English Language Arts-VII
The Grade 7 English Language Arts (ELA) course is designed to strengthen students’ reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking skills. It emphasizes comprehension of a variety of texts, development of vocabulary, grammar, and writing techniques, as well as effective communication through discussions and presentations. This course prepares students to express ideas clearly and confidently while engaging with literature and informational texts.
Course Topic
A1_Determine the main idea of a passage
B1_Match the quotations with their themes
B2_Determine the themes of short stories
C1_Identify the author's purpose and point of view
C2_Which sentence is more formal?
C3_Compare passages for tone
D1_Compare and contrast in informational texts
D2_Match causes and effects in informational texts
D3_Match problems with their solutions
D4_Identify text structures
E1_Interpret and classify figures of speech
E2_Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
F1_Analyse short stories
G1_Read and understand informational passages
G2_Trace an argument
H1_Compare two texts with different genres
I1_Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects
J1_Order topics from broadest to narrowest
J2_Organise information by topic
J3_Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
K1_Distinguish facts from opinions
K2_Choose evidence to support a claim
K3_Identify supporting details in informational texts and literary texts
K4_Identify counterclaims
L1_Use personification
M1_Use parallel structure
M2_Remove redundant words or phrases
M3_Use the correct frequently confused word
M4_Correct errors with frequently confused words
M5_Suggest appropriate revisions
N1_Identify plagiarism
O1_Words with pre-, re-, sub-, mis-, un-, dis-, in-, im- and non-
O2_Words with -ful, -less, -able and -ible
P1_Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
P2_Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
P3_Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Q1_Choose the synonym and the antonym
R1_Use the correct homophone
R2_Which definition matches the sentence?
R3_Which sentence matches the definition?
S1_Describe the difference between related words
S2_Positive and negative connotation
T1_Analogies
T2_Analogies: challenge
U1_Find words using context
U2_Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context and antonyms in context
U3_Use context to identify the meaning of a word
V1_Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures
W1_Alphabetical order
W2_Use guide words
W3_Use dictionary entries
W4_Use dictionary definitions
W5_Use thesaurus entries
X1_Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory?
X2_Identify the complete subject or complete predicate of a sentence
X3_Identify the simple subject or simple predicate of a sentence
X4_Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence
X5_Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?
X6_Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?
X7_Is it a complete sentence, a fragment or a run-on?
Y1_Is it a phrase or a clause?
Y2_Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Y3_Identify dependent and independent clauses
Y4_Is the sentence simple, compound, complex or compound-complex?
Y5_Combine sentences using relative clauses
Z1_Form and use plurals of compound nouns
Z2_Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
Z3_Form the singular or plural possessive
Z4_Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
AA1_Identify pronouns and their antecedents
AA2_Use the pronoun that agrees with the antecedent
AA3_Identify vague pronoun references
AA4_Identify all of the possible antecedents
AA5_Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
BB1_Choose between subject and object pronouns
BB2_Compound subjects and objects with 'I' and 'me'
BB3_Compound subjects and objects with pronouns
BB4_Choose between personal and reflexive pronouns
BB5_Use reflexive pronouns
BB6_Is the pronoun reflexive or intensive?
BB7_Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which and that
CC1_Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
CC2_Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives and predicate nouns
DD1_Correct errors with subject-verb agreement
DD2_Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
DD3_Use the correct verb with compound subjects
EE1_Simple past, present and future tense: review
EE2_Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
EE3_Form the progressive verb tenses
EE4_Form the perfect verb tenses
FF1_Identify adjectives
FF2_Order adjectives
FF3_Identify adverbs
FF4_Choose between adjectives and adverbs
FF5_Is the word an adjective or adverb?
FF6_Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives
FF7_Good, better, best, bad, worse and worst
FF8_Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs
FF9_Well, better, best, badly, worse and worst
GG1_Identify prepositional phrases
HH1_Is it a direct object or an indirect object?
II1_Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
JJ1_Misplaced modifiers with pictures
JJ2_Select the misplaced or dangling modifier
JJ3_Are the modifiers used correctly?
KK1_Commas with non-restrictive elements
LL1_Commas with compound and complex sentences
LL2_Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections and interrupters
LL3_Commas with coordinate adjectives
MM1_Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
MM2_Use semicolons, colons and commas with lists
NN1_Use dashes
NN2_Use hyphens in compound adjectives
NN3_Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
OO1_Correct capitalisation errors
OO2_Capitalising titles
PP1_Formatting titles
PP2_Formatting and capitalising titles: review
