ONE-CREDIT MIDDLE SCHOOL COURSE
English 7 explores informational texts, including biographies, personal accounts of events, presidential speeches, and persuasive letters. Readings include texts about historical figures used to demonstrate concepts such as explicit and implicit information, central ideas and key details, and claims and arguments. These texts demonstrate ways to understand explicit and implicit information, theme, characters, plot, poetic and dramatic techniques, and figurative language, among other ideas and concepts. While reading novels, short stories, poems, and plays in this course, students identify central ideas and themes; make inferences; analyze word choice; identify figurative, connotative, and sensory language; and compare and contrast different text mediums. In addition, they learn about basics in grammar, usage, and punctuation, including correct spelling, misplaced and dangling modifiers, and precise and concise language. Lastly, students learn the elements of narrative writing so that they can plan, create, write, revise, and edit their own personal narrative. Students also learn about different forms of poetry and their characteristics.
