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7th Grade Basic English

1st Six Weeks

Exploring Narrative Text & Expository Writing

2nd Six Weeks

Poetry & Drama/Expository Text/Writing Expository Essay

3rd Six Weeks

Read "A Christmas Carol"

4th Six Weeks

Autobiographies & Biographies

5th Six Weeks

STAAR Review

6th Six Weeks

The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton

8th Grade Basic English

1st Six Weeks

Read "Raymond's Run" and "Lemon Brown"

Plot Diagram

2nd Six Weeks

Non-Fiction (Persuasive & Poetry)

Argument, claim support

3rd Six Weeks

The Giver, Lois Lowry

4th Six Weeks

The Diary of Anne Frank

5th Six Weeks

STAAR Review

6th Six Weeks

Civil War Literature, Myths, & Tall Tales