7th Grade English Language Arts Reading
The Human Need to Belong
Discovery shifts the scholar's gaze outward to investigate the complex relationship between the individual and society. Students examine how social structures and traditions influence personal identity. This year is about uncovering the hidden systems of the world and discovering one's place within them in order to answer the Essential Question: “How are humans driven by the need to belong?”
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Curriculum Highlights
The Discovery curriculum utilizes Socratic Seminars to build academic discourse. Scholars move toward sophisticated literary analysis, focusing on how authors use irony and symbolism to critique society. Units are designed to bridge the gap between simple comprehension and high-level synthesis, requiring students to compare treatments of similar themes across different media.
The Discovery curriculum utilizes Socratic Seminars to build academic discourse. Scholars move toward sophisticated literary analysis, focusing on how authors use irony and symbolism to critique society. Units are designed to bridge the gap between simple comprehension and high-level synthesis, requiring students to compare treatments of similar themes across different media.
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The Core Literature
This course features a diverse range of powerful anchor texts. Key literary works include:
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Extended Study)
Written in Bone by Sally M. Walke
These are supplemented by contemporary poetry and significant informational texts.
This course features a diverse range of powerful anchor texts. Key literary works include:
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson (Extended Study)
Written in Bone by Sally M. Walke
These are supplemented by contemporary poetry and significant informational texts.
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Standards & Alignment
Fully aligned with CCSS Grade 7 standards. It emphasizes writing skills (W.7.1-3), particularly in crafting evidence-based claims and maintaining a formal style while investigating social truths.
Fully aligned with CCSS Grade 7 standards. It emphasizes writing skills (W.7.1-3), particularly in crafting evidence-based claims and maintaining a formal style while investigating social truths.
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