Balanced Literacy& Differentiated Instruction
for Canadian 7–8 Classrooms!
7Grade
Grade 7 Sample Yearly Plan
9 Units
September October November December January February March April May June
Behindthe Music
Surviving Extremes
This Is Who I Am
Laugh Out Loud!
Environmental Choices
Follow the Evidence
The Big Picture
MixedMessages
His-tory Comes
Alive
Part 1 Pack Part 2 Pack Part 3 Pack
Framing Ques-tions
What does it take to make it in the music industry?
What can we learn from the extremes of nature?
How do my choices shape me?
What makes something funny?
How easy is it to be green?
What is the role of science in cracking a case?
How can one person make a difference?
What are advertisers really selling?
How do people meet the challenges of tough times?
Reading Strategy
Focus
Using Strategies:self-monitoring
Research: analyzing, making connections, synthesizing
Book Club(all strategies)
Author’s Craft: analyzing, evaluating, makingconnections
Interpret and Respond To Texts: inferring,evaluating,makingconnections
Book Club(all strategies)
Author’s and Illustrator’s Message: inferring, synthesizing, evaluating
Perspective and Bias: predicting, evaluating, inferring
Book Club(all strategies)
Writing Study
Self-Selected Explanation Free Verse Poetry
Short Story PersuasiveArgument (speech)
Procedural Report
Picture Book TV Advertise-ment
Character Interview
Strategy Units and Book Club Units progress in this order.
Modelled
Shared
Guided Practice
Supported Independent
Independent
Turn over to see an example of this model in a unit
The Gradual Release of Support Model
Behind the Music Strategy Unit
Laugh Out Loud! Strategy Unit
The Big Picture Strategy Unit
Environmental Choices Strategy Unit
Mixed Messages Strategy Unit
Surviving Extremes Strategy Unit This Is Who I Am Book Club Unit
Follow the Evidence Book Club Unit
History Comes Alive Book Club Unit
Behind the Music ................. 978-0-7791-9865-8 .......... $200.00• 1 Behind the Music Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: The International School of Music Wants You!) • 1copyof10 Myths and Realities of the Music Industry (newspaper article)• 16 copies of The International School of Music Wants You! (brochure)• 6 copies of Off the Cuff’s Band Blog (blog)• 8 copies of Nimbus Sky Announces Summer Tour (press release) • 8 copies of Ears Wide Open: How I Write a Song (how-to article)• 6 copies of Making Music: How to Produce a Record (flowchart)
Additional 4-Packs •Off the Cuff’s Band Blog . . . . . . . . .978-0-7791-9878-8 . . . . .$19.00 •Nimbus Sky Announces Summer Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9879-5 . . . . .$12.00 •Ears Wide Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9880-1 . . . . .$12.00 •Making Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9881-8 . . . . .$18.00
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Inquiry Question: What does it take to make it in the music industry?Text-Type Writing Study: self-selectedReading Strategy Focus: Using Strategies (self-monitoring)
Audio CD
Guide Modelled Text
1 Shared Text (print)
Laugh Out Loud! .................. 978-0-7791-9867-2 .......... $195.00• 1 Laugh Out Loud! Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: Laugh It Up) • 1copyofThe Day of the Raisin (short story)• 16 copies of Laugh It Up (print website)• 6 copies of If You Can Believe That … (dialogue/monologue)• 8 copies of The Thank-You Letter (letters)• 8 copies of Funny Pages (comics)• 6 copies of Songs in the Key of Funny (lyrics)
Additional 4-Packs •If You Can Believe That . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9886-3 . . . . .$12.00 •The Thank-You Letter. . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9887-0 . . . . .$12.00 •Funny Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9888-7 . . . . .$12.00 •Songs in the Key of Funny . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9889-4 . . . . .$12.00
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Audio CD
1 Shared Text (print)Modelled Text
Inquiry Question: What makes something funny?Text-Type Writing Study: short storyReading Strategy Focus: Author’s Craft: analyzing, evaluating, making connections
The Big Picture ..................... 978-0-7791-9869-6 .......... $405.00• 1 The Big Picture Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: Telling Stories Through Art) • 1copyofNight Boat to Freedom (picture book)• 16 copies of Telling Stories Through Art: Canada’s Own Paul Morin (magazine article)• 6 copies of The Birdman (picture book)• 8 copies of How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball (picture book)• 8 copies of Ghost Train (picture book)• 6 copies of The Lost Island (picture book)
Additional 4-Packs •The Birdman …. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9894-8 . . . . .$39.95 •How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9895-5 . . . . .$43.95 •Ghost Train . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9896-2 . . . . .$39.50 •The Lost Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9897-9 . . . . .$43.96
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Audio CD
1 Shared Text (print)Modelled Text
Guided Reading Texts
Guided Reading Texts
Guided Reading Texts
Inquiry Question: How can one person make a difference?Text-Type Writing Study: picture bookReading Strategy Focus: Author’s and Illustrator’s Message: inferring, synthesizing, evaluating
Surviving Extremes ............... 978-0-7791-9866-5 ........ $215.00• 1 Surviving Extremes Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: Scholastic Ask It, Extreme Survival Stories) • 1copyofHunt for the Supertwister (documentary on DVD)• 1 copy of Scholastic Ask It (search results on CD)• 16 copies of Extreme Survival Stories (true stories)• 6 copies of Living Life to the Extremes (poster)• 8 copies of Superhumans take on the elements (newspaper article)• 8 copies of Gearing up for the Cold (guide)• 6copiesofUnderground Adventures
(magazine article)
Additional 4-Packs •Living Life to the Extremes . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9882-5 . . . . .$18.00 •Superhumans take on the elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9884-9 . . . . .$10.00 •Gearing up for the Cold . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9883-2 . . . . .$14.00 •Underground Adventures . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9885-6 . . . . .$19.00
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DVD CD
2 Shared Texts(digital, print)
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Audio CD
Guided Reading Texts
Guided Reading Texts
Guided Reading Texts
Inquiry Question: What can we learn from the extremes of nature?Text-Type Writing Study: explanationReading Strategy Focus: Research: analyzing, making connections, synthesizing
Guide
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This is Who I Am ................... 978-0-7791-9871-9 .......... $400.00• 1ThisisWhoIAmBookClubGuide• 1AudioCD(fluent Reading: Poet’s Corner, Know Yourself
and Others, Marked)• 1DiscussionDicePack• 1copyofFiregirl (realistic novel)• 1copyof Poet’s Corner (E-zine on CD)• 16copiesofKnow Yourself and Others (magazine article)• 6copiesofMarked (realistic novel)• 8copiesofBrendan Buckley’s Universe
and Everything In It (realistic novel)• 12copiesofRules (realistic novel)• 6copiesofChu Ju’s House (realistic novel)Discussion Dice Pack• Includes5setsof3die(1forbeforereading
and 2 for during/after reading) 978-0-7791-9736-1 ............................$10.00
Audio CD
CD
2 Shared Texts(digital, print)
Additional 4-Packs •Marked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9909-9 . . . . .$39.80 •Brendan Buckley’s Universe and Everything In It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9912-9 . . . . .$30.00 •Rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9910-5 . . . . .$31.95 •Chu Ju’s House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9911-2 . . . . .$37.00
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Supported Independent Reading
Inquiry Question: How do my choices shape me?Text-Type Writing Study: free verse poetry
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Additional 4-Packs •Dusted and Busted! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9901-3 . . . . .$39.95 •Have You Seen This Face? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9902-0 . . . . .$39.95 •Killer Wallpaper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9903-7 . . . . .$39.95 •Guilty by a Hair! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9904-4 . . . . .$39.95
Supported Independent Reading
Supported Independent Reading
Inquiry Question: What is the role of science in cracking a case?Text-Type Writing Study: procedural report
Packages for Convenient ImplementationGrade 7 Complete Pack• Program and Planning Guide• 6 Strategy Units• 3 Book Club Units• Writer’sHandbookPack(16copies)
978-0-7791-9750-7 . . . . . . . . . . .$2,800 .00
Grade 7 Part 1 Pack 978-0-7791-9876-4 . . . . . . . . . . . $815 .00 •IncludesBehindtheMusicStrategyUnit,Surviving
ExtremesStrategyUnit,andThisIsWhoIAm Book Club Unit
Grade 7 Part 2 Pack 978-0-7791-9877-1 . . . . . . . . . . . $860 .00 •IncludesLaughOutLoud!StrategyUnit,
Environmental Choices Strategy Unit, and Follow the Evidence Book Club Unit
Grade 7 Part 3 Pack 978-0-7791-9807-8 . . . . . . . . . . $1025 .00 •IncludesTheBigPictureStrategyUnit,
Mixed Messages Strategy Unit, and HistoryComesAliveBookClubUnit
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Environmental Choices ............... 978-0-7791-9868-9... $225.00• 1 Environmental Choices Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: Culling Kermit, Lighting the Night Sky) • 1copyofIt’s Debatable (radio call-in show on audio CD)• 16 copies of Culling Kermit (newspaper article) • 1 copy of Lighting the Night Sky (photo essay on CD)• 6copiesofTap Water Versus Bottled Water (magazine article)• 8 copies of Paper or Plastic or Cotton? (poster)• 8 copies of One Little Piggy (blog)• 6copiesofOur World (letters to the editor)
Additional 4-Packs •Tap Water Versus Bottled Water . . . . 978-0-7791-9890-0 . . . . .$14.00 •Paper or Plastic or Cotton? . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9891-7 . . . . .$15.00 •One Little Piggy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9892-4 . . . . .$19.00 •Our World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9893-1 . . . . .$10.00
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2 Shared Texts(print, digital)
Audio CD
Inquiry Question: How easy is it to be green? Text-Type Writing Study: persuasive argument (speech)Reading Strategy Focus: Interpret and Respond to Texts: inferring, evaluating, making connections
Guide
CD
TURN OVER TO SEE
THIS UNIT IN A CLASSROOM
On Level
Follow the Evidence ........... 978-0-7791-9872-6 .......... $440.00• 1 Follow the Evidence Book Club Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent Reading: FI Case Report, Reality Check, Dusted and Busted!)• 1 copy of Roll Call (science fiction novel)• 16 copies of FI Case Report (procedural report)• 1 copy of Reality Check (digital blog on CD)• 6 copies of Dusted and Busted!: The Science of Fingerprinting (non-fiction book)• 8 copies of Have You Seen This Face? The Work of Forensic Artists (non-fiction book) • 12 copies of Killer Wallpaper: True Cases of Deadly Poisonings (non-fiction book)• 6 copies of Guilty by a Hair!: Real-life DNA Matches! (non-fiction book)
Audio CD
CD
GuideModelled Text 2 Shared Texts
(print, digital)
Modelled/Shared Text
1 Shared Text(digital)
Guide
Audio CD
Inquiry Question: What are advertisers really selling?Text-Type Writing Study: TV AdvertisementReading Strategy Focus: Perspective and Bias: predicting, evaluating, inferring
DVD CD
Mixed Messages ......................... 978-0-7791-9870-2 ..... $210.00• 1 Mixed Messages Strategy Guide• 1 Audio CD (fluent reading: Deconstruct a Print AD)• 1 copy of Watch This! (TV ads on DVD)• 1copyofDeconstruct a Print AD (WebpageonCD)• 6 copies of You Need This! (timeline)• 8 copies of Power Girls/Game Dudes (e-flyers) • 8 copies of Sitting Pretty or Selling Out? (blog)• 6 copies of Piton Boots (ad pitch)
Additional 4-Packs •You Need This! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9898-6 . . . . .$14.00 •Power Girls/Game Dudes . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9729-3 . . . . .$14.00 •Sitting Pretty or Selling Out?. . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9899-3 . . . . .$20.00 •Piton Boots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9900-6 . . . . .$18.00
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Inquiry Question: How do people meet the challenges of tough times?Text-Type Writing Study : character interview
History Comes Alive............ 978-0-7791-9873-3...........$410.00• 1HistoryComesAliveBookClubGuide• 1AudioCD(fluent Reading: Orphan Story Research Notes,
Wharf Watch, Camp X)• 1copyofThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (historical novel)• 16copiesOrphan Story Research Notes (primary documents)• 1copyofWharf Watch(WebpageonCD)• 6copiesofCamp X (historical novel)• 8copiesofThe Wadjet Eye (historical novel)• 12copiesofElephant Run (historical novel)• 6copiesofA Circle of Silver (historical novel)
2 Shared Texts(print, digital)
Modelled Text
Audio CD
DVD
Guide
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Additional 4-Packs •Camp X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9905-1 . . . . .$36.95 •The Wadjet Eye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9906-8 . . . . .$27.80 •Elephant Run. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9907-5 . . . . .$31.00 •A Circle of Silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9908-2 . . . . .$39.80
Program and Planning Guide978-0-7791-9798-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $85 .00
Includes: •112-page Program and Planning Guide•Professional Development DVD demonstrating Stepping Up in the classroom •4 Benchmark Texts
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DVDWriter’s Handbook 16–Pack• 16 copies978-0-7791-9874-0 . . . . . . . .$40 .00
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environmental Choices Strategy UnitFollow Along as Teachers Use This Unit in the Classroom
7Grade
Build background knowledge and introduce the comprehensionfocus(InterpretandRespondtoText).
Wholeclasslessons,creating anchor
charts
Students read text in partners
Insmallgroupsstudentssharewhattheyhavelearnedin the guided reading lessons and revisit the inquiry question
Revisitthementortextandmake notes
Students explore oral presentations and then present their own speech
Teacher models the planning and organizing stage
Teacher does modelled/shared lessons for the other stages of the writing process
Follow with guided/independent writing for each stage of
the writing process
Students plan and organizetheir texts
FinalDiscussiononInquiryQuestion:how easy is it to be green?
WholeclassreadingonSMARTBoardorscreen
Pause point for discussion
Group Students According To Their Needs
Students finish reading and respond to text
Students read text Students return to guided reading groups to share
responses
Group discusses text
Discuss issues and respond to the text in whole group
Oral Strategy: Value Line (discuss, debate, defend your position)Introduceandthen
playtheRadio Call-InShow
Discuss the issues of theRadio
Call-InShow
“IAgree”group “I’mundecided”group “Idisagree”group
Introducetheinquiryquestion—Howeasyisittobegreen?
Modelled Text
Shared reading–Partner Share
Guided reading
Text-Type Writing Study—Persuasive argument
Jigsaw Group discussions
Sharing Persuasive Speeches with Class
Shared reading–Whole Class
Whole Class Wrap Up
Teacher provides overview, activates background knowledge, supports, and challenges students in guided
reading session
around the Classroom
Environmental Choices ReaderResponses
Environmental Student Slogans
Student Environmental Statements Student“CooltoBeGreen”Concept InquiryBasedResearchChart ReadAloudFishFarmingDiscussionQuestionsChart
OpportunityFor
Assessment
OpportunityFor
Assessment
OpportunityFor
Assessment
OpportunityFor
Assessment
OpportunityFor
Assessment
Take Time for Word Work Mini-Lessons
Take Time for Word WorkMini-Lessons
Other students work on guided reading follow-up, word
and vocabulary lessons, and independent reading
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Don’t forget to watch the Strategy Unit section of the DVD found in the Program
and Planning Guide!
Radio Call-In Show
(Audio CD)
Newspaper Article
Photo Essay
(CD)
Read the Strategy Guide and the unit texts
Introduce the Unit