7th Grade English Language Arts
Mr. Harper
Students continue the MyPerspectives curriculum in 7th grade ELA, covering one unit each quarter. Each unit is designed around a guiding question.
Quarter 1
"What can one generation learn from another?"
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Grounded (640L)
- Novel Excerpt: Two Kinds, from the Joy Luck Club, Amy Tan (870L)
- Blog: A Simple Act, Tyler Jackson (930L)
- Memoir: from An Invisible Thread: Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski (890L)
Quarter 2
"What can cause a sudden change in someone's life?"
- At the Crossroads (930L)
- Drama: A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act I, Israel Horovitz (NP)
- Drama: A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley, Act II, Israel Horovitz (NP)
- Film: from Scrooge, directed by Henry Edwards
Quarter 3
"What effects do people have on the environment?"
- Rethinking the Wild, (980L)
- Descriptive Nonfiction: from Silent Spring, Rachel Carson (1080L)
- Speech: Nobel Speech, Al Gore (1190L)
- Video: Nobel Speech, Al Gore (640L)
Quarter 4
"How do we overcome obstacles?"
- Against the Odds (800L)
- Video: The Dust Bowl, Critical Past
- Novel Excerpt: from The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck (600L)
- Short Story: The Circuit, Francisco Jimenez (730L) (640L)