Grade 7: Oral Communication, Reading, Writing |
Achievement
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Overall Expectations
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•listen to and talk about short, oral texts in structured
and open-ended situations; |
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•read a variety of classroom and simple authentic materials,
200 to 400 words long, and demonstrate understanding; |
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•communicate information and ideas in writing, in structured
and open-ended situations, for different purposes; |
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•identify and use the vocabulary and the grammer and
language conventions appropriate for this grade level. |
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Specific Expectations
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Oral Communication |
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•use compound sentences in conversations and dialogues
(e.g., Les enfants jouent dans la cour et ils s'amusent beaucoup.); |
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•use language appropriately in a variety of rehearsed,
routine, and open-ended situations (e.g., a cassette letter, an anti-smoking
or anti-drinking message); |
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•respond to oral texts (e.g., express opinions) and connect
to personal experience; |
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•give an oral presentation of fifteen to twenty sentences
in length (e.g., report on reading material); |
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•make revisions to oral language in form, content, and
organization (e.g., sequence of sentences, agreement of irregular adjectives),
using resources and feedback. |
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Reading |
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•read at least twelve simple texts (e.g., letters, descriptions,
essays), and identify main ideas and some supporting details; |
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•produce a variety of simple responses, in structured
and open-ended situations, to convey understanding of written text in a
different form (e.g., design a biography card); |
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•use various reading strategies to determine meaning,
such as verbal cues, structures (e.g., inversion), personal experience,
and resources; |
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•express personal preferences or reactions to a text. |
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Writing |
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•write simple and some compound sentences and questions,
using familiar and new vocabulary; |
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•write in a variety of simple forms (e.g., letters, poems,
descriptions), following a model and making substitutions and minor adaptations
to the model; |
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•revise and edit personal writing, using feedback from
the teacher and peers, and using resources including technology; |
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•use and spell the vocabulary appropriate for this grade
level. |
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