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Grade 7 General Outcome 1 Students will listen, speak, read,
write, view and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and
experiences. 1. 1 Discover and explore Express ideas and develop
understanding • Extend understanding of ideas and
information by finding and exploring oral, print and other media
texts on related topics and themes
Program and Planning Guide pages 8 -11, 14, 20, 21, 44 – 46, 90
– 92, 94, 95 All Strategy Units All Book Club Units
• Express personal understandings of ideas and information based
on prior knowledge, experiences with others and a variety of oral,
print and other media texts
Program and Planning Guide pages 86 - 89 All Strategy Units All
Book Club Units
• Reflect on own observations and experiences to understand and
develop oral, print and other media texts
Program and Planning Guide pages 78, 81, 82 Strategy Units:
Behind the Music pages 19, 31, 35, 44, 51, 58, 65, 84 The Big
Picture pages 29, 35, 42, 47, 52, 57, 74 Environmental Choices
pages 19, 20, 23, 26, 30, 31, 37, 39, 40, 44, 45, 46, 52, 53, 56,
58, 59, 67, 78, 86 Laugh Out Loud! pages 26, 33, 41, 46, 51, 57, 78
Mixed Messages pages 28, 33, 41, 53, 59 Surviving Extremes pages
26, 31, 39, 46, 53, 61, 87 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence
pages 25, 25, 47, 52, 57, History Comes Alive pages 19, 58 This Is
Who I Am page 25
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Experiment with language and forms • Discuss and respond to ways
that
content and forms of oral, print and other media texts interact
to influence understanding
Program and Planning Guide pages 12, 13, 57, 86, 87 Strategy
Units: Behind the Music pages 20, 27, 29 – 32, 67 - 69 The Big
Picture pages 18, 24, 26, 65 Environmental Choices pages 16, 17, 21
– 26, 70, 71, 74, 78 Laugh Out Loud! pages 18, 23, 25 Book Club
Units: Follow the Evidence pages 19, 20, 23 - 25, 26, 32, 33, 36 –
42, 44 – 46, 48, 50, 52 History Comes Alive pages 20, 27, 31, 33,
35 – 42, 45 – 49, 51 - 53 This Is Who I Am pages 18, 19, 27, 28, 31
– 34, 36 – 39, 41 - 46
Express preferences • Explore and assess oral, print and
other media texts recommended by others
Program and Planning Guide pages 11, 87 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 19, 27, 29 – 31, 42, 43, 49, 56, 57, 63, 64 The Big
Picture pages 18, 26, 42, 51, 52, 57 Environmental Choices pages 3,
5, 23, 24, 40 Laugh Out Loud! pages 23, 25, 26, 33 Mixed Messages
22 – 24, 27, 31, 39, 51, 52, 59, 86 Surviving Extremes pages 23,
35, 37, 53, 59 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 16, 17,
20, 23 – 26, 31 - 33, 35, 36, 38 - 41, 44 - 46, 48, 50 – 52, 55, 57
History Comes Alive pages 20, 23, 24, 35, 39 – 41, 45, 49, 49 This
Is Who I Am pages 18 – 25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 34, 37, 39, 44, 45,
52
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Grade 7 Set goals • Use appropriate terminology to
discuss developing personal language learning and use
Program and Planning Guide pages 87, 88 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 28, 74, 83 The Big Picture pages 66, 67
Environmental Choices pages 27, 30, 33, 76, 77, 83 Laugh Out Loud!
pages 34, 57, 70 – 73, 77 Mixed Messages pages 73 – 75 Surviving
Extremes pages 79 – 81, 86
1.2 Clarify and Extend Consider the ideas of others • Listen and
respond constructively
to alternative ideas or opinions Program and Planning Guide
pages 12, 13, 57, 86, 87 Strategy Units: Behind the Music pages 20,
27, 29 – 32, 67 - 69 The Big Picture pages 18, 24, 26, 65
Environmental Choices pages 16, 17, 21 – 26, 70, 71, 74, 78 Laugh
Out Loud! pages 18, 23, 25 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence
pages 19, 20, 23 - 25, 26, 32, 33, 36 – 42, 44 – 46, 48, 50, 52
History Comes Alive pages 20, 27, 31, 33, 35 – 42, 45 – 49, 51 - 53
This Is Who I Am pages 18, 19, 27, 28, 31 – 34, 36 – 39, 41 -
46
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Combine ideas • Use talk, writing and representing
to examine, clarify and assess understanding of ideas,
information and experiences
Program and Planning Guide pages 11, 46 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 19, 28, 31, 35, 42, 49, 56, 63, 64 The Big Picture
pages 18, 26, 34, 41, 46, 51, 52, 55 Environmental Choices pages
31, 57, 59, 71 Laugh Out Loud! pages 23, 33 Mixed Messages pages
23, 26, 30, 37, 44, 51, 57, 59, 60 Surviving Extremes pages 23, 26,
30, 31, 37, 39, 44, 51, 57, 59, 60 Book Club Units: Follow the
Evidence pages 16, 17, 24, 25, 31, 36, 41, 42, 44, 51, 52 History
Comes Alive pages 31, 33, 36 – 38, 40, 45, 49 This Is Who I Am
pages 22, 28, 35, 37, 44 - 46
Extend understanding • Talk with others to elaborate ideas,
and ask specific questions to seek helpful feedback
Program and Planning Guide pages 86 - 89 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 18, 19, 25, 71, 84 The Big Picture page 64
Environmental Choices page 21 Laugh Out Loud! page 65 Mixed Message
page 70 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 29, 54, 57, 69
History Comes Alive pages 31, 33, 42, 44 This Is Who I Am pages 40,
55, 57, 60
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 General Outcome 2 Students will listen, speak, read,
write, view and represent to comprehend and respond personally and
critically to oral, print and other media texts. 2.1 Use Strategies
and Cues Use prior knowledge • Select and focus relevant ideas
from personal experiences and prior knowledge to understand new
ideas and information
Program and Planning Guide pages 5, 87, 107 Strategy Units:
Behind the Music pages 27, 29 – 31, 75 The Big Picture pages 18, 26
Environmental Choices pages 17, 18, 23, 24, 38, 51, 58, 68, 72 –
75, 79, 86 Laugh Out Loud! pages 19, 23, 25 Mixed Messages pages 69
– 72, 75 - 78 Surviving Extremes page 19 Book Club Units: Follow
the Evidence pages 23 – 25, 32, 33, 38 -41, 44 – 46, 48, 50, 52
History Comes Alive pages 20, 35, 40, 41, 45, 48, 49 This Is Who I
Am page 34
• Use expectations and preferences developed during previous
reading experiences to select and read new texts with purpose
Program and Planning Guide page 55
Use comprehension strategies • Identify, connect and summarize
in
own words, the main ideas from two or more sources on the same
topic
Program and Planning Guide pages 10, 91, 92 Strategy Units:
Behind the Music pages 19, 27, 35, 42, 44, 49, 51, 56, 58, 63, 65
The Big Picture pages 28, 52, 57 Environmental Choices pages 57,
59, 71 Laugh Out Loud! pages 33, 51 Mixed Messages pages 41, 47,
53, 59, 86 Surviving Extremes pages 17, 23, 26, 31, 37, 46, 61, 70,
87 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 20, 26, 30, 36, 40,
41, 43, 45
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Use comprehension strategies
(continued) • Identify, connect and summarize in
own words, the main ideas from two or more sources on the same
topic
History Comes Alive pages 20, 31, 33, 34, 36, 38, 40, 56 This Is
Who I Am page 45
• Use concept mapping and mental rehearsal to remember main
ideas and relevant details
Strategy Units: Behind the Music pages 18 – 24, 31, 35 The Big
Picture pages 18, 19, 28 – 30, 35, 63 Environmental Choices pages
17 – 20, 26, 31, 61, 68 Laugh Out Loud! pages 27, 34, 61, 62, 65,
66 Mixed Messages pages 17 – 20, 29, 34 Surviving Extremes pages
17, 19, 27, 31 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 20, 26,
30, 36, 40, 41, 43, 45 History Comes Alive pages 27, 30, 32, 34,
36, 38, 40, 41, 43, 46, 47, 49 – 51, 53, 55 This Is Who I Am pages
21, 28
• Adjust reading rate and strategies to account for changes in
structural features of texts and complexity of content
All Strategy Units All Book Club Units
Use textual cues • Identify and use visual and textual
cues, such as numbers, bullets and words; for example,
first/then/next, before/after, on the one hand/on the other hand
and if/then, that signal organizational patterns in print and other
media texts, to enhance understanding of ideas and information
Program and Planning Guide page 100 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music pages 40, 54, 61, 70 The Big Picture pages 40, 61, 62
Environmental Choices pages 36, 43, 49, 56 Laugh Out Loud! pages
44, 54, 62, 63 Mixed Messages pages 38, 44, 50, 65 Surviving
Extremes pages 35, 42, 49, 50, 56, 57, 73, 74 Book Club Units:
Follow the Evidence pages 16, 23, 50, 59, 68 History Comes Alive
pages 57, 60, 61 This Is Who I Am pages 22, 50, 59
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Grade 7 • Identify and use effectively and
efficiently, structural features of textbooks, such as tables of
contents and indices, to access ideas and
information and to read with purpose
Strategy Units: Behind the Music pages 27, 32, 33, 40, 47, 54,
61 The Big Picture pages 32, 40 Environmental Choices pages 29, 36,
37, 43, 49, 56 Laugh Out Loud! pages 29, 31, 34, 39, 44, 48, 49, 54
Mixed Messages pages 23, 31, 37, 38, 44, 50, 56, 63 - 65 Surviving
Extremes pages 22, 23, 27, 29, 35, 36, 42, 44, 49, 51, 52, 56, 57,
59 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 16, 22, 23, 49, 50,
52 History Comes Alive pages 18 – 20, 57 This Is Who I Am pages 18,
22
Use phonics and structure analysis • Apply, flexibly, knowledge
of
phonics, sight vocabulary, structural analysis, language and
context clues, depending on the purpose and rate of reading
Program and Planning Guide pages 30 – 40 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 28, 36 – 38, 76 - 78 The Big Picture pages 35 – 38,
69, 70 Environmental Choices pages 31 – 34, 80, 81 Laugh Out Loud!
pages 35 – 37, 75 Mixed Messages pages 34 – 36, 79 - 81 Surviving
Extremes pages 32, 33, 71, 72, 82, 83 Book Club Units: Follow the
Evidence pages 26 – 28, 52, 53, 70 - 72 History Comes Alive pages
15, 16, 25, 26, 71, 72 This Is Who I Am pages 25, 26, 54, 55, 65,
66 The Writer’s Handbook pages 15, 16
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Use references • Skim and scan reference materials
to confirm the spellings or locate the meanings of unfamiliar
words
Program and Planning Guide page 17 Strategy Units: Environmental
Choices pages 27, 81 Surviving Extremes pages 77, 79 Book Club
Units: Follow the Evidence pages 46, 47, 52 - 54 This Is Who I Am
pages 54, 55 The Writer’s Handbook pages 32 - 33
2.2 Respond to Texts Experience various texts • Experience oral,
print and other
media texts from a variety of cultural traditions and genres,
such as journals , nature programs, short stories, poetry, letters,
CDROM programs, mysteries, historical fiction, drawings and
prints
All Strategy Units All Book Club Units
2.2 Respond to Texts • Justify own point of view about
oral, print and other media texts, using evidence from texts
Program and Planning Guide page 87 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music pages 27, 29 - 31 The Big Picture pages 18, 26 Environmental
Choices pages 23, 24 Laugh Out Loud! pages 23, 25 Book Club Units:
Follow the Evidence pages 23 – 25, 32, 33, 38 -41, 44 – 46, 48, 50,
52 History Comes Alive pages 20, 35, 40, 41, 45, 48, 49 This Is Who
I Am page 34
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Experience various texts • Organize interpretations of
oral,
print and other media texts around two or three key ideas
Program and Planning Guide pages 16, 17, 96 Strategy Units:
Behind the Music pages 7, 18 – 24, 31, 69 - 71 The Big Picture
pages 18 – 21, 30, 62 - 64 Environmental Choices pages 12, 72 - 76
Laugh Out Loud! pages 18 – 21, 27, 64 – 66, 68 Mixed Messages pages
16 – 19, 29, 67 – 72, 74 Surviving Extremes pages 16 – 18, 27, 74 -
77 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 61 – 64, 67 History
Comes Alive pages 61 - 64 This Is Who I Am pages 59, 60 The
Writer’s Handbook pages 4, 7 - 12
• Predict and discuss the consequences of events or characters’
actions, based on information in oral, print and other media
texts
Strategy Units: The Big Picture pages 29, 32, 39, 42, 43, 56
Environmental Choices pages 2, 28 – 31, 37, 38, 44, 50, 51, 56, 57,
71 Laugh Out Loud! pages 21, 26, 33 Mixed Messages page 23 Book
Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 25, 26, 32, 40, 42, 44, 46,
51, 52 History Comes Alive pages 23, 31, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 49
This Is Who I Am pages 23, 24, 27, 31, 44, 45
Construct meaning from texts • Compare the choices and
behaviours of characters portrayed in oral, print and other
media texts with those of self and others
Program and Planning Guide pages 106, 107 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 19, 31, 42, 49 The Big Picture pages 27, 34, 52 34
Environmental Choices pages 26, 39, 44, 58 Laugh Out Loud! page 40
Mixed Messages page 47 Book Club Units:
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Follow the Evidence pages 34, 39, 46 History Comes Alive page
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Construct meaning from texts
(continued) • Compare the choices and
behaviours of characters portrayed in oral, print and other
media texts with those of self and others
This Is Who I Am pages 23, 25, 31, 32, 41, 45, 52
• Analyze how plot develops; the connection between plot and
subplot; and the interrelationship of plot, setting and
characters
Strategy Units: The Big Picture pages 29, 32, 39, 42, 43, 56,
62, 63 Laugh Out Loud! pages 21, 26 Book Club Units: Follow the
Evidence pages 25, 26, 31, 40, 42, 44, 46, 51, 52 History Comes
Alive pages 23, 31, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 49 This Is Who I Am pages
23, 24, 27, 31, 44, 45
• Identify and explain conflict, and discuss how it develops and
may be resolved
Strategy Units: The Big Picture pages 26 – 28, 46 Laugh Out
Loud!! Pages 61 - 63 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 33,
36, 40, 55 History Comes Alive pages 20 – 22, 33, 39, 41, 49, 53
This Is Who I Am pages 19, 37, 43, 44
• Develop, clarify and defend own interpretation, based on
evidence from the text with support from own experiences
Program and Planning Guide pages 8, 12, 86, 87 Strategy Units
Behind the Music page 27 The Big Picture pages 18, 24, 65
Environmental Choices pages 25, 26, 70 Laugh Out Loud! pages 23, 25
Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 19, 23, 26, 37 History
Comes Alive pages 33, 42, 46 This Is Who I Am pages 27, 28, 31, -
34, 45, 46
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Appreciate the artistry of texts • Discuss how
techniques, such as
colour, shape, composition, suspense, foreshadowing and
flashback, are used to communicate meaning and enhance effects in
oral, print and other media texts
Strategy Units: Behind the Music pages 27, 32, 33, 40, 47, 54,
61 The Big Picture pages 26, 32, 40, 44, 51 Environmental Choices
pages 29, 36, 37, 43, 49, 56 Laugh Out Loud! pages 29, 31, 34, 39,
41, 44, 46, 48, 49, 54, 55, 68 Mixed Messages pages 23, 31, 37, 38,
44, 50, 56, 63 - 65 Surviving Extremes pages 22, 23, 27, 29, 35,
36, 42, 44, 49, 51, 52, 56, 57, 59 Book Club Units: Follow the
Evidence pages 16, 22, 23, 49, 50, 52 History Comes Alive pages 18
– 21, 27, 31, 36, 37, 40, 57 This Is Who I Am pages 18, 22, 34, 36,
54, 55, 62
• Identify and explain the usefulness, and effectiveness and
limitations of various forms of oral, print and other media
texts
Program and Planning Guide page 87 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music pages 27, 29 - 31 The Big Picture pages 18, 26 Environmental
Choices pages 23, 24 Laugh Out Loud! pages 23, 25 Book Club Units:
Follow the Evidence pages 23 – 25, 32, 33, 38 -41, 44 – 46, 48, 50,
52 History Comes Alive pages 20, 35, 40, 41, 45, 48, 49 This Is Who
I Am page 34
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Appreciate the artistry of texts • Reflect on, revise and
elaborate on
initial impressions of oral, print and other media texts,
through subsequent reading, listening and viewing activities
Program and Planning Guide pages 17, 96, 97, 99 Strategy Units:
Behind the Music pages 62, 69 - 76 The Big Picture pages 61 – 79
Environmental Choices pages 19, 70 - 79 Laugh Out Loud! pages 61 -
74 Mixed Messages pages 63 - 79 Surviving Extremes pages 73 - 82
Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 64 - 66 History Comes
Alive pages 62 – 65, 70 This Is Who I Am pages 61 – 63 The Writer’s
Handbook pages 13 - 30
Understand forms and genres • Identify various forms and
genres
of oral, print and other media texts, and describe key
characteristics of each
Strategy Units: Behind the Music pages 26, 32, 39, 40, 46, 47,
53, 54, 61, 70 The Big Picture pages 24, 31, 40, 41, 50, 61, 62
Environmental Choices pages 21, 24, 28, 35, 42, 48, 55, 63, 71
Laugh Out Loud! pages 28, 29, 54, 62, 63 Mixed Messages pages 30,
37, 44, 50, 56, 65 Surviving Extremes pages 21, 22, 35, 42, 49, 50,
56, 57, 74 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 10, 51, 59
History Comes Alive pages 50, 60, 61 This Is Who I Am pages 58, 59
The Writer’s Handbook pages 5, 6
• Identify the characteristics of a different types of media
texts
Program and Planning Guide pages 107, 108 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 33, 34, 40, 47 The Big Picture pages 33, 34
Environmental Choices pages 45, 65 Mixed Messages pages 23, 35, 26,
28, 41, 44, 45, 47
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Understand techniques and elements • Discuss connections
among plot
and subplot, main and supporting characters, main idea and them
in a variety of oral, print and other media texts
Strategy Units: The Big Picture pages 29, 32, 39, 42, 43, 56
Laugh Out Loud! pages 21, 26 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence
pages 25, 26, 31, 40, 42, 44, 46, 51, 52 History Comes Alive pages
23, 31, 33, 35, 36, 39, 40, 49 This Is Who I Am pages 23, 24, 27,
31, 44, 45
Understand techniques and elements • Identify the narrator’s
perspective,
and explain how it affects the overall meaning of a text
Program and Planning Guide page 92 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music page 31 The Big Picture pages 3, 7, 17, 18, 23, 29, 32 – 35,
40, 42, 45 – 47, 50 – 52, 55 – 57, 59, 60, 74 Environmental Choices
pages 26, 29, 74 Laugh Out Loud! pages 23, 44 Mixed Messages pages
16, 17, 22 – 24, 26 – 29, 31 – 33, 38 – 41, 44 – 47, 50 – 53, 56 –
59, 61, 62, 86 Surviving Extremes pages 23, 26, 30, 37, 39, 44, 46,
53, 60, 70, 87 Book Club Units: History Comes Alive pages 30, 31,
39
• Identify and explain how narrative hooks, foreshadowing,
flashback suspense and surprise endings contribute to the
effectiveness of plot development
Strategy Units: The Big Picture page 26 Laugh Out Loud! pages
46, 55 Mixed Messages pages 23 Book Club Unit: This Is Who I Am
pages 27, 34, 36 The Writer’s Handbook page 20
• Explain how sound and image work together to create effects in
media texts
Program and Planning Guide page 108 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music pages 40, 47 The Big Picture page 33 Mixed Messages pages 23,
26, 28, 45
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Experiment with language • Explore surprising and
playful uses
of language and visuals in popular culture, such as cartoons,
animated films and limericks; explain ways in which imagery and
figurative language, such as simile, convey meaning
Program and Planning Guide page 93 Strategy Units: The Big
Picture pages 25, 51 Environmental Choices pages 29, 36, 37, 43,
49, 56 Laugh Out Loud! pages 30, 34, 39, 41, 45, 46, 49, 51, 54, 55
Book Club Units: History Comes Alive pages 31, 36, 37, 40 This Is
Who I Am pages 55, 62
2.4 Create Original Text Generate Ideas • Choose appropriate
strategies for
generating ideas and focusing topics for oral, print and other
media texts
Program and Planning Guide pages 16, 17, 96 Strategy Units:
Behind the Music pages 69, 70 The Big Picture page 63 Environmental
Choices page 72 Laugh Out Loud! page 64 Mixed Messages page 67
Surviving Extremes pages 74, 75 Book Club Units: Follow the
Evidence pages 61, 62 History Comes Alive page 61 This Is Who I Am
page 59 The Writer’s Handbook pages 7 - 12
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Elaborate on the expression of ideas • Use suspense,
exaggeration,
foreshadowing, dialogue and description to show rising action
and develop conflict
Program and Planning Guide page 99 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music page 73 The Big Picture page 66 Environmental Choices pages
74, 75 Laugh Out Loud! page 71 Mixed Messages pages 73, 74
Surviving Extremes page 79 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence
page 65 This Is Who I Am page 62 The Writer’s Handbook page 15
Structure texts • Create oral, print and other media
texts that are unified by point of view, carefully developed
plot and endings consistent with previous events
Program and Planning Guide pages 87, 88, 101 Strategy Units:
Behind the Music pages 18 – 24, 31, 71 The Big Picture pages 18 -
21, 30, 62 Environmental Choices pages 3, 17, 21 – 26, 68, 70, 72 -
74, 78, 79 Laugh Out Loud! page 34 Mixed Messages pages 16 – 19,
29, 68, 69 Surviving Extremes pages 16 – 18, 27, 76 Book Club
Units: Follow the Evidence pages, 29, 63 History Comes Alive pages
62, 63 This Is Who I Am page 60 The Writer’s Handbook page 9
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Structure texts Create a variety of oral, print and
other media texts to explore ideas related to particular topics or
themes
Program and Planning Guide pages 5, 16, 17, 96, 107 Strategy
Units: Behind the Music pages 7, 18 – 24, 31, 69 – 71, 75 The Big
Picture pages 18 – 21, 30, 62 - 64 Environmental Choices pages 12,
17, 18, 38, 51, 58, 68, 72 – 76, 79, 86 Laugh Out Loud! pages 18 –
21, 27, 64 – 66, 68 Mixed Messages pages 16 – 19, 29, 67 – 72, 74 -
78 Surviving Extremes pages 16 – 19, 27, 74 - 77 Book Club Units:
Follow the Evidence pages 61 – 64, 67 History Comes Alive pages 61
- 64 This Is Who I Am pages 59, 60 The Writer’s Handbook pages 4, 7
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Structure texts General Outcome 3 Students will listen, speak,
read, write, view and represent to manage ideas and information
Focus attention • Consider audience purpose, point
of view and form when focusing topics for investigation
Program and Planning Guide pages 16, 17, 96 Strategy Units:
Behind the Music pages 20, 69 The Big Picture page 63 Environmental
Choices pages 72 - 74 Laugh Out Loud! page 65 Mixed Messages pages
71, 72 Surviving Extremes page 75 Book Club Units: Follow the
Evidence pages 61, 63, 64 History Comes Alive page 61 This Is Who I
Am pages 59, 60 The Writer’s Handbook page 4
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Focus attention • Use note-taking, outlining or
representing to summarize important ideas and information in
oral, print and other media texts
Program and Planning Guide page 101
Strategy Units: Behind the Music pages 18 – 24, 31, 71 The Big
Picture pages 18 – 21, 30, 62 Environmental Choices pages 72, 73
Laugh Out Loud! pages 18 – 21, 27 65 Mixed Messages pages 16 – 19,
29, 68, 69 Surviving Extremes pages 16 – 18, 27, 76 Book Club
Units: Follow the Evidence page 63 History Comes Alive pages 62, 63
This Is Who I Am page 60 The Writer’s Handbook page 9
Determine information needs • Discuss the types of sources
of
information appropriate for topic, audience, form, purpose and
point of view
Program and Planning Guide page 17 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music page 71 The Big Picture page 64 Environmental Choices pages
75, 76 Laugh Out Loud! page 68 Mixed Messages page 74 Surviving
Extremes page 76 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 64, 67
History Comes Alive page 64 This Is Who I Am page 60 The Writer’s
Handbook pages 17 - 19
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 Plan to gather information • Plan and organize date
collection
based on instructions, explanations and pre-established
parameters
Program and Planning Guide page 101
Strategy Units: Behind the Music pages 18 – 24, 31, 71 The Big
Picture pages 18 – 21, 30, 62 Environmental Choices pages 72, 73
Laugh Out Loud! pages 18 – 21, 27 65 Mixed Messages pages 16 – 19,
29, 68, 69 Surviving Extremes pages 16 – 18, 27, 76 Book Club
Units: Follow the Evidence page 63 History Comes Alive pages 62, 63
This Is Who I Am page 60 The Writer’s Handbook page 9
3.2 Select and Process Use a variety of sources • Obtain
information from a variety
of sources, such as adults, peers, advertisements, magazines,
lyrics, formal interviews, almanacs, broadcasts and videos, to
explore research questions
Program and Planning Guide page 101
Strategy Units: Behind the Music pages 18 – 24, 31, 71 The Big
Picture pages 18 – 21, 30, 62 Environmental Choices pages 72, 73
Laugh Out Loud! pages 18 – 21, 27 65 Mixed Messages pages 16 – 19,
29, 68, 69 Surviving Extremes pages 16 – 18, 27, 76 Book Club
Units: Follow the Evidence page 63 History Comes Alive pages 62, 63
This Is Who I Am page 60 The Writer’s Handbook page 9
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Specific Outcome Statements Scholastic Stepping Up with Literacy
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Grade 7 3.2 Select and Process Access information • Use a
variety of tools and text
features, such as headings, subheadings, topic sentences,
summaries, staging and pacing and highlighting, to access
information
Program and Planning Guide page 93 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music pages 27, 40, 47, 54, 61 The Big Picture page 22
Environmental Choices pages 36, 43, 49 Laugh Out Loud! pages 28,
39, 44, 49, 54 Mixed Messages pages 21, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56
Surviving Extremes pages 22, 29, 35, 42, 49, 50, 56, 57 Book Club
Units: Follow the Evidence page 23
Access information • Distinguish between fact and
opinion, and follow the development of argument and opinion
Program and Planning Guide page 87 Strategy Units Behind the
Music page 35 The Big Picture pages 65 Environmental Choices pages
22, 43, 46, 47, 75 Surviving Extremes pages 23, 30, 44, 59
• Scan to locate specific information quickly; summarize and
record information useful for research purposes
Program and Planning Guide page 90 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music pages 27, 32 Environmental Choices pages 17, 26, 36 Laugh Out
Loud! pages 28 Mixed Messages pages 30 Surviving Extremes pages 42,
56 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 16, 22, 39
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Grade 7 Evaluate sources • Use pre-established criteria to
evaluate the usefulness of a variety of information sources in
terms of their structure and purpose
Program and Planning Guide page 17 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music page 71 The Big Picture page 64 Environmental Choices pages
75, 76 Laugh Out Loud! page 68 Mixed Messages page 74 Surviving
Extremes page 76 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 64, 67
History Comes Alive page 64 This Is Who I Am page 60 The Writer’s
Handbook pages 17 - 19
3.3 Organize, Record and Evaluate Organize information •
Organize ideas and information by
selecting or developing categories appropriate to a particular
topic and purpose
Program and Planning Guide page 97 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music page 70 The Big Picture page 64 Environmental Choices pages
72, 73 Laugh Out Loud! pages 64, 65 Mixed Messages pages 70, 71
Surviving Extremes pages 76, 77 Book Club Units: Follow the
Evidence pages 62, 63 History Comes Alive pages 62, 63 This Is Who
I Am page 60 The Writer’s Handbook pages 9 – 12
Organize information • Produce oral, print or other media
texts with well-developed and well-linked ideas and sections
Program and Planning Guide page 107 Strategy Units:
Environmental Choices pages 17, 18, 38, 51, 58, 68, 72 – 75, 79, 86
Mixed Messages pages 69 – 72, 75 - 78 Surviving Extremes page
19
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Grade 7 Record information • Make notes, using headings and
subheadings or graphic organizers appropriate to a topic;
reference sources
Program and Planning Guide pages 8, 86, 101 Strategy Units
Behind the Music pages 18, 20, 31, 35, 70 The Big Picture pages 18,
19, 28–30, 35, 63, 65 Environmental Choices pages 17, 21, 37, 38,
41, 47, 54, 60, 61, 69, 73 Laugh Out Loud! pages 27, 34, 61, 62, 64
- 66 Mixed Messages pages 70, 71 Surviving Extremes pages 76, 77
Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 19, 23, 26, 37, 62, 63
History Comes Alive pages 33, 42, 46, 62, 63 This Is Who I Am pages
27, 28, 31, - 34, 45, 46, 60 The Writer’s Handbook pages 9 - 12
• Reflect on ideas and information to form own opinions with
evidence to support them
Program and Planning Guide pages 45, 91 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 29 – 31, 35, 36, 41, 42, 48, 49, 55, 56, 63, 64 The
Big Picture pages 27 – 29, 34, 41, 46, 51, 55 Environmental Choices
pages 30, 38, 44, 51, 57, 66 Laugh Out Loud! pages 24, 26, 30 – 33,
40, 45, 50, 55, 56 Mixed Messages pages 24, 25, 28, 29, 32, 33, 39,
40, 45, 46, 51, 52, 57, 58 Surviving Extremes pages 23, 24, 26, 30,
31, 37, 44, 45, 51, 52, 58 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence
pages 18, 21, 22, 24 – 26, 30 – 33, 35 – 37, 39, 41 – 48, 52
History Comes Alive pages 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 27, 30 – 51, 53 This
Is Who I Am pages 19, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 32 – 35, 37, 39, 42 – 48,
52 - 54
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Record information • Compare, contrast and combine
ideas and information from several sources
Program and Planning Guide page 17 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music page 70 The Big Picture pages 52, 64 Environmental Choices
pages 72, 73 Laugh Out Loud! pages 64, 65 Mixed Messages pages 70,
71 Surviving Extremes pages 43, 76, 77 Book Club Units: Follow the
Evidence pages 62, 63 History Comes Alive pages 62, 63 This Is Who
I Am page 60 The Writer’s Handbook pages 9 - 12
Evaluate information • Assess if the amount and quality of
gathered information is appropriate to purpose and audience;
address information gaps
Program and Planning Guide page 17 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music page 71 The Big Picture page 64 Environmental Choices pages
75, 76 Laugh Out Loud! page 68 Mixed Messages page 74 Surviving
Extremes page 76 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 64, 67
History Comes Alive page 64 This Is Who I Am page 60 The Writer’s
Handbook pages 17 - 19
• Connect new information with prior knowledge to build new
understanding
Program and Planning Guide pages 86 - 89 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 18, 19, 25, 71, 84 The Big Picture page 64
Environmental Choices page 21 Laugh Out Loud! page 65 Mixed Message
page 70
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Evaluate information (continued) • Connect new information
with
prior knowledge to build new understanding
Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 29, 54, 57, 69
History Comes Alive pages 31, 33, 42, 44 This Is Who I Am pages 40,
55, 57, 60
3.4 Share and Review Share ideas and information • Communicate
ideas and
information in a variety of oral, print and other media texts,
such as reports, autobiographies, brochures and video
presentations
Program and Planning Guide pages 5, 16, 17, 107 Strategy Units:
Behind the Music pages 69 - 76 The Big Picture pages 61 – 70
Environmental Choices pages 17, 18, 38, 51, 58, 68, 72 – 75, 79, 86
Laugh Out Loud! pages 61 – 74, 69 – 72, 75 - 78 Mixed Messages
pages 63 - 78 Surviving Extremes page 19
• Use appropriate visual, print and/or other media effectively
to inform and engage the audience
Strategy Units: Behind the Music page 23 Mixed Messages pages 76
- 78 Book Club Units: This Is Who I Am page 56
Review research process • Identify strengths and areas for
improvement in personal research skills
Program and Planning Guide page 108 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music pages 75, 76, 82, 83 The Big Picture pages 69, 73
Environmental Choices pages 78, 79 Laugh Out Loud! pages 74, 77
Mixed Messages pages 78, 79, 85 Surviving Extremes pages 82, 86
Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 69, 60, 82 History Comes
Alive pages 70, 71, 75 This Is Who I Am pages 64, 65
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Grade 7 General Outcome 4 Students will listen, speak, read,
write, view and represent to enhance the clarity and artistry of
communication 4.1 Enhance and improve Appraise own and others’ work
• Identify particular content features
that enhance the effectiveness of published oral, print and
other media texts
Strategy Units: Behind the Music pages 27, 32, 33, 40, 47, 54,
61 The Big Picture pages 32, 40 Environmental Choices pages 29, 36,
37, 43, 49, 56 Laugh Out Loud! pages 29, 31, 34, 39, 44, 48, 49, 54
Mixed Messages pages 23, 31, 37, 38, 44, 50, 56, 63 - 65 Surviving
Extremes pages 22, 23, 27, 29, 35, 36, 42, 44, 49, 51, 52, 56, 57,
59 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 16, 22, 23, 49, 50,
52 History Comes Alive pages 18 – 20, 57 This Is Who I Am pages 18,
22
• Incorporate particular content features of effective texts
into own oral, print and other media texts
Program and Planning Guide pages 110, 107 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music page 75 The Big Picture page 68 Environmental Choices
pages 17, 18, 38, 51, 58, 68, 72 - 75, 78, 79 Laugh Out Loud! page
74 Mixed Messages pages 75 - 78 Surviving Extremes page 19 Book
Club Units: Follow the Evidence page 69 History Comes Alive page 70
This Is Who I Am page 64 The Writer’s Handbook pages 38, 39
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Grade 7 Revise and edit • Revise introductions, conclusions
and the order of ideas and information to add coherence and
clarify meaning
Program and Planning Guide page 17 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music pages 69, 70 The Big Picture pages 63, 64 Environmental
Choices pages 72, 73 Laugh Out Loud! pages 64, 65 Mixed Messages
pages 67 - 69 Surviving Extremes page 75 Book Club Units: Follow
the Evidence page 62 History Comes Alive page 62 This Is Who I Am
page 59 The Writer’s Handbook pages 7 - 12
• Revise to eliminate unnecessary repetition of words and
ideas
Program and Planning Guide page 101 Strategy Unit: The Big
Picture page 66
• Use paragraphs, appropriately, to organize narrative and
expository texts
Program and Planning Guide page 97 Strategy Units: The Big
Picture page 65 Environmental Choices page 74 Surviving Extremes
pages 73, 77, 78 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 63, 65
The Writer’s Handbook pages 13, 14, 17, 18, 28
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Grade 7 Enhance legibility • Choose and use printing,
cursive
writing or word processing, depending on the task, audience and
purpose
Program and Planning Guide page 110 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music page 75 The Big Picture page 68 Environmental Choices pages
78, 79 Laugh Out Loud! page 74 Mixed Messages pages 75 - 78
Surviving Extremes pages 81, 82 Book Club Units: Follow the
Evidence page 69 History Comes Alive page 70 This Is Who I Am page
64 The Writer’s Handbook pages 38, 39
• Identify how the format of documents enhances the presentation
of content
Strategy Units: Behind the Music pages 26, 27, 32, 47, 54, 60 -
62 The Big Picture pages 31, 33, 40, 44, 45, 49, 50 Environmental
Choices pages 36, 43, 49, 56 Laugh Out Loud! pages 28 , 29, 38, 39,
43, 44, 48, 49, 54 Mixed Messages pages 23, 37, 38, 44, 50, 56
Surviving Extremes pages 28, 29, 34, 35, 41, 42, 48 – 50, 55, 56
Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 16, 23, 49, 50 History
Comes Alive pages 20, 57 This Is Who I Am pages 24, 49, 50
Expand knowledge of language • Identify differences between
standard English and slang, colloquialism or jargon, and explain
how these differences affect meaning
Strategy Units: The Big Picture pages 37, 38 Environmental
Choices pages 27, 81 Laugh Out Loud! page 71 Mixed Messages page 72
Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence page 47
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Grade 7 Expand knowledge of language • Identify and explain
figurative and
metaphorical use of language in context
Strategy Units: The Big Picture pages 26, 44, 51 Laugh Out Loud!
pages 41, 46, 55 Book Club Units: History Comes Alive pages 21, 27,
31, 36, 37, 40 This Is Who I Am pages 34, 36, 54, 55, 62
4.2 Attend to Conventions Attend to grammar and usage • Use a
variety of subordinate
clauses correctly and appropriately in own writing
Strategy Units: Environmental Choices page 76 Laugh Out Loud!
pages 73, 75 Book Club Units: History Comes Alive page 69 The
Writer’s Handbook page 28
• Use correct subject-verb agreement in sentences with compound
subjects
Program and Planning Guide page 109 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music pages 73, 74 Book Club Units: History Comes Alive pages 68
The Writer’s Handbook pages 27, 28
Attend to grammar and usage • Distinguish between formal and
informal conventions of oral and written language, and use each
appropriately, depending on the context, audience and purpose
Program and Planning Guide pages 87, 88 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music page 71 The Big Picture page 21 Environmental Choices
pages 3, 17, 21 – 26, 68, 70, 72, 74, 78, 79 Laugh Out Loud! page
34 Book Club Unit: Follow the Evidence page 29
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Grade 7 Attend to grammar and usage • Identify and use
common
subjective and objective forms of pronouns, appropriately and
correctly in own writing
Strategy Units: Mixed Messages page 74 Surviving Extremes pages
79, 80, 82, 83 The Writer’s Handbook pages 24 – 27, 34
Attend to spelling • Use reference materials to confirm
spellings and to solve spelling problems when editing and
proofreading
Program and Planning Guide page 17 Strategy Units: Environmental
Choices pages 27, 81 Surviving Extremes page 79 Book Club Units:
Follow the Evidence pages 46, 47, 52 - 54 History Comes Alive pages
This Is Who I Am pages 54, 55 The Writer’s Handbook pages 32 -
33
Attend to spelling • Extend spelling vocabulary to
include words frequently used in literature, but infrequently
used in oral and other media texts
Program and Planning Guide pages 17, 32, 33, 36 Strategy Units:
Behind the Music pages 76, 77 The Big Picture pages 69, 70
Environmental Choices pages 80, 81 Laugh Out Loud page 75 Mixed
Messages pages 79, 80 Surviving Extremes pages 82, 83 Book Club
Units: Follow the Evidence pages 26 – 29, 70, 71 History Comes
Alive pages 15, 16, 25, 26, 71, 72 This Is Who I Am pages 25, 26,
65, 66 The Writer’s Handbook pages 15, 35
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Grade 7 Attend to spelling • Apply specific and effective
strategies for learning and remembering the correct spelling of
words in own writing
Program and Planning Guide pages 17, 30 – 36 Strategy Units:
Behind the Music pages 36 – 38, 76 - 78 The Big Picture pages 35,
36, 69, 70 Environmental Choices pages 31 – 33, 80, 81 Laugh Out
Loud! pages 35, 36, 75 Mixed Messages pages 79 - 81 Surviving
Extremes pages 32, 33, 82, 83 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence
pages 70, 71 History Comes Alive pages 25, 26, 71, 72 This Is Who I
Am pages 65 - 67 The Writer’s Handbook pages 15, 16
Attend to capitalization and punctuation • Use periods and
commas with
quotation marks that indicate direct speech before lists, to
separate in own writing
Program and Planning Guide page 110 Strategy Units: Laugh Out
Loud! page 73 The Writer’s Handbook pages 36, 37
• Use commas to separate phrases and clauses in own writing
Program and Planning Guide page 110 Strategy Units: The Big
Picture page 67 Environmental Choices pages 76, 77 Laugh Out Loud!
page 73 Surviving Extremes page 79 Book Club Units: History Comes
Alive pages 69 The Writer’s Handbook pages 29, 30, 32, 34, 36
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Grade 7 Attend to capitalization and punctuation • Use quotation
marks to identify
information taken from secondary sources in own writing
Strategy Units: Surviving Extremes pages 80, 81
4.3 Present and Share Present information • Present ideas and
opinions
confidently, but without dominating the discussion, during small
group activities and short, whole class sessions
Program and Planning Guide pages 86 - 89 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 18, 19, 25, 71, 84 The Big Picture page 64
Environmental Choices page 21 Laugh Out Loud! page 65 Mixed Message
page 70 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 29, 54, 57, 69
History Comes Alive pages 31, 33, 42, 44 This Is Who I Am pages 40,
55, 57, 60
Enhance presentation • Clarify and support ideas or
opinions with details, visuals or media techniques
Strategy Units: Behind the Music page 23 Mixed Messages pages 76
- 78 Book Club Units: This Is Who I Am page 56
Use effective oral and visual communication • Identify and use
explicit techniques
to arouse and maintain interest and to convince the audience
Program and Planning Guide pages 86 - 88 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 67, 68 The Big Picture pages 59, 60, 74
Environmental Choices pages 17, 18 Laugh Out Loud! pages 23 – 27,
34, 46, 51, 78 Mixed Messages page 16 Surviving Extremes pages 16,
17, 87 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence page 23 History Comes
Alive page 21 This Is Who I Am page 23
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Grade 7 Demonstrate attentive listening and viewing • Listen and
view attentively to
organize and classify information and to carry out multistep
instructions
Program and Planning Guide pages 86 - 89 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 18, 19, 25, 71, 84 The Big Picture page 64
Environmental Choices page 21 Laugh Out Loud! page 65 Mixed Message
page 70 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 29, 54, 57, 69
History Comes Alive pages 31, 33, 42, 44 This Is Who I Am pages 40,
55, 57, 60
Demonstrate attentive listening and viewing • Ask questions or
make comments
that elicit additional information, probe different aspects of
ideas, and clarify understanding
Program and Planning Guide pages 8, 12, 86, 87 Strategy Units
Behind the Music page 27 The Big Picture pages 18, 24, 65
Environmental Choices pages 25, 26, 70 Laugh Out Loud! pages 23, 25
Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 19, 23, 26, 37 History
Comes Alive pages 33, 42, 46 This Is Who I Am pages 27, 28, 31, -
34, 45, 46
5.1 Respect Others and Strengthen Community Appreciate diversity
• Discuss how ideas, people,
experiences and cultural traditions are portrayed in oral, print
and other media texts
Program and Planning Guide page 106 All Strategy Units All Book
Clubs
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Grade 7 Appreciate diversity • Explain how differing
perspectives
and unique reactions expand understanding
Program and Planning Guide pages 10, 44, 47, 90, 91 Strategy
Units: Behind the Music pages 19, 26, 27, 32, 33, 39, 42, 46, 47,
49, 53, 54, 56, 60, 61, 63 The Big Picture pages 23, 24, 27, 31,
34, 39, 40, 44, 49, 54, 55 Environmental Choices pages 3 – 7, 9,
16, 19, 21, 23, 24, 28, 31, 32, 35, 40, 42 – 44, 48, 55, 63, 66
Laugh Out Loud! pages 22, 28, 29, 31, 38, 43, 48, 53 Mixed Messages
pages 21, 22, 30, 31, 37, 38, 39, 41, 43, 45, 49 55 – 59, 86
Surviving Extremes pages 21, 28, 30, 34, 35, 37, 39, 41, 42, 44,
48, 49, 5, 53 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 14 – 17,
25, 31, 34 – 36, 39, 41, 42, 44, 55 History Comes Alive pages 20,
23, 24, 38, 40, 41 This Is Who I Am pages 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 24,
25, 27, 28, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37 – 39, 41 – 46, 52
Relate texts to culture • Identify and discuss recurring
themes in oral, print and other media texts from diverse
cultures and communities
Program and Planning Guide: pages 87, 88 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music page 46 The Big Picture pages 21, 26 Environmental
Choices page 36 Laugh Out Loud! pages 22 – 24, 34 Mixed Messages
page 46
Celebrate accomplishments and events • Select and use
appropriate form
and tone for specific audiences to celebrate special events and
accomplishments
Program and Planning Guide: pages 87, 88 Strategy Units: The Big
Picture pages 21, 26
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Grade 7 Use language to show respect • Demonstrate respect for
diverse
ideas, cultures and traditions portrayed in oral, print and
other media texts
Program and Planning Guide page 106 Strategy Units: Mixed
Messages pages 26, 27, 33, 39, 47
5.2 Work within a Group Cooperate with others • Contribute
collaboratively in group
situations, by asking questions and building on the ideas of
others
Program and Planning Guide pages 86 - 89 Strategy Units: Behind
the Music pages 18, 19, 25, 71, 84 The Big Picture page 64
Environmental Choices page 21 Laugh Out Loud! page 65 Mixed Message
page 70 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 29, 54, 57, 69
History Comes Alive pages 31, 33, 42, 44 This Is Who I Am pages 40,
55, 57, 60
• Take responsibility for assuming a variety of roles in a
group, depending on changing contexts and needs
Strategy Units: Behind the Music pages 68, 71 The Big Picture
pages 60, 64 Environmental Choices pages 62, 73, 74 Laugh Out Loud!
pages 60, 68 Mixed Messages pages 62, 70 Surviving Extremes pages
65, 66 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence pages 37, 57, 64
History Comes Alive pages 44, 59, 64 This Is Who I Am pages 40, 55,
57, 60
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Grade 7 Work in groups • Contribute ideas, knowledge and
questions to establish an information base for research or
investigations
Program and Planning Guide pages 12, 13, 57, 86, 87 Strategy
Units: Behind the Music pages 20, 27, 29 – 32, 67 - 69 The Big
Picture pages 18, 24, 26, 65 Environmental Choices pages 16, 17, 21
– 26, 70, 71, 74, 78 Laugh Out Loud pages 18, 23, 25 Book Club
Units: Follow the Evidence pages 19, 20, 23 - 25, 26, 32, 33, 36 –
42, 44 – 46, 48, 50, 52 History Comes Alive pages 20, 27, 31, 33,
35 – 42, 45 – 49, 51 - 53 This Is Who I Am pages 18, 19, 27, 28, 31
– 34, 36 – 39, 41 – 46
• Assist in setting and achieving group goals by inviting others
to speak, suggesting alternatives, assigning tasks, sharing
resources, following up on others’ ideas and listening to a variety
of points of view
Program and Planning Guide page 46 Strategy Units: Behind the
Music page 31 The Big Picture page 26 Environmental Choices page 31
Laugh Out Loud page 78 Mixed Messages pages 28, 86 Surviving
Extremes pages 26, 31, 39, 87 Book Club Units: Follow the Evidence
page 83
Evaluate group process • Evaluate group process and
personal contributions according to pre-established criteria to
determine strengths and areas for improvement
Program and Planning Guide page 88 Book Club Units: Follow the
Evidence pages 30, 32, 36, 38, 41, 43, 45, 76 History Comes Alive
pages 30, 32, 34, 40, 41, 43, 46, 47, 49 – 51, 53, 55 This Is Who I
Am pages 30, 33, 35, 38, 41, 43, 45, 48, 49