Course Syllabus

7th Grade Honors English

Course Syllabus

 

Course Overview - A large part of our journey to mastering 7th grade English Common Core Standards will be done by exploring STEAM learning opportunities in a wide variety of literary selections by such noted authors as Lois Lowry, Ransom Riggs, Bethany Griffin, Cat Winters, Daniel Keyes, Rod Serling, John Boyne, Elizabeth George Speare, and Edgar Allen Poe. Students will actively engage in analyzing and critiquing a wide variety of poems, short stories, plays, novels, and screenplays from these influential writers. Students will be presenting their learning in a variety of written, artistic, and digital formats.

 

As writing will be heavily emphasized, students will also present their learning through informative, argumentative, and narrative pieces ranging from a single paragraph to extended multi-paragraph essays. As our classroom is collaborative in nature, students will also participate in higher level discussions designed to develop critical thinking skills on a daily basis.

 

Homework / Late Assignments / Assessments

• Homework, classwork, and upcoming tests will be posted on Aeries, our classroom website at westerncenteracademy.com, and  the 7th-grade google calendar -goo.gl/knS3ih
• Late work turned-in for the current unit of study will receive a zero, but will be graded with appropriate feedback. 
• Assessment formats will include; essays, multiple- and single-paragraph responses, short answer, verbal response, artistic renderings, multimedia presentations of knowledge, multiple choice, and portfolio-style presentations of learning. Due to the unique nature of our assessments and the class time invested in preparing students to manage them successfully, test re-takes will not be offer

Absences/Missed Work

 

Students with an excused absence will have amount of time they missed in school to make up the work that was mis. For example, if a student misses two days of school, he or she will have two days to make up the work.

 

Extra Credit - There are not any Extra Credit assignments offered, however Extra Credit can be earned on most assignments that are of superior quality.

 

Grading - Please refer to the WCA Student Planner & Family Handbook for the A-F letter grading scale. Grades are cumulatively earned over the course of the semester and based on the following weights:

 

Assessments 50%, Performance Tasks 25%, Classwork/Homework 25%

 

Communication

• Email Mr. Read at [email protected] for quickest way to communicate.
• westerncenteracademy.com (Mr. Read’s page) contains all past, present, and immediate future assignments.
• Past, Present & Immediate Future assignments are always posted on Aeries. Grades are updated frequently.