Williamsfield School District #210

Curriculum Map 2010-2011

Subject: Reading

Grade: 7th

Teacher: Mrs. Blackhurst

Month

Content Taught

August-September

Unit 1:  Fiction and Nonfiction

·        What is Fiction and Nonfiction?

·        The Three Century Woman

·        Papa’s Parrot

·        From An American Childhood

·        ISAT Practice:  Context Clues

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction

·        Suzy and Leah

·        My First Free Summer

·        ISAT Practice:  Author’s Purpose

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Comparing Characters

October-November

Unit 2:  Short Stories

·        Bear Boy

·        Rikki-tikki-Tavi

·        Two Kinds from The Joy Luck Club

·        ISAT Practice:  Make Predictions

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Comparing Idioms

·        The Third Wish

·        Zoo

·        Ribbons

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Comparing Irony

NOVEL:  A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck

November-December

Unit 3:  Types of Nonfiction

·         What is Nonfiction?

·        What Makes a Rembrandt a Rembrandt?

·        Conversational Ballgames

·        Volar:  To Fly

·        ISAT Practice:  Main Ideas

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Biography and Autobiography

·        All Together Now

·        The Real Story of a Cowboy’s Life

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Comparing Humor

January

Unit 4:  Poetry

·        What is Poetry?

·        Poetry Collection 1

·        Poetry Collection 2

·        Poetry Collection 4

·        ISAT Practice:  Draw Conclusions

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Narrative Poems

·        Poetry Collection 5

·        Poetry Collection 7

·        ISAT Practice:  Paraphrase

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Imagery

February-April

Unit 5:  Drama

·        What is Drama?

·        A Christmas Carol:  Act I and Act II

·        ISAT Practice:  Purpose for Reading

·        Reviews of a Christmas Carol

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Comparing Characters

·        The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Dramatic Speeches

NOVEL: The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier

April-May

Unit 6:  Themes in the Oral Tradition

·        What is storytelling?

·        Grasshopper Logic

·        Demeter and Persephone

·        Tenochtitlan:  Inside the Aztec Capital

·        ISAT Practice:  Cause and Effect

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Comparing Universal Themes

·        The People Could Fly

·        Comparing Literary Works:  Comparing Tone and Theme