7th Grade Language Arts Outline

Month Units of Study Major Assessments/Projects

September *Who Am I?  *Autobiography/Alphabiography

*Character Sketch   *Biography

  *Writing Process *5 Steps/Proofreading symbols

*Student Writing Samples  *Peer-revising/editing

October   *E.L.A. M.E.A.P. Testing    *Two week window for testing

 *Suspense/Mystery Stories  *Short suspense story

*Edgar Allan Poe Author Study  *"The Tell-Tale Heart"

*"The Raven"

November   *Journal Writing

  *Start of theme unit, "Human Kindness & Common Good"

December  *Theme unit continued, "Human Kindness & Common Good"

 *Reading the story, "A Christmas Carol" *Themed papers

January *Wild Animal Research *Research Report

  (media center and computer labs)

February *Wild Animal Research Project/Presentation due.

*Reading "Rikki-tikki-tavi" *Study of fiction/story elements

March   *Novel units:  Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey

 The Outsiders

April  *Novel unit completed:  The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

May  *Read the play and short story, "To Kill A Mockingbird"

June   *A Year in Review:  Comprehensive Trivia