7th Grade ELA Resource Hub — Diagnostics, Reading, Grammar, Writing, Short Stories, Novel Studies, Seasonal

Diagnostics

Place students quickly, then teach precisely.

Reading

7th Grade Reading Diagnostic Test — Fiction & Nonfiction

Identify strengths and gaps across key comprehension skills to guide your first weeks.

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Grammar

7th Grade Grammar Diagnostic & Revising/Editing Test

Assessment with explanations to target sentence structure, agreement, and punctuation.

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Grammar + Writing

7th Grade Grammar and Writing Diagnostic

Quickly map writing and conventions to place students for skill-specific practice.

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Reading

High-interest nonfiction with rigorous comprehension.

Crossover

Peyton Manning — Reading, Grammar & Writing Packet (7th)

Biography-driven reading with grammar and short-response writing. Focus: college, career & leadership.

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Nonfiction

Bruce Lee Biography — Reading, Writing & Test Prep (Grades 6–8)

Intermediate nonfiction with evidence-based questions and writing tasks.

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Nonfiction

Taylor Swift — Nonfiction Article & Writing (7th)

Author study with short-answer prompts connecting evidence to central ideas and theme.

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Nonfiction

Vlad the Impaler — Power, Fear & Propaganda (RI.7)

Guide students to analyze central ideas, author’s craft, and propaganda techniques with text-evidence responses.

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Historical Fiction

Chains of Fear — Vlad the Impaler (RL.7)

Explore theme, tone, and symbolism with RL-aligned questions, short responses, and an essay with sentence stems.

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Skill Focus

Intermediate Cause & Effect — Set 1 (Grades 6–8)

Train students to trace causal chains and cite textual evidence.

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Skill Focus

Intermediate Author’s Purpose — Set 1 (Grades 6–8)

Practice identifying and justifying purpose with concise, high-interest passages.

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Overview

Intermediate Reading Mini Bundle 1

Compact set for core skills—use after diagnostics to build stamina and accuracy.

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Skill Focus

Main Idea & Supporting Details — Intermediate

Evidence-forward questions to distinguish main ideas from details and paraphrase support.

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Grammar

Revise-and-edit practice with engaging contexts.

Diagnostic

7th Grade Grammar Diagnostic & Revising/Editing Test

Pinpoint sentence skills, agreement, and commas with explanations for small-group lessons.

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Commas

7th Grade Comma Worksheets — Compound Sentence Practice (Set 1)

Scaffolded practice on FANBOYS and comma placement in compound sentences.

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Commas

Intermediate Comma Rules Worksheets — Grades 6–8 (Set 1)

Clear examples and cumulative practice for appositives, series, and introductory elements.

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Writing

Short responses, paragraph frames, and diagnostics tied to texts.

Diagnostic

7th Grade Grammar and Writing Diagnostic

Use results to group writers and plan targeted mini-lessons and exit tickets.

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Revise & Edit

7th Grade Grammar Diagnostic & Revising/Editing Test

Revise-and-edit passage plus item set to build sentence-level clarity and conventions.

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Prompt + Model

Peyton Manning — Reading, Grammar & Writing Packet (7th)

Use biography details as mentor text for narrative or informational paragraphs with scaffolds.

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Responses

Taylor Swift — Nonfiction Article & Writing (7th)

Evidence-based short responses that guide students from citation to organized paragraphs.

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Responses

Bruce Lee Biography — Reading, Writing & Test Prep (Grades 6–8)

Short-response and extended prompts aligned to an engaging intermediate biography text set.

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Short Stories

High-interest shorts for quick wins in theme and inference.

Stations

Halloween Revise & Edit Stations — Middle School

Rotations that pair narrative snippets with bite-size revise/edit tasks—perfect for spooky short-story week.

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Sensory Writing

Halloween Sensory Language Writing Stations — Show, Don’t Tell

Mini scenes that teach vivid detail and precise verbs—ideal companions to spooky short reads.

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Novel Studies

Cohesive literature units with reading, grammar, and writing tie-ins.

Scaffolded Notes

A Christmas Carol — Cloze Notes (Stave 1 & 2)

Guided note sets that build vocabulary and comprehension while keeping students actively reading.

Stave 1 Stave 2

Pre-Reading

The Hobbit — WebQuest & Book Scavenger Hunt

Roman numeral chapter practice + guided WebQuest (Tolkien, WWI, trench warfare) to build context before Chapter 1.

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Writing Prompts

The Hobbit — Chapter Writing Prompts

Chapter-by-chapter prompts with sentence stems to scaffold clear, confident responses.

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Chapter Quizzes

The Hobbit — Chapter Quizzes

Quick comprehension checks for each chapter to build accountability and guide pacing.

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Seasonal

Low-prep, high-engagement activities aligned to holidays.

Freebie

Fall ELA Freebie — Halloween, Thanksgiving & Christmas

Try a mix of seasonal reading & writing tasks to sample the style and pacing before you buy.

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Halloween

Dead Words — Halloween Revise Writing Activity (Grades 6–8)

Quick revise-and-edit tasks that replace weak words with vivid verbs and precise detail.

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Halloween

Halloween Themed Complex Sentence Worksheets & Activities

Sentence combining and subordinating conjunctions with a spooky twist.

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Halloween

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow — Halloween Mini-Unit (Grades 6–8)

Compact unit with vocabulary, comprehension, and writing aligned to Irving’s classic.

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Halloween

Halloween Revise & Edit Stations — Middle School

Rotations that pair narrative snippets with bite-size revise/edit tasks.

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Halloween

Halloween Sensory Language Writing Stations — Show, Don’t Tell

Mini scenes that teach vivid detail and precise verbs—ideal companions to spooky reads.

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Halloween

Witch Hat — Middle School Sentence Structure Activity & Lesson Plans

Hands-on practice with simple, compound, and complex sentences.

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Halloween

Pumpkin Simple, Compound & Complex — Grammar Activity (Grades 5–8)

Sorting and sentence-building to cement structure with a seasonal twist.

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Parts of Speech Worksheets — Bundle (Grades 6–8)

Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns & prepositions with festive practice.

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Thanksgiving

The Pilgrims and the Mayflower — Nonfiction (Middle School)

Short nonfiction with comprehension practice—ideal for November bell-ringers.

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Compound Sentence Worksheets (Grades 6–8)

FANBOYS practice with themed passages and quick checks.

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Complex Sentence Cut & Paste — Hands-On ELA (Grades 6–8)

Interactive subordination practice with a seasonal theme.

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Christmas

A Christmas Carol — Cloze Notes (Stave 2)

40+ pages, 189 answers—vocabulary, comprehension, and active reading tasks.

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Christmas

A Christmas Carol — Close Notes (Stave 1)

Scaffolded notes that keep students engaged and accountable while reading Dickens.

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Christmas

Compound Sentences & Reading — Christmas Hot Cocoa (Cut & Paste)

Hands-on sentence combining plus themed reading comprehension.

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Christmas

Christmas Simple, Compound & Complex — Sentence Creation (Grades 6–8)

Seasonal grammar mini-lesson with modeling and practice.

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Christmas

Christmas Sentence Types — Worksheet (Middle School ELA)

Quick checks and guided practice on declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory.

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