ELA Worksheets

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• Identify what makes a follow-up response connect to a speaker’s meaning
• Choose questions and comments that clarify, elaborate, or extend an idea in real time
• Use evidence from what was said to write a responsive follow-up+ Show more

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• Identify a passage’s central idea and choose the most important supporting details.
• Write a coherent summary that connects ideas instead of listing facts in order.
• Distinguish between essential information and minor examples or repeated phrasing.+ Show more

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• Identify how point of view affects meaning in narrative and informational texts.
• Explain how narration, fact selection, and claim angle influence readers’ conclusions.
• Analyze how first-person vs. third-person perspectives shape immediacy and objectivity.+ Show more

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• Use precise definitions to clarify complex ideas in writing
• Develop explanations by using relevant facts and illustrative examples
• Explain relationships among ideas using cause-and-effect and evidence-based connections+ Show more

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• Identify precise versus vague vocabulary in context
• Analyze how word choice affects tone and clarity
• Apply appropriate vocabulary for different writing purposes+ Show more

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• Identify and maintain a dominant verb tense to keep writing clear and consistent
• Use intentional tense shifts to show flashbacks, changes in state, and general truths
• Form correct verb tenses, including perfect and progressive verb combinations

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• Revise sentences to improve concision by removing redundancy and wordiness without changing meaning.
• Apply style techniques such as strong verbs, precise modifiers, and controlled sentence variety.
• Evaluate clarity and professional tone by using transitions and rereading for unity.

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify the importance of selecting precise verbs for clarity
• Differentiate between vague and specific verb choices
• Apply strategies to choose the most accurate verb in context+ Show more

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify correct subject–verb agreement in simple sentences.
• Recognize common errors in verb agreement.
• Apply rules of subject-verb agreement to sentences.

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• Identify different audience types in communication scenarios.
• Understand how message adaptation occurs based on audience and context.
• Analyze how speakers modify tone, vocabulary, and emphasis according to audience.

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Analyze how text organization shapes meaning and guides readers’ attention
• Identify common text structures (chronology, compare-contrast, cause-effect) and explain how they affect interpretation
• Evaluate how transitions, section headings, sequencing, and multimodal features (layout and captions) communicate relationships among ideas

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• Explain how captions, callouts, legends, and supporting details help visuals communicate accurate information.
• Distinguish relevant visual evidence from decorative or misleading details in media messages.
• Use evidence type and visual emphasis to judge how credible a visual message is.

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• Identify common text features (headings, subheadings, captions, charts, diagrams) and explain what each one helps the reader understand.
• Connect information from text features to nearby paragraphs to improve comprehension.
• Interpret how text features support relationships such as comparison and process steps.

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• Understand how color influences perception in visual texts.
• Analyze composition and design choices to interpret implied messages.
• Evaluate visual evidence for its persuasive effectiveness.+ Show more

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• Explain how refinement improves clarity, coherence, and audience fit in a created media text
• Evaluate whether a media text stays consistent in message and purpose from opening to conclusion
• Revise supporting details and technique choices to better match audience needs and expectations+ Show more

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• I can plan a writing task by choosing a clear topic, purpose, and intended audience.
• I can select ideas and details that match my focus and add helpful background or context.
• I can use a structured plan to keep my draft organized and on topic.+ Show more

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• Analyze how conflict shapes plot by driving characters’ choices and actions
• Identify different types of conflict (external, internal, and values-based) in a narrative
• Explain how pacing and turning points affect reader perception and theme development

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• Use semicolons correctly to connect closely related independent clauses.
• Distinguish semicolon use from comma and period use in sentences with independent clauses.
• Use colons to introduce lists, explanations, or elaboration that directly follow a leading statement.+ Show more

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• Use commas correctly to separate items and clauses without creating comma splices.
• Choose semicolons or dashes to connect ideas when a period alone would be unclear.
• Use quotation marks and punctuation around quoted material to support accurate meaning.+ Show more

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• Identify the most reasonable claim in an opponent’s argument before responding.
• Create a counterargument map that includes concession, evidence, and logical rebuttal.
• Differentiate strong counterarguments from weak ones that oversimplify or use emotional framing.

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• Identify precise and accurate vocabulary in given contexts.
• Understand the importance of word choice in conveying exact meaning and tone.
• Differentiate between general and specific language for clarity and credibility.+ Show more

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• Identify run-on sentences and sentence fragments
• Correct comma splices and run-ons
• Restructure awkward or unclear sentences+ Show more

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• Identify the central idea of a persuasive nonfiction text.
• Distinguish essential supporting details (reasons, facts, examples) from interesting but nonessential details.
• Explain how selected details strengthen a claim and how omitted details fail to strengthen it.

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• Identify how authors change purpose within a text
• Analyze how shifts in purpose influence tone
• Connect structural moves to changes in language and perspective

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• Identify whether a sentence subject is singular or plural, including when the subject is separated from the verb by phrases.
• Choose the correct verb form (singular vs. plural) to match the subject in simple and complex sentences.
• Recognize common agreement traps involving indefinite pronouns and intervening prepositional phrases.

Learning Objectives

• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material

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• Identify first-person point of view in a narrative.
• Analyze how a narrator's perspective influences the story.
• Understand how voice is shaped by diction and sentence style.+ Show more

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• Use capitalization correctly for proper nouns, including people’s names and geographic places.
• Capitalize months, days, and formal titles in writing when used as proper titles.
• Apply capitalization conventions consistently in headings, document titles, and academic subjects used as proper titles.

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• Identify vague or repetitive word choices and replace them with more precise words
• Choose accurate verbs, specific nouns, and meaningful modifiers to improve clarity
• Revise sentences to match a target tone (informative, friendly, or persuasive)

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• Identify and fix sentence fragments and run-on sentences during editing
• Apply correct subject-verb agreement and consistent verb tense in revised sentences
• Use punctuation and pronoun reference to improve clarity and readability+ Show more

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• Explain how subject-verb agreement works by matching singular subjects with singular verbs and plural subjects with plural verbs.
• Use correct verb forms even when extra words come between the subject and the verb (such as along with or near).
• Choose correct third-person singular verbs with common singular pronouns and indefinite subjects.

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• Identify the target audience for various media texts
• Determine the purpose behind different media formats
• Analyze how form, style, and conventions serve audience needs+ Show more

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• Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases using surrounding sentences.
• Identify when an author gives a definition, restatement, or contrast in context.
• Choose the correct meaning of a word by considering topic, tone, and cause-and-effect details.

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• Identify how media choices (framing, imagery, sourcing) influence audience interpretation.
• Compare different types of claims (predictions, opinions, verified facts, statistics) and evaluate evidence quality.
• Explain whose voices and stakeholders are centered or excluded and how that affects meaning.

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• Explain how brainstorming, listing, and clustering help turn a prompt into usable writing ideas.
• Group experiences, observations, and facts into categories that can support focused paragraphs.
• Identify gaps in idea pools and suggest what extra details are needed before drafting.

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• Identify cause and effect relationships within a text.
• Analyze how authors present causes leading to specific effects.
• Apply understanding of cause and effect to comprehend informational passages.

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• Evaluate information authenticity across different media platforms
• Identify credible and verifiable claims in articles, podcasts, videos, and infographics
• Understand the importance of context and attribution in media sources

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• Use quotation marks correctly to report spoken words and quoted text in Grade 7 writing.
• Apply commas with introductory phrases (such as said, asked, and according to) when introducing quotations.
• Place punctuation inside or outside quotation marks using standard convention for question marks, exclamation points, and commas.

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• Identify how narrative structure (foreshadowing, flashback, pacing, and symbolism) shapes meaning and suspense in a story.
• Explain how withheld information and the timing of revelations affect readers’ expectations and emotions.
• Use evidence from a text to describe the effect of a specific narrative technique on a turning point.

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• Identify relevant evidence that supports a claim in a text.
• Understand how to use evidence to strengthen an argument.
• Differentiate between supporting details and extraneous information.

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• Identify tone in different writing samples based on word choice and style.
• Understand how tone influences reader perception and engagement.
• Practice selecting appropriate language to match the intended audience and purpose.

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• Identify an author's attitude from text clues
• Analyze the specific word choices that create tone
• Recognize shifts in tone through diction and language+ Show more

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• Analyze how a character responds to conflict and what that reveals about their traits.
• Identify the main conflict in a narrative and explain how it drives events.
• Describe how a character changes from the beginning to the end of key moments.+ Show more

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• Explain how a theme develops through recurring ideas across multiple scenes in a text.
• Analyze how word choice, events, and characterization deepen a central message over time.
• Use cause-and-effect reasoning to show how conflicts and decisions shape theme.+ Show more

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• Use context clues to infer the meaning of unfamiliar academic words.
• Analyze prefixes and suffixes to understand word meaning.
• Match a definition to a word’s purpose in a sentence.