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Mr. Among
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Ms.Evans
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Mrs. Romjue
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Ms. Basso
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Ms. Hall
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Ms. Tilleka
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English 7 is a year-long required English course which offers students a varied and sequential study of reading, writing, and language. Students develop reading skills through short stories, poetry, drama and novels. They develop writing skills through essays, stories, journals and narratives. In both 7th and 8th grades, students examine the structure of the English language and study grammar, usage and mechanics.
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1st Quarter
- Summer Reading - Tangerine, Edward Bloor
- The Language of Literature (McDougal Littell), poetry
- Grammar: sentences, capitalization, punctuation, prepositions, conjunctions
- Literary elements (on-going)
- Vocabulary in context
- The Keables Guide
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2nd Quarter
- Hope Was Here, Joan Bauer
- The Language of Literature (McDougal Littell), short stories
- Author study: Nikki Giovanni
- Vocabulary in context
- Literary elements (on-going)
- Grammar: nouns, verbs
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3rd Quarter
- The Language of Literature (McDougal Littell), drama
- The Diary of Anne Frank (drama)
- Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes
- Vocabulary in context
- Poetry: (on-going)
- Grammar: verbs, modifiers
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4th Quarter
- Eyes of the Emperor, Graham Salisbury
- Author study: Jack London
- Vocabulary in context
- Grammar: pronouns
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Homework guideline for 7th grade: 20 minutes per night per core subject.
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