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Grade 7 Reading & writing, Common Core strands

4 units for Grade 7 reading & writing, organised by Common Core strand: Reading: Literature, Reading: Informational Text, Writing, Language. Each unit has a short lesson, a practice worksheet and a review worksheet, both with answer keys.

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01

RL Reading: Literature

Stories, poems and literary terms

Short stories, poems and literary terms: who did what, why it happened and what a text suggests.

Short lesson: Reading and literary analysis

Study guide for Grades 5 to 12: 25 key ideas, including narrator, protagonist and antagonist; 3 practice questions. 25 key concepts, retrieval questions and a learning checkpoint.

Support an interpretation with specific details. A theme is a developed idea, not simply one word such as friendship.

  • Narrator. The voice that tells a story.
  • Protagonist. A central character whose actions or experiences organize a story.
  • Antagonist. A character or force that opposes the protagonist.
  • Setting. The time, place and surrounding conditions of a story.

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Worksheets

A practice worksheet and a review worksheet, 12 and 12 questions.

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Practice worksheet: 12 questions

  1. Reading and literary analysis: which term fits this description? A reference to another work, event or cultural material without fully explaining it.

    1. Protagonist
    2. Irony
    3. Theme
    4. Allusion

  2. Reading and literary analysis: which term fits this description? The attitude conveyed by a text's language and choices.

    1. Flashback
    2. Tone
    3. Personification
    4. Narrator

  3. Reading and literary analysis: which term fits this description? A comparison that describes one thing in terms of another without a literal equivalence.

    1. Foreshadowing
    2. Setting
    3. Metaphor
    4. Conflict

  4. In a poem, the speaker is

    1. the person who printed the book
    2. always the reader
    3. the voice presented in the poem
    4. always the poet as a factual person

  5. Which claim is safest without more context?

    1. The poet was always uncertain.
    2. Every reader must feel happy.
    3. The poem records a legal confession.
    4. The speaker sounds uncertain in this line.

  6. Interpret this original line: Evening folded the road into shadow.

  7. Which sentence best distinguishes evidence from interpretation?

    1. Her pause proves she was guilty.
    2. Pausing always means fear.
    3. The text says she paused; this may suggest hesitation.

  8. For the same text, which detail is direct evidence rather than an inference?

    1. She disliked the building.
    2. She was nervous.
    3. She tested the lock twice.

  9. Explain why quoting a long paragraph is not enough to justify a claim.

  10. Nora found a lost notebook near the library. She took it to the front desk instead of keeping it. What can you infer about Nora? Support your answer with evidence.

  11. Mina packed a sandwich, water and a raincoat. She checked the trail map before leaving for a walk. What suggests she was prepared for rain?

    1. She packed a raincoat
    2. She wore sandals
    3. She packed a sandwich
    4. She checked the time

  12. Leo planted a seed in a pot and watered it. A week later, a green shoot appeared. What happened after Leo watered the seed?

    1. The seed began to grow into a small plant
    2. The pot disappeared
    3. It snowed indoors
    4. He bought a bicycle
Answer key
  1. Allusion Allusion: A reference to another work, event or cultural material without fully explaining it.
  2. Tone Tone: The attitude conveyed by a text's language and choices.
  3. Metaphor Metaphor: A comparison that describes one thing in terms of another without a literal equivalence.
  4. the voice presented in the poem The speaker may be a created persona.
  5. The speaker sounds uncertain in this line. A claim about a specific voice and line is narrower than claims about the real author.
  6. The light fades and shadows hide the road; folded gives evening an active, almost human quality. Credit a supported account of darkness and figurative language.
  7. The text says she paused; this may suggest hesitation. A cautious interpretation does not exceed the observed detail.
  8. She tested the lock twice. The action is explicitly stated.
  9. The writer must select relevant details and explain their connection to the claim. Credit relevance and reasoning rather than length.
  10. A reasonable inference is that she is honest or helpful. Evidence: she turned in the notebook rather than keeping it. Accept another supported interpretation.
  11. She packed a raincoat
  12. The seed began to grow into a small plant
Review worksheet: 12 questions

  1. Reading and literary analysis: which term fits this description? A point of greatest tension or a major turning point in a narrative.

    1. Climax
    2. Irony
    3. Flashback
    4. Tone

  2. Reading and literary analysis: which term fits this description? A meaningful contrast between what is expected, stated or understood and what actually occurs or is meant.

    1. Antagonist
    2. Inference
    3. Irony
    4. Theme

  3. Reading and literary analysis: which term fits this description? An underlying idea explored through a text, rather than just its topic.

    1. Theme
    2. Imagery
    3. Symbol
    4. Metaphor

  4. Which question tests whether evidence is relevant?

    1. Does this detail help support this particular claim?
    2. Is the quotation the longest one?
    3. Does it contain difficult words?

  5. Fictional text: “Noor tested the lock twice, then placed the spare key in her bag.” Which inference is best supported?

    1. Noor was checking access before leaving.
    2. Noor had stolen a key.
    3. The building was abandoned.

  6. A text gives two possible explanations for an event. How should a fair summary handle them?

  7. Why might a poet repeat a short line at the end of several stanzas?

  8. Explain how a line break can create a pause or surprise without changing the words.

  9. Write two original lines that use repetition to show waiting.

  10. Reading and literary analysis: which term fits this description? An object, action or detail that also represents a broader idea in context.

    1. Setting
    2. Symbol
    3. Mood
    4. Summary

  11. Revise “This proves everyone agrees” when a passage quotes only two people.

  12. The phrase soft silver silence repeats an initial sound. This is

    1. a stage direction
    2. a statistic
    3. alliteration
    4. a footnote
Answer key
  1. Climax Climax: A point of greatest tension or a major turning point in a narrative.
  2. Irony Irony: A meaningful contrast between what is expected, stated or understood and what actually occurs or is meant.
  3. Theme Theme: An underlying idea explored through a text, rather than just its topic.
  4. Does this detail help support this particular claim? Relevance depends on its connection to the claim.
  5. Noor was checking access before leaving. Testing the lock and carrying a spare support preparation, not the other claims.
  6. Mention both explanations and show any limits or uncertainty stated in the text. Do not require choosing one explanation without supporting evidence.
  7. For emphasis, rhythm, a recurring idea or a changing meaning as context develops. Accept a plausible function linked to repetition.
  8. It can delay the next phrase, emphasize an ending word or cause the reader to reconsider meaning after continuing. Credit a plausible effect of placement.
  9. Accept two connected lines repeating a word or phrase to suggest delay or anticipation. Mark for purposeful repetition and understandable meaning, not a fixed wording.
  10. Symbol Symbol: An object, action or detail that also represents a broader idea in context.
  11. The two quoted people agree, but the passage does not show what everyone thinks. Require an appropriately limited conclusion.
  12. alliteration The repeated s sound is alliteration.

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02

RI Reading: Informational Text

Informational texts

Short informational texts such as reports, labels, surveys and data: main ideas, evidence and claims.

Short lesson: The empty folder

Reading guide for Grades 7 to 10: a short reading passage and 6 practice questions. (The empty folder)

A local archive contained detailed records from the town's large workshops but almost none from people who worked at home. A student initially wrote that home-based work had been rare. The archivist explained that workshops often had offices that stored documents, while private papers were more easily scattered or discarded. The empty folder showed a gap in preserved evidence, not a reliable count of workers. The student looked for indirect traces in household accounts and advertisements, keeping a note of what each source could and could not reveal.

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Worksheets

A practice worksheet and a review worksheet, 15 and 12 questions.

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Practice worksheet: 15 questions
  1. Passage: The prototype and the practiced team

    What wider claim did the team stop making?

  2. Passage: The prototype and the practiced team

    Explain why supplying hints during a usability test can hide a problem.

  3. Passage: The prototype and the practiced team

    What changed in the later testing procedure?

    1. No verbal hints were supplied.
    2. Pauses were ignored.
    3. The screen was never shown.
    4. Only designers participated.
  4. Passage: The prototype and the practiced team

    Why did the volunteer's hesitation provide useful evidence?

  5. Passage: The prototype and the practiced team

    Why was the first test limited?

    1. The test used no people.
    2. The icon was mathematically impossible.
    3. The app had no screen.
    4. Team members already knew the design.
  6. Passage: The prototype and the practiced team

    What interface change was made?

    1. every question was removed
    2. all text was hidden
    3. a short label was added
    4. the app was renamed only
  7. Passage: The tree proposal

    What is the editorial asking the school to do?

  8. Passage: The tree proposal

    How does the acknowledgement affect the argument?

  9. Passage: The tree proposal

    Which evidence directly supports the claim about heat?

  10. Passage: The missing week

    What did the seven blank days mean?

    1. There was certainly no rain.
    2. April's data were erased.
    3. The gauge read 7 mm.
    4. No reading was recorded.
  11. Passage: The missing week

    What is the difference between the two recorded totals in mm?

  12. Passage: The missing week

    Why was May was drier too strong a title?

  13. Passage: The missing week

    What extra information could support a fuller comparison?

  14. Passage: The missing week

    How did the club display the missing period?

    1. by deleting April
    2. by shading it on the chart
    3. by claiming perfect records
    4. by inventing values
  15. Passage: The missing week

    Which title best matches what is actually known?

    1. The driest month ever
    2. May had no rain
    3. Recorded rainfall
    4. All rainfall with complete certainty
Answer key
  1. That successful use by familiar team members proved all new users would understand the interface. Credit the limited generalizability of the original sample.
  2. The hints replace information the product should communicate, so success may depend on the tester rather than the interface. Credit the altered task conditions.
  3. No verbal hints were supplied. Participants had to rely on the interface itself.
  4. It revealed a barrier for someone without the designers' background knowledge. Credit the new-user perspective.
  5. Team members already knew the design. Prior familiarity could mask unclear instructions.
  6. a short label was added The label clarified the icon's meaning.
  7. plant shade trees
  8. Rubric: Explain that addressing the delay recognizes a limitation and pairs the long-term proposal with an interim measure.
  9. Rubric: Identify the measured surface-temperature comparison. Distinguish measurements from descriptions of discomfort and note that surface temperature is not the same as air temperature.
  10. No reading was recorded. The gauge was not read during the closure.
  11. 9 48 − 39 = 9.
  12. May's full total was unknown because observations were missing, so the months were not directly comparable. Credit missingness rather than treating blanks as zeros.
  13. Reliable measurements for the missing period or an explicitly justified method with uncertainty, rather than guessed zeros. Credit a suitable data source or transparent limitation.
  14. by shading it on the chart The visual marking made the gap visible.
  15. Recorded rainfall The revised title limits the claim to observed data.
Review worksheet: 12 questions
  1. Passage: The empty folder

    Which theme best fits the passage?

    1. Surviving records may not represent all past activity equally.
    2. Official records answer everything.
    3. Advertisements have no possible historical value.
    4. Every empty folder proves an event never occurred.
  2. Passage: The empty folder

    What did the empty folder directly show?

    1. the wages of all residents
    2. proof that nobody worked at home
    3. the exact number of home workers
    4. a gap in preserved evidence
  3. Passage: The empty folder

    Why might workshop records survive more often?

  4. Passage: The empty folder

    Name two kinds of indirect evidence the student investigated.

  5. Passage: The empty folder

    What mistaken conclusion did the student first draw?

    1. More sources might help.
    2. The archive had gaps.
    3. Home-based work had been rare.
    4. Workshop records existed.
  6. Passage: The empty folder

    Why should the limitations of each new source be recorded?

  7. Both, unlike and similarly often signal

    1. alphabet order
    2. a recipe quantity
    3. a character name
    4. comparison

  8. Because and as a result often signal

    1. an index
    2. only time of day
    3. cause and effect
    4. a map scale

  9. What evidence helps identify a main idea that is not stated directly?

  10. Passage: The bus survey

    Write a claim supported by the results.

  11. Passage: The bus survey

    How many classmates were surveyed?

  12. Passage: The bus survey

    What is wrong with the statement about everyone in town?

Answer key
  1. Surviving records may not represent all past activity equally. The story emphasizes preservation bias and cautious inference.
  2. a gap in preserved evidence It describes the archive, not the whole historical population.
  3. Offices stored documents, while private papers could be scattered or discarded. Use the preservation difference stated in the passage.
  4. Household accounts and advertisements. Credit both sources named in the passage.
  5. Home-based work had been rare. The absence of records was treated as evidence of absence.
  6. Indirect evidence also has selective coverage and cannot automatically answer every question. Credit source-specific interpretation.
  7. comparison
  8. cause and effect
  9. Look for repeated concepts, the focus of supporting details and how the paragraph begins and ends.
  10. Rubric: State that seventeen of the twenty surveyed bus-using classmates supported a shelter. Preserve the sample boundary and avoid generalizing to everyone.
  11. twenty
  12. Rubric: Identify the narrow sample of twenty bus-using classmates and explain that it does not establish the views of all residents.

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03

W Writing

Writing

Planning, organising and improving writing: claims, evidence, cohesion and paraphrase.

Short lesson: Writing and argument

Study guide for Grades 5 to 12: 20 key ideas, including thesis, evidence and reasoning; 3 practice questions.

Evidence does not explain itself. Follow it with a sentence showing how it supports your specific claim.

  • Thesis. The central claim an analytical or argumentative text develops.
  • Evidence. Information used to support a claim.
  • Reasoning. The explanation linking evidence to a claim.
  • Counterargument. A reasoned challenge to the main argument.

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Worksheets

A practice worksheet and a review worksheet, 12 and 12 questions.

Worksheets (PDF)Answer keys (PDF)
Practice worksheet: 12 questions

  1. Summarize this original fictional notice: “The library will close at four on Friday for shelf repairs. Saturday hours will stay the same.”

  2. Writing and argument: which term fits this description? The quality of ideas fitting together in an understandable sequence.

    1. Citation
    2. Thesis
    3. Revision
    4. Coherence

  3. A survey asks only people already attending a club whether the club needs more funding. Describe a limitation.

  4. Which detail best supports a paragraph about reducing classroom noise?

    1. Felt pads on chair legs reduced scraping sounds.
    2. The classroom has four windows.
    3. The wall is pale blue.
    4. The chairs were delivered in April.

  5. Write a story that begins: “The door opened, but nobody was there.”

  6. Write a letter thanking someone who helped you.

  7. Write a short poem about a changing season.

  8. Explain how to organize a school bag in five clear steps.

  9. Describe a place using at least three senses.

  10. Write a paragraph persuading a class to start a reading club.

  11. Paraphrase: “The group delayed the picnic because the path was flooded.”

  12. Writing and argument: which term fits this description? The goal a writer is trying to achieve.

    1. Audience
    2. Transition
    3. Qualifying language
    4. Purpose
Answer key
  1. The library closes early on Friday for repairs, with normal Saturday hours. Preserve the Friday reason and the unchanged Saturday schedule.
  2. Coherence Coherence: The quality of ideas fitting together in an understandable sequence.
  3. The sample may overrepresent current members’ preferences and may not represent the wider community.
  4. Felt pads on chair legs reduced scraping sounds. This detail directly addresses noise reduction.
  5. Check task completion, organization, relevant detail, clear sentences and appropriate spelling/punctuation. Give specific, constructive feedback; no single correct response.
  6. Check task completion, organization, relevant detail, clear sentences and appropriate spelling/punctuation. Give specific, constructive feedback; no single correct response.
  7. Check task completion, organization, relevant detail, clear sentences and appropriate spelling/punctuation. Give specific, constructive feedback; no single correct response.
  8. Check task completion, organization, relevant detail, clear sentences and appropriate spelling/punctuation. Give specific, constructive feedback; no single correct response.
  9. Check task completion, organization, relevant detail, clear sentences and appropriate spelling/punctuation. Give specific, constructive feedback; no single correct response.
  10. Check task completion, organization, relevant detail, clear sentences and appropriate spelling/punctuation. Give specific, constructive feedback; no single correct response.
  11. Flooding on the path caused the group to postpone its picnic. Accept a new grammatical structure preserving the cause and action.
  12. Purpose Purpose: The goal a writer is trying to achieve.
Review worksheet: 12 questions

  1. Writing and argument: which term fits this description? Restating a source's meaning using genuinely new wording and sentence structure.

    1. Formal register
    2. Paraphrase
    3. Counterargument
    4. Transition

  2. What additional evidence would help compare print and digital textbook access fairly?

  3. Which phrase states a cause?

    1. because the hinge was loose
    2. meanwhile
    3. for instance
    4. in contrast

  4. An original sentence says an approach “may help.” Which rewrite changes its certainty?

    1. The approach could help.
    2. The approach always works.
    3. It might be useful.

  5. Writing and argument: which term fits this description? A language style suited to more official or academic contexts.

    1. Purpose
    2. Reasoning
    3. Evidence
    4. Formal register

  6. Which is a claim rather than raw data?

    1. The library closes at 4 pm.
    2. Twenty visitors arrived after 3 pm.
    3. The school should extend library hours.
    4. The survey had 60 responses.

  7. Replace the vague word nice in The guide gave a nice explanation with a precise phrase.

  8. A summary of a debate presents only one side. What should be checked?

  9. Writing and argument: which term fits this description? Presenting someone else's words or ideas as one's own without proper acknowledgement.

    1. Concession
    2. Plagiarism
    3. Thesis
    4. Purpose

  10. Rewrite Everyone knows this plan is best as a more evidence-seeking statement.

  11. Write a topic sentence for a paragraph explaining why a school garden can support learning.

  12. Which practice is a weak paraphrase?

    1. Rebuilding the sentence and checking its meaning.
    2. Identifying the source of the idea.
    3. Replacing a few words while retaining nearly all original structure.
Answer key
  1. Paraphrase Paraphrase: Restating a source's meaning using genuinely new wording and sentence structure.
  2. Relevant data could include device availability, connectivity, costs, accessibility needs and actual usage across groups.
  3. because the hinge was loose Because introduces a reason.
  4. The approach always works. Always turns a possibility into an unsupported guarantee.
  5. Formal register Formal register: A language style suited to more official or academic contexts.
  6. The school should extend library hours.
  7. For example: The guide gave a clear, step-by-step explanation. Accept a specific quality that fits an explanation.
  8. Whether it omits a central opposing position and therefore misrepresents the debate. Credit fair representation, not an assumption that all positions are equally well supported.
  9. Plagiarism Plagiarism: Presenting someone else's words or ideas as one's own without proper acknowledgement.
  10. For example: We should compare this plan with alternatives using cost, accessibility and expected usage data.
  11. For example: A school garden gives pupils practical ways to investigate living things. Accept a focused claim that can be developed with relevant details.
  12. Replacing a few words while retaining nearly all original structure. Superficial substitutions do not establish independent wording.

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04

L Language

Grammar & vocabulary

Parts of speech, verb forms, punctuation and sentence structure.

Short lesson: English grammar essentials

Study guide for Grades 3 to 8: 20 key ideas, including noun, verb and adjective; 3 practice questions.

Test a word in its sentence. The same spelling can be a noun in one context and a verb in another.

  • Noun. A word used to name a person, place, thing or idea.
  • Verb. A word or word group expressing an action, occurrence or state.
  • Adjective. A word that modifies a noun or pronoun.
  • Adverb. A word that often describes how, when or where an action happens, such as quickly, soon or here.

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Worksheets

A practice worksheet and a review worksheet, 12 and 12 questions.

Worksheets (PDF)Answer keys (PDF)
Practice worksheet: 12 questions

  1. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word pronounced like another word but with a different meaning.

    1. Homophone
    2. Phrase
    3. Preposition
    4. Noun

  2. Choose the adjective: soft, sing, table, quickly.

    1. quickly
    2. table
    3. soft
    4. sing

  3. Choose the opposite of “before”.

    1. after
    2. always
    3. near
    4. under

  4. Choose the noun: run, blue, river, slowly.

    1. river
    2. slowly
    3. run
    4. blue

  5. Explain why the sentence around a word can help even when you recognize its prefix.

  6. Repair the comma splice: The door opened, everyone turned.

  7. Choose the opposite of “empty”.

    1. full
    2. open
    3. light
    4. quiet

  8. Which mark normally ends a direct written question in English?

    1. .
    2. ?
    3. ,
    4. ;

  9. Which word is a verb?

    1. green
    2. chair
    3. happiness
    4. jump

  10. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word with an opposite meaning in a particular context.

    1. Antonym
    2. Noun
    3. Interjection
    4. Predicate

  11. In misread, mis- most directly means

    1. incorrectly
    2. again
    3. before
    4. carefully

  12. Write the possessive form for one fox: the ___ tail.

Answer key
  1. Homophone Homophone: A word pronounced like another word but with a different meaning.
  2. soft
  3. after
  4. river
  5. Context helps select the intended meaning and prevents a mechanical interpretation that does not fit the whole word.
  6. The door opened, and everyone turned. Or: The door opened; everyone turned. Accept a period, suitable conjunction or correctly used semicolon.
  7. full
  8. ?
  9. jump
  10. Antonym Antonym: A word with an opposite meaning in a particular context.
  11. incorrectly
  12. fox's A singular noun normally takes apostrophe s.
Review worksheet: 12 questions

  1. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A group of words functioning as a unit without forming a full subject-predicate clause.

    1. Suffix
    2. Phrase
    3. Dependent clause
    4. Synonym

  2. In reread, re- most directly means

    1. before
    2. under
    3. not
    4. again

  3. Write the possessive form for several foxes: the ___ den.

  4. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A clause that cannot normally stand alone as a complete sentence.

    1. Adjective
    2. Dependent clause
    3. Conjunction
    4. Predicate

  5. In careless, -less suggests

    1. full of
    2. again
    3. more than
    4. without

  6. Which semicolon joins two independent clauses correctly?

    1. We waited; for the rain.
    2. The rain; stopped outside.
    3. The rain stopped; the match resumed.
    4. Because it rained; heavily.

  7. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word or word group expressing an action, occurrence or state.

    1. Complex sentence
    2. Adjective
    3. Verb
    4. Dependent clause

  8. In unsafe, un- most directly means

    1. again
    2. not
    3. many
    4. after

  9. Which sentence avoids an unnecessary apostrophe in a plural?

    1. Three buses arrived.
    2. Three bus's arrived.
    3. Three buse's arrived.
    4. Three buses' arrived.

  10. English grammar essentials: which term fits this description? A word with the same or a closely related meaning in a particular context.

    1. Adverb
    2. Preposition
    3. Synonym
    4. Interjection

  11. Which word means able to be washed?

    1. washing
    2. washer
    3. washable
    4. unwashed

  12. Add punctuation to this direct speech: Mina said I have the map

Answer key
  1. Phrase Phrase: A group of words functioning as a unit without forming a full subject-predicate clause.
  2. again
  3. foxes' For a regular plural ending in s, add the apostrophe after s.
  4. Dependent clause Dependent clause: A clause that cannot normally stand alone as a complete sentence.
  5. without
  6. The rain stopped; the match resumed. Each side can stand as a sentence.
  7. Verb Verb: A word or word group expressing an action, occurrence or state.
  8. not
  9. Three buses arrived. A simple plural does not need a possessive apostrophe.
  10. Synonym Synonym: A word with the same or a closely related meaning in a particular context.
  11. washable
  12. Mina said, “I have the map.” Accept consistent standard single-quotation conventions too.

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