1. Welcome to 7th grade Language Arts
Back to School Night 2012

2. Writing Collins writing program grades 6-12 Genres: Homework:
Informational
Persuasive
Poetry
Literary Analysis (Loaded Questions)
Homework:
Word processing at home
Feedback vs. Editing

3. Literature Units Threads of Identity: 7th grade theme
Schooled by Gordon Korman
Genre Study: Classic
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Non-Fiction Literature Circles
Author Study : Edgar Allan Poe

4. Reading Reading Workshop Reading Minutes (oral presentations)
First day of every week
Content:
Independent Reading (PCR book)
Skills and Strategies
Reading Minutes (oral presentations)
Genre Study: non-fiction
Article of the Month (Non-fiction)
Poetry
Homework:
30 minutes of PCR 4-5 days a week.

5. Grammar Unit 1: Parts of Speech & sentence structure
Unit 2: Verbs and sentence patterns
Unit 3: Prepositional phrases
Unit 4: Complex sentences
Pretests and Post Tests

6. Department Grading Policy
Reading 40%
Writing 40%
Grammar 15%
Classwork/ 5% Homework

7. What you can do to help… Use our teacher websites and Skyward
Donate gently used books to our class library
Scholastic Book orders - help earn books for our class
Take trips to your local library
Model reading
Newspapers, book clubs, novels
Pick up a copy of your child’s PCR book