FBISD 7 th Grade PreAP English Language Arts
At-a-Glance 2014 – 2015
Course Description:
This course is for students who are highly motivated and interested in a rigorous ELA program. In grade 7, the PreAP students refine and master previously learned reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and representing skills in increasingly complex presentations, classical and contemporary reading selections, research and writing in all genres. Students identify various literary forms and use different forms of writing for specific purposes. Students learn how to edit their writing based on knowledge of grammar, usage, spelling, punctuation, and other conventions of written language. Students organize ideas in timed and untimed writing assignments. Students collaborate with other writers to compose, publish, and analyze published examples as models for writers. Significant blocks of time outside the classroom are required for reading both independent and instructional-level materials for varied purposes. The differentiated curriculum prepares students for the Pre-Advanced Placement program in high school. Summer reading is required —check the district website for lists.
Grading Periods Unit Name
Grading Period 1
Reading Workshop: Blended Genre Focused on Fiction (Short Story,
Novel) Complex literary elements study.
Writing Workshop: Narrative Genre* (include poetry)
Timed writing introduced.
Grading Period 2
Reading Workshop: Blended Genre focused on Drama, Expository
Text, Literary Non-Fiction using paired pieces with:
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Complex plot elements
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Deeper characterization
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Three text classroom – Class novel plus individual novels.
Writing Workshop: Expository* (may be research paper) and adapting non-fiction (literary or expository) into dramatic form.
Grading Period 3
Reading Workshop: Blended Genre Focused on Expository
(continues)
Reading Workshop: Blended Genre Focused on Persuasive/Media
Literacy (Begin)
Writing Workshop: Revising for different audience: Expository* and
Narrative* —Practicing the Process in Shorter Contexts
Writing Workshop: Writing a Speech
Reading Workshop: Blended Genre Focused on Persuasive/Media
Literacy (continues)
Reading Workshop: Literature Circles and Whole Class Novel
Grading Period 4
Writing Workshop: Persuasive* (may be research paper)
Vertical Alignment
Textbooks: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Texas Literature, Grade 7 and The Write Source, Grade 7