Ms. Blair Jones - KMS

DCS Language Arts Program Yearly Goals

Grade Seven Language Arts infuses a variety of text and media to help students interpret and construct more complex texts and develop more independence and ownership over their learning. The course builds upon previously developed strategies, skills, and stamina. It includes work with narrative, informational, and argument reading and writing. A focus on the study of fictional portrayals of a time, place or character and a historical account of the same time period as a means for understanding how authors of fiction use and alter history for their fictional work will be part of the seventh grade course. Within informational text, students will focus on tracing and evaluating the argument and claims outlined in a text using evidence to support their reasoning. The Grade Seven word study program is an integral part of the reading and writing workshop, incorporating ongoing vocabulary work within texts, as well as a study of the prefixes, bases, and suffixes that make meaning. The course is structured around the literacy workshop model, with time for modeling and instruction, guided practice, and independent practice.