Unit Two: Making Informed Decisions
It is easier to bend a boy than mend a man.
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OVERVIEW: The English Language Arts curriculum for 7th grade is in its fourth year. It was revised to align with the new rigors and demands of the spring PARCC assessments. Second quarter we will be finishing the novel The Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt. Afterward, we will be reading and analyzing A Christmas Carol which will align with our Core 7-2 field trip to Denver. We will finish the quarter by starting an abridged and adapted version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Vocabulary from the text will be studied, and students will have daily comprehension activities to go with the text. As with our first quarter novel, we will analyze the text for various types of figurative language and literary devices. Related projects will be assigned. Independent reading will continue with our reading log. Formal argument writing assignments utilizing the MLA format in the form of PARCC aligned constructed responses will be practiced at least once a week.
District 51 7th Grade ELA Unit Two Plan and Resources:
https://connect.d51schools.org/staff/instructional/resources/SitePages/ELA/7th%20Grade%20ELA%20Pacing%20guide.aspx
Wednesday Wars Author's Website: http://www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt/
https://connect.d51schools.org/staff/instructional/resources/SitePages/ELA/7th%20Grade%20ELA%20Pacing%20guide.aspx
Wednesday Wars Author's Website: http://www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt/
Please go to the new Schoology grading system through the D51 Classlink for ELA updates and information!