Rhode Island State Standards for Language Arts: Grade 7
RI.R-7-1. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Word Identification Skills and Strategies: Applies word identification/ decoding strategies by:
R-7-1.1. Identifying multi-syllabic words by using knowledge of sounds, syllable division, and word patterns (Local)
R-7-1.2. No GLE at this grade level.
R-7-1.3. No GLE at this grade level.
R-7-1.4. No GLE at this grade level.
R-7-1.5. No GLE at this grade level.
R-7-1.6. No GLE at this grade level.
RI.R-7-2. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Vocabulary: Vocabulary Strategies: Students identify the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary by:
R-7-2.1. Using strategies to unlock meaning (e.g., knowledge of word structure, including prefixes/suffixes, base words, common roots, or word origins; or context clues; or other resources, such as, dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses; or prior knowledge) (State)
RI.R-7-3. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Vocabulary: Breath of Vocabulary: Shows breadth of vocabulary knowledge through demonstrating understanding of word meanings and relationships by:
R-7-3.1. Identifying synonyms, antonyms, homonyms/homophones, or shades of meaning (State)
R-7-3.2. Selecting appropriate words or explaining the use of words in context, including content specific vocabulary, words with multiple meanings, or precise vocabulary (State)
RI.R-7-4. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Literary Texts: Initial Understanding of literary Texts: All students need ongoing opportunities to apply and practice reading strategies with many different types of LITERARY texts. Recognizing a variety of literary texts and their characteristics will help students in meeting grade level expectations described in the NECAP GLEs and High school GSEs. Demonstrate initial understanding of elements of literary texts by:
R-7-4.1. Identifying or describing character(s), setting, problem/solution, or plot, as appropriate to text; or identifying any significant changes in character or setting over time; or identifying rising action, climax, or falling action (State)
R-7-4.2. Paraphrasing or summarizing key ideas/plot, with major events sequenced, as appropriate to text (State)
R-7-4.3. Generating questions before, during, and after reading to enhance/expand understanding and/or gain new information (Local)
R-7-4.4. Identifying the characteristics of a variety of types/genres of literary text (e.g., literary texts: poetry, plays, fairytales, fantasy, fables, realistic fiction, folktales, historical fiction, mysteries, science fiction, myths, legends, short stories) (Local)
R-7-4.5. Identifying literary devices as appropriate to genre: rhyme schemes, alliteration, simile, dialogue, imagery, metaphors, flashback, onomatopoeia, repetition, or personification (Local)
RI.R-7-5. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Literary Texts: Analysis and Interpretation of Literary Texts, Citing Evidence: All students need ongoing opportunities to apply and practice reading strategies with many different types of literary texts. Recognizing a variety of literary texts and their characteristics will help students in meeting grade level expectations described in the NECAP GLEs and GSEs. Analyze and interpret elements of literary texts, citing evidence where appropriate by:
R-7-5.1. Explaining or supporting logical predictions (State)
R-7-5.2. Describing characters' traits, motivation, or interactions, citing thoughts, words, or actions that reveal characters' traits, motivations, or their changes over time (State)
R-7-5.3. Making inferences about cause/effect (e.g., explaining how an event gives rise to the next), internal or external conflicts (e.g., person versus self, person versus person, person versus nature/society/fate), or the relationship among elements within text (State)
R-7-5.4. Explaining how the narrator's point of view affects the reader's interpretation (State)
R-7-5.5. Explaining how the author's message or theme is supported within the text (State)
R-7-5.6. Subsumed under R-7-5.2 and R-7-5.3.
RI.R-7-6. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Literary Texts: Analysis and Interpretation of Literary Texts, Citing Evidence: All students need ongoing opportunities to apply and practice reading strategies with many different types of literary texts. Recognizing a variety of literary texts and their characteristics will help students in meeting grade level expectations described in the NECAP GLEs and GSEs. Analyze and interpret author's craft, citing evidence where appropriate by:
R-7-6.1. Demonstrating knowledge of use of literary elements and devices (i.e., imagery, exaggeration, repetition, flashback, foreshadowing, or personification) to analyze literary works (State)
R-7-6.2. Demonstrating knowledge of use of literary elements and devices (e.g., rhyme schemes, alliteration, simile, dialogue, metaphors, onomatopoeia, repetition, or idioms) to analyze literary works (Local)
RI.R-7-7. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Informational Texts: Initial Understanding of Informational Text: All students need ongoing opportunities to apply and practice reading strategies with many different types of informational texts (expository and practical texts across content areas). Recognizing a variety of informational texts and their characteristics will help students in meeting grade level expectations described in the NECAP GLEs and GSEs. Demonstrate initial understanding of informational texts (expository and practical texts) by:
R-7-7.1. Obtaining information from text features (e.g., table of contents, glossary, index, transition words/phrases, transitional devices, bold or italicized text, headings, subheadings, graphic organizers, charts, graphs, or illustrations) (State)
R-7-7.2. Using information from the text to answer questions, to state the main/central ideas, or to provide supporting details (State)
R-7-7.3. Organizing information to show understanding (e.g., representing main/central ideas or details within text through charting, mapping, paraphrasing, summarizing, or comparing/contrasting) (State)
R-7-7.4. Generating questions before, during, and after reading to enhance understanding and recall (Local)
R-7-7.5. Identifying the characteristics of a variety of types of text (e.g., reference: thesauruses, reports, magazines, newspapers, textbooks, biographies, autobiographies, Internet websites, public documents and discourse, essays, articles, technical manuals; and practical/functional: procedures/instructions, announcements, invitations, book orders, recipes, menus, advertisements, pamphlets) (Local)
RI.R-7-8. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Informational Texts: Analysis and Interpretation of Literary Text, Citing Evidence: All students need ongoing opportunities to apply and practice reading strategies with many different types of informational texts (expository and practical texts across content areas). Recognizing a variety of informational texts and their characteristics will help students in meeting grade level expectations described in NECAP GLEs and GSEs. Analyze and interpret informational text, citing evidence as appropriate by:
R-7-8.1. Explaining connections about information within a text, across texts, or to related ideas (State)
R-7-8.2. Synthesizing and evaluating information within or across text(s) (e.g., constructing appropriate titles; or formulating assertions or controlling ideas (State)
R-7-8.3. Drawing inferences about text, including author's purpose (e.g., to inform, explain, entertain, persuade) or message; or using supporting evidence to form or evaluate opinions/judgments and assertions about the central ideas that are relevant (State)
R-7-8.4. Distinguishing fact from opinion, and identifying possible bias/propaganda or conflicting information within or across texts (State)
R-7-8.5. Making inferences about causes or effects (State)
R-7-8.6. Evaluating the clarity and accuracy of information (Local)
RI.R-7-9. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Early Reading Strategies: Phonological Awareness:
R-7-9.1. No GLE at this grade level.
RI.R-7-10. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Early Reading Strategies: Concepts of Print:
R-7-9.10. No GLE at this grade level.
RI.R-7-11. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Reading Fluency and Accuracy: Reads grade-level appropriate material with:
R-7-11.1. Accuracy: reading material appropriate for grade 7 with at least 90-94% accuracy (Local)
R-7-11.2. Fluency: reading with appropriate silent and oral reading fluency rates as determined by text demands, and purpose for reading (Local)
R-7-11.3. Fluency: reading familiar text with phrasing and expression, and with attention to text features such as punctuation, italics, and dialogue (Local)
RI.R-7-12. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Reading Strategies: Strategies for Monitoring and Adjusting Reading: Demonstrates ability to monitor comprehension for different types of texts and purposes by:
R-7-12.1. Using a range of self-monitoring and self-correction approaches (e.g., predicting and confirming, rereading, adjusting rate, sub-vocalizing, consulting resources, questioning, skimming, scanning, using syntax/language structure, semantics/meaning, or other context cues) (Local)
RI.R-7-13. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Reading Strategies: Reading Comprehension Strategies:
R-7-13.1. Uses comprehension strategies (flexibly and as needed) before, during, and after reading literary and informational text. (Local)
RI.R-7-14. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Breadth of Reading: Reading Widely and Extensively: Demonstrates the habit of reading widely and extensively by:
R-7-14.1. Reading with frequency, including in-school, out-of-school, and summer reading (Local)
R-7-14.2. Reading from a wide range of genres/kinds of text, including primary and secondary sources, and a variety of authors (e.g., literary, informational, and practical/functional texts) (Local)
R-7-14.3. Reading multiple texts for depth of understanding an author, subject, theme, or genre (Local)
RI.R-7-15. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Breadth of Reading: Reading for Research Across Content Areas: Research by reading multiple sources (including print and non-print texts) to solve a problem, or to make a decision, or to formulate a judgment, or to support a thesis by:
R-7-15.1. Identifying potential sources of information (Local)
R-7-15.2. Evaluating information presented, in terms of relevance (Local)
R-7-15.3. Gathering, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting the information (Local)
R-7-15.4. Using evidence to support conclusions (Local)
RI.R-7-16. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Literary Texts: Generates a Personal Response: All students need ongoing opportunities to apply and practice reading strategies with many different types of literary texts. Recognizing a variety of literary texts and their characteristics will help students in meeting grade level expectations described in the NECAP GLEs and GSEs. Generates a personal response to what is read through a variety of means:
R-7-16.1. Comparing stories or other texts to related personal experience, prior knowledge, or to other books (Local)
R-7-16.2. Providing relevant details to support the connections made or judgments (interpretive, analytical, evaluative, or reflective) (Local)
RI.R-7-17. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Breadth of Reading: Participating in Literate Community: Demonstrates participation in a literate community by:
R-7-17.1. Self-selecting reading materials in line with reading ability and personal interests (Local)
R-7-17.2. Participating in in-depth discussions about text, ideas, and student writing by offering comments and supporting evidence, recommending books and other materials, and responding to the comments and recommendations of peers, librarians, teachers, and others (Local)
RI.W-7-1. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Structures of Language: Applying Understanding of Sentences, Paragraphs, Text Structure: Students demonstrate command of the structures of sentences, paragraphs, and text by:
W-7-1.1. Using varied sentence length and structure to enhance meaning (e.g., including phrases and clauses) (State)
W-7-1.2. Using the paragraph form: indenting, main idea, supporting details (State)
W-7-1.3. Recognizing organizational structures within paragraphs or within texts (State)
W-7-1.4. Applying a format and text structure appropriate to the purpose of the writing (State)
W-7-1.5. Subsumed in W-7-1.1.
W-7-1.6. Applying directionality as appropriate to text (Local)
RI.W-7-2. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Reading-Writing Connection: Writing in Response to Literary or Informational Text- Showing Understanding of Ideas in Text: In response to literary or informational text, students show understanding of plot/ideas/concepts by:
W-7-2.1. Selecting and summarizing key ideas to set context (State)
W-7-2.2. Subsumed in W-7-2.1.
W-7-2.3. Connecting what has been read (plot/ideas/concepts) to prior knowledge, other texts, or the broader world of ideas, by referring to and explaining relevant ideas (State)
W-7-2.4. Not assessed at this grade level.
RI.W-7-3. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Reading-Writing Connection: Writing in Response to Literary or Informational Text- Making Analytical Judgments about Text: In response to literary or informational text, students make and support analytical judgments about text by:
W-7-3.1. Stating and maintaining a focus (purpose), a firm judgment, or point of view when responding to a given question (State)
W-7-3.2. Making inferences about the relationship(s) among content, events, characters, setting, theme, or author's craft (State)
W-7-3.3. Using specific details and references to text or relevant citations to support focus or judgment (State)
W-7-3.4. Organizing ideas, using transitional words/phrases and writing a conclusion that provides closure (State)
RI.W-7-4. NECAP (Reading) - Grade Level Expectation: Expressive Writing: Narratives - Creating a Story Line: In written narratives, students organize and relate a story line/plot/series of events by:
W-7-4.1. Creating a clear and coherent (logically consistent) story line (State)
W-7-4.2. Establishing context, character motivation, problem/conflict/challenge, and resolution and maintaining point of view (State)
W-7-4.3. Using a variety of effective transitional devices (e.g., ellipses, time transitions, white space, or words/phrases) to enhance meaning (State)
W-7-4.4. Not assessed at this grade level.
W-7-4.5. Establishing and maintaining a theme (Local)
W-7-4.6. Providing a sense of closure (Local)
RI.W-7-5. NECAP (Writing) - Grade Level Expectation: Expressive Writing: Narratives - Applying Narrative Strategies: Students demonstrate use of narrative strategies by:
W-7-5.1. Using relevant and descriptive details and sensory language to advance the plot/story line (State)
W-7-5.2. Using dialogue to advance plot/story line (State)
W-7-5.3. Developing characters through description, dialogue, and actions (State)
W-7-5.4. Using voice appropriate to purpose (State)
W-7-5.5. Maintaining focus (State)
W-7-5.6. Selecting and elaborating important ideas; and excluding extraneous details (Local)
W-7-5.7. Not assessed at this level.
RI.W-7-6. NECAP (Writing) - Grade Level Expectation: Informational Writing: Reports, Procedures, or Persuasive Writing - Organizing Information: In informational writing, students organize ideas/concepts by:
W-7-6.1. Using an organizational text structure appropriate to focus/controlling idea (State)
W-7-6.2. Selecting appropriate information to set context, which may include a lead/hook (State)
W-7-6.3. Using transitional words or phrases appropriate to organizational text structure (State)
W-7-6.4. Writing a conclusion that provides closure (State)
W-7-6.5. Listing and citing sources (Local)
RI.W-7-7. NECAP (Writing) - Grade Level Expectation: Informational Writing: Reports, Procedures, or Persuasive Writing - Conveying Information: In informational writing, students effectively convey purpose by:
W-7-7.1. Establishing a topic (State)
W-7-7.2. Stating and maintaining a focus/controlling idea (State)
W-7-7.3. Writing with a sense of audience, when appropriate (State)
W-7-7.4. Not assessed at this grade level.
W-7-7.5. Not assessed at this grade level.
RI.W-7-8. NECAP (Writing) - Grade Level Expectation: Informational Writing: Reports, Procedures, or Persuasive Writing - Using Elaboration Strategies: In informational writing, students demonstrate use of a range of elaboration strategies by:
W-7-8.1. Including facts and details relevant to focus/controlling idea, and excluding extraneous information (State)
W-7-8.2. Including sufficient details or facts for appropriate depth of information: naming, describing, explaining, comparing, use of visual images (State)
W-7-8.3. Addressing readers' concerns (including counterarguments - in persuasive writing; addressing potential problems - in procedures; providing context - in reports) (State)
W-7-8.4. Commenting on the significance of information, when appropriate (State)
RI.W-7-9. NECAP (Writing) - Grade Level Expectation: Writing Conventions: Applying Rules of Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics: In independent writing, students demonstrate command of appropriate English conventions by:
W-7-9.1. Applying rules of standard English usage to correct grammatical errors (State)
W-7-9.2. Applying capitalization rules (State)
W-7-9.3. Subsumed in W-7-9.4.
W-7-9.4. Applying appropriate punctuation to various sentence patterns to enhance meaning (State)
W-7-9.5. Correctly spelling grade-appropriate, high-frequency words and applying conventional spelling patterns/rules (State)
RI.W-7-11. NECAP (Writing) - Grade Level Expectation: Habit of Writing: Writing Extensively: Demonstrates the habit of writing extensively by:
W-7-11.1. Writing with frequency, including in-school, out-of-school, and during the summer (Local)
W-7-11.2. Sharing thoughts, observations, or impressions (Local)
W-7-11.3. Generating topics for writing (Local)
W-7-11.4. Writing in a variety of genres (Local)
RI.W-7-12. NECAP (Writing) - Grade Level Expectation: Expressive Writing: Poetry: In writing poetry, students demonstrate awareness of purpose by:
W-7-12.1. Not assessed at this grade level.
W-7-12.2. Writing poems that express the speaker's moods, thoughts, or feelings (Local)
W-7-12.3. Choosing conventional or alternative text structures to achieve impact (Local)
RI.W-7-13. NECAP (Writing) - Grade Level Expectation: Expressive Writing: Poetry: In writing poetry, use language effectively by:
W-7-13.1. Not assessed at this grade level.
W-7-13.2. Not assessed at this grade level.
W-7-13.3. Not assessed at this grade level.
W-7-13.4. Not assessed at this grade level.
RI.W-7-14. NECAP (Writing) - Grade Level Expectation: Expressive Writing: Reflective Essay: In reflective writing, students explore and share thoughts, observations, and impressions by:
W-7-14.1. Not assessed at this grade level.
W-7-14.2. Not assessed at this grade level.
W-7-14.3. Not assessed at this grade level.
W-7-14.4. Not assessed at this grade level.
W-7-14.5. Not assessed at this grade level.
W-7 -14.6. Not assessed at this grade level.
RI.OC-7-1. NECAP (Writing) - Grade Level Expectation: Oral Communicates Strategies: Interactive Listening: In oral communication, students demonstrate interactive listening by:
OC-7-1.1. Following verbal instructions to perform specific tasks, to answer questions, or to solve problems (Local)
OC-7-1.2. Summarizing, paraphrasing, questioning, or contributing to information presented (Local)
OC-7-1.3. Not assessed at this grade level.
OC-7-1.4. Participating in large and small group discussions showing respect for a range of individual ideas (Local)
OC-7-1.5. Reaching consensus to solve a problem, make a decision, or achieve a goal (Local)
RI.OC-7-2. NECAP (Writing) - Grade Level Expectation: Oral Communicates Strategies: Make Oral Presentations: In oral communication, students make oral presentations by:
OC-7-2.1. Exhibiting logical organization and language use, appropriate to audience, context, and purpose (Local)
OC-7-2.2. Maintaining a consistent focus (Local)
OC-7-2.3. Including smooth transitions, supporting thesis with well-chosen details, and providing a coherent conclusion (Local)
OC-7-2.4. Effectively responding to audience questions and feedback (Local)
OC-7-2.5. Using a variety of strategies of address (e.g., eye contact, speaking rate, volume, articulation, inflection, intonation, rhythm, and gesture) to communicate ideas effectively (Local)
OC-7-2.6. Not assessed at this grade level.