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Grading and Curriculum Syllabus
Grading
The Seventh Grade Language Arts Department will be using a weighted grading system this year to determine how much a certain task (homework, classwork, test, etc.) will count:
Classwork and homework assignments will count one (1x) or two times (2x).
Quizzes will count two or three times (2 or 3x).
Tests and Projects will count three or four times (3 or 4x).
An example of this would be a student earns:
an 85 on his homework which will count (1x),
a 100 on his classwork which will count (2x),
an 80 on a quiz which will count (3x),
and a 90 on a test which will count (4x).
The overall grade would then be calculated this way in Powerschool:
85 + 100 + 100 + 80 + 80 + 80 + 90 + 90 + 90 + 90 = 885
The total, 885, would then be divided by the ten grades which would equal a grade point average of 88.5 (B).
Late Work
Students will receive a 10-point deduction on all work 5 days late and then an additional 10-point deduction for work 10 days late with the possibility of receiving a maximum grade of 80 on late assignments. Late work will be accepted for the first half of the quarter up to 3 days prior to interims and the second half of the quarter up to 3 days prior to the end of the grading period. Late work from the 1st half of the quarter will not be accepted after the interim report period.
Independent Reading Links
Information
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11dCVTc9Nq7zGDTW8LZ43mprMuxjDS6C8ES_spH6rsO4/edit?usp=sharing
Blank Copy of a Reading Log
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EoUUpPIlG2lYbjUCHXkBVg6G43b1_SvuQln6iPNX7bo/edit?usp=sharing
Curriculum
Our curriculum is the approved Wake County 7th Grade Course of Study, by EL Education. The curriculum is divided into four Modules. Below is a preview of Module 1.
In Module 1, students explore the experiences of people of Southern Sudan during and after the Second Sudanese Civil War. They build proficiency in using textual evidence to support ideas in their writing, both in shorter responses and in an extended essay.
In Unit 1, students begin the novel A Long Walk to Water (720L) by Linda Sue Park. Students will read closely to practice citing evidence and drawing inferences from this compelling text as they begin to analyze and contrast the points of view of the two central characters, Salva and Nya. They also will read informational text to gather evidence on the perspectives of the Dinka and Nuer tribes of Southern Sudan.
In Unit 2, students will read the remainder of the novel, focusing on the commonalities between Salva and Nya in relation to the novel's theme: how individuals survive in challenging environments. (The main characters' journeys are fraught with challenges imposed by the environment, including the lack of safe drinking water, threats posed by animals, and the constant scarcity of food. They are also challenged by political and social environments.) As in Unit 1, students will read this literature closely alongside complex informational texts (focusing on background on Sudan and factual accounts of the experiences of refugees from the Second Sudanese Civil War). Unit 2 culminates with a literary analysis essay about the theme of survival.
Unit 3 brings students back to a deep exploration of character and point of view: students will combine their research about Sudan with specific quotes from A Long Walk to Water as they craft a research-based two voice poem, comparing and contrasting the points of view of the two main characters, Salva and Nya. The two-voice poem gives students an opportunity to use both their analysis of the characters and theme in the novel and their research about the experiences of the people of Southern Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War.
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