Middle School Language Arts (Grade 7)

Student Learnings:What students should know and be able to do

Reading

  • Word Recognition, Analysis & Fluency
    • The student will read with accuracy and fluency.
  • Vocabulary Expansion
    • The student will use a variety of strategies to expand reading, listening and speaking vocabularies.
  • Comprehension
    • The student will understand the meaning of texts, using a variety of strategies, and will demonstrate literal, interpretive, inferential and evaluative comprehension.
  • Literature
    • The student will actively engage in the reading process and read, understand, respond to, analyze, interpret, evaluate and appreciate a wide variety of fiction, poetic and nonfiction texts.

Writing

  • Types of Writing
    • The student will create informative, expressive and persuasive writing.
  • Elements of Composition
    • The student will engage in a writing process, with attention to context, organization, focus, quality of ideas and a purpose.
  • Spelling, Grammar, and Usage
    • The student will apply standard English conventions when writing. (Use of standard English conventions is necessary to help a writer convey meaning to the reader. Spelling, grammar, and usage may be taught as a separate unit as well as integrated into teaching writing processes.)
  • Research
    • The student will locate and use information in reference materials.
  • Handwriting & Word Processing
    • The student will write legibly and demonstrate effective keyboarding skills.

Speaking, Listening and Viewing

  • Speaking and Listening
    • The student will demonstrate understanding and communicate effectively through listening and speaking.
  • Media Literacy
    • The student will critically analyze information found in electronic and print media, and will use a variety of these sources to learn about a topic and represent ideas.

Artistic Interpretation

  • Theater
    • The student will understand and use the artistic process to analyze and interpret a variety of works.

 

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