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Grade 07 ELA - EC: E07.D.1.1.1

Grade 07 ELA - EC: E07.D.1.1.1

Continuum of Activities

Continuum of Activities

The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.

This continuum of activities offers:

  • Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
  • Questions/activities that grow in complexity
  • Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance

Grade Levels

7th Grade

Course, Subject

English Language Arts

Activities

  1. Define clause.  

  2. Define phrase.
  1. Categorize phrases and clauses based on understanding of their definitions.
  1. Develop a text that includes both clauses and phrases, alternating sentence structure.

Answer Key/Rubric

  1. Student defines clause as a group of words that can act as a sentence, but is not necessarily a complete sentence on its own. All clauses contain both a subject and a predicate, which always contains a verb.

  2. Student defines phrase as a group of two or more words that does not have the subject and verb combination and does not form a predicate.

  3. Student will categorize clauses and phrases based on their understanding of the definitions in either student-chosen or teacher-chosen examples.

  4. Student demonstrates an ability to develop a text using both clauses and phrases.  Students can be asked to underline clauses and circle phrases in order to gauge their understanding of each.
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