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  Galena City School District
  Standards and Skills
  
LA.07  Language Arts - Grade 7
  
LA.07.01  match pronouns to antecedent in number, case, and gender.
LA.07.01.01       - match reflexive pronouns.
LA.07.01.02       - match personal pronouns.
LA.07.01.03       - match relative pronouns.
LA.07.02  apply subject-verb agreement rules.
LA.07.02.01       - apply S-V rule to collective noun (the Senate) subjects.
LA.07.02.02       - apply S-V rule to noun phrase subjects (no one, everyone, one of the 3 pigs...).
LA.07.02.03       - apply S-V rule to predicate nominative constructions.
LA.07.03  use semi-colons to conjoin two independent clauses.
LA.07.04  use tenses to clarify meaning.
LA.07.04.01       - form complex past tenses.
LA.07.04.02       - use subjunctive (would/were to have been).
LA.07.05  use a variety to sentence combining strategies to combine 3 sentences.
LA.07.05.01       - use relative clauses.
LA.07.05.02       - use verbals (gerunds and infinitives).
LA.07.05.03       - use adverbial conjunctions.
LA.07.05.04       - use strings of dependent or independent clauses.
LA.07.05.05       - use parallel constructions.
LA.07.05.06       - combine 3 parallel sentences using shared subject and parallel clauses.
LA.07.05.07       - combine sentences to achieve the most word economy.
LA.07.06  correct sentence structures.
LA.07.06.01       - correct verbal predicates.
LA.07.06.02       - correct confused sentences with lost subjects.
LA.07.06.03       - correct dangling modifiers.
LA.07.06.04       - correct passive constructions with missing subjects.
LA.07.07  compare literary genres.
LA.07.07.01       - read mystery fiction.
LA.07.07.02       - read history.
LA.07.07.03       - read newspapers.
LA.07.07.04       - read science articles.
LA.07.07.05       - read maps and charts.
LA.07.07.06       - read project directions and recipes.
LA.07.07.07       - read book reports.
LA.07.07.08       - read poetry.
LA.07.07.09       - read magazine articles.
LA.07.07.10       - read magazine interviews.
LA.07.07.11       - read personal narratives.
LA.07.07.12       - book introductions.
LA.07.08  identify author's purpose.
LA.07.09  identify and analyze the effect of literary devices.
LA.07.09.01       - identify dialog.
LA.07.09.02       - identify metaphor.
LA.07.09.03       - identify action/plot.
LA.07.09.04       - identify suspense.
LA.07.09.05       - identify mood.
LA.07.09.06       - identify tone.
LA.07.09.07       - identify narrative description.
LA.07.10  use a variety of strategies to comprehend meaning.
LA.07.10.01       - use story webs.
LA.07.10.02       - use maps.
LA.07.10.03       - use graphs.
LA.07.10.04       - use bubbles.
LA.07.10.05       - use self-monitoring techniques.
LA.07.10.06       - frame questions.
LA.07.10.07       - demonstrate awareness of strategies used.
LA.07.11  comprehend main idea.
LA.07.11.01       - get an idea of the topic of a selection from the first paragraph.
LA.07.11.02       - state the theme of a passage in own words.
LA.07.12  interpret grade level reading passages.
LA.07.12.01       - recall stated information.
LA.07.12.02       - identify specific details.
LA.07.12.03       - select text details to support interpretation and inferences.
LA.07.13  draw conclusions.
LA.07.13.01       - find concrete examples of abstract concepts in a story.
LA.07.13.02       - draw conclusions about character's feeling from actions or dialog.
LA.07.13.03       - analyze cause and effect.
LA.07.13.04       - select a word which summarizes character assessment.
LA.07.14  apply information from reading selection.
LA.07.14.01       - compare two events or actions.
LA.07.14.02       - hypothesize how a character might feel or act.
LA.07.14.03       - extend or apply analogies.
LA.07.14.04       - extend parallel structures.
LA.07.14.05       - extrapolate information.
LA.07.14.06       - synthesize information.
LA.07.15.  use graphic structures.
LA.07.15.01       - apply information from graphs, labels, headings, charts, maps, and signs.
LA.07.15.02       - draw maps and diagrams from narrative information. 
LA.07.15.03       - solve graphic puzzles.
LA.07.16  use context clues to extend grade level vocabulary.
LA.07.17  edit paragraphs for structure and coherence.
LA.07.17.01       - identify or select topic sentences.
LA.07.17.02       - use expository transition words such as "then, next, finally, and therefore."
LA.07.17.03       - arrange sentences within a paragraph for logical development.
LA.07.17.04       - delete irrelevant sentences from a paragraph to maintain coherence.
LA.07.17.05       - select the supporting sentence which best extends detail and meaning.
LA.07.17.06       - differentiate the exact from the general topic of a paragraph.
  
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