Radnor High School



5087620-384175-59690-383540Radnor Township School DistrictCourse OverviewLanguage Arts – Grade 7General InformationPrerequisite: Student has met readiness levelLength: Full YearFormat: Meets DailyGrade: 7Course Description Grade 7 Language Arts allows students to pursue rigorous coursework that is aligned with Pennsylvania Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Students are admitted to this course based on criteria that consider past performance and demonstrated readiness. Students in this course will develop grade-level appropriate skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening, and research. Rigorous in and out of class reading, challenging class discussions and a variety of writing experiences will be required. Summer assignments will also be required.Course Objectives:Students will read, understand, and respond to informational text and works of literature– with an emphasis on comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and making connections among ideas and between texts with a focus on textual evidence.Students will develop the skills of informational, argumentative, and narrative writing.Students will practice communication skills that enable critical listening and effective expression of ideas, including collaborative discussion, inquiry, and presentation.Students will develop and refine vocabulary skills to improve reading, writing, speaking, and listening.Students will practice grammatical conventions and apply them consistently as they write across all content areas.Students will develop research skills including inquiry-based processes in seeking knowledge, using appropriate and various media sources, and producing organized products that support the purpose, draw reasonable conclusions, and cites sources.For more detailed information on course objectives, please refer to Pennsylvania’s Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (Draft): Assessments:WLB Response to Literature: Students will analyze an unfamiliar fiction excerpt in a multi-paragraph, timed essay. This common assessment will follow Method and Meaning in Fiction and Poetry.Nonfiction Comparison: Students will compare two unfamiliar nonfiction excerpts in a multi-paragraph, timed essay. This common assessment will follow Method and Meaning in Nonfiction.WLB Narrative: Students will write an original personal narrative in an on-demand setting. This common assessment will follow The Art of Narrative WritingWLB Persuasive: Students will write to persuade in a multi-paragraph, timed essay. This common assessment will follow Crafting an Argument.Grading PolicyGrades are determined by dividing the total points earned by the total points possible. The total points for each quarter will come from a combination of class work and homework assignments focused on reading, writing, vocabulary, grammar, and speaking and listening.Major Units of Study:Units of study are organized in a manner that encourages students to make connections across complex skills, strategies and content.Method and Meaning in Fiction and PoetryFact and FictionBecause I Said So: Crafting an ArgumentMethod and Meaning in NonfictionTell Me a Story: The Art of Narrative WritingSound and Sense in Drama and PoetryThe following units are year-long and run concurrently with core units.Ongoing Unit: GrammarOngoing Unit: VocabularyOngoing Unit: Self-Selected ReadingMaterials & TextsRequired Texts and Resources:The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (common text)The Call of the Wild by Jack London (common text)Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonGlencoe Literature Anthology Grade 7Grammar for Middle School: A Sentence- Composing Approach by Don and Jenny KilgallonGrammar for Writing: Grade 7 (for Co-taught)Wordly Wise Book 7Criterion Online Writing Evaluation, a service that evaluates students’ writing skillsPow-word Up! A pre-AP/SAT vocabulary program implemented school-wideSupplemental Texts and Resources (use may vary):Selected materials from Laying the Foundation, an organization that provides teacher resourcesLiterature circle and individualized reading selections based on student interest and reading level.Summer AssignmentStudents in 7th Grade are expected to read two books of their choice over the summer. ................
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