Grade 7 Spring — Analytical Essay, Syntactic Variety, and the Craft of Sentence Rhythm
English · RH
G7
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Apply the 3-pass close reading routine (Pass 1 SAY / Pass 2 DO / Pass 3 MEAN) (CCSS RL.7.1; RL.7.4)
Conduct a disciplined 3-pass close reading of a literary or informational passage. Pass 1 SAY: summarize literal content. Pass 2 DO: annotate diction, syntax, imagery, structure, tone using 5-color toolkit. Pass 3 MEAN: formulate an interpretive claim grounded in Passes 1 and 2. The discipline is the passes.
Mastery threshold
85%
Min instances
10
Typical minutes
50
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Successors
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- Construct a CEA analytical paragraph (Claim / Evidence / Analysis) (CCSS W.7.1.a-b; W.7.9.a)
Common misconceptions
- Skips Pass 1 — jumps to interpretation without securing literal comprehension.
- Treats Pass 2 as decoration (highlighting without naming the move) rather than as evidence-gathering.