Calendar - Assignments, Homework, Projects:
7th Grade English-Language Arts Syllabus:
Daily Routine:
Agenda Written and Signed
Poem of the Day
Good News
Mentor Sentence for Grammar and Usage Instruction
Independent Reading Homework - 20 Minutes a Day
Writing Journal
Literature Lesson
Agenda Written and Signed
Poem of the Day
Good News
Mentor Sentence for Grammar and Usage Instruction
Independent Reading Homework - 20 Minutes a Day
Writing Journal
Literature Lesson
7th Grade Reading Goal: 24 Books a Year
First Trimester:
"Ten Things About Me" Poem
Short Story: "Seventh Grade"
Writing a Free Verse "First" Poem
Multiple Intelligences Essay
Informational Text Analytic Writing - RACER and IRRROC format
Book Report: Power-Point Presentation of the Elements of Fiction
Short Story: "Thank You, Ma'am"
Argument Writing - Fact, Judgement and Policy
Short Story: "Rikki Tikki Tavi"
Library Visit and Reading Conference Twice a Month
Second Trimester:
Analyze Lyric Poetry
Short Story: "Zebra"
Informational Text Analytic Writing
Short Story: "Encounter with Martin Luther King, Jr."
Novel Study: "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy:
Literary Analysis
Compare Historical Fiction to actual accounts from the place and time
Write a Persuasive Letter
Book Report: Breaking News Book Report
Short Story: "Amigo Brothers"
Library Visit and Reading Conference Twice a Month
Third Trimester:
Short Story: "Dark They Were and Golden-Eyed"
Informational Text Analytic Writing
Legends, Myths & Fables:
Beowulf
Young Arthur
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The Legend of Sleeping Bear Dunes
Prometheus
Orpheus & Eurydice
Icarus & Daedalus
Brer Possum's Dilemma
Waters of Gold
Two Ways to Count to Ten
The Race Between Toad and Donkey
About the Author Research Project
Book Report: Movie Poster & Trailer Book Report
Library Visit and Reading Conference Twice a Month