Language Arts 7 A

Description

Through analysis of written, spoken, and multimedia texts, students will become more critical consumers of information and various forms of media. They will synthesize and organize ideas to prepare structured narrative, persuasive, and expository essays. A review of basic English mechanics is included in many of the writing lessons, along with a discussion of levels of formality required for different purposes and audiences. Students will work in many modalities, including audiovisual presentations, videos, interactive activities, projects, and discussions. they will study the English language closely—both its history and evolution, and ways it can be used to convey meaning  in poetry, drama, and humorous or satirical texts.   

Required Materials: 

• Poetry Speaks Who I Am by Elise Paschen – ISBN-10: 1402210744, ISBN-13: 978-1402210747 

• Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George; ISBN-10: 0064400581, ISBN-13: 978-0064400589 
• The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton; ISBN-10: 014240733X, ISBN-13: 978-0142407332 
• Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls; ISBN-10: 0440412676; ISBN-13: 978-0440412670 
• Nothing But the Truth, Isham, by Frederic Stewart; (found on GP) 
• The Cay by Theodore Taylor; ISBN-10: 0440416639; ISBN-13: 978-0440416630 

• A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens; (found on GP)  
• A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck; ISBN-10: 0679853065; ISBN-13: 978-0679853060