7 th Grade English Syllabus - Barrington 220 School District



7 th Grade English Syllabus

2011-2012

Anne Schmitt Team 7A

Kim Barlow Team 7B

Tracy Kalas Team 7C

 Course Overview:

The purpose of this course is to motivate and encourage students to be competent, confident, and enthusiastic readers, writers, listeners and speakers, and to provide them with the skills to do so. Language skills are essential tools because they serve as the necessary basis for further learning and career development, and enable the human spirit to be enriched. Mastery of language skills will ensure that the students enter the worlds of higher education and the workplace armed with the tools they need to be literate, confident communicators.

• Reading:

Short stories, realistic fiction, non-fiction, science fiction, historical fiction, biographies, classics, folk tales, poetry, drama and independent choices

• Writing:

Personal narrative, persuasive, expository, poetry, literature responses and reflections

• Grammar:

Parts of speech, sentence formation, grammar skills will be incorporated into our everyday writing skills

• Vocabulary:

Greek and Latin roots and strategies applied to vocabulary within context

• Daily activities:

Writing, reading, listening, presenting, and discussing

• Technology:

Used for presentations, writing, research, and to enhance and facilitate everyday work

Novels we will read this year:

• Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie

• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

• The Giver, Gathering Blue, Messanger

Textbooks we will use this year:

• Language Network by McDougal

• Reality Central by Pearson

• Literature by Pearson

Classroom Expectations: 

• Students will keep an English section in their 3 ring binders.

• Students will maintain a Literature Log for responding to literature, recording comprehension strategies, copying beautifully written language and favorite passages from core lit, and tracking their independent reading.

• Students are expected to be reading an independent book EVERY night for at least 20-30 minutes.

• Students are expected to record assignments in their assignment notebooks.

• Students are expected to pay attention and to be on task. They are strongly encouraged to be ACTIVE participants in the class by asking questions, sharing ideas and working cooperatively with peers.

• It is the responsibility of the students to inquire about the work missed upon return to school after being absent. Make-up work will be given.

• Students are expected to treat everyone in the classroom with respect. They may not interfere with their fellow classmates’ right to learn.

• Each day will begin with a daily warm-up. All students should be seated and working on their daily warm-up with all the necessary materials when the bell rings or else they will be marked tardy. 3 tardies will result in a major detention.  Additional tardies will result in more severe consequences. 

 

Grades:

Grades will be based on a combination of writing, reading, listening, speaking, grammar, and vocabulary activities. Evaluation is derived from class work, group work, homework, projects, tests/ quizzes, personal effort, and participation. Each assignment will be worth a certain amount of points. Many assignments will be graded according to a rubric that we will go over in class when the assignment is given. 

• 90-100% A (exceeds standards)

• 80-89% B  (meets standards)

• 70-79% C (basic understanding of standards)

• 60-69% D (limited understanding of standards)

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