Honors Literature & Language Arts
Nothing but the Truth by AVI
The Wave by Todd Strasser
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Animal Farm by George Orwell
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Author Study (short stories)
*Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury (dystopian short story collection)
Curriculum Overview
(Click on each presentation below)
H.LA Quarter 1 Units:
Grammar Chapters 2-7
Vocabulary
Creative Writing (6 Traits of Writing)
H.LA Quarter 2 Units:
Expository Writing
Creative Writing (6 Traits of Writing)
H.LA Quarter 3 Units:
Holt Ch. 14 Punctuation Part I
H.LA Quarter 4 Units:
Narrative Essay (Mystery)
Holt Ch. 15 Punctuation Part II (Quotation marks, apostrophes, hyphens, parentheses, brackets, and dashes)
Expository Writing (Compare/Contrast Animals: Cross-curricular Unit with Science)
Debate Unit (Cross-curricular Unit with Science)
Persuasive Speech Unit
Malcolm X vs. MLK Jr. (Comparing/Contrasting Different Points of View)
CIVIL WAR RESEARCH (possible unit)
7th Grade ELA Standards
Key Ideas and Details
Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze how particular elements of a story or drama interact (e.g., how setting shapes the characters or plot).
Craft and Structure
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of rhymes and other repetitions of sounds (e.g., alliteration) on a specific verse or stanza of a poem or section of a story or drama.
Analyze how a drama's or poem's form or structure (e.g., soliloquy, sonnet) contributes to its meaning.
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different
Analyze how an author develops and contrasts the points of view of different characters or narrators in a text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
Compare and contrast a written story, drama, or poem to its audio, filmed, staged, or multimedia version, analyzing the effects of techniques unique to each medium (e.g., lighting, sound, color, or camera focus and angles in a film).
Compare and contrast a fictional portrayal of a time, place, or character and a historical account of the same period as a means of understanding how authors of fiction use or alter history.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity
By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 6–8 text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range.