Phillips Preparatory School
7th Grade Language Arts
2nd Quarter Syllabus
Ms. Cooper
Class Information: Please be reminded that I do try to post pertinent information and assignments to my page located on the school’s website. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to email me. Conferences can be scheduled, as needed, by appointment.
251-221-2286
www.phillipsprep.com
Supplies Needed: Students, please be sure to come to class prepared every day.
Language Arts Binder with tab dividers
#2 Pencils (for Scantron tests)
Red Pen (for grading)
Colored Pencils
Highlighters
PPS Planner
USB/ Jump Drive (Please be sure that this is labeled with the student’s name)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Required Novel: This quarter, we will be reading Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Barron’s “Shakespeare Made Easy” edition). I will have copies of the book for sale for $7.00 beginning on, or around Wednesday, October 14. You may obtain a copy on your own or purchase it from me. All students need to have a copy of the book in class by October 20.
Field Trip: On Friday, October 24, we will be taking a field trip to Playhouse-in-the-Park to see their production of Nightmares III. The play is based on stories written by Edgar Allen Poe, whom we will be studying this quarter, and several other authors. The cost of the field trip is $9.00. Permission forms and money are due by Friday, October 17.
Materials Covered:
· Identify elements of a short story and a drama
· Analyze an author’s point of view
· Write a complete argumentative essay
· Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of a literary text
· Demonstrate how to use commas correctly and effectively
· Identify and use subject-verb agreement correctly.
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