Designed by Kimberly Paggett Willis ELA 7/8 WPACS

ELA 7ELA 7thth/8/8thth

Mwalimu Paggett-Willis & Mwalimu Lewis-Mwalimu Paggett-Willis & Mwalimu Lewis-BradfordBradford

Agenda

Welcome – Habari Gani

ELA 7th/8th Curriculum Overview

Scholar Community Governing Rules

Learning Tribes Learning Targets &

Scholar Expectations Course Materials Wish List

Welcome

ELA Instructors

Mrs. Paggett-Willis Lead Teacher-WPACMS ELA 7th/8th Curriculum Design

& Standards-based Instruction Demonstrate Learning Targets Facilitate assessments Provide consistent formal and

informal feed-back Foster a spirit of confidence

through the learning experience

Mrs. Lewis-Bradford Lead Intervention Specialist SST Coordinator Supports 7th & 8th grade

students in ELA in order to help them improve or maintain achievement levels.

Monitors student academic progress via formative and summative assessments as well day to day tasks.

ELA Curriculum

Common Core Standards

Reading Writing Speaking Listening

College Preparatory & Career Readiness

The standards establish guidelines for English language arts (ELA).

Literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects.

Students must learn to read, write, speak, listen, and use language effectively in a variety of content areas.

The standards promote the literacy skills and concepts required for college and career readiness in multiple disciplines.

ELA Curriculum Students will respond to literature in an essay format, using academic language, literary terms and scholarly research.

Students will use critical thinking to develop original ideas, applying academic integrity when using credible sources for evidence.

Essay Types: Expository Writing•Illustration/Descriptive•Persuasive/Argumentation•Compare and Contrast•Research Paper (Science)•Informational Text Analysis

Credible Sources:•Owl.english.purdue.edu•google.scholar.com

Students will incorporate documented

citations in the style prescribed by the Modern Language Association (MLA).

Students will evolve as scholars and effective communicators through engaging activities, collaborative exercises, informative discussions, project-based learning, standards based assessments, active reading and in-depth research.

ELA Curriculum

Daily Instruction

Writing Journal Prompt – Students enter the class ready to critically think, cold write and pair-share on any given topic each day, building writing muscle as well as the skill to develop a point-of-view.

Daily Instruction

Vocabulary Notebook – Students will unlock over 14,000 words in the English language through daily vocabulary drill

Daily Instruction

Learning Targets

We can… I can… Students self-assess

progress frequently and teachers provide feedback consistently.

Designed by Kimberly Paggett Willis ELA 7/8 WPACS

Scholar Community

Governing RulesAttentive ListeningShow Appreciation Give AffirmationsNO PUT DOWNSRight to Participate/Right to Think About ItDisplay Mutual RespectShow MaturityNo Outburst!

We can work collaboratively on various activities,

projects, and assignments, with a focused goal.

I can discuss problems and collectively create solutions for the good of the learning community.

I can productively contribute to and learn from my peer.

I can think creatively and critically, offering my perspective, while respecting the views of others in my Learning Tribe and Scholar Community.

Learning Tribe Targets

Designed by Kimberly Paggett Willis ELA 7/8 WPACS

ELA Course Materials

Daily Supplies

Composition Books Notebook Folders (2 pocket) Binder (2 inch)

Novels/Books First Trimester

Dictionary (Longman Advanced preferred)

Black Ships of Troy Rosemary Sutcliff (7th/8th)

Up From Slavery: Booker T. Washington (8th Grade)

Narrative of Frederick Douglass (7th Grade)