Grade 7 English Language Arts Unit 2 | Teacher Guide and Answers

Grade 7 English Language Arts Unit 2 | Teacher Guide and Answers

Teach one lesson and eight questions each day. These explanations and exercises are original Academy material; no outside text is reproduced. Week 2 of the Academy plan addresses sentence conventions. State standards alignment remains to be verified.

Use the Day 5 questions independently; award one point per response, accepting equivalent correct revisions. A suggested 6/8 indicates readiness to continue after targeted review, not a validated proficiency score. For the final item, require an independent clause and a clearly identified dependent clause; review punctuation and meaning.

Day 1: Clauses and complete sentences

1. The careful reader.
2. checked the source.
3. Dependent clause.
4. Independent clause.
5. Phrase.
6. “When the sun appeared.”
7. Answers vary: Although the soil was dry, the roots survived.
8. It does not express a complete thought on its own.

Day 2: Combining ideas and punctuation

1. Two.
2. The rain stopped, and the children walked outside. A period or semicolon also works.
3. The route was short, but it was steep.
4. The library opened; students entered.
5. No, both verbs share the same subject.
6. Run-on sentence.
7. The garden grew, but it needed water. Other correct repairs are acceptable.
8. A compound sentence has at least two independent clauses; a compound predicate has one subject and two or more verbs.

Day 3: Complex sentences and meaning

1. When the lesson ended.
2. we reviewed.
3. because
4. although
5. if
6. Although it rained, we continued.
7. We wore boots because the trail was muddy.
8. It is complete when the dependent clause is joined to an independent clause.

Day 4: Precision, agreement and revision

1. basket
2. is
3. have
4. “She” could refer to either Ana or Bea.
5. When Ana called Bea, Ana laughed.
6. We are ready now.
7. The box of pencils is on the desk.
8. Concise writing must still convey the intended information accurately.

Day 5: Independent editing and writing assessment

1. Because it was late.
2. The book fell, and I picked it up. Other correct repairs are acceptable.
3. If the answer is unclear, ask a question.
4. is
5. Phrase.
6. Although the path was steep, we kept walking.
7. Malik greeted Ezra, and Malik smiled.
8. Answers vary; check for one dependent clause and one independent clause, with appropriate punctuation.

Reteaching and extension

For fragments, identify the subject and verb, then ask whether the thought is complete. For comma splices, locate each independent clause and model two correct ways to join them. Ask an advanced learner to revise a paragraph for sentence variety while preserving its original claims and evidence.