Self-Awareness
Career and College Readiness Core Standards
Grade 7 Benchmarks
Anchor Standard
Benchmark (Informational Text)
Classroom Applications of Standard/Benchmark
1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn form the text.
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Article, The 80/20 Rule
Story, Freedom For Zero
Story, New Clothes For School
Story, A New Start
Sound Decision Making Model
Exposing Bullies
Self Awareness Codes of Conduct
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Article, The 80/20 Rule
Story, Freedom For Zero
Story, New Clothes For School
Story, A New Start
Sound Decision Making Model
Exposing Bullies
Self Awareness Codes of Conduct
3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Article, The 80/20 Rule
Story, Freedom For Zero
Story, New Clothes For School
Story, A New Start
Sound Decision Making Model
Exposing Bullies
Self Awareness Codes of Conduct
4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text; including determining technical, connotative and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning and tone.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Story, New Clothes For School
Story, A New Start
Exposing Bullies
Self Awareness Codes of Conduct
5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.
Story, A New Start
6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text, analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Article, The 80/20 Rule
Story, Freedom For Zero
Story, New Clothes For School
Story, A New Start
Sound Decision Making Model
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Story, Freedom For Zero
Story, A New Start
Exposing Bullies
Self Awareness Codes of Conduct
*Benchmarks assessed at classroom level only are not included on this graphic organizer.
Grade 7 Benchmarks
Anchor Standard
Benchmark (Informational Text)
Classroom Applications of Standard/Benchmark
1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn form the text.
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Article, The 80/20 Rule
Story, Freedom For Zero
Story, New Clothes For School
Story, A New Start
Sound Decision Making Model
Exposing Bullies
Self Awareness Codes of Conduct
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Article, The 80/20 Rule
Story, Freedom For Zero
Story, New Clothes For School
Story, A New Start
Sound Decision Making Model
Exposing Bullies
Self Awareness Codes of Conduct
3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Article, The 80/20 Rule
Story, Freedom For Zero
Story, New Clothes For School
Story, A New Start
Sound Decision Making Model
Exposing Bullies
Self Awareness Codes of Conduct
4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text; including determining technical, connotative and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning and tone.
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Story, New Clothes For School
Story, A New Start
Exposing Bullies
Self Awareness Codes of Conduct
5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to the development of the ideas.
Story, A New Start
6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.
Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text, analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Article, The 80/20 Rule
Story, Freedom For Zero
Story, New Clothes For School
Story, A New Start
Sound Decision Making Model
8. Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, including the validity of the reasoning as well as the relevance and sufficiency of the evidence.
Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
Article, Teasing and Bullying, No Laughing Matter
Story, Freedom For Zero
Story, A New Start
Exposing Bullies
Self Awareness Codes of Conduct
*Benchmarks assessed at classroom level only are not included on this graphic organizer.