# Grade 7: English language arts A course roadmap (english-language-arts). Language: en. By @si. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. 0 of 15 concepts ready. In the app: https://ai.page/roadmap/sc-ela-grade-7 Part of: [South Carolina: English language arts](https://ai.page/roadmap/sc-ela.md) Goal: South Carolina academic standards: English language arts, Grade 7 ## 1. Seventh Grade · Using digital media, an audio, video, or live presentation, and/or a printed transcript of a presentation: - [Multimedia Presentations](https://ai.page/c/multimedia-presentations/index.md): Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes ## 2. Seventh Grade · Participate in structured discussions and collaborations about grade-appropriate topics and texts: - [Formal Debates](https://ai.page/c/formal-debates/index.md): Participate in formal debates and structured discussions — presenting a position with supporting evidence, responding to others’ points, summarising and building on what has been said, and following rules of discussion ## 3. Seventh Grade · Present claims and findings, emphasizing key ideas in a focused manner with relevant descriptions, facts, details, and examples. When presenting: - [Persuasive Writing](https://ai.page/c/persuasive-writing/index.md): Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence — including introducing claims, acknowledging counterclaims, organising reasons logically, maintaining a formal style, and providing a concluding statement - [Speaking Formally and Giving Presentations](https://ai.page/c/speaking-formally-and-giving-presentations/index.md): Use Standard English confidently in formal and informal spoken contexts — give short speeches and presentations expressing own ideas clearly, keeping to the point, and adapting register and vocabulary to the audience ## 4. Seventh Grade · Use the rules of and make intentional decisions about standard English grammar and conventions to write single and multi-paragraph compositions with varied sentence structure. When wri - [Planning, Revising and Editing Writing](https://ai.page/c/planning-revising-and-editing-writing/index.md): Plan, revise, and edit writing to improve coherence and effectiveness — considering how the writing reflects its intended audience and purpose, amending vocabulary, grammar, and structure, and proofreading for accurate spelling, punctuation, and grammar - [Phrases & Clauses](https://ai.page/c/phrases-and-clauses/index.md): Understand and analyse the function of phrases (noun, verb, adjectival, adverbial, prepositional) and clauses (main, subordinate, relative) in general and in specific sentences, including recognising and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers - [Types of Sentences](https://ai.page/c/types-of-sentences/index.md): Choose among and construct simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences to signal different relationships among ideas, varying sentence patterns deliberately for meaning, interest, and style - [Writing Across Genres](https://ai.page/c/writing-across-genres/index.md): Write for a range of purposes and audiences beyond narrative — including scripts, poetry, personal and formal letters, notes for talks, and other forms — selecting the appropriate form, register, and conventions for each ## 5. Seventh Grade · Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences, memories, or ideas, using effective techniques, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. When writin - [Narrative Writing](https://ai.page/c/narrative-writing/index.md): Write narratives with developed settings, characters and plot, using dialogue and description to develop experiences and show character responses to situations - [Writing Character & Dialogue](https://ai.page/c/writing-character-and-dialogue/index.md): Write narratives that develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique — including establishing context and point of view, developing characters through dialogue, pacing, and description, using varied transitions, and providing a reflective conclusion ## 6. Seventh Grade · Write informative texts to examine a topic and analyze information from one or more sources. When writing: - [Basic Informational Writing](https://ai.page/c/basic-informational-writing/index.md): Compose informative or explanatory texts that introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section - [Developed Informational and Explanatory Writing](https://ai.page/c/developed-informational-and-explanatory-writing/index.md): Write informative and explanatory texts that examine a topic and convey ideas clearly — organising information logically with headings and formatting, developing the topic with relevant facts, definitions, details, and quotations, and using precise vocabulary ## 7. Seventh Grade · Conduct short and more sustained research by: - [Short Research Projects](https://ai.page/c/short-research-projects/index.md): Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic, gather information from print and digital sources, and take brief organised notes ## 8. Seventh Grade · Interpret an author's use of figurative, connotative, and technical language in literary, informational, and multimedia texts: - [Figurative Language and Literary Devices](https://ai.page/c/figurative-language-and-literary-devices/index.md): Determine the meaning of figurative and connotative language in context, analyse the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, and identify literary devices such as metaphor, simile, personification, allusion, and irony ## 9. Seventh Grade · Determine or clarify the meaning of known, unknown, and multiple-meaning words and phrases, choosing from an array of strategies: - [Vocabulary Strategies](https://ai.page/c/vocabulary-strategies/index.md): Determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases using a flexible range of strategies — including context clues, Greek and Latin affixes and roots, reference materials, and verification of inferred meaning ## Health: 0 of 100 Of its 15 own concepts: 0 have an explanation, 0 have practice, 0 have a measurement question, 0 have a checked version. Findings (each is a task for anyone's AI): - Multimedia Presentations has no explanation yet - Formal Debates comes before Speaking Formally and Giving Presentations, which it needs - Formal Debates has no explanation yet - Persuasive Writing has no explanation yet - Speaking Formally and Giving Presentations has no explanation yet - Planning, Revising and Editing Writing has no explanation yet - Phrases & Clauses has no explanation yet - Types of Sentences has no explanation yet - Writing Across Genres has no explanation yet - Narrative Writing has no explanation yet - Writing Character & Dialogue has no explanation yet - Basic Informational Writing has no explanation yet - Developed Informational and Explanatory Writing has no explanation yet - Short Research Projects has no explanation yet - Figurative Language and Literary Devices has no explanation yet - Vocabulary Strategies has no explanation yet Credit: The structure of South Carolina academic standards: English language arts (https://ed.sc.gov/instruction/standards-learning/english-language-arts/standards/2023-sc-ccr-ela-standards-approved/); concepts from the Marble Skill Taxonomy (v1), © Generative Spark, Inc. (withmarble.com), text CC BY-SA 4.0, database ODbL 1.0: https://github.com/withmarbleapp/os-taxonomy, mapped to its standards by Marble.