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Example ELA 7th Grade Course
Unit 1: Belonging & Identity — The Final Empire
Unit 1: Belonging & Identity — The Final Empire
California CCSS: Focus Standards
RL.7.1
RL.7.6
W.7.9
RL.7.3
W.7.1
W.7.4
W.7.5
SL.7.1
SL.7.1a
SL.7.1b
SL.7.4
SL.7.5
SL.7.6
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ELD Standards
ELD.PI.7.6a
ELD.PI.7.1
ELD.PI.7.12a
ELD.PI.7.10a
ELD.PII.7.6
ELD.PI.7.5
ELD.PI.7.9
ELD.PI.7.12b
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Lessons
Overview
Lessons
Assessments
Additional Resources
All Lessons
(45 total)
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Lesson 1: Ash Falls and Hope Survives — Entering the Final Empire
Spark
50 min
Lesson 2: Vin in the Crews — Survival as the Only Rule
Reading
50 min
Lesson 3: Kelsier's Arrival — The Survivor of Hathsin
Reading
50 min
Lesson 4: Vin's First Burn — Discovering Allomancy
Reading
50 min
Lesson 5: Skaa vs. Nobility — The World Built on Lies
Reading
50 min
Lesson 6: The Crew's Plan — Who Has the Right to Rebel?
Reading
50 min
Lesson 7: Analytical Paragraph — Vin's Survival Instincts
Writing
50 min
Lesson 8: Argumentative Writing — Is Revolution Justified?
Writing
50 min
Lesson 9: Personal Narrative — A Time I Chose to Trust
Writing
50 min
Lesson 10: Writing Workshop — Refining the Arc's Argument
Writing
50 min
Lesson 11: Socratic Seminar — Can Trust Exist Under a Tyranny?
Academic discussion
50 min
Lesson 12: Mid-Unit Assessment — Kelsier as Mentor and Symbol
Reading
50 min
Lesson 13: Independent Reading and Annotation
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 14: Revision Day — Strengthening Evidence
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 15: Vocabulary Workshop — Allomantic Terminology
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 16: Infiltrating the Nobility — Identity as Performance
Spark
50 min
Lesson 17: Lady Valette's First Ball — Reading the Room
Reading
50 min
Lesson 18: Elend Venture and the Philosophers — Who Gets to Read?
Reading
50 min
Lesson 19: Sazed's Religions — A Keeper in the Darkness
Reading
50 min
Lesson 20: The Steel Ministry and the Inquisitors — Faith as Control
Reading
50 min
Lesson 21: Kelsier's Legend — The Survivor as Political Symbol
Reading
50 min
Lesson 22: Argumentative Draft — Is Kelsier Using the Skaa or Saving Them?
Writing
50 min
Lesson 23: Counterargument — What the Lord Ruler Would Say
Writing
50 min
Lesson 24: Revising for Evidence — Precision and Explanation
Writing
50 min
Lesson 25: Writing Workshop — Voice and Audience
Writing
50 min
Lesson 26: Fishbowl Discussion — Revolution or Reform?
Academic discussion
50 min
Lesson 27: Pre-Presentation Preparation — The Heist as Metaphor
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 28: Group Presentations — The Heist as Metaphor for Revolution
Presentation
50 min
Lesson 29: The Mists and Vin's Power — What Preservation Left Behind
Reading
50 min
Lesson 30: Kelsier's Death — What a Symbol Costs
Reading
50 min
Lesson 31: "I'm Not Alone" — Found Family as Foundation
Spark
50 min
Lesson 32: The Lord Ruler's Secret — Rashek and the Well
Reading
50 min
Lesson 33: Vin vs. the Inquisitor — Power Without Identity
Reading
50 min
Lesson 34: The Skaa Uprising — When the People Move
Reading
50 min
Lesson 35: Elend Ventures Into the War — Idealism Under Pressure
Reading
50 min
Lesson 36: Vin Holds Preservation — The Weight of a God's Power
Reading
50 min
Lesson 37: The Lord Ruler Falls — What Comes After a Thousand Years
Reading
50 min
Lesson 38: Analytical Essay Draft — Identity and Belonging in The Final Empire
Writing
50 min
Lesson 39: Weaving Evidence — Integrating Quotation and Analysis
Writing
50 min
Lesson 40: Revising for Argument Clarity — Claim to Evidence to Warrant
Writing
50 min
Lesson 41: Final Revision and Polish — Preparing for Assessment
Writing
50 min
Lesson 42: Philosophical Chairs — Vin's Choice at the Well
Academic discussion
50 min
Lesson 43: Final Presentation Preparation — Vin's Journey as Found-Family Story
Flex day
50 min
Lesson 44: End Unit Assessment — Identity, Belonging, and Revolution in The Final Empire
Reading
50 min
Lesson 45: Final Presentations — Vin's Journey as Found-Family Story
Presentation
50 min