7th Grade Language Arts Mr. Schaffnit 2008-2009 School Year First Quarter: Novel Unit: The Outsiders Vocabulary: Word Of The Week Drama: Rebel Shakespeare Residency Listening Unit: Following Directions Speech: Summer Reading Letter Writing: “The Great American Mail Race” Daily Writing: Journal Entries Grammar: 5th/6th Grade Review Writing Workshop: Expository Essay Short Stories: Stories of mystery and intrigue! Second Quarter: Novel Unit: The Giver Vocabulary: Shakespeare Vocab and Insults! Non-Fiction: William Shakespeare Biography Daily Writing: Journal Entries Listening Unit: Following Directions Grammar: 5th/6th Grade Review Writing Workshop: A Memoir Drama: A Midsummer Night's Dream/Shakespeare Residency Short Stories: The Twilight Zone Tele-Scripts Third Quarter: Novel Unit: World Myths/Greek Mythology Vocabulary: Latin/Greek Stems Lists #1-5 Non Fiction: MCAS Sample Questions/Editorials Listening Unit: Following Directions Speech: Book Talk Letter Writing: Foreign Embassy Daily Writing: Journal Entry Grammar: 7th Grade Standards Writing Workshop: MCAS Rehearsal Short Stories: Literature Anthology Fourth Quarter: Novel Unit: Medieval Literature Circles Vocabulary: 100 Most Used Words List Non Fiction: Middle Ages Research Speech: Book Talk Letter Writing: “The Great American Mail Race” Daily Writing: Journal Entries Grammar: 7th Grade Standards Writing Workshop: Journal Choice Short Stories: Ray Bradbury Author Study