Grade-Level ODE Model lesson Plans
READING/WRITING


Grade Seven

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red book   Persuade Me — Grade Seven blue book
Grade: Grade 7 
Type: ODE Model Lesson Plans
Description: Students will give persuasive presentations based on the questions theyhave researched. They will learn appropriate delivery techniques for effectivepersuasive presentations. (Note: This lesson should be taught,after students have completed taking notes but before they plan their presentations.) 
Ohio Standards Connection:
Primary Standards, Benchmarks, and Indicators:
Standard:  Communications: Oral and Visual
 Benchmark: C.  Vary language choice and use effective presentation techniques, including voice modulation and enunciation.
 Indicator: 6.  Adjust volume, phrasing, enunciation, voice modulation and inflection to stress important ideas and impact audience response.
Indicator: 7.  Vary language choices as appropriate to the context of the speech.
Benchmark: F.  Give presentations using a variety of delivery methods, visual materials and technology.
Indicator: 10.  Deliver persuasive presentations that:
establish a clear position;
include relevant evidence to support position and to address counter-arguments; and
consistently use common organizational structures as appropriate (e.g., cause-effect, compare-contrast).  
Secondary Standards, Benchmarks and Indicators:
Standard:  Communications: Oral and Visual
 Benchmark  D.  Select an organizational structure appropriate to the topic, audience, setting and purpose.
 Benchmark  E.  Present ideas in a logical sequence and use effective introductions and conclusions that guide and inform a listener's understanding of key ideas.
 Indicator: 8.  Deliver informational presentations (e.g., expository, research) that:
 demonstrate an understanding of the topic and present events or ideas in a logical sequence;
 support the controlling idea or thesis with well-chosen and relevant facts, details, examples, quotations, statistics, stories and anecdotes include an effective introduction and conclusion and use a consistent organizational structure (e.g., cause-effect, compare-contrast, problem-solution);
use appropriate visual materials (e.g., diagrams, charts, illustrations) and available technology; and draw from multiple sources and identify sources used. 

red book Finding Resources: Organizing and Taking Notes — Grade Sevenblue book
Grade: Grade 7 
Type: ODE Model Lesson Plans
Description: Students will learn how to find resources and take notes by participating in group work before they begin working individually on their own research questions. Students will then identify appropriate resources and gather relevant information for their investigations. They also will practice summarizing and paraphrasing information from the sources and begin to take notes on note cards. Students will spend some time creating a cluster to develop subtopics for their research so they can organize their information more effectively. 
Ohio Standards Connection:
Primary Standards, Benchmarks, and Indicators:
Standard:  Research
  Benchmark: B.  Locate and summarize important information from multiple sources.
  Indicator: 2.  Identify appropriate sources and gather relevant information from multiple sources (e.g., school library catalogs, online databases, electronic resources and Internet-based resources).
  Benchmark: C.  Organize information in a systemic way.
  Indicator: 4.  Select an appropriate structure for organizing information in a systematic way (e.g., notes, outlines, charts, tables and graphic organizers). 
  Indicator: 5.  Analyze and organize important information, and select appropriate sources to support central ideas, concepts and themes.
 Secondary Standards, Benchmarks and Indicators:
Standard:  Reading Applications: Informational, Technical and Persuasive Text
 Benchmark  C.  Explain how main ideas connect to each other in a variety of sources.
 Indicator: 3.  Compare and contrast different sources of information, including books, magazines, newspapers and online resources, to draw conclusions about a topic.
  Benchmark  F.  Determine the extent to which a summary accurately reflects the main idea, critical details and underlying meaning of original text.
red book Word Detective — Grade Seven blue book
Grade: Grade 7 
Type: ODE Model Lesson Plans
Description: Students will review how to determine the meaning of unknown words by using the context. 
Ohio Standards Connection:
Primary Standards, Benchmarks, and Indicators:
Standard:  Acquisition of Vocabulary
  Benchmark: A.  Use context clues and text structures to determine the meaning of new vocabulary.
  Indicator: 1.  Define the meaning of unknown words through context clues and the author's use of comparison, contrast, definition, restatement and example.
red book   What’s the Gist? – Grade Sevenblue book
Grade: Grade 7 
Type: ODE Model Lesson Plans
Description: Students will summarize a paragraph of a nonfiction article with one sentence. After reading the next paragraph and summarizing it, they will combinethe summaries to cover the first two paragraphs. They continue reading oneparagraph at a time, summarizing it and writing a summary of everythingread to that point. At the end, they will have a summary of a nonfictionarticle. 
Ohio Standards Connection:
Primary Standards, Benchmarks, and Indicators:
Standard:  Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies
  Benchmark: B.  Apply effective reading comprehension strategies, including summarizing and making predictions, and comparisons using information in text, between text and across subject areas.
  Indicator: 4.  Summarize the information in texts, using key ideas, supporting details and referencing gaps or contradictions.
red book What’s the Question — Grade Sevenblue book
Grade: Grade 7 
Type: ODE Model Lesson Plans
Description: Students will create a list of potential research questions that stem from their reading of science fiction. These student-generated questions will be posted in the classroom, and as the reading progresses, additional questions may be added. When it is time to begin the research process, students may select a research question from this class list. 
Ohio Standards Connection:
Primary Standards, Benchmarks, and Indicators:
Standard:  Research
  Benchmark: A.  Formulate open-ended research questions suitable for inquiry and investigation and develop a plan for gathering information.
  Indicator: 1.  Generate a topic, assigned or personal interest, and open-ended questions for research and develop a plan for gathering information.  
red book  Is It Valid? — Grade Sevenblue book
Grade: Grade 7 
Type: ODE Model Lesson Plans
Description: Students will learn to determine the validity of different resources. Some areas to consider will be publication date, coverage, language, point of view and primary versus secondary sources. 
Ohio Standards Connection:
Primary Standards, Benchmarks, and Indicators:
Standard:  Research
  Benchmark: B.  Locate and summarize important information from multiple sources.
  Indicator: 3.  Identify and explain the importance of validity in sources, including publication date, coverage, language, points of view and describe primary and secondary sources.
red book To Conjugate or Not to Conjugate: That Is Not the Question! — Grade Sevenblue book
Grade: Grade 7 
Type: ODE Model Lesson Plans
Description: Students will display an understanding of the three principle parts of verbs and their six tenses and will use the correct verb tense in their own writing to communicate effectively. 
Ohio Standards Connection:
Primary Standards, Benchmarks, and Indicators:
Standard:  Writing Conventions
  Benchmark: C.  Use grammatical structures to effectively communicate ideas in writing.
   Indicator: 8.  Conjugate regular and irregular verbs in all tenses correctly.
Secondary Standards, Benchmarks and Indicators:
Standard:  Writing Process
 Benchmark  D.  Use revision strategies to improve the overall organization, the clarity and consistency of ideas within and among paragraphs and the logic and effectiveness of word choices.
 Indicator: 9.  Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, colorful modifiers and style as appropriate to audience and purpose.

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