Grade 7 English Language Arts 

 

                                                      

Course Description

Through the exploration of various literary genres, students will continue to strengthen their reading and writing skills in the 7th grade. Our classroom will be a forum where students will read, study, and discuss characters and events that both illustrate similarities, as well as sometimes great differences, from what they have experienced in literature and in real life in the past. Students will be encouraged to make connections, ask questions, and present opinions with evidence on a daily basis. In addition, students will receive writing instruction and assignments frequently throughout the year, with an emphasis on narrative and argumentative writing.

2022-2023

Grade 7 English Language Arts

 

Reading Unit 1: Whole class novel  

The Giver by Lois Lowry

September-

October

Reading Unit 2: Social Issues Book Partnerships

October-

November 

Writing Unit 1: Narrative Writing

November

Short stories: Adventures for Readers textbook

December

Reading Unit 3: Non-fiction Book Clubs  Mentor text: Chew on This by Eric Schlosser and Charles Wilson

January

Writing Unit 2: Argumentative Writing

February-

March

Poetry Unit

April

Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain House Field Trip Preparation

Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers by Jean Fritz

Novel excerpts from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain


SBAC Testing

May

Revision Unit

June

Homework

Upcoming Events and Assessments