Welcome to 7 th Grade Language Arts Amberley Roio

Dear Parents and Guardians… Please take a paper from the center and write your child’s name and class period on the top line. Write a message of encouragement for your child and help him/ her set realistic goals for reading, writing, and public speaking. Your child will receive this letter in his/her writing portfolio.

Extra Help Study Hall #1– see me for a pass Available after school on Mondays and Tuesdays until 3:00 by appointment

Class Websites On Course Homework Unit information Absence forms Research links Enrichment opportunities Moodle Enrollment: Blue408 Discussion forums Online activities-- questionnaires, review quizzes

Absence Forms on OnCourse

Enrichment Opportunity on OnCourse

This Course Will Help Your Student… Become effective readers and writers Understand and use grammar skills Read and interpret fiction and nonfiction writing Compose a variety of informative, opinionated, and creative writing tasks Use public speaking skills to express opinions and information Build confidence within a collaborative learning environment

Evaluating Literature Fiction vs. nonfiction Literary terms Descriptive and objective writing Public speaking

Conflict Conflict in writing Analyzing literary elements indepth Literature circle Literary response writing

Literature Circle Selections

Persuasion Power of language Advertising Speeches Persuasive essay Persuasive speech

Holocaust and WWII: Interdisciplinary Unit Different survivor and victim experiences Diary of a Young Girl Compare/ contrast writing Holocaust Remembrance Day

Research and Communication Explore a teen issue Research with on- line tools and print media Develop a multi- media presentation and informative speech

Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie Culminating reading unit Literary analysis of novel Survival guide and creative writing