Language Arts Department
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7th Grade Course of Study
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Writing
- Analytical essays
- Timed writings
- Commonplace page
- Monthly bibliographic activity
Literature
- Core novels
- Self-selected monthly genre novels with bibliographic activity
- Literary elements
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Conventions
- Writing complete sentences
- Subject & verb agreement
- Pronouns
- Modifiers
- Consistent use of verb tenses
- Capitalization
- Punctuation
- Spelling
Reading Comprehension
- Reading log
- Teacher-selected vocabulary
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8th Grade Course of Study
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Writing
- Descriptive writing
- Memoir
- Analytical essays
- Literature-based timed writings
- Poetry anthology
- Short fiction
- Technical writing
Literature
- Short fiction
- Core novels
- Self-selected monthly genre book
- Drama
- Poetry
- Non-fiction
- Literary devices
- Plot elements
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Conventions
- Sentence structure
- Grammar
- Capitalization
- Punctuation
- Spelling
Reading Comprehension
- Active reading strategies
- Vocabulary
- Creative book responses
- Reader’s notebook
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