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