Grade 7 Novels

7^th Grade Units of Study

Unit Order: 1, 5, 4. 3 (Unit 2 Not Required)

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Unit 1: Generations

Stand Tall by Joan Bauer

Fair Weather by Richard Peck

Ribbons by Lawrence Yep

Writing Task: Narrative

Unit 2: A Starry Home (Optional)

Parasite PIg by William Sleator

Crater by Homer Hickman

James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Writing Task: Argument

Unit 3: Turning Points

The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

Hush By Jacqueline Woodson

The Cay by Theodore Taylor

Suggested Public Domain Reading:

Writing Task: Informational

Unit 4: People and the Planet

Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Hoot by Carl Hiassen

Lessons:

Writing Task: Argument

Unit 5: Facing Adversity

Letters from Rifka by Karen Heese

No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt

The Clay Marble by Minfong Ho

Selection from Grapes of Wrath

Writing Task: Informational