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ESOL
ESOL Grade 7
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Goals and Descriptions

Priority Level:

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American Culture | Beyond the Classroom | Listening/Speaking | Reading/Writing
 


Listening/Speaking

PS1. SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
The learner will be able to use English to communicate in social settings: Students will use English to participate in social interactions.
  
ллл ESOL.7.1.1 Word Meaning
The learner will be able to determine the denotative and connotative meanings of words in oral context.
  

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ESOL.7.1.2 Standard English
The learner will be able to use standards of American English in appropriate settings.
  
PS2. SPOKEN PERSONAL EXPRESSION
The learner will be able to use English to communicate in social settings: Students will interact in, through, and with spoken English for personal expression and enjoyment.
  

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ESOL.7.2.1 Communication
The learner will be able to communicate effectively through oral expression.
  
ллл ESOL.7.2.2 Literature
The learner will be able to listen and respond to various forms of literature such as prose, poetry, and drama.
  
PS3. COMMUNICATION COMPETENCE
The learner will be able to use English to communicate in social settings: Students will use learning strategies to extend their communicative competence.
  
ллл ESOL.7.3.1 Directions: Follow/Oral
The learner will be able to follow oral directions and ask questions for clarification.
  
л ESOL.7.3.2 Interpretation/Questions
The learner will be able to interpret literal, inferential, and critical questions.
  
л ESOL.7.3.3 Drama
The learner will be able to participate in dramatic activities such as puppetry, pantomime, plays, choral speaking, and storytelling.
  
PS4. SPOKEN ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION
The learner will be able to use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use English to interact in the classroom.
  
ллл ESOL.7.4.1 Vocabulary
The learner will be able to expand listening vocabulary.
  

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ESOL.7.4.2 Organization of Information
The learner will be able to record, summarize, interpret, compare, and contrast information presented orally.
  
ллл ESOL.7.4.3 Oral Presentations
The learner will be able to prepare simple oral presentations.
  
ллл ESOL.7.4.4 Strategies: Adjust Speaking
The learner will be able to adjust manner and style of speaking to suit audience and situation.
  
ллл ESOL.7.4.5 Audience: Prepare/Deliver
The learner will be able to prepare and deliver an oral presentation that demonstrates an awareness of audience.
  
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Reading/Writing

PS5. WRITTEN PERSONAL EXPRESSION
The learner will be able to use English to communicate in social settings: Students will interact in, through, and with written English for personal expression and enjoyment.
  

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ESOL.7.5.1 Information/Pleasure
The learner will be able to read a variety of materials for information and pleasure.
  

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ESOL.7.5.2 Creative Response to Literature
The learner will be able to respond creatively to literature (e.g., drama, art, and multi-media projects).
  
л ESOL.7.5.3 Literary Interests
The learner will be able to identify and choose literature for information and pleasure.
  
ллл ESOL.7.5.4 Media Center: Use/Information
The learner will be able to use the media center as a source of information and pleasure.
  
л ESOL.7.5.5 Human Experience
The learner will be able to describe the influences of human experiences on literary works.
  
PS6. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
The learner will be able to use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use English to obtain, process, construct, and provide subject matter information in spoken and written form.
  
ллл ESOL.7.6.1 Written Instructions
The learner will be able to interpret written instructions.
  
ллл ESOL.7.6.2 Main Idea
The learner will be able to recognize explicit and implicit main ideas, details, sequence of events, and cause-effect relationships.
  
ллл ESOL.7.6.3 Comparisons
The learner will be able to make comparisons, predictions, and generalizations and draw conclusions.
  
ллл ESOL.7.6.4 Writing Process
The learner will be able to use a writing process that includes: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing (can involve peer editing), proofreading, and publishing.
  

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ESOL.7.6.5 Conventions
The learner will be able to apply grammatical and mechanical conventions to writing.
  
л ESOL.7.6.6 Spelling
The learner will be able to correctly spell frequently used words and commonly misused words (e.g., your, you're).
  
л ESOL.7.6.7 Handwriting
The learner will be able to write legibly.
  

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ESOL.7.6.8 Technology
The learner will be able to use available electronic communications and technology in writing.
  
ллл ESOL.7.6.9 Sentence Structure: Simple/Compound
The learner will be able to write simple, compound sentences and avoid run-on sentences and nonfunctional fragments.
  
ллл ESOL.7.6.10 Paragraphs
The learner will be able to write paragraphs that include unifying ideas with a topic sentence, supporting details, and a clincher sentence.
  
ллл ESOL.7.6.11 Sentence Types
The learner will be able to write sentences according to purpose: declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.
  

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ESOL.7.6.12 Conjunction: Coordination/Use
The learner will be able to expand sentences using coordinating conjunctions.
  
ллл ESOL.7.6.13 Capitalization
The learner will be able to apply standard rules of capitalization.
  
ллл ESOL.7.6.14 Punctuation
The learner will be able to apply fundamental punctuation rules to written works.
  

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ESOL.7.6.15 Spelling
The learner will be able to spell frequently used words correctly and apply common spelling rules.
  
ллл ESOL.7.6.16 Literary Forms
The learner will be able to recognize various literary forms (short stories, novels, epics, folk tales, poems, dramas, essays, and myths).
  

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ESOL.7.6.17 Research Process
The learner will be able to use a research process that includes : selecting a topic, formulating questions, identifying key words, choosing sources, skimming, paraphrasing, note-taking, summarizing, and presenting.
  
ллл ESOL.7.6.18 Research Skills: Main Ideas
The learner will be able to identify the main ideas from resource materials.
  
л ESOL.7.6.19 Periodicals: Use/Locate
The learner will be able to use a periodical index to locate information. .
  
л ESOL.7.6.20 Research Skills: Plagiarism
The learner will be able to paraphrase and/or summarize information without plagiarizing.
  

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ESOL.7.6.21 Research Skills: Interview
The learner will be able to gather information by interviewing.
  
PS7. ACADEMIC APPLICATION
The learner will be able to use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will use appropriate learning strategies to construct and apply academic knowledge.
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.1 Vocabulary
The learner will be able to expand reading vocabulary.
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.2 Word Recognition
The learner will be able to apply word recognition strategies (e.g., affixes, roots, and compound words) to acquire new vocabulary.
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.3 Context Clues
The learner will be able to use context clues to determine meanings of unknown words.
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.4 Literal/Nonliteral Meanings
The learner will be able to interpret literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases.
  
л ESOL.7.7.5 Reading Speed
The learner will be able to adjust reading speed according to purpose and reread for comprehension.
  

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ESOL.7.7.6 Data
The learner will be able to recognize relevance of data.
  

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ESOL.7.7.7 Semantics/Syntax
The learner will be able to recognize semantic and syntactic relationships.
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.8 Reading Strategies
The learner will be able to apply reading strategies to specific content and subject matter.
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.9 Nouns Singular/Plural
The learner will be able to form singular, plural and possessive nouns.
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.10 Regular and Irregular Verbs
The learner will be able to use principal parts to form tenses of regular and irregular verbs.
  

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ESOL.7.7.11 Types of Pronouns
The learner will be able to identify types of pronouns such as personal, interrogative, demonstrative, indefinite, and relative.
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.12 Parts of Speech/Functions
The learner will be able to recognize the functions of the eight parts of speech.
  
л ESOL.7.7.13 Identification of Sentence Parts
The learner will be able to identify the parts of a sentence in simple, compound, complex, compound-complex sentences: subjects, predicates, complements (predicate adjectives, predicate nominatives, direct objects), and modifiers (words, phrases, clauses).
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.14 Fiction/Non-Fiction
The learner will be able to explain the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.15 Literary Elements
The learner will be able to interpret literary elements and techniques such as plot, setting, theme, characters, characterization, conflict, figurative language, and point of view.
  

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ESOL.7.7.16 Interpretation
The learner will be able to interpret literal, inferential, and critical questions about literature.
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.17 Organizing Information
The learner will be able to organize retrieved information using strategies such as note-taking, graphic organizers, SQ3R (Survey, Question, Read, Review, Report), and outlining.
  

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ESOL.7.7.18 Test-Taking Strategies
The learner will be able to develop strategies for taking tests in different formats (multiple choice, sentence completion, or essay).
  
л ESOL.7.7.19 Documentation of Sources
The learner will be able to document sources with reference citations.
  
ллл ESOL.7.7.20 Analysis
The learner will be able to analyze differences between fiction and nonfiction.
  
PS8. COMMUNICATION FOR SPECIFIC AUDIENCE
The learner will be able to use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways: Students will use the appropriate language variety, register, and genre according to audience, purpose and setting.
  
ллл ESOL.7.8.1 Paragraphs/Compositions
The learner will be able to produce paragraphs and compositions for a variety of purposes (exposition, narration, description, and persuasion.).
  
л ESOL.7.8.2 Transitions
The learner will be able to use transitions within and between paragraphs.
  

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ESOL.7.8.3 Vocabulary
The learner will be able to expand writing vocabulary.
  

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ESOL.7.8.4 Various Types of Writing
The learner will be able to produce various types of writing (personal, academic, business, and vocational).
  
л ESOL.7.8.5 Dialogue
The learner will be able to use dialogue in writing.
  
л ESOL.7.8.6 Poetry
The learner will be able to interpret elements of poetry such as rhyme, rhythm, stanza, personification, simile, metaphor, and alliteration.
  
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Beyond the Classroom

PS9. NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION
The learner will be able to use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways: Students will use nonverbal communication appropriate to audience, purpose, and setting.
  
ллл ESOL.7.9.1 Nonverbal: Clues/Identify Significance
The learner will be able to identify the significance of nonverbal clues such as body language, facial expressions, and gestures and use them effectively.
  
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American Culture

PS10. SOCIAL & CULTURAL COMMUNICATION
The learner will be able to use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways: Students will use appropriate learning strategies to extend their sociolinguistic and sociocultural competence.
  
л ESOL.7.10.1 Evaluation of Information
The learner will be able to evaluate messages and effects of mass media (newspaper, television, radio, film, and periodicals.
  

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ESOL.7.10.2 Language
The learner will be able to demonstrate an awareness of and appreciation for the richness and diversity of language.
  
ллл ESOL.7.10.3 Culture/Values
The learner will be able to describe cultures and values represented in literature.
  
ллл ESOL.7.10.4 Persuasion
The learner will be able to recognize persuasion techniques, propaganda, bias, and stereotyping.
  

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ESOL.7.10.5 Literature/Media
The learner will be able to experience traditional and contemporary literature through a variety of media.
  
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