Curriculum - What We Study in 7th Grade

First Quarter
Reading:

• The Schwa was Here by Neal Shusterman 
• The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
• various poems
• various nonfiction articles 

Writing:

• paragraphs

Language:

• parts of speech / sentences​

Other:

• Oral History Projects

Second Quarter
Reading:

• David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
• excerpts from other nonfiction books, including The Power of Habit and Grit.
  

Writing:

• ​persuasive essay

Language:

• punctuation

Third Quarter
Reading:

• various poems
• various short stories
• various nonfiction articles

Writing:

• narrative writing
• persuasive essay

Language:

• using Standard English
• commonly misspelled words
• vocabulary from Greek and Latin roots

Fourth Quarter
Reading:

• Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Writing:

• research project
  
• research paper

Language:

• using Standard English
• review of spelling

Other:

• Recitation project
• Shakespeare Fest