Snapshot 6.5. Making Inferences Using a Graphic Organizer
Integrated ELA/Literacy and Science Lesson in Grade Seven (cont.)CA CCSS for ELA/Literacy: RST.6–8.1, RI.7.1, SL.7.1, RST.6–8.4
CA ELD Standards: ELD.PI.7.3, 6b, 11a, 12a; ELD.PII.6
Related CA Next Generation Science Standards:
MS-PS1-2 Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to
determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS1.A Structure and Properties of Matter
PS1.B Chemical Reactions
Science and Engineering Practices
Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating InformationSources
Adapted from
Kosanovich, Marcia L., and Debra H. Miller. 2010. “Scenario E.” Eight Scenarios Illustrating the Adolescent Literacy
Walk-Through for Principals, 16–18. Portsmouth, NH: RMC Research Corporation, Center on Instruction.
Shakhashiri, Bassam Z. 1985. “Chemical Behavior of Gasses.” Chemical Demonstrations: A Handbook for Teachers of
Chemistry, Vol. 2, 114–120. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.Additional Information- Sensee, Fred. 2001. “Acid-Base Indicators.” General Chemistry Online! http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/
senese/101/acidbase/indicators.shtml.
Language Development
As noted in the overview of this chapter, academic language
spans all areas of ELA and ELD: reading, writing, speaking,
and listening. Knowledge of academic language is crucial
for understanding written texts, lectures, and multimedia
presentations as well as well as producing written texts and
oral presentations. Thus, elements of academic language
are addressed in the sections on meaning making, effective
expression, and content knowledge for each grade. Students
in grade seven are expected to read and write more complex
literary and informational texts, expanding their content-area
knowledge and actively developing their academic vocabulary
in disciplines such as history, science, and other subjects. They
make meaning of words and phrases that may be similar but
hold different meanings depending upon the academic context.
The Language standards for vocabulary in grade seven echo the standards introduced in grade six.
The application of the standards to increasingly complex text advances students vocabulary knowledge
and use.
Snapshot 6.6 provides a brief glimpse of designated ELD instruction related to science in which the
teacher and students examine the language of a text about earthquakes.
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