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Scope & Sequence for INSIGHTS: Comprehension Strategies
Grade 7
Unit 1: Using Context Clues
Infer the meaning of unfamiliar words by
- analyzing sentences containing words in a series
- analyzing sentences containing words linked by associated meanings or “go-togethers”
- using sentence context to determine appropriate meanings of words with multiple meanings
- analyzing roots and suffixes of unknown words to infer word meaning
- using context to confirm meaning inferred from word analysis
Unit 2: Mood in Reading and Writing
Infer the mood in stories by
- inferring the mood implied by direct statements, actions, and dialogue
- locating connotative words suggesting emotions and attitudes
- inferring the character’s mood from clues in the paragraph
- writing sentences that express given moods and feelings
- writing a character description to create a specific mood
- analyzing mood changes in a story
- noting complex mood changes in literature
- using mood clues in writing
Unit 3: Comprehending Comparisons
Analyze and explain various types of comparisons and contrasts by
- distinguishing comparisons showing similarities from comparisons showing differences
- differentiating between explained and implied comparisons
- identifying signal words suggesting similarities and differences
- inferring similarities in similes and metaphor
- deconstructing unexplained negative comparisons
- deriving underlying similarities from apparent differences
- differentiating comparisons from non-comparisons
- analyzing similarities and differences of characters in literature
Unit 4: Analyzing Characters
Analyze characters in narrative prose by
- differentiating between details suggesting character traits and other details
- identifying traits revealed through action, dialogue, and direct statement
- charting the similarities and differences between two characters
- comparing traits and predicting behavior by charting characters’ responses to a particular situation
- inferring a character’s motivation by charting reasons for specific actions and dialogue
- using character differences, situation-response, and action-reason charts to summarize literature
- comparing two authors’ points of view about the same character
- making inferences about implied characters
Unit 5: Comprehending Complex Information
Analyze various types of complex information found in textbooks by
- identifying three basic grammatical structures of sentences: simple, compound, and complex
- recognizing how different sentence structures typically express condensed information about the 5W’s plus How
- identifying sequential information and signal words showing simultaneous events and chronological order
- placing out-of-order events in chronological order
- comparing subjects in terms of several attributes
- writing plot summaries
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