Grade 7 English Language Arts (E.L.A.) Curriculum

Three Competencies of the E.L.A. Program:

1. Uses language/talk to communicate and learn (TALK)

• Students will learn to use language to communicate information, experiences and point of view for learning and thinking and to interact in collaborative group activities in a variety of roles.

2. Reads and listens to written, spoken and media texts (READING)

• Students will learn to construct her/his own view of the world through reading and listening to literary, popular and information-based texts, to construct meaning by applying appropriate reading strategies and to use a reflection process when reading and listening to literary, popular, and information-based texts

3. Produces written, spoken and media texts for personal and social purposes (PRODUCTION)

• Students will learn the codes and conventions of different types of writing, the phases of the writing process and how to use writing as a system for communicating and constructing meaning.

Students will explore the three competencies through the lens of 3 inquiry questions:

• Term 1: What makes me who I am?

• Term 2: What is Fantasy as a genre?

• Term 3: How do we make our dreams come true?

In each term, students will explore these questions through a variety of reading (short stories, articles, novels), a variety of types of writing and through talk (group discussions, presentations, reflections).

Evaluation and Assignments: 

• Each competency counts for one third of the final mark, however, please note that the TALK competency will only be evaluated for terms 2 and 3. 

• Students will be given class time to work on assignments, however due to the nature of this course, they will be expected to complete assignments at home or during lunch hour.