Junior High • Grades 7–8 ELA
Explore Grade 7 and Grade 8 ELA Single-Class Lesson Plans, plus seven Grade 7-appropriate Wildlife Writing essay units cross-listed in the Writing category.
Grade 7 ELA
Six choices: a coordinated five-lesson bundle and five individual literary reading and theme lessons.
Featured Grade 7 Bundle
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 7 ELA
Teach a complete Grade 7 theme progression with five coordinated single-class lessons that move from identifying theme to supporting evidence, character actions, analytical writing, and real-life application.
Grade 7 • Literary Reading
Five ready-to-use lessons for theme, text evidence, literary analysis, and writing.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 7 ELA
Use “Choosing Courage on the Walk Home” to move students from literary reading and comprehension to identifying theme, selecting text evidence, and explaining the connection in one focused paragraph.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 7 ELA
Use “When Justice Matters” to help students identify a theme about fairness, choose relevant evidence, and explain how specific details support the message in an organized paragraph.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 7 ELA
Use “Standing Up at the Crosswalk” to connect character decisions and consequences to theme development, then have students explain how Lina’s actions communicate the message with text evidence.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 7 ELA
Use “The Last Repair at Milepost 12” to guide students from comprehension and theme identification to a well-developed theme analysis supported by two specific text details.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 7 ELA
Use “After the Storm Cleanup” to help students identify a theme about responsibility, track character choices, and explain how the message applies to real-life situations using specific evidence.
Grade 8 • ELA Core Skills
Five complete Grade 8 lessons for main idea, central idea, text structure, inference, and author’s purpose.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 8 ELA
Use “Keeping the Whole Picture in View” to help students identify the main idea and explain how supporting details clarify and reinforce the primary point, then move into explanatory analysis and a 10-question check for understanding.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 8 ELA
Use “Ordinary Choices, Lasting Impact” to analyze a central idea and explain how purposeful actions and supporting details develop meaning, with evidence-based writing and a 10-question check for understanding.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 8 ELA
Use “The Way the Story Is Told” to analyze how sequence, cause-and-effect, and problem–solution structures shape meaning in narrative nonfiction, followed by argumentative analysis and a 10-question check for understanding.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 8 ELA
Use “What the Shoreline Taught Me” to draw logical inferences from patterns, silence, unspoken expectations, and textual evidence, then complete reflective analysis and a 10-question check for understanding.
Single-Class Lesson Series | Grade 8 ELA
Use “Perseverance Beyond Familiar Ground” to analyze how details, pacing, and reflection communicate author’s purpose and a message about perseverance, with explanatory writing and assessment.
Grades 4–7 • Includes Grade 7
Seven nonfiction reading-to-writing units appropriate for Grade 7: five compare-and-contrast and two opinion-writing units. The same seven resources are listed under Writing.
Wildlife Writing Series | Compare & Contrast
Read two nonfiction wildlife passages, identify meaningful similarities and differences, organize text evidence, and develop a supported comparison essay.
Wildlife Writing Series | Compare & Contrast
Compare two closely related primates using nonfiction reading, structured organizers, text evidence, and step-by-step essay writing support.
Wildlife Writing Series | Compare & Contrast
Use paired wildlife passages and writing organizers to select evidence, explain similarities and differences, and revise a compare-and-contrast essay.
Wildlife Writing Series | Compare & Contrast
Study two African savanna animals through informational text, evidence-based comparison, prewriting, and organized explanatory writing.
Wildlife Writing Series | Compare & Contrast
Investigate two large reptiles, compare their habitats and adaptations, organize evidence, and write a clear compare-and-contrast essay.
Wildlife Writing Series | Opinion Writing
Read two informational wildlife passages, choose a defensible position, support it with text evidence, and draft and revise an opinion essay.
Wildlife Writing Series | Opinion Writing
Evaluate evidence from elephant and rhinoceros readings, form a claim, develop supporting reasons, and revise an evidence-based opinion essay.
