Applications
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Use strategies such as annotating,
paraphrasing, and summarizing to organize
notes
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Use complex outlines as a prewriting activity
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Independently use study guides as a means for
chunking lengthy information
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Consistently reflect on what has been learned
after reading in order to determine meaning and
explore meaning
•
Represent abstract information (e.g., concepts,
generalizations) as explicit mental pictures used
specifically to aid in comprehension
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Use a highlighter to track important information
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Consistently rely on best style of personal
learning (e.g., visual, auditory, kinesthetic) to
help ensure classroom success
•
Demonstrate competence in using different
information sources, including those of a
technical nature, to accomplish specific tasks
•
Independently use technology tools and
personal electronic study devices such as a spell
checker
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Understand and apply the use of complex
symbols and operations on a calculator
•
Understand the importance of and apply the
editing process to written materials prior to
finalization
•
Effectively and consistently use index cards as a
study tool
•
Use mnemonics or word association to
memorize important items
•
Develop and rely on a focus statement in
order to determine the core elements of a
chapter within a novel or text
Work Habits
•
Effectively use grade appropriate word
processing tools to improve work production
and quality
•
Successfully employ a classroom binder system
to manage classwork and extraneous paperwork
•
Control homework assignments by employing
a daily system of checks and balances
and reflects on the need for improvements
•
Use a student planner to track assignments and
long-term projects
•
Perform daily self-checks to ensure orderliness
of assignments
•
Develop quality independent work skills that
will be used in their present and future daily life
•
Consistently apply project planning skills and
personal goal setting skills
•
Hand in assignments correctly in a
timely manner
•
Consistently apply techniques for self
correction and reflection
•
Apply time management and preplanning
strategies to achieve success and meet
academic and personal goals
•
Use self-regulation techniques on a consistent
basis to maintain a consistent level of
self-control, work output, and quality of work
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Seventh Grade
LITERACY
Literature
Key ideas and details
•
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly
supports an analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences drawn from
the text
•
Determine theme or central idea of text and
analyze development over course of text,
including its relationship to the characters,
setting, and plot; provide an objective summary
of the text
•
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or
incidents in a story or drama propel the action,
reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a
decision
Craft and structure
•
Determine the meaning of words and phrases
as used in text, including figurative and
connotative meanings; analyze impact of
specific word choices on meaning and tone,
including analogies or allusions to other texts
•
Compare and contrast the structure of two
or more texts and analyze how the differing
structure of each text contributes to its meaning
and style
•
Analyze how differences in the points of view
of the characters and the audience or reader
create such effects as suspense or humor
•
Recognize the relationships between different
forms of poetry
Integration of knowledge and ideas
•
Analyze the extent to which a filmed or live
production of a story or drama stays faithful to
or departs from the text or script, evaluating the
choices made by the director or actors
•
Analyze how a modern work of fiction draws
on themes, patterns of events, or character
types from myths, traditional stories, including
describing how the material is rendered new
Range of reading and level of text complexity
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Read and comprehend literature, including
stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of
complexity band independently and proficiently
Informational Text
Key ideas and details
•
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly
supports an analysis of what the text says
explicitly as well as inferences drawn from
the text
•
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze
its development over the course of the text,
including its relationship to supporting ideas;
provide an objective summary of the text
•
Analyze how a text makes connections among
and distinctions between individuals, ideas,
or events
•
Analyze how the motives of characters or the
causes of complex events in texts are similar to
and different from those in one’s own life
•
Analyze the elements of various consumer
materials to gain meaning from documents,
warranties, contracts, product information,
instructional manuals etc.
Craft and structure
•
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as
used in text, including figurative, connotative,
and technical meanings; analyze impact of
word choices on meaning and tone, including
analogies or allusions to other texts
•
Analyze in detail the structure of a specific
paragraph in a text, including the role of
particular sentences in developing and refining
a key concept
•
Determine an author’s point of view or
purpose in a text and analyze how the author
acknowledges and responds to conflicting
evidence or viewpoints
•
Identify possible bias, stereotyping, or
propaganda in writing
Nobel Learning Curriculum Reference Guide
Eighth Grade
