Holt Pacing Guide for 2007 - 2008
Seventh Grade

  

Trimester 1

 

STRATEGIC

BENCHMARK

ADVANCED

WEEK 0

8/15–17

 

Entry-Level Assessment 

 

 

WEEK 1

8/20–24

Interactive Reading pp. 1-12

IR TE Transparency #1

 

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 1-2

 

 

Chapter 1: Plot HLLA pp. 4-5

Duffy’s Jacket HLLA pp. 6-14

Reading Standard 1.3 and 3.2

Focus: Foreshadowing and Predictions

Spelling Lesson 1

Holt Handbook pp. 4-5: Sentence Fragments

Interactive Reader:  “Elephant’s Child” p. 22-34

WEEK 2

8/27–31

Interactive Reading pp. 13, 16

 

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 9-10

 

Yeti-like Monster HLLA pp. 15-19

Reading Standard 2.1

Focus structure and purpose of informational materials/newspapers

Vocabulary: Clarifying Word Meanings HLLA p. 37

India’s History HLLA pp. 42-47

Reading Standard 2.1

Focus: textbook structure

Spelling Lesson 2

Holt Handbook pp. 25-27, 30: Noun/Personal Pronouns 

Interactive Reader p. 13 & 16

 

WEEK 3

9/3–7

Interactive Reading pp. 20-21

Lesson Plans for Language Development p. 25

 

Developmental Language Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 17-18

 

Vocabulary: HLLA p. 79

Vocabulary: HLLA p. 90

Cellular Manual HLLA pp. 91-93

Reading Standard 2.1

Focus: Instructional Manual

Signs HLLA pp. 94-95

Focus: signs

Standards Review HLLA pp. 96-99

Spelling Lesson 3

Holt Handbook pp. 34-35: Adjectives

Introduction to the Writing Process HLLA pp. 528-533 

“Rikki Tikki Tavi” p. 20-37

 

Interactive Reader p. 20 & 21

WEEK 4

9/10–14

Writing, Listening, and Speaking

Writing Workshop 1 HLLA pp. 543-557

Focus: Short Story

Spelling Lesson 4

Holt Handbook pp. 45-50: Verbs

“Three Skeleton Key” p. 48-61

Fine Art Transparency #2: “Robinson Crusoe”

WEEK 5

9/17–21

Writing, Listening, and Speaking

 

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 23-24

Continue Writing Workshop 1

Standards Practice and Review HLLA p. 563

Spelling Lesson 5

Holt Handbook pp. 54-55: Adverbs

“Monsters are Due on Maple Street” p. 67-90

WEEK 6

9/24–28

Interactive Reading, pp. 47-58

TE IR Transparency #2

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 25-26

 

Chapter 2: Characterization HLLA pp. 106-107

The Smallest Dragonboy HLLA pp. 118-135

Reading Standard 3.3

Focus: Character Motivation and Inference

Spelling Lesson 7

Holt Handbook pp. 58-59: Prepositions 

Fine Art Transparency #2:  “The Reluctant Dragon”

Interactive Reader p. 58

 

WEEK 7

10/1–5

Writing, Listening, and Speaking

 

Interactive Reading, p. 57

Mother and Daughter HLLA pp. 108-117

Reading Standard 3.3

Focus: Character Traits and Inference

Spelling Lesson 8

Holt Handbook pp. 62-65: Conjunctions

Miniworkshop 1 Cause and Effect Analysis HLLA pp. 694-696 

Interactive Reader p. 57

WEEK 8

10/8–12

Interactive Reading, p. 57

 

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 27-28

Writing Workshop 2 Character Analysis HLLA pp. 566-582

Standards Review HLLA pp. 150-151

Spelling Lesson 9

Holt Handbook pp. 65-66: Interjections

“Here Be Dragons” p. 136-139

Interactive Reader p. 59

WEEK 9

10/15–19

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 5-6

Continue Character Analysis

Standards Practice HLLA p. 595

Spelling Lesson 10

Holt Handbook pp. 5-11: Subject/Predicate & Review

 

WEEK 10

10/22–26

Lesson Plans for Language Development, p. 262

Writing Workshop 5 Summary

HLLA pp. 662-669

Spelling Lesson 11

Language and Sentence Skills Practice Review of Chapters 1-3

 

WEEK 11

10/29–11/2

 

 

First Quarter Holt Assessment

Spelling Lesson 12 

 

 

 

Trimester 2

 

STRATEGIC

BENCHMARK

ADVANCED

WEEK 12

11/5–9

Interactive Reading, pp. 83-90

TE IR Transparency#3

 

Lesson Plans for Language Development, pp. 66-67

Fine Art Transparency 3

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 29-30

Chapter 3 Theme HLLA pp. 158-159

The Highwayman HLLA pp. 160-169

Reading Standard 3.4

Focus: Subject vs. Theme

Spelling Lesson 14

Handbook pp. 74-76:  Direct Object  

Interactive Reader p. 90 & 91

“Gentlemen of the Road” p. 170-173

Fine Art Transparency #3 “Hesperus”

 

WEEK 13

11/12–16

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 49-50

 

Interactive Reading p. 95

 

User Friendly HLLA pp. 185-197

Reading Standard 3.4

Focus: Theme and Cause and Effect

It Just Keeps and Going HLLA pp. 198-202

Reading Standard 2.3

Focus: Cause and Effect

Standard Review HLLA pp. 210-215

Spelling Lesson 15

Handbook pp. 113-118: Adjective Clauses 

“Annabel Lee” p. 174-179

Interactive Reader p. 94 & 95

 

 

WEEK

11/19–23

 

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 14

11/26–30

Interactive Reading pp. 121-128

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 53-54

 

Miniworkshop 4 Autobiographical Narrative HLLA pp. 704-706

Chapter 4 Point of View HLLA pp. 222-223

Spelling Lesson 16

Holt Handbook pp. 130 and 135: Simple/Complex Sentences 

Interactive Reader: “Beauty and the Beast” p. 122-128

 

WEEK 15

12/3–7

Interactive Reading, p. 135

Lesson Plans for Language Development, p. 116

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 57-58

An Unforgettable Journey HLLA pp. 270-277

Reading Standard 3.5

Focus Autobiography and Fact and Opinion

Exile Eyes HLLA pp. 278-281

Reading Standard 2.4

Focus: Author’s Purpose and Perspective

Spelling Lesson 17

Holt Handbook pp. 148-158:  Subject/Verb Agreement

Interactive Reader p. 135 & 136

WEEK 16

12/10–14

Lesson Plans for Language Development, p. 120

 

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 65-66

Elizabeth I HLLA pp. 282-295

Reading Standard 3.5

Focus: Biography and Objective and Subjective

Standards Review HLLA pp. 296-299

Spelling Lesson 18

Holt Handbook pp. 159-168:  Other Agreement Problems

Interactive Reader p. 137

WEEK 17

12/17–21

 

Holt Midyear Assessment

“After Twenty Years” p. 224-231

Interactive Reader p. 129

Fine Art Transparency #5 “Nighthawks.

WEEK

12/24–28

 

Off

 

WEEK

12/31–1/4

 

Off

 

WEEK 18

1/7–11

Interactive Reading pp. 169-181

Lesson Plans for Language Development, p. 144

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 67-68

Chapter 5: Reading Like a Wolf HLLA pp. 306-307

Barrio Boy HLLA pp. 323-331

Reading Standard 3.1

Focus: Autobiography/Biography and Fact and Opinion

Spelling Lesson 20

Holt Handbook pp. 178-179:  Irregular Verbs

Fine Art Transparency #7: “Colors #1”

Interactive Reader p. 181

 

WEEK 19

1/14–18

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 77-78

Writing Workshop 3 Persuasive HLLA pp. 598-615

Spelling Lesson 21

Holt Handbook pp. 201-206:  Pronoun Case—Nominative

 

WEEK 20

1/21–25

Interactive Reading, p. 182

Fine Art Transparency 8

 

Song of the Trees HLLA pp. 332-350

Reading Standard 3.1

Focus: Novels, Novellas, and Short Story, Generalizations, and Theme

Spelling Lesson 22

Holt Handbook pp. 206-210:  Pronoun Case—Objective 

Fine Art Transparency #8: “Family of Six”

Interactive Reader p. 182

 

WEEK 21

1/28–2/1

Interactive Reading p. 183

Fine Art Transparency 9

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 83-86

Fish Cheeks HLLA pp. 351-356

Reading Standard 3.1

Focus: Humorous Essays and Images

Spelling Lesson 23

Holt Handbook pp. 224-228:  Comparative/Superlative 

Fine Art Transparency #9:  “Girl Holding Wreath in a Field”

Interactive Reader p. 183

 

WEEK 22

2/4–8

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 87-90

Continue with selections from Chapter 5

Standards Review HLLA pp. 404-405

Spelling 24

Holt Handbook pp. 232-238:  Placement of Modifiers 

Poetry Selections, p. 380-400

 

WEEK 23

2/11–15

 

Holt Third Quarter Assessment

Spelling 25

Holt Handbook Review:  Focus on Subject/Verb Agreement

Continue poetry

Fine Art Transparency #10:  “Welcome to my Ghetto Land”

WEEK

2/18–22

 

OFF

 

WEEK 24

2/25–29

 

Timed Writing Review

Spelling Lesson 27 

 


 

 

Trimester 3

 

STRATEGIC

BENCHMARK

ADVANCED

WEEK 25

3/3–7

Interactive Reading, p. 219

CST Writing Assessment

Chapter 6 Literary Criticism HLLA pp. 412-413

Spelling Lesson 28 

 

 

WEEK 26

3/10–14

Interactive Reading 220-234

 

King Arthur HLLA pp. 414-431

Reading Standard 3.6

Focus: Legend

Three Responses HLLA pp. 432-437

Reading Standard 3.6

Focus: Literary Response

Spelling Lesson 29 

DVD:  The Sword in the Stone—Library

Fine Art Transparency #11:  “Eowyn & the Nazgul”

Interactive Reader p. 233 & 234

 

WEEK 27

3/17–21

 

Lesson Plans for Language Development, pp. 209-210

 

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 99-102 and 120-122

 

Sir Gawain HLLA pp. 451-462

Reading Standard 3.6

Focus: Quest and Riddle

Spelling Lesson 30

Holt Handbook pp. 333-335 and 267-268:  Capitalization of Names/Places; Contractions 

“He’s No King” p. 464-465

Interactive Reader p. 236, 237, 260-263

 

WEEK

3/24–28

 

 

OFF

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 28

3/31–4/4

Lesson Plans for Language Development, pp. 213, 227-228

 

Interactive Reading, pp. 265-271

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 113-114

It’s Greek to Me Vocabulary HLLA pp. 466

Standards Review HLLA pp. 472-475

Chapter 7 Reading for Life HLLA pp. 482-483

Spelling Lesson 32

Holt Handbook pp. 310-313:  Semi-Colon/Colon

 

WEEK 29

4/7–11

Holt Handbook Chapter 16 pp. 346-355

 Interactive Reading, pp. 272-273

Public Documents HLLA pp. 484-489

Workplace Documents HLLA pp. 490-494

Spelling Lesson 33 

Application Form

Business Letter

Interactive Reader p. 272 & 273

WEEK 30

4/14–18

Interactive Reading, pp. 274-275 and 290-294

 

Developmental Language and Sentence Skills Practice, pp. 117-120

Consumer Documents HLLA pp. 495-500

Reading Standard 2.2

Technical Documents HLLA pp. 501-504

Reading Standards 2.5

Spelling Lesson 34

Holt Handbook pp. 322-326:  Punctuating Dialogue

Writing:  “How to”

Interactive Reader p. 274 & 275

WEEK 31

4/21–25

 

Holt End of Year Assessment

CST Review

Spelling Lesson 35

Review Holt Handbook pp. 338-342:  Hyphens, Brackets, and Dashes 

Interactive Reader:  California State Parks, p. 295-299

WEEK 32

4/28–5/2

 

CST

 

WEEK 33

5/5–9

 

 

 

WEEK 34

5/12–16

 

 

 

WEEK 35

5/19–23

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 36

5/26–30

 

 

 

WEEK 37

6/2–5