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1. Aim: 7th Grade ELA
Strategies and Preparation!
This year the ELA will be held on April 17,
18, & 19, 2012.
2. Context Clues
What does it mean?
When readers come to an unfamiliar word, they should first
try to use context clues to figure out the meaning.
Context clues are the words in the same sentence or in the
sentences around the unknown word.
3. Context Clues
Example
Volcanoes can erupt without warning. Scientists monitor
volcanoes so that they may predict eruptions. Scientists
use equipment to watch the volcanoes.
MONITOR most likely means...
4. Context Clues
Example
Volcanoes can erupt without warning. Scientists monitor
volcanoes so that they may predict eruptions. Scientists use
equipment to watch the volcanoes.
MONITOR most likely means...
Answer:
“To check” or “to keep track of.”
5. Drawing Conclusions
What does it mean?
When readers form an overall opinion after reading, they
draw a conclusion.
Conclusions are based on text details.
6. Drawing Conclusions
Example
The National Weather Service issues tornado watches and
tornado warnings. The service also has storm spotters who
report what they see in the sky.
What can you conclude about the National Weather
Service?
7. Drawing Conclusions
Example
The National Weather Service issues tornado watches and
tornado warnings. The service also has storm spotters who
report what they see in the sky.
What can you conclude about the National Weather
Service?
Answer:
The National Weather Service provides the public with
information about tornadoes.
8. Author's Purpose
What does it mean?
Writing may have different purposes.
An author may write to entertain or to inform or teach
readers.
Writers may also write to persuade readers to think or
act in certain ways.
Sometimes authors write for more than one reason.
9. Author's Purpose
Example
Flu season is here. How can you protect yourself? Get
plenty of rest. Wash your hands often. Eat healthy foods,
drink lots of liquids like water, juice, and Fluless. Fluless
tastes great and is good for you! Everyone should drink it.
What is the author's purpose?
10. Author's Purpose
Example
Flu season is here. How can you protect yourself? Get
plenty of rest. Wash your hands often. Eat healthy foods,
drink lots of liquids like water, juice, and Fluless. Fluless
tastes great! Everyone should drink it.
What is the author's purpose?
Answer:
To inform readers about ways to protect themselves
from the flu, and/or to persuade readers to drink
Fluless.
11. ELA Listening Section Strategies
● Don't worry about grammar, spelling, and
punctuation when note taking.
12. ELA Listening Section Strategies
● Don't worry about grammar, spelling, and
punctuation when note taking.
● Focus on the information you are listening
to, not on the proper presentation (use
abbreviations, not full sentences).
13. ELA Listening Section Strategies
● Don't worry about grammar, spelling, and
punctuation when note taking.
● Focus on the information you are listening
to, not on the proper presentation (use
abbreviations, not full sentences).
● You can add bullet points or a dash mark to
indicate the start of a new note. This may
help you to not repeat information.
14. ELA Listening Section Strategies
Two-Column Note Taking:
Fold a piece of paper in half.
Use the left side to take notes while you listen
the first time.
Use the right side to add anything you missed
as you listen again.
16. Question 1: What often happens to horses
after they are past their prime?
A. They retire.
B. They are abandoned or sold to slaughter houses.
C. Jockeys run the horses until they die naturally.
D. They are used to breed more racing horses.
17. Question 1: What often happens to racing
horses after they are past their prime?
B. They are abandoned or sold to slaughter
houses
18. Question 2: Read the following excerpt from the
passage.
“It’s one thing to hunt and fish for food. Although some
people oppose this as well, animals do provide people with
SUSTENANCE.”
The word SUSTENANCE MOST LIKELY means?
A. Companionship
B. Warmth
C. Nourishment
D. Entertainment
19. Question 3: The word SUSTENANCE MOST
LIKELY means?
C. Nourishment
20. Question 3: Read the following excerpt from
the passage.
“Occasionally, a horse will break a leg during the race and
have to be EUTHANIZED."
Which word or phrase MOST CLOSELY means EUTHANIZED?
A. Killed painlessly
B. Healed
C. Left injured
D. Carried off
21.
Question 3: Which word or phrase most closely
means EUTHANIZED?
A. Killed painlessly
22. Question 4: What is the author’s
purpose for writing this passage?
A. Provide a brief history of animal abuse through the
ages.
B. Compare how different countries use animals for sport
and entertainment.
C. Convince readers to stop buying tickets to sporting
events and circuses.
D. Persuade readers that animals should not be used for
sport or entertainment.
23. Question 4: What is the author’s
purpose for writing this passage?
D. Persuade readers that animals should not be used for
sport or entertainment.
24. Question 5: What is the author’s main
idea regarding hunting and fishing?
A. Only select cultures have a legitimate right to hunt or
fish.
B. They should not be done under any circumstances.
C. They are acceptable as a sport, but not for
entertainment.
D. They are acceptable if done for food, but never for
sport.
25. Question 5: What is the author’s main
idea regarding hunting and fishing?
D. They are acceptable if done for food, but never for
sport.
26. Question 6: An alternate title for this passage
could be?
A. "Animals Are Treated Fairly"
B. "Humans Are Smarter Than Animals"
C. "Animal Treatment Must Be Improved"
D. "No More Fishing Or Hunting!"
27. Question 6: An alternate title for this passage
could be?
C. "Animal Treatment Must Be Improved"
28. Question 7: What conclusion can be made
about the author of "Animals Deserve Better?"
A. The author thinks people are justified when they hunt
or fish for sport
B. The author believes that animals should NOT be used
for sport and entertainment
C. The author believes circuses and zoos are proper
habitats for animals
D. The author thinks people are NOT justified when
hunting or fishing for food
29. Question 7: What conclusion can be made
about the author of "Animals Deserve Better?"
B. The author believes that animals should NOT be used
for sport and entertainment
30. Question 8: Which new detail would BEST
make the argument more convincing?
A. Statistics proving that many horses get hurt in sports.
B. A quote from a child who enjoys going to the circus.
C. Examples of cultures that traditionally hunt for sport.
D. A list of television programs about sport fishing.
31. Question 8: Which new detail would
BEST make the argument more
convincing?
A. Statistics proving that many horses get hurt in sports.
32. Short Response:
Using one detail from the article for
each box, complete the chart below to
describe how the author believes
bullfighting and horse racing are cruel.
How bullfighting is cruel? How horse racing is cruel?
35. Text Structure
Authors organize their writing in different ways. Text
Structure is the way a text is arranged or organized.
36. Types of Text Structure
•Cause & Effect – the author presents a problem or
idea, outlines causes of the problem or idea, and then
presents the effects that the causes have on the
problem or idea.
•Chronological Order – information is presented in the
order it happens.
•Problem & Solution – the author presents a dilemma and
a possible solution or solutions.
37. Types of Text Structure
•Process/Listing – an author might use this
style if the information presented involves a
series of steps.
•Comparison/Contrast – the author
introduces two or more events, people,
places, or ideas and then identifies their
similarities and differences.
38. Compare and Contrast
What does it mean?
Authors use compare-contrast structure to
show similarities and differences between
two or more people, places, events, or ideas.
39. Compare and Contrast
Example
Both dolphins and porpoises live in the ocean. They have
lungs and breathe air. As opposed to dolphins, porpoises
are small. Unlike sleek dolphins, porpoises are plump.
Porpoises are shy animals, while dolphins are friendly
toward people.
What is this passage comparing?
What do they have in common?
What are their differences?
40. Compare and Contrast
What is this passage comparing?
Dolphins and porpoises.
What do they have in common?
Both live in the ocean, have lungs, and breathe air.
What are their differences?
Porpoises are small, plump, and shy. Dolphins are big,
sleek, and friendly.
41. Venn Diagram
—One way of synthesizing, or understanding, information in a
compare/contrast passage is by creating a Venn Diagram.
—
When filling out a Venn Diagram, write details that tell
how the subjects are different in the outer circles.
Write details that tell how the subjects are alike where
the circles overlap.
43. Making Inferences
What does it mean?
Authors do not always explain everything in
the text & sometimes readers must make
inferences, or educated guesses, based on
details in the text and on what they already
know.
44. Making Inferences
Example
My arms ached from paddling, but I had to get
through each swirling pool of water.
—Where is this person? How do you know?
45. Making Inferences
Example
My arms ached from paddling, but I had to get
through each swirling pool of water.
This person is rowing through rapids or rapidly
running water.
46. Finding the Theme
What does it mean?
—Theme is the central idea or insight about
life an author wants readers to understand.
Theme is the general message of a story.
47. Finding the Theme
Example
A lion was awakened by a mouse. The mouse pleaded for
his life, noting that he could help the lion one day. The
angry lion laughed, but he did let the little mouse go.
Some time later, the mouse saw that the lion was caught
in a hunter's net. The mouse nibbled the net until the
lion could crawl out to safety.
What does the author want me to understand about
life? What is his message?
48. Finding the Theme
What does the author want me to understand about
life? What is his message?
The lion didn't think the little mouse could help, but the
mouse was a big help.
The theme is, "Size doesn't matter. Everyone can help."
49. ELA Reading Section Note Taking
Strategies
Reading passages differ in length and
subject matter.
It can be difficult to keep track of the main
ideas, plot, and details while you read,
especially when you are reading several
passages one after the other.
50. ELA Reading Section Note Taking
Strategies
Look for the causes of the things that happen to a
passage's main characters.
Pay attention to the "who, what, where, when, why, and
how" information from a passage.
51. ELA Reading Section Note Taking
Strategies
No need to memorize all of this information!
Keep track of the main idea by taking notes.
Stop after each paragraph and write a
label—a word or phrase that summarizes the
main ideas of that paragraph.
52. ELA Reading Section Note Taking
Strategies
Let's try these strategies on last night's
assignment!
