7th Grade ELA Week at a Glance

Students will begin reading excerpts from The Prince and the Pauper.   Using this book, students will review concepts such as dialect, perspective, irony, characterization, suspense and vocabulary strategies.  In addition to this, students will review poetry skills and gather information to write an argument on whether King Henery VIII  was a good or bad king.

During this short week, students will take Cold Mini Assessment 3.2 , read The Prince and the Pauper play, and may work on other assignments each teacher feels is necessary.

Analyzing arguments and Mark Twain are the main focuses this week. Students will practice analyzing arguments with Pro/Con articles throughout the week. On Thursday, they will debate which side had the stronger argument. Then, on Friday, they will write their own argument. In addition to this, students will learn about the life of Mark Twain, his writing style, and terms associated with his stories such as dialect, monologue, and satire. They will read a few of his stories and use these to practice understanding characterization, theme and plot. Cycle 8 will be taken on Thursday .