English 7: Reading, Evidence & Expression — Parent teaching plan · 36 weeks

Students study the chapter and unit lessons. Parents use this 36-week timetable to assign units, sustained reading, writing, and assessments. Adjust pacing after checking understanding.

Open chapter and unit lessons

Week 1 · Read Closely, Infer & Summarize · Theme & Central Message

Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Unfinished Sign.

Week 2 · Theme & Central Message · Character Development: Motives, Choices & Change · Plot & Conflict: How Events Change the Stakes

Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Unfinished Sign.

Week 3 · Plot & Conflict: How Events Change the Stakes · Point of View: What a Narrator Can Know

Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Unfinished Sign, The Last Seat.

Week 4 · Plan and begin · Develop and seek feedback · Revise and reflect · Close Reading & Literary Analysis

Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Unfinished Sign, The Last Seat.

Week 5 · Figurative Language & Imagery · Poetry: Speaker, Tone & Shifts

Chapter 2 · Poetry, Drama & Comparison

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Three Poems: Openings, Between Lines, and The Borrowed Map.

Week 6 · Poetry: Speaker, Tone & Shifts · Poetry: Sound, Lines & Form · Drama: Dialogue, Stage Directions & Performance

Chapter 2 · Poetry, Drama & Comparison

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Three Poems: Openings, Between Lines, and The Borrowed Map, A Quiet Minute.

Week 7 · Drama: Dialogue, Stage Directions & Performance · Compare Literary Texts: Shared Questions, Different Choices

Chapter 2 · Poetry, Drama & Comparison

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: A Quiet Minute, The Unfinished Sign, The Last Seat. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 1–2 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 8 · Plan and begin · Develop and seek feedback · Revise and reflect · Poetry, Drama & Comparison

Chapter 2 · Poetry, Drama & Comparison

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Three Poems: Openings, Between Lines, and The Borrowed Map, A Quiet Minute, The Unfinished Sign, The Last Seat. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 3–4 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 9 · Consolidate and confer · Central Idea & Supporting Details

Chapter 2 · Poetry, Drama & Comparison

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Three Poems: Openings, Between Lines, and The Borrowed Map, A Quiet Minute, The Unfinished Sign, The Last Seat, How a Repair Log Helps a Team Learn. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 5–6 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 10 · Text Structures: Relationships That Organize Information · Author’s Purpose, Audience & Perspective

Chapter 3 · Information, Media & Evidence

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: How a Repair Log Helps a Team Learn, Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 7–8 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 11 · Author’s Purpose, Audience & Perspective · Media Literacy: Captions, Charts & Missing Information · Citing Text Evidence & Explaining Inferences

Chapter 3 · Information, Media & Evidence

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources, The Unfinished Sign. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 9–10 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 12 · Citing Text Evidence & Explaining Inferences · Plan and begin · Develop and seek feedback · Revise and reflect

Chapter 3 · Information, Media & Evidence

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Unfinished Sign, How a Repair Log Helps a Team Learn, Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 11–12 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 13 · Information, Media & Evidence · Consolidate and confer · Evaluate Arguments: Claims, Reasons & Evidence

Chapter 3 · Information, Media & Evidence

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: How a Repair Log Helps a Team Learn, Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources, The Unfinished Sign. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 13–14 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 14 · Evaluate Arguments: Claims, Reasons & Evidence · Argument Writing: A Defensible Claim

Chapter 4 · Argument, Counterclaims & Revision

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 15–16 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 15 · Counterclaims & Fair Responses · Paragraphs: Evidence, Commentary & Coherence

Chapter 4 · Argument, Counterclaims & Revision

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources, The Unfinished Sign. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 17–18 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 16 · Paragraphs: Evidence, Commentary & Coherence · Revise an Argument: Logic, Scope & Language · Plan and begin

Chapter 4 · Argument, Counterclaims & Revision

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Unfinished Sign, Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources, A Good Question Leaves Room for an Answer. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 19–20 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 17 · Develop and seek feedback · Revise and reflect · Argument, Counterclaims & Revision · Midterm preparation

Chapter 4 · Argument, Counterclaims & Revision

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources, A Good Question Leaves Room for an Answer, The Unfinished Sign, Three Poems: Openings, Between Lines, and The Borrowed Map. During separate daily reading time, reread an uncertain Treasure Island episode and update a journal inference. No new chapters are assigned this week.

Week 18 · First-semester portfolio check · Midterm

Chapter 4 · Argument, Counterclaims & Revision

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Treasure Island. During separate daily reading time, reread an uncertain Treasure Island episode and update a journal inference. No new chapters are assigned this week.

Week 19 · Research Questions: Scope & a Search Plan · Source Credibility, Relevance & Corroboration

Chapter 5 · Research & Explanatory Writing

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: A Good Question Leaves Room for an Answer, Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 21–22 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 20 · Source Credibility, Relevance & Corroboration · Research Notes, Quotation & Paraphrase · Informative & Explanatory Writing

Chapter 5 · Research & Explanatory Writing

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources, A Good Question Leaves Room for an Answer, How a Repair Log Helps a Team Learn. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 23–24 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 21 · Informative & Explanatory Writing · Integrate & Cite Evidence in Your Writing

Chapter 5 · Research & Explanatory Writing

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: How a Repair Log Helps a Team Learn, Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 25–26 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 22 · Plan and begin · Develop and seek feedback · Revise and reflect · Research & Explanatory Writing

Chapter 5 · Research & Explanatory Writing

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources, A Good Question Leaves Room for an Answer, How a Repair Log Helps a Team Learn. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 27–28 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 23 · Narrative Writing: A Meaningful Change · Scene, Dialogue & Descriptive Detail

Chapter 6 · Narrative Craft & Complete Novel Study

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Last Seat, A Quiet Minute. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 29–30 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 24 · Scene, Dialogue & Descriptive Detail · Revising & Editing: Improve the Reader’s Experience · Reading a Complete Novel: An Evidence Notebook

Chapter 6 · Narrative Craft & Complete Novel Study

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: A Quiet Minute, The Last Seat, Treasure Island. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 31–32 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair.

Week 25 · Reading a Complete Novel: An Evidence Notebook · Novel Analysis: Decisions, Narration & an Ending

Chapter 6 · Narrative Craft & Complete Novel Study

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Treasure Island. During separate daily reading time, read Treasure Island Chapters 33–34 in order. Keep two event notes, one short referenced detail, and a question for each chapter pair. Finish Chapters 33–34 during the first two days, before beginning the whole-novel essay sessions; extend the schedule if reading is not yet complete.

Week 26 · Plan and begin · Develop and seek feedback · Revise and reflect · Narrative Craft & Complete Novel Study

Chapter 6 · Narrative Craft & Complete Novel Study

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Treasure Island, The Last Seat, A Quiet Minute. During separate daily reading time, reread an uncertain Treasure Island episode and update a journal inference. No new chapters are assigned this week.

Week 27 · Consolidate and confer · Phrases & Clauses

Chapter 6 · Narrative Craft & Complete Novel Study

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Last Seat, A Quiet Minute, Treasure Island.

Week 28 · Sentence Types: Relationships & Variety · Commonly Confused Words & Precise Meaning

Chapter 7 · Language, Vocabulary & Sentence Craft

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: A Quiet Minute, The Unfinished Sign.

Week 29 · Commonly Confused Words & Precise Meaning · Context Clues, Nuance & Dictionary Checks · Greek & Latin Roots, Affixes & Word Families

Chapter 7 · Language, Vocabulary & Sentence Craft

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Unfinished Sign, How a Repair Log Helps a Team Learn, A Good Question Leaves Room for an Answer.

Week 30 · Greek & Latin Roots, Affixes & Word Families · Plan and begin · Develop and seek feedback · Revise and reflect

Chapter 7 · Language, Vocabulary & Sentence Craft

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: A Good Question Leaves Room for an Answer, The Unfinished Sign, How a Repair Log Helps a Team Learn.

Week 31 · Language, Vocabulary & Sentence Craft · Consolidate and confer · Evidence-Based Discussion: Prepare, Contribute & Revise

Chapter 7 · Language, Vocabulary & Sentence Craft

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: A Quiet Minute, The Unfinished Sign, How a Repair Log Helps a Team Learn, A Good Question Leaves Room for an Answer, The Last Seat.

Week 32 · Evidence-Based Discussion: Prepare, Contribute & Revise · Listen, Question & Summarize Another View

Chapter 8 · Discussion, Presentation & Portfolio

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Last Seat, Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources.

Week 33 · Present a Claim: Structure, Visuals & Delivery · Compare a Story, Script & Performance Choices

Chapter 8 · Discussion, Presentation & Portfolio

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources, The Unfinished Sign, A Quiet Minute.

Week 34 · Compare a Story, Script & Performance Choices · Portfolio Capstone: Compare, Present & Reflect · Plan and begin

Chapter 8 · Discussion, Presentation & Portfolio

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Unfinished Sign, A Quiet Minute, The Last Seat, Three Poems: Openings, Between Lines, and The Borrowed Map, Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources, Treasure Island.

Week 35 · Develop and seek feedback · Revise and reflect · Discussion, Presentation & Portfolio · Sample exam rehearsal

Chapter 8 · Discussion, Presentation & Portfolio

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: The Unfinished Sign, The Last Seat, Three Poems: Openings, Between Lines, and The Borrowed Map, Planning an After-School Room: Four Sources, Treasure Island, A Quiet Minute.

Week 36 · Sample corrections and readiness · Final

Chapter 8 · Discussion, Presentation & Portfolio

Reading and assignments

For the class sessions, read the named selections linked in the individual unit lessons: Treasure Island.

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