smre_di_00424 Skills Students learn to compare two or more main ideas in a text.
smre_itr_01424 Skills Students read the informational text, "The Unanswered Questions of Easter Island." Then they use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), determine the author's purpose, distinguish fact from opinion, draw conclusions, and compare two or more main ideas in the text.
smre_ip_01324 Skills Students compare multiple main ideas in a text.
smre_pp_00624 Skills Students practice comparing multiple main ideas in a text.
2 smre_di_00428 Skills Students learn to differentiate between fact, opinion, and bias.
smre_itr_01428 Skills Students read letters to the editor, "For and Against Urban Development." Students also differentiate between fact, opinion, and bias, use compare and contrast relationships to gain meaning, and use question-and-answer relationships (Right There, Think and Search).
smre_ip_01328 Skills Students differentiate between fact, opinion, and bias.
smre_pp_00509 Skills Students read a passage and differentiate between fact, opinion, and bias.
3 smre_di_00446 Skills Students learn to draw conclusions based on implied information.
smre_itr_01446 Skills Students read the literary text, "Dance Dilemma." Students also draw conclusions based on implied information, use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), identify characters' actions and traits, and make predictions.
smre_ip_01346 Skills Students draw conclusions based on implied information.
4 smre_di_00436 Skills Students learn how authors use diction and syntax to establish their purpose.
smre_itr_01436 Skills Students read the informational text, "Women as War Correspondents." Then they use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), identify the main idea of the text, use cause-and-effect relationships, and compare and contrast relationships. They also use syntax and diction to determine the author's position and to identify the author's viewpoint and bias.
smre_ip_01336 Skills Students use diction and syntax to determine the author's purpose and identify the author's viewpoint.
smre_pp_00512 Skills Students practice using diction and syntax to determine the author's purpose and identify the author's viewpoint.
5 smre_di_00430 Skills Students learn to paraphrase information by rereading important ideas from a text.
smre_itr_01430 Skills Students read the informational text, "Building the Panama Canal." Students also summarize and paraphrase information, identify cause-and-effect relationships, make inferences, and use question-and-answer relationships (Right There).
smre_ip_01330 Skills Students paraphrase information from paragraphs.
smre_pp_00510 Skills Students read a passage and match paraphrases with the correct paragraph from the text.
6 smre_di_00426 Skills Students will learn to use cause-and-effect relationships to gain meaning of a text.
smre_itr_01426 Skills Students read the informational text, "Plague and Cholera." Students also use cause-and-effect relationships to gain meaning, analyze organizational patterns of text (compare and contrast), make inferences, identify explicit and implicit main ideas, and use question-and-answer relationships (Right There).
smre_ip_01326 Skills Students use cause-and-effect relationships to gain meaning.
smre_pp_00508 Skills Students read a passage and use a graphic organizer to show cause and effect relationships.
1 smre_di_00432 Strategies Students learn to make and confirm predictions.
smre_itr_01432 Strategies Students read the informational text, "Viva America! Cubans in the United States." Students also make and confirm predictions, identify author's viewpoint and bias, use question-and-answer relationships (Right There), identify cause-and-effect relationships, and make inferences.
smre_ip_01332 Strategies Students read short passages to make and confirm predictions.
2 smre_di_00434 Strategies Students learn to make inferences based on explicit and implicit information.
smre_itr_01434 Strategies Students read the literary text, "It Just Doesn't Make Sense." Students also use compare and contrast relationships to gain meaning; identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings; make predictions; analyze the author's word choice; and identify the author's viewpoint and bias.
smre_ip_01334 Strategies Students make inferences based on explicit and implicit information.
smre_pp_00541 Strategies Students read a passage and answer questions that require them to make inferences.
3 smre_di_00442 Strategies Students learn to summarize a fiction text by identifying main characters and significant events.
smre_itr_01442 Strategies Students read the literary text, "From Corey Gordon's Extremely Private Diary: Chapter 1." Students also summarize information about main characters and significant events; identify characters' actions, motives, emotions, traits, and feelings; determine author's purpose; and use question-and-answer relationships (Right There).
smre_ip_01342 Strategies Students summarize information by identifying main characters and significant events.
4 smre_di_00440 Strategies Students will learn to use question and answer relationships to answer Think and Search questions.
smre_itr_01440 Strategies Students read an excerpt from the informational text, "The Life of Cesar Chavez." Students also use question- and-answer relationships (Right There, Think and Search), make inferences, and identify the main idea and supporting details of a passage.
smre_ip_01340 Strategies Students use question and answer relationships to answer Think and Search questions.
smre_pp_00517 Strategies Students read a passage and answer Think and Search questions.

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