English Language Arts Curriculum

7th Grade

Course Purpose:

Students will find their own voice in the world, through critical thinking, close reading analysis, comparing, contrasting and presenting through various media sources and fiction/non-fiction text.

Outcome #

Outcome

LA.7.1

Students will write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well structured event sequences.

LA.7.2

Students will defend inferences in nonfiction text by interpreting textual evidence.

LA.7.3

Students will use grade level books or articles in order to analyze and argue how point of view is conveyed.

LA.7.4

Students will write informative texts to convey information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

LA.7.5

Students will produce an argumentative essay to support their evaluation of theme within a fictional text.

LA.7.6

Students will analyze the meaning of words and phrases, and how the structure of a drama or poem contributes to its meaning.

LA.7.7

Students will evaluate differing claims in order to create a media presentation.

LA.7.8

Students will write an informative/explanatory piece expressing the main idea and defining key words and phrases found in literary nonfiction.

LA.7.9

Students will produce a real or imagined narrative by analyzing the text structure of previously read texts.

LA.7.10

Students will determine the main idea of informational texts by analyzing text evidence and structure.

LA.7.11

Students will compare and contrast the point of view in texts of different genres, and their approaches to similar themes and topics.