ELA 7 Units

Study Sync

This is the first year using the new Study Sync curriculum. I'm excited about it and I think it will be a great new direction for ELA 7. There is an instructional path for each Unit which includes online access to everything! Each instructional path includes first reads, grammar and writing skills practice, vocabulary, close reads, daily blasts, self selected readings, novel studies, and much more.

• Unit 1: Conflicts and Clashes

  • • • • • • • • Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

                • The Wise Old Woman

                • Woodsong

                • Nimona

                • The Monsters are Due on Maple Street

                • The Skin I'm In

Novel Study: Stargirl and The Jungle Book

• Unit 2: Highs and Lows

  • • • • • • • Annabel Lee

              • The Walking Dance

              • Second Estrangement

              • No Dream Too High: Simone Biles

              • The Highwayman

Novel Study: Flesh & Blood So Cheap, Tangerine, Ghost

• Unit 3: Chasing the Impossible

  • • • • • • We Beat the Street

            • The First Americans

            • All Together Now

            • Before We Were Free

            • Machines, Not People, Should Be Exploring the Stars for Now

Novel Study: We Beat the Street, Harriet Tubman

• Unit 4: Moment of Truth

  • • • • • • Casey at Bat

            • The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

            • Harrison Bergeron

            • The Last Human Light

            • Barrio Boy

Novel Study: An American Plague, The Yearling

• Unit 5: Test of Time

  • • • • • • Aesop's Fables

            • The Invisible One

            • The Other Side of the Sky

            • The New Colossus

            • The Third Elevator

            • Perseus

Novel Study: The Other Side of the Sky, The Hunger Games

• Unit 6: The Power of One

  • • • • • • Remarks at the UNESCO Education For All Luncheon

            • Hidden Figures

            • Miami Dancer Follows Dreams While Planning for the Future

            • Reality TV and Society

            • The Matsuyama Mirror

            • Josephine's Tales

Novel Study: The Giver, Hidden Figures