Grade 7 Homeroom

Welcome to Middle School Language Arts & Literature!

Trimester 1 

Language Arts

• Students across all grades will learn about different writing styles including personal narratives, creative writing, and research based writing. 
• Students will expand upon their grammar knowledge and apply their new understanding of grammar rules to their writings.
• Big projects: Students will begin research their science fair project topic, give an oral presentation personal narrative, and create a Halloween inspired creative writing story.

Literature

• Students will read different literary works to analyze fiction and nonfiction selections. These readings will culminate in the first novel study for each grade.
• Grade 6 will read A Long Walk to Water and then work on a collaborative project in the makerspace.
• Grade 7 will read Anne of Green Gables, analyzing how characters change because of Anne.
• Grade 8 will read The Outsiders and learn how to make connections through hexagonal thinking.

Language Arts

Students will write personal narratives including characters, setting, events in sequence, and plot using descriptive language.

Students will conduct short research segments to gather facts for research driven writing.

Students will demonstrate usage of grammar rules including proper punctuation to merge clauses into a single sentence. 

Literature

Students will read a variety of genres and develop strategies for understanding literary works.  Students will learn to analyze different aspects of the works, such as development of plot, characters, usage of literary devices, and the moral choices of characters. 

Students will hone the skills to make predictions and connections to the text.