Laurel County Schools
North Laurel Middle
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7th Grade Language Arts Last Reviewed: May 17, 2012
Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6 / Week 7 / Week 8 / Week 9Unit 1- “Real World”
Unit Text includes a short story, novel, autobiography, & narratives
Narrative Writing, Journal Writing, Reading Strategies, Author’s Purpose, Elements of a Story, Word Study: Context of a Word, Collaborative Discussion, Grammar: mechanics, usage, phrases, clauses, sentences, syntax
Unit includes a variety of Laying the Foundation common practices and lessons. / Unit 2- “The Creepy Mysterious & Unknown
Unit text includes a novel, drama & nonfiction text
Week 10 / Week 11 / Week 12 / Week 13 / Week 14 / Week 15 / Week 16 / Week 17 / Week 18
Unit 2-“The Creepy Mysterious & Unknown”
· Informative/Explanatory Writing, Journal Writing,
· Oral Presentation, Research includes documentation
· and citation, Reliable Sources, Multimedia,
· Structure of text, Reading Strategies, Author’s
· Purpose, Literary Techniques, Elements of story
· or drama
· Word Study: Greek or Latin affixes and roots
· Grammar: mechanics, phrases, sentences, syntax
· Unit includes a variety of Laying the Foundation
common practices and lessons. / Unit 3- “Nothing Stays The Same”
Unit text includes a Drama, short stories, poetry &
Biography/autobiography excerpts
· Journal Writing, Historical Account, Collaborative Discussion, Figures of Speech, Sound Devices, Elements of a story or drama, Literary Techniques, Structure of Text, Multimedia, Research,
· Word study: Synonym/antonym/analogy/Connotation/Denotation,
· Collaborative Discussion, Grammar: mechanics, usage, phrases, clauses, sentences, syntax
· Unit includes a variety of Laying the Foundation
Week 19 / Week 20 / Week 21 / Week 22 / Week 23 / Week 24 / Week 25 / Week 26
“Focusing on Nonfiction”
Unit Text includes a essay, speech, articles, & letters
· Persuasive Writing, Journal Writing, Reading Strategies, Persuasive appeals, opposing or alternate point of
· view, author’s argument, claims, reasons, relevant evidence and credible sources, counterargument,
· author’s purpose,
· Facts/Opinions, Structure of Text, Cohesion, Oral Presentation, Research includes documentation and
· citation,
· Word Study: Specialized Vocabulary and multiple meaning words,
· Grammar: mechanics, phrases and clauses, sentences, syntax
· Unit includes a variety of Laying the Foundation common practices and lessons. / Unit 5-“Facing Challenges”
Unit text includes a novel, poetry, biography and nonfiction
Laurel County School
North Laurel Middle
Weekly Topical Map
7th Grade Language Arts Last Reviewed: May 17, 2012
Week 27 / Week 28 / Week 29 / Week 30 / Week 31 / Week 32 / Week 34 / Week 35 / Week 36Unit 5-“Facing Challenges”
Unit text includes a novel, poetry and nonfiction
· Narrative Essay, Journal Writing, Collaborative Discussion & Oral
· presentation,
· Literary Elements, Figures of speech, Arguments, Claims, Evidences,
· multimedia,
· Structure of text, Reading Strategies, Author’s Purpose, Literary Techniques,
· Literary Elements,
· Historical Account, Word Study,
· Grammar: mechanics, phrases, sentences, syntax
· Unit includes a variety of Laying the Foundation common practices and lessons. / Unit 6-Renaissance
Unit text includes, biography, prologue, drama
· Collaborative Discussion & Oral
· presentation,
· Literary Elements, multimedia,
· Structure of text, Reading Strategies, Author’s Purpose, Literary Techniques, Literary Elements, Historical Account, Word Study,
· Grammar: mechanics, phrases, sentences, syntax
· Unit includes a variety of Laying the Foundation common practices and lessons. / TESTING WINDOW