Language Arts 7A Course Completion Guideline

9-MODULE Schedule

If you are completing your classes in 18 weeks, you need to complete ½ a module a week.

If you are completing your classes in 12 weeks, you need to complete about 1 module a week.

If you are completing your classes in 9 weeks, you need to complete 1 module a week.

If you are completing your classes in 6 weeks, you need to complete 1 ½ modules a week.

If you are completing your classes in 3 weeks, you need to complete 3 modules a week.

MODULE ONE

Unit 1: The Writing Process Introduction

Characteristics of Effective Writing

The Structures of an Effective Essay

Purpose and Audience

Video: First Impressions

Unit 1 Homework Assignment #1: Effective Writing

Prewriting

Video: Freewriting

Drafting

Video: Introduction Types

Video: Things to Avoid in Your Introduction

Video: The Thesis Statement

Video: Body: Organizing Your Information

Video: Conclusion: Wrapping Up Your Paper

Revising

Multimedia Link: Fixing Fragments

Multimedia Link: Sentence Structure

Editing

MODULE TWO

Video: Proofreading: Fixing Typical Errors

Multimedia Link: Coordination and Subordination

Grammar and Usage: Clauses, Sentences, and Modifiers

Unit 1 Homework Assignment #2: Clauses, Sentences, and Modifiers

Multimedia Link: Affect vs Effect

Different Types of Writing

Video: Types of Essays

Unit 1 Homework Assignment #3: The Writing Process

Unit 1 Writing Assessment: Autobiographical Narrative Assignment Instructions

Unit 1: Writing Assessment: Autobiographical Narrative

Testing Tip: Strategy and Organization

Unit 1: The Writing Process Unit Review

Unit 1: The Writing Process Unit Test

Required Independent Reading Reminder

Unit 2: Myths, Legends, and Tales Introduction

Oral Tradition

Video: Indians of the Upper Mississippi: The Culture Preserving Knowledge

Myths, Tales, and Legends

Unit 2 Homework Assignment #1: Oral Tradition, Myths, Tales, and Legends

MODULE THREE

Word Analysis: Word Origins or Etymologies

Reading and Comparing a Myth and a Poem

Unit 2 Journal Assignment #1: Write a Poem Word Analysis: Root Words

Video: Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge: Mythbusters Special

Multimedia Link: Exploring Egyptian Mythology

Multimedia Link: Little Red Riding Hood

Reading "Brer Possum's Dilemma" by Jackie Torrence

Word Analysis: Prefixes and Suffixes

Reading "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"

Video: Michael Wood: In Search of Myths and Heroes: Arthur: The Once and Future King

Reading "Urban Legends: How They Start and Why They Persist" by Heather Whipps

Multimedia Link: Word Origins

Unit 2 Homework Assignment #4: Word Origins, Root Words, Prefixes and Suffixes

Grammar and Usage: Quotations and Dialogue

Unit 2 Homework Assignment #5: Quotations and Dialogue

Unit 2 Homework Assignment #6: Comprehension and Analysis of Myths, Tales, Legends, and Articles

MODULE FOUR

The Writing Process: Narrative

Unit 2: A Modern Day Narrative Instructions

Unit 2 Writing Assessment: A Modern Day Narrative Unit 2: Myths, Legends, and Tales Review

Unit 2: Myths, Tales, and Legends Unit Test

Required Independent Reading Reminder

Unit 3: Speech and Communications Introduction

Formal versus Informal

Word Analysis: Effective Words

The Writing Process: Friendly Letter, Thank You Note

Unit 3 Writing Assessment #1: Thank You Letter

Word Analysis: Homophones and Homographs

Literary Element: Tone and Mood

The Writing Process: Business Letter and Memos

Unit 3 Homework Assignment #1: Informal vs Formal, Letters, and Memos

Kinds of Speeches

Effective Speaking

Preparing a Speech

Giving a Speech

MODULE FIVE

Multimedia Link: Elements of an Effective Speech

Unit 3 Homework Assignment #2: Elements of Speeches

Video: Presentations: More Than Words

Video: (In)formally Speaking

Unit 3 Writing Assessment #2: (In)formally Speaking

Building Conversation Skills

Unit 3 Homework Assignment #3: Listening to and Analyzing a Conversation

The Speaking Process: An Informative Speech

How to Give Your Informational Speech

Speech: Conversation, Evaluation, and Reflection

Unit 3 Speaking Assessment: Informational Speech: Conversation, Evaluation, and Reflection

Grammar and Usage: Active and Passive Voice

Unit 3 Homework Assignment #4: Voice, Effective Words, Homophones, Homographs, and Tone

Testing Tip: Making Inferences and Generalizations

Unit 3: Speech and Communications Review

Unit 3: Speech and Communications Unit Test

Required Independent Reading: Book #1 Instructions

Required Independent Reading: Book #1

MODULE SIX

Required Independent Reading: Magazine Article #1 Instructions

Required Independent Reading: Magazine Article #1

Required Independent Reading: Newspaper Article #1 Instructions

Independent Reading Assignment: Newspaper Article #1

MS Language Arts 7A: Midterm Exam

Unit 4: Reading for Information Introduction

Reading Expository Text

Structures of Expository Texts

Video: Summing Up Neanderthals

Unit 4 Homework Assignment #1: Expository Text Workplace, Public, and Consumer Documents

Features of Print Media

Magazine and Newspaper Articles

Word Analysis: Tricky Words and Context Clues

Unit 4 Homework Assignment #3: Articles, Tricky Words, and Context Clues

Technical Writing

Media Literacy: Evaluating Websites and Graphics

Unit 4 Homework Assignment #4: Technical Writing, Websites, and Graphics

Multimedia Link: Testing Listening Skills

MODULE SEVEN

Video: A View from the Nile

Grammar and Usage: Verbs

Unit 4 Homework Assignment #5: Verbs The Writing Process: How-To Essay

Unit 4: How-to Essay Writing Assignment Instructions

Unit 4 Writing Assessment: How-to Essay

Unit 4: Reading for Information Review

Unit 4: Reading for Information Unit Test

Unit 5: Fiction and Nonfiction Introduction

Elements of Fiction and Nonfiction

Reading "Rikki-tikki-tavi" by Rudyard Kipling

Video: Indian Music and Dance

Unit 5 Homework Assignment #1: Fiction, Nonfiction, "Rikki-tikki-tavi"

Reading "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto

Unit 5 Journal Assignment #1: "Seventh Grade" Giving Advice

Reading “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury

Reading "An Interview with Ray Bradbury" by Catherine Donaldson-Evans

Video: The Visitor

Unit 5 Homework Assignment #2: Bradbury's Story and Interview

MODULE EIGHT

Reading “Zoo” by Edward Hoch

Reading "Why We Shouldn't Go to Mars" by Gregg Easterbrook

Unit 5 Homework Assignment #3: "Zoo" and "Why We Shouldn't Go to Mars" The Basics of Summarizing

The Speaking Process: A Summary of a Short Story or Article

How to Give Your Summary over a Short Story or an Article

Speech: Conversation, Evaluation, and Reflection

Unit 5 Speaking Assessment: A Summary: Conversation, Evaluation, and Reflection

Grammar and Usage: Nouns

Unit 5 Homework Assignment #4: Nouns Testing Tip: Summarizing Main Ideas

Unit 5: Fiction and Nonfiction Review

Unit 5: Fiction and Nonfiction Unit Test

Unit 6: Drama Introduction

Reading a Drama

Elements of Drama

Media Literacy: Elements of a Teleplay

Unit 6 Homework Assignment #1: Elements of Drama and Teleplays

Unit 6 Writing Assessment #1: Predictions about a Play and Vocabulary

Reading Act I The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling

Unit 6 Journal Assignment #1: Summarizing and Revising Predictions

MODULE NINE

Reading Act II of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

Unit 6 Journal Assignment #2: After Reading Analysis

The Writing Process: Writing a News Report

Unit 6 Writing Assessment #2: A News Report with Graphic

Grammar and Usage: Adjectives and Adverbs

Testing Tip: Reading Comprehension

Unit 6: Drama Unit Review

Unit 6: Drama Unit Test

Required Independent Reading: Book #2 Instructions

Required Independent Reading: Book #2

Required Independent Reading: Magazine Article #2 Instructions

Required Independent Reading: Magazine Article #2

Required Independent Reading: Newspaper Article #2 Instructions

Required Independent Reading: Newspaper Article #2

MS Language Arts 7A: Final Exam