Oklahoma Academic Standards for English Language Arts | 7th Grade

Standard 1: Speaking and Listening

Students will speak and listen effectively in a variety of situations including, but not limited to,
responses to reading and writing.

Reading Writing
Students will develop and apply effective Students will develop and apply effective
communication skills through speaking and communication skills through speaking and active
active listening. listening to create individual and group projects
and presentations.

7.1.R.1 Students will actively listen and 7.1.W.1 Students will give formal and informal
speak clearly using appropriate presentations in a group or individually,
discussion rules with awareness providing evidence to support a main
and control of verbal and idea.
nonverbal cues.

7.1.R.2 Students will actively listen and 7.1.W.2 Students will work effectively and
interpret a speaker’s messages respectfully within diverse groups, show
(both verbal and nonverbal) and willingness to make necessary
ask questions to clarify the compromises to accomplish a goal,
speaker’s purpose and share responsibility for collaborative
perspective. work, and value individual contributions
made by each group member.

7.1.R.3 Students will engage in

collaborative discussions about
appropriate topics and texts,
expressing their own ideas clearly
while building on the ideas of
others in pairs, diverse groups, and
whole class settings.
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Standard 2: Reading Foundations/Reading and Writing Process

Students will develop foundational skills for future reading success by working with sounds,
letters, and text. Students will use a variety of recursive reading and writing processes.

Fluency
Students will recognize high- frequency words and read grade-level text smoothly and
accurately, with expression that connotes comprehension.

7.2.F.1 Students will read high frequency and irregularly spelled grade-level words with
automaticity in text.

7.2.F.2 Students will orally read grade-level text at an appropriate rate, smoothly and
accurately, with expression that connotes comprehension.

Students will continue to review and apply earlier grade level expectations for this standard. If
these fluency skills are not mastered, students will address skills from previous grades.

Reading Writing
Students will read and comprehend Students will develop and strengthen writing by
increasingly complex literary and engaging in a recursive process that includes
informational texts. prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and
publishing.

7.2.R.1 Students will create an objective 7.2.W.1 Students will apply components of a
summary, including main idea and recursive writing process for multiple
supporting details, while maintaining purposes to create a focused,
meaning and a logical sequence of organized, and coherent piece of
events. writing.

7.2.R.2 Students will analyze details in literary 7.2.W.2 Students will plan (e.g., outline) and
and nonfiction/informational texts to prewrite a first draft as necessary.
distinguish genres.

7.2.R.3 Students will paraphrase main ideas 7.2.W.3 Students will develop drafts by
with supporting details in a text. choosing an organizational structure
(e.g., description, compare/contrast,
sequential, problem/solution,
cause/effect, etc.) and building on
ideas in multi-paragraph essays.

7.2.W.4 Students will edit and revise multiple

drafts for organization, transitions to
improve coherence and meaning,
using a consistent point of view.
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7.2.W.5 Students will use resources to find
correct spellings of words (e.g., word
wall, vocabulary notebook, print and
electronic dictionaries, and spell-
check).

Standard 3: Critical Reading and Writing

Students will apply critical thinking skills to reading and writing.

Reading Writing
Students will comprehend, interpret, evaluate, Students will write for varied purposes and
and respond to a variety of complex texts of all audiences in all modes, using fully developed
literary and informational genres from a variety ideas, strong organization, well-chosen words,
of historical, cultural, ethnic, and global fluent sentences, and appropriate voice.
perspectives.

7.3.R.1 Students will compare and contrast 7.3.W.1 NARRATIVE

stated or implied purposes of authors Students will write narratives
writing on the same topic in grade- incorporating characters, plot,
level literary and/or informational texts. setting, point of view, conflict,
dialogue, and sensory details to
convey experiences and events.

7.3.R.2 Students will evaluate how the point of 7.3.W.2 INFORMATIVE

view and perspective affect grade-level Students will compose essays and
literary and/or informational text. reports about topics, incorporating
evidence (e.g., specific facts,
examples, details) and maintaining
an organized structure and a formal
style.

7.3.R.3 Students will analyze how key literary 7.3.W.3 ARGUMENT - Grade Level Focus
elements contribute to the meaning of Students will introduce a claim and
the literary work: organize reasons and evidence,
• setting using credible sources.
• plot
• characters (i.e., protagonist,
antagonist)
• characterization
• theme
• conflict (i.e., internal and
external)
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7.3.R.4 Students will evaluate literary devices 7.3.W.4 Students will show relationships
to support interpretations of literary among the claim, reasons, and
texts: evidence.
• simile
• metaphor
• personification
• onomatopoeia
• hyperbole
• imagery
• symbolism
• tone
• irony*
*Students will find textual evidence
when provided with examples.

7.3.R.5 Students will distinguish factual claims

from opinions.

7.3.R.6 Students will analyze the structures of

texts (e.g., compare/contrast,
problem/solution, cause/effect,
claims/evidence) and content by
making inferences about texts and use
textual evidence to draw simple logical
conclusions.

7.3.R.7 Students will make connections (e.g.,

thematic links) between and across
multiple texts and provide textual
evidence to support their inferences.
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Standard 4: Vocabulary

Students will expand their working vocabularies to effectively communicate and understand
texts.

Reading Writing
Students will expand academic, domain- Students will apply knowledge of
appropriate, grade-level vocabularies through vocabularies to communicate by using
reading, word study, and class discussion. descriptive, academic, and domain-
appropriate abstract and concrete words in
their writing.

7.4.R.1 Students will increase knowledge of 7.4.W.1 Students will use domain-
academic, domain-appropriate, grade- appropriate vocabulary to
level vocabulary to infer meaning of communicate ideas in writing
grade-level text. clearly.

7.4.R.2 Students will use word parts (e.g., affixes, 7.4.W.2 Students will select appropriate
Greek and Latin roots, stems) to define language to create a specific
and determine the meaning of effect according to purpose in
increasingly complex words. writing.

7.4.R.3 Students will use context clues to

determine or clarify the meaning of
words or distinguish among multiple-
meaning words.

7.4.R.4 Students will infer the relationships

among words with multiple meanings
and recognize the connotation and
denotation of words.

7.4.R.5 Students will use a dictionary, glossary,

or a thesaurus (print and/or electronic) to
determine or clarify the meanings,
syllabication, pronunciation, synonyms,
and parts of speech of words.
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Standard 5: Language

Students will apply knowledge of grammar and rhetorical style to reading and writing.

Reading Writing
Students will apply knowledge of grammar Students will demonstrate command of Standard
and rhetorical style to analyze and evaluate a English grammar, mechanics, and usage through
variety of texts. writing and other modes of communication.

7.5.R.1 Students will recognize the correct 7.5.W.1 Students will write using correct
use of prepositional phrases and mechanics with a focus on commas,
dependent clauses. apostrophes, quotation marks, colons,
and semi-colons.

7.5.R.2 Students will recognize simple, 7.5.W.2 Students will compose simple,
compound, complex, and compound, complex, and compound-
compound-complex sentences to complex sentences and questions to
signal differing relationships among signal differing relationships among
ideas. ideas.

7.5.R.3 Students will recognize the subject 7.5.W.3 Students will use prepositional phrases
and verb agreement. and clauses (e.g., dependent and
independent) in writing.

7.5.R.4 Students will recognize and correct

misplaced and dangling modifiers.
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Standard 6: Research

Students will engage in inquiry to acquire, refine, and share knowledge.

Reading Writing
Students will comprehend, evaluate, and Students will summarize and paraphrase, integrate
synthesize resources to acquire and refine evidence, and cite sources to create reports,
knowledge. projects, papers, texts, and presentations for
multiple purposes.

7.6.R.1 Students will use their own viable 7.6.W.1 Students will write research papers and/or
research questions and thesis texts independently over extended
statements to find information periods of time (e.g., time for research,
about a specific topic. reflection, and revision) and for shorter
timeframes (e.g., a single sitting or a day or
two).

7.6.R.2 Students will follow ethical and 7.6.W.2 Students will refine and formulate a viable
legal guidelines for finding and research question and report findings
recording information from a clearly and concisely, using a thesis
variety of primary and secondary statement.
sources (e.g., print and digital).

7.6.R.3 Students will determine the 7.6.W.3 Students will quote, paraphrase, and
relevance, reliability, and validity summarize findings following an
of the information gathered. appropriate citation style (e.g., MLA, APA,
etc.) and avoiding plagiarism.

7.6.W.4 Students will summarize and present

information in a report.
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Standard 7: Multimodal Literacies

Students will acquire, refine, and share knowledge through a variety of written, oral, visual,
digital, non-verbal, and interactive texts.

Reading Writing
Students will evaluate written, oral, visual, and Students will create multimodal texts to
digital texts in order to draw conclusions and communicate knowledge and develop
analyze arguments. arguments.

7.7.R.1 Students will compare and contrast 7.7.W.1 Students will select, organize, or create
the effectiveness of techniques used multimodal content to complement
in a variety of written, oral, visual, and extend meaning for a selected
digital, non-verbal, and interactive topic.
texts to generate and answer literal,
interpretive, and applied questions
to create new understandings.

7.7.R.2 Students will analyze the impact of 7.7.W.2 Students will utilize multimedia to
selected media and formats on clarify information and strengthen
meaning. claims or evidence.

Standard 8: Independent Reading and Writing

Students will read and write for a variety of purposes including, but not limited to, academic and
personal.

Reading Writing
Students will read independently for a Students will write independently for extended periods
variety of purposes and for extended of time. Students will vary their modes of expression to
periods of time. Students will select suit audience and task.
appropriate texts for specific
purposes.

7.8.R Students will select appropriate 7.8.W Students will write independently over
texts for specific purposes and extended periods of time (e.g., time for
read independently for research, reflection, and revision) and for shorter
extended periods of time. timeframes (e.g., a single sitting or a day or two),
vary their modes of expression to suit audience
and task, and discover different perspectives.