Common Core Standards
Grade 7
Language L.7.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
If you take away all the parentheses, this standard looks exactly the same as its eighth-grade counterpart. You know what that means? Yup, we're going to shuffle you over there to read about this standard.
P.S. If your students need to brush up on their spelling and grammar, send 'em over to our Grammar Learning Guides so they can hone their skills before conquering the Common Core.
Standard Components
Aligned Resources
- Teaching A Wrinkle in Time: Famous Kids Traveling in Threes (or Fours)
- Teaching Maniac Magee: City Divided
- Teaching Maniac Magee: Pizza Problems—Too Many to Count
- Teaching Maniac Magee: Exploring Homelessness
- Teaching The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963: Let's Do the Time Warp
- Teaching The Westing Game: A Puzzle Mystery: "America the Beautiful": In Depth
- Teaching Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: Integration In Our Nation
- Teaching Because of Winn-Dixie: Channeling Winn-Dixie
- Teaching The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Fence-Painting in Other Contexts
- Teaching The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Childhood Treasures
- Teaching The View from Saturday: Create Your Own Knowledge Bowl
- Teaching The Westing Game: A Puzzle Mystery: Wanted: Dead or Wax Look-Alike!
- Teaching Ella Enchanted: TWIST-ed Storytelling
- Teaching Hatchet: Biology 101
- Teaching A Wrinkle in Time: Right Brain Versus Left Brain
- Teaching Moon Over Manifest: Operation "I Spy"
- Teaching Moon Over Manifest: Ode to a Static or Dynamic Character
- Teaching Bridge to Terabithia: Building Bridges
- Online Research and Keyword Search Techniques: Key(word)s to Your Heart: Google Search Tips
- Teaching Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: T.J.'s Downward Spiral
- Teaching The View from Saturday: Getting To Know a Turtle (Almost)
- Teaching The Westing Game: A Puzzle Mystery: Share the Wealth: Pair with an Heir
- Teaching Hatchet: What's The Big Deal in Hatchet?: Determining the Climax
- Teaching Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry: The Rules of Flag Flying (You Read That Right)
- Teaching The View from Saturday: Too Many Narrators? What's Your Point of View?
- Teaching The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963: The Byron Files
- Teaching A Wrinkle in Time: The Quotable Mrs. Who
- Teaching Hatchet: All Alone and Nowhere to Go
- Teaching The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963: Getting' Graphic with The Wool Pooh