Welcome to 7th grade ELA! We are so excited to have you in our class this year and share our love of literacy.
TEACHERS:
Team 7-0: Stephanie Freeman and Nikki Schoutteet
Team 7-1: Kristin Kupiec and Elizabeth Meyers
EXPECTATIONS:
Our main expectation for you is that you will grow as readers and writers this year!
MATERIALS LIST:
Personal Reading Book
Writing Utensils
Folder/Binder for class material
Charged Chromebook
CLASS INFORMATION:
ELA is the integration of reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language.
Indian Prairie’s ELA Curriculum is based on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The goal is to prepare students for success beyond the classroom.
ELA curricular resource is the 7th grade CommonLit 360 Curriculum.
UNIT OVERVIEW (CommonLit 360)
Unit 2 - Adolescence
Theme development
Expository Writing
Unit 3 - Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Story elements
Central idea
Figurative language
Expository and Narrative writing
Unit 4 - Social Media: Risks and Rewards
Central idea
Connection between ideas
Author’s point of view
Argument writing
Unit 5 - Influential Voices
Central idea
Text structure
Summarizing
Analysis writing
Unit 6 - School Electives: Which One Matters Most?
Central idea
Argument writing
Book Clubs will be done throughout the year.