Saskatchewan · Grade 7
English Language Arts, Grade 7
Saskatchewan’s Grade 7 English course, from Comprehend and Respond to Assess and Reflect.
- Units
- 3
- Lessons
- 3
- Skills
- 23
- Provincial exam
- Yes
- Official curriculum
- Saskatchewan Ministry of Education
Unit by unit
Every skill in the course, with its official code.
Unit 1 · 10 skills
Comprehend and Respond
Responding Critically to Complex Texts
Responding to think-for-yourself texts
I can respond to an identity text about thinking for myself, with evidence.
Official code: CR7.1
Responding to giving-our-best texts
I can respond to a text about participating and giving my best, with evidence.
Official code: CR7.1
Responding to doing-our-part texts
I can respond to a text about doing my part for the planet, with a judgement backed by evidence.
Official code: CR7.1
Using questioning and evidence strategies
I can formulate questions, spot structure, and make evidence-based judgements about a text.
Official code: CR7.2
Using cueing systems in complex texts
I can use several cueing systems to make meaning from a complex text.
Official code: CR7.3
Viewing multimedia texts with complex ideas
I can interpret a multimedia text with specific features and complex ideas.
Official code: CR7.4
Listening critically to analyze
I can listen critically and analyze the information and ideas I hear.
Official code: CR7.5
Reading with critical response to content and craft
I can respond thoughtfully and critically to both the content and the craft of a text.
Official code: CR7.6
Reading specialized information texts
I can read specialized information texts independently and understand them.
Official code: CR7.7
Reading with fluency and expression
I can read Grade 7 texts fluently and with expression.
Official code: CR7.8
The official wording · 10 outcomes
- CR7.1
- View, listen to, read, comprehend, and respond to a variety of texts that address identity (e.g., Thinking for Oneself)
- CR7.1
- read, comprehend, and respond to a variety of texts that address identity (e.g., Thinking for Oneself), social responsibility (e.g., Participating and Giving Our Personal Best)
- CR7.1
- texts that address identity (e.g., Thinking for Oneself), social responsibility (e.g., Participating and Giving Our Personal Best), and efficacy (e.g., Doing Our Part for Planet Earth).
- CR7.2
- Select and use appropriate strategies to construct meaning before (e.g., formulating questions), during (e.g., recognizing organizational structure), and after (e.g., making judgements supported by evidence) viewing, listening, and reading.
- CR7.3
- Use pragmatic (e.g., author’s purpose and point of view), textual (e.g., how author organized text), syntactic (e.g., main and subordinate ideas), semantic/lexical/morphological (e.g., figurative language and specific word meanings by their context, common affixes and allusions), graphophonic (e.g., word patterns), and other cues (e.g., non-verbal cues, headings, charts and diagrams) to construct and confirm meaning.
- CR7.4
- View and demonstrate comprehension and interpretation of visual and multimedia texts with specific features (e.g., circle graphs) and complex ideas including the visual components of media such as magazines, newspapers, websites, reference books, graphic novels, broadcast media, videos, and promotional materials.
- CR7.5
- Listen critically to understand and analyze oral information and ideas from a wide range of texts (e.g., complex instructions, oral explanations and reports, opinions or viewpoints, messages presented in the media).
- CR7.6
- Read and demonstrate comprehension and interpretation (including thoughtful and critical response to content and craft) of grade-appropriate texts including traditional and contemporary prose fiction, poetry, and plays from First Nations, Métis, and other cultures.
- CR7.7
- Read independently and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of specialized information texts including non-fiction books, grade-level instructional materials, articles, reports, reference materials, instructions, advertising and promotional materials, and websites.
- CR7.8
- Read Grade 7 appropriate texts to increase fluency (130-170 wcpm orally; 170-220 silently) and expression.
Key ideas
Identity texts in Grade 7 explore 'Thinking for Oneself' — forming your own views rather than just following the crowd.
We respond to increasingly complex texts with judgements supported by evidence.
Social-responsibility texts about 'Giving Our Personal Best' explore commitment and contributing to others.
A critical response weighs the ideas and supports a judgement with evidence.
Efficacy texts about 'Doing Our Part for Planet Earth' explore how individual action adds up to real change.
Watch out for
- Summarizing the plot instead of responding to the identity theme.
- Making a judgement with no evidence.
- Judging effort without evidence from the text.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 2 · 11 skills
Compose and Create
Creating Texts and an Inquiry Project
Creating exploring-thoughts texts
I can create a text that explores my thoughts, feelings, and ideas.
Official code: CC7.1
Creating taking-action texts
I can create a text that explores taking action on an issue.
Official code: CC7.1
Creating building-a-better-world texts
I can create a text that shows how we can build a better world.
Official code: CC7.1
Creating and presenting an inquiry project
I can carry out and present a guided inquiry project.
Official code: CC7.2
Using strategies to communicate meaning
I can plan for format, use transitions, and revise to cut repetition.
Official code: CC7.3
Using cues to communicate meaning
I can use respectful language, organization, and grammar to communicate meaning.
Official code: CC7.4
Creating multimedia representations
I can create a multimedia representation enhanced with helpful graphics.
Official code: CC7.5
Using oral language to interact purposefully
I can interact purposefully in groups to sustain dialogue and build consensus.
Official code: CC7.6
Using oral language to express complex ideas
I can express ideas of some complexity effectively in a formal oral situation.
Official code: CC7.7
Writing for varied purposes
I can write for varied purposes — to describe, narrate, explain, and persuade.
Official code: CC7.8
Experimenting with forms and techniques
I can experiment with a new form and a technique like figurative language.
Official code: CC7.9
The official wording · 11 outcomes
- CC7.1
- Create various visual, oral, written, and multimedia (including digital) texts that explore identity (e.g., Exploring Thoughts, Feelings, and Ideas)
- CC7.1
- Create various visual, oral, written, and multimedia (including digital) texts that explore identity (e.g., Exploring Thoughts, Feelings, and Ideas), social responsibility (e.g., Taking Action)
- CC7.1
- explore identity (e.g., Exploring Thoughts, Feelings, and Ideas), social responsibility (e.g., Taking Action), and efficacy (e.g., Building a Better World).
- CC7.2
- Create and present a teacher-guided inquiry project related to a topic, theme, or issue studied in English language arts.
- CC7.3
- Select and use the appropriate strategies to communicate meaning before (e.g., planning and organizing ideas to fit format), during (e.g. using transition words), and after (e.g., revising to eliminate unnecessary repetition) speaking, writing, and other representing activities.
- CC7.4
- Use pragmatic (e.g., use language that demonstrates respect for others), textual (e.g., use common organizational patterns within texts), syntactical (e.g., ensure agreement of subjects, verbs and pronouns), semantic/lexical/morphological (e.g., avoid overused and misused words), graphophonic (e.g., enunciate clearly), and other cues (e.g., use appropriate gestures and facial expression) to construct and to communicate meaning.
- CC7.5
- Create and present a variety of representations including visual and multimedia presentations such as displays, illustrations, and videos, and enhance communication with appropriate graphic organizers, charts, circle graphs, timelines, maps, and sound effects.
- CC7.6
- Useorallanguageto interactpurposefullyand appropriatelywithothers inpairs,smallgroups,and largegroupsituations(e.g., contributingtosustaining dialogue,expressing supportforothersandtheir viewpoints,discussingand analyzingideasandopinions, completingavarietyoftasks, andcontributingtogroup consensusbuilding).
- CC7.7
- Useorallanguageto expresseffectivelyinformation andideasofsomecomplexityin formalandinformalsituations (e.g.,aproceduraldescription basedonpersonalexperience, ademonstration,apersuasive speech,adramatization).
- CC7.8
- Write to describe a person; to narrate an imaginary incident or story; to explain and inform in a news story, a factual account, and a business letter; to persuade in a letter and in interpretation of a text.
- CC7.9
- Experiment with a variety of text forms (e.g., meeting, presentation to adults, descriptive poem, opinion piece, a review, front page of a newspaper, short script) and techniques (e.g., dialogue, figurative language).
Key ideas
Identity texts about 'Exploring Thoughts, Feelings, and Ideas' let us express our inner world.
We can create in visual, oral, written, or digital forms, choosing the one that fits our message.
Social-responsibility texts about 'Taking Action' explore how we respond to issues that matter.
Created texts organize ideas clearly so an audience follows the call to act.
Efficacy texts about 'Building a Better World' explore how our actions can improve things for everyone.
Watch out for
- Creating a piece with no genuine personal thought.
- Ignoring how the form affects the message.
- Naming an issue but never proposing action.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Unit 3 · 2 skills
Assess and Reflect
Assess and Reflect on Language Abilities
Setting Goals and Appraising Work
Setting short- and long-term goals
I can set short-term and long-term goals and work to achieve them.
Official code: AR7.1
Appraising work for clarity and correctness
I can appraise work for both clarity and correctness.
Official code: AR7.2
The official wording · 2 outcomes
- AR7.1
- Set and achieve short-term and long-term goals to improve viewing, listening, reading, representing, speaking, and writing strategies.
- AR7.2
- Appraise own and others’ work for clarity and correctness.
Key ideas
Short-term goals are for the next few days or weeks; long-term goals stretch across the term or year.
Both should target real improvements in your strategies, with a plan to achieve them.
Clarity is whether the message is easy to follow; correctness is whether spelling, grammar, and facts are right.
A good appraisal comments on both, with specific, helpful feedback.
Watch out for
- Setting only vague goals with no timeframe.
- Setting a goal and never checking whether you achieved it.
- Checking correctness but never clarity, or the reverse.
Every skill’s key ideas, worked examples and checks are in MapleMind.Practise this unit
Plan the term
Pick your term and the days you study. Each unit gets its share of the weeks and comes back a week later for a review. The last two weeks go over the whole course.
The official curriculum
This page follows Saskatchewan’s own curriculum for English Language Arts, Grade 7.
Textbooks
The textbooks Saskatchewan Ministry of Education lists for English Language Arts, Grade 7:
- Crossroads 7
- Nelson Language and Writing 7
- Nelson Literacy 7
- Pearson Literacy in Action 7
- ResourceLines 7/8
- SightLines 7
- Turtle Island Voices Grade 7
From core resources, read October 27, 2026. curriculum.gov.sk.ca
Strands
| Strand | Outcomes | Taught in |
|---|---|---|
| CRComprehend and Respond | Outcomes 8 | Taught in Unit 1 |
| CCCompose and Create | Outcomes 9 | Taught in Unit 2 |
| ARAssess and Reflect on Language Abilities | Outcomes 2 | Taught in Unit 3Assess and Reflect |
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Questions about English Language Arts, Grade 7
What is English Language Arts, Grade 7?
Saskatchewan’s Grade 7 English course: 3 units and 23 skills, from Comprehend and Respond to Assess and Reflect.
What units are in English Language Arts, Grade 7?
1. Comprehend and Respond, 2. Compose and Create and 3. Assess and Reflect.
Is there a provincial exam for English Language Arts, Grade 7?
Yes. The Saskatchewan Student Assessment: Grade 7 English Language Arts (SSA) is written in Saskatchewan. Next sitting: May 3, 2027.
What textbook does English Language Arts, Grade 7 use?
The textbooks Saskatchewan Ministry of Education lists for English Language Arts, Grade 7: Crossroads 7, Nelson Language and Writing 7, Nelson Literacy 7, Pearson Literacy in Action 7, ResourceLines 7/8, SightLines 7 and Turtle Island Voices Grade 7.
What comes after English Language Arts, Grade 7?
English Language Arts, Grade 8.
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