Language Arts Course Outline

Unit 1 – (9 Weeks)

·         Elements of Literature  

·         Narrative Text and Writing

·         Oral Tradition

·         Grammar: Eight Parts of Speech, Subject/Verb Agreement, Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement, Homonyms, Punctuation, Capitalization, and Spelling

Unit 2 – (9 Weeks)

·         Writing Process

·         Expository Text and Writing

·         Research

·         Nonfiction

·         Functional Documents (Technical)

·         Grammar: Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex sentences, Adjective and Adverb Clauses, Commas and Semicolons

Unit 3 – (8 weeks)

·         Persuasive Texts and Writing

·         Grammar: Verb Tense (Simple and Perfect), Combining and Revising Sentences, Deleting Modifiers

Unit 4 – (5 weeks)

·         Poetry

·         Standards Review

·         Grammar Overview

Unit 6 – (5 weeks)

·         Response to Literature

·         Grammar Post Test

Social Studies – 7^th Grade

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