7th & 8th Grade Reading Comprehension

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----- I ask that all students follow the classroom rules and policies, students should be respectful and patient during the lesson, dressed appropriately for class and come prepared to read. I also ask that students keep their cameras on for the entire class time, (not required but recommended) this is to help me better assess and help each student, as I can better determine who is struggling with a question when I can see them. This allows me to help the students get the most out of the lesson. -----


🤔 **WHAT IS THIS COURSE?**

In this Ongoing class, students will have the opportunity to read through a diverse selection of reading materials 📖 such as Fiction, Non-ficiton, Informational text and more while also learning and implementing different strategies to help improve their overall reading comprehension/fluency. The strategies and stories are rather diverse and were designed and chosen specifically to help students from the 7th and 8th grades. (But advanced 6th graders and struggling 9th graders may do well in this class too). We will be implementing a mixture of the different reading materials while also incorporating the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).


❓ **WHAT TOPICS WILL BE COVERED?**
 
Some of the main concepts we will learn about in class include:
Main ideas, Summarizing, Inferences, Figurative Language, Character Analysis, Author's Purpose, Themes, Fact vs Opinion, Foreshadow and MORE.


 👨‍🏫 **HOW WILL THIS BE TAUGHT?**
 
During each of the lessons, students will be encouraged to read out loud, ask questions, share their ideas and engage in thought-provoking discussions. They may also be asked targeted retention and discussion-based questions throughout the lesson to help guide the students to a better and more in-depth understanding of what is being read.
While students are reading the passages they will also be able to work on their overall reading fluency. During each of the lessons, I am planning to guide and assist the students to help them improve their pronunciation, speed and expression. I also desire to utilize those situations as instructional opportunities to help the students work together to identify the meaning of an unknown word, consider the intentions of the author or see if there are any parts of the story that some of the students may not understand.

📆 CLASS STRUCTURE:

Week of 4/20/25
Theme

Week of 4/27/25
Story Structure

Week of 5/4/25
Main Idea

Week of 5/11/25
Author's Purpose

Week of 5/18/25
Inferences

Week of 5/25/25
Foreshadow - Fallacy

Week of 6/1/25
Conflict Type - Person vs Self

Week of 6/8/25
Figurative Language - Similes

Week of 6/15/25
Characters - SAT

Week of 6/22/25
Foreshadow - Weather

Week of 6/29/25
QAR - Author and Me

Week of 7/6/25
Figurative Language - Personification

Week of 7/13/25
Inferences - Analyzing Inference Errors

Week of 7/20/25
QAR - In my head

Week of 7/27/25
Conflict Type - Person vs Nature

Week of 8/3/25
Author's Purpose - Persuade vs Lure

Week of 8/10/25
Characters - Dynamic vs Static

Week of 8/17/25
QAR - Think and Search

Week of 8/24/25
Characters - Direct vs Indirect

Week of 8/31/25
Conflict Type - Person vs Person

Week of 9/7/25
Characters - Character vs Narrator

Week of 9/14/25
Inferences - Guess or Inference

Week of 9/21/25
Conflict Type - Person vs Society

Week of 9/28/25
Inferences - Inferences in Non-Fiction

Week of 10/5/25
Conflict Type - Person vs Technology

Week of 10/12/25
Author's Purpose - Engage vs Entertain

Week of 10/19/25
Summarizing

Week of 10/26/25
Figurative Language - Metaphors

Week of 11/2/25
Inferences - Inferences about characters

Week of 11/9/25
QAR - Right There

Week of 11/16/25
Author's Purpose - Inform vs Misinform

Week of 11/23/25
Foreshadow - Narrative

Week of 11/30/25
Main Idea

Week of 12/7/25
Foreshadow - Dialogue

Week of 12/14/25
Inferences - Inference?

Week of 12/21/25
Characters - Protagonist vs Antagonist

Week of 12/28/25
Identifying Theme

I am looking forward to teaching your student soon!

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