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Grade 7 ELA Worksheets

Free printable and interactive Grade 7 reading, writing and grammar worksheets aligned to Common Core. 136 worksheets so far. Every worksheet has an answer key and can be completed online with instant feedback.

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Grade 7 ELA topics & skills

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Reading: Literature

RL.7.1

Cite several pieces of evidence from the text to support what it says directly and what can be inferred from it.

RL.7.2

Find a theme or central idea, trace how it develops across the text, and write an objective summary.

RL.7.3

Analyze how story elements interact, such as how the setting shapes the characters or the plot.

RL.7.4

Work out figurative and connotative meanings, and how rhyme and repeated sounds like alliteration affect a poem or passage.

RL.7.5

Analyze how the form or structure of a drama or poem, such as a soliloquy or sonnet, adds to its meaning.

RL.7.6

Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators.

RL.7.7

Compare a text with its audio, film, stage, or multimedia version, analyzing effects like lighting, sound, color, or camera focus.

RL.7.9

Compare a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character with a historical account to see how fiction uses or changes history.

Reading: Informational Text

RI.7.1

Cite several pieces of evidence from an informational text to support what it says directly and what can be inferred.

RI.7.2

Find two or more central ideas, trace how they develop across the text, and write an objective summary.

RI.7.3

Analyze how people, events, and ideas in a text affect one another, such as how ideas shape people or events.

RI.7.4

Work out figurative, connotative, and technical meanings, and how a specific word choice affects meaning and tone.

RI.7.5

Analyze how an author organizes a text, including how the major sections build the whole and develop the ideas.

RI.7.6

Identify an author's point of view or purpose and how the author sets that position apart from others.

RI.7.7

Compare a text with its audio, video, or multimedia version, analyzing how each medium portrays the subject.

RI.7.8

Trace and evaluate an argument, judging whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence relevant and sufficient.

RI.7.9

Analyze how authors writing on the same topic shape it differently by stressing different evidence or reading the facts differently.

Writing

W.7.1

Write arguments that back up a claim, acknowledging other views, with logical reasoning and relevant evidence.

W.7.2

Write informative or explanatory texts that examine a topic and convey ideas by choosing, organizing, and analyzing relevant content.

W.7.3

Write a story from real or imagined events, setting up a situation and point of view, and using dialogue, description and transitions to move the plot along.