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Middle School:
7th Grade Language Arts Syllabus
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School 7th Grade Language Arts, First Term 2008-2009 Teacher: Lisl Bambas Class time: Third period 11:05-11:35; Wednesday 11:15-11:45 Course description: Texts: Prentice Hall Literature, The Shurley Method: English Made Easy. Clear expressions of ideas and knowledge of the structure of our language are the two interweaving strands presented in our Seventh Grade Language Arts program. The students are provided many opportunities to write while studying grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, and spelling. Projects include memoirs, short and long reports, stories, essays, and poetry. Grading Scheme: Participation 10%; Homework 15%; Class work 15%; Quizzes 20%, Tests 25%; Homework is due on the date assigned. Late work will not receive a grade but must be completed. Teacher: Lisl Bambas Class time: Fifth period, 12:45-1:30; Wednesday 12:55-1:35 Email address: lbambas@ststeveschool.org Week Content/Question Skills Activities Assessment Notes Week One Study skills What is a pattern 1 sentence? (Subject /verb) Use of daily planner; Question & answer flow for simple sentence (subject noun plus verb) Shurley method sentence analysis Oral participation, Sentence analysis Week Two Review: How do you recognize adjectives, 4 kinds of sentences? (Declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory) What makes a place memorable? Adjective questions: What kind, how many, which one? Sentence rubric. Descriptive words Shurley method sentence analysis Writers Workshop Descriptive essay Oral participation, Sentence analysis Work in progress Week Three Review: How do you recognize adverbs? What is the complete subject? Predicate? How do you compare & contrast two characters Adverb questions: When, where, how? Dividing the subject from predicate. List differences and similarities Shurley method sentence analysis Compare & contrast 2 characters Oral participation, Sentence analysis Benchmark test Essay rubric Labor Day Holiday, no school 9/6 Week Four Review: How do you recognize prepositional phrases? What is hyperbole? Changing adverbs into prepositions Hyperbole Drill; Shurley method sentence analysis Description using hyperbole Oral participation, Sentence analysis, Quiz Check comparisons Week Five Review: What is natural and inverted order? What is an interesting situation from your past? Recognizing adverb exceptions, predicate parts in the subject. Use of descriptive adverbs, adjective, hyperbole Exercises from text. Short autobiographical essay Oral participation, Sentence analysis, Quiz Work in progress Holiday on 10/30 Week Six What have you learned? Expanding on what you know Complete & edit autobiographical essay Writing traits rubrics, student conferences 11/2-11/3 Middle School Field trip 512-847-9857 |