Welcome back! I am beyond excited to be a part of the Our Lady's School junior high team and look forward to this exciting year. As I reflect back on my own seventh grade English Language Arts experience, I realize I learned the most in that year of middle school and wish the same for you. We will accomplish so much together, learn so much from each other and build tremendously important connections! We will:
read and analyze various fiction and non-fiction books, essays, articles and short stories throughout the year
work on reading comprehension, literary response and analysis
study various types of poetry as well as memorize poems
work on vocabulary development
study the writing process and various writing strategies
write different types of compositions such as writing fictional or autobiographical narratives, summaries of reading materials, persuasive, research reports and literary responses
discuss and study written and oral English language conventions
work on listening and speaking strategies as well as speaking applications