Prairie River Academy

English Language Arts

Grade 7Unit 1Lesson 3

Close reading routines

Notice Repetition and Change

Today: Explain how a repeated element changes across a passage.

A

Begin

Warm-up

  1. 1.What repeats?

  2. 2.Name one changed condition.

B

Learn

Notice Repetition and Change

Repetition is rarely static. When a repeated word or image appears in a new context, its meaning can accumulate or reverse.

List each occurrence, record its surrounding language, and describe what changes from first to last.

Study the model

First bell = warning; final bell = release

C

Read

Original PRA passage

At dawn the bell called workers through the gate. At noon it cut their meal short. After the storm broke the gate, the loose bell rang all night in the wind.
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Notice Repetition and Change

Grade 7Practice and apply
D

Practice

Read, think, and respond

  1. 1.What controls the bell at first? ELA-7-01-03-Q1

  2. 2.What controls it at the end? ELA-7-01-03-Q2

  3. 3.How does its meaning change? ELA-7-01-03-Q3

  4. 4.Which phrase marks the turning point? ELA-7-01-03-Q4

E

Apply

Use the lesson

Write a paragraph tracing the bell's changing meaning.

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