2. Welcome to 7 th Grade Language Arts Amberley Roio aroio@bernardsboe.com

3. 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.

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

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

6. Absence Forms on OnCourse

7. Enrichment Opportunity on OnCourse

8. 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

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

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

11. Literature Circle Selections

12. Persuasion Power of language Advertising Speeches Persuasive essay Persuasive speech

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

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

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