Grade 7 Literature Reading Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: RL.7.10

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At this point in your students' academic career they really have not seen the likes of many masterpieces of literature. This is the point where that all changes. Students start to see dialogue that is outside their everyday language. They will either embrace this new style of reading or they will resist. As a teacher it is your job to help make this transition a little easier. You can do this by using worksheets like what you will see available for you below. These worksheets will help students dip their toe in the seventh grade literature scene.

Grade 7 Literature Reading Worksheets To Print:

First Love – The obvious question you have when reading this is not as easy as it first looks.

Reading a Novel – A complete outline to reading you first or two-hundredth novel.

Reading Literature – Use this organizer with plays or poems.

Answer Outlines – Break down those questions into easy to use pieces.

Reading Poetry – Great for use with any poem that you wish to analyze as a class.

Nothing Gold Can Stay – We ask you to explain the deep symbolism found in this poem.

The Raven – Explain whether or not the raven is a symbol or a literal creature. How do you know?

A Complaint – What images does the poet use to create this meaning?

Sonnet VII – This sonnet is essentially an extended simile. What is the simile?

The Doom from Planet 4 – How does the author develop and increase tension as this story begins?

The Time Traveler – How does the narrator know that he is traveling through time?

What's in a Name? – A Capulet story for you.

Ozymandias – A royal story for the ages to ponder and play with.

Love Poem – What is the speaker in the poem worried about? What does the speaker want?

Swimming – Who do you think is the main character of the story, George or Vin? Why do you think that?

What Literature Do Most 7th Graders Read?


Seventh grade is the most important grade of one's education life. Seventh graders must work hard to have a bright and successful future. During seventh-grade, students are advised to read more novels, stories and other literary work than ever before. Seventh graders must put in all their efforts to improve their reading skills, as it will help them in their middle school as well as in the high school years. Given below are some of the important literature works seventh-graders mostly read or are advised to read:


Short Stories


As short stories can be read in one sitting, seventh-graders love to read short stories and prefer them over any other piece of literature. Many short stories are loved by seventh graders but the most famous ones of them are: Seventh Grade by Gary Soto, Everyday Use by Alice Walker, Thy Fly by Katharine Mansfield, The Friday Everything Changed by Anne Hart, and a few others.


Novels


Novels are extremely important for one to improve his or her reading skills. Seventh graders are advised to read more and more novels because they boost up one's imagination, improve vocabulary, and introduce the reader to some new words. Some commonly read novels by seventh graders are: The American Fairy Trilogy by Sarah Zettel, The Hunger Games Series by Suzanne Collins, Little Women By Louise May Alcott, Legend Trilogy By Marie Lu, Frankenstein By Mary Shelley, Red Wall By Brian Jacques, Secret Life of Bees By Sue Monk Kidd, and many others.


Poetry


In seventh grade, students must start reading and acknowledging poetry work as it too plays a vital role in enhancing one's reading and writing skills. Some of the poetry works that are highly preferred by seventh graders are Daddy by Sylvia Plath, We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks, And The Ghost by Graham Foust, Still I Rise by Maya Angelou, Oranges by Gary Soto, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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