1. English 7 DOL Spelling/Vocabulary Literature Grammar Writing

2. Important Information Email: brad.binford@lcps.orgbrad.binford@lcps.org Help Times: T/Th 7:45-8:15 Questions? Check up? Email teachers on Thursday and reply will suggest what your student should work on over the weekend.

3. DOL Daily Oral Language Typically a grammar problem Often a short reading Builds editing and speaking skills Whisper phones

4. Spelling/Vocabulary 10 spelling words per week 1 section vocabulary from literature units Look up and correct spelling words, 5/s&10’s Vocabulary unit test at end of quarter Spelling1-3-5 (day one receive words, day three submit homework, day five quiz)

5. Literature One novel per quarter 2 from library 2 from select list Short stories Poetry Non fiction SOL practice tests in preparation for 8 th grade

6. Grammar Nouns, pronouns, sentence types, subject/verb agreement Adjectives and adverbs Prepositional phrases SOL preparation editing activities

7. Writing Weekly journal Four major essays, one research paper SOL practice from 5 different prompts Expository Persuasive Narrative Descriptive