Course: 7th Grade Composition

Course Description

Writing, spelling, and everything that goes along with it.

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Curriculum

13 lessons Intro to Composition
- Lessons
- Lesson 0_Diagnostic
  Students will complete a diagnostic assessment of writing skills.
- Lesson 1_Class Goals
  Students will be able to name, and perform calculations based on, the class's three big goals
- Lesson 2_Concept Sorting
  Students will be able to sort pictures by conceptual similarities.
- Lesson 3_Nouns
  Students will be able to identify nouns in and out of context.
- Lesson 4_Common v. Proper
  Students will be able to distinguish between proper and common nouns.
- Lesson 5_Adjectives
  Students will be able to identify adjectives.
- Lesson 6_TypingWeb
  CPSW create accounts on TypingWeb.com
- Lesson 7_Verbs
  Students will be able to identify words in context.
- Lesson 8_Verbs2
  Students will be able to distinguish between action and linking verbs.
  
  Students will be able to distinguish between verbs and other parts of speech.
- Lesson 9_Writing Process
  Students will be able to identify and describe the five steps of the writing process.
  
  Students will be able to use association to brainstorm ideas.
- Lesson 10_Ideas
  Students will be able to evaluate writing for the quality of its ideas.
- Lesson 11_Introduction to WW
  Students will be able to transition effectively in and out of writer's workshop time.
- Lesson 12_Show don't tell
  Students will be able to change writing that "tells" into writing that "shows."
7 lessons Six traits of writing
- Lessons
- Ideas
  In syllabus, below
- Voice
  In lesson plan below (Wednesday)
- Word Choice
  In week 1 syllabus--Thursday
- Sentence Fluency
  In week 2 syllabus: Tuesday
- Organization
  In week 2 syllabus, Wednesday
- Conventions
  In Week 2 syllabus, Thursday
- All Six Traits
  In Week 2 syllabus, Friday
9 lessons Poetry-writing
- Lessons
- Lesson 01_Simple Subject/Predicate
  CPSWBAT identify the simple subject and the simple predicate of a sentence.
- Complete Subject/Predicate
  In syllabusCPSWBAT identify the complete subject and complete predicate of a sentence.
- Lesson 03_Poetry Brainstorming
  CPSWBAT collect “seeds” for poems.
- Lesson 04_Rhyme Scheme
  CPSWBAT write to a rhyme scheme.
  
  CPSW demonstrate mastery of a spelling pattern.
- Lesson 05_MEAL Paragraph
  CPSWBAT identify the immediate cause for a particular event.
  
  CPSWBAT write a MEAL paragraph.
- Lesson 06_Alliteration and Onomatopoeia
  CPSWBAT identify, and write examples of, alliteration and onomatopoeia.
- Lesson 07_Writing Simile and Metaphor
  CPSWBAT write examples of simile and metaphor.
- Lesson 08_Poetry Slam
  CPSW analyze live performances of poetry.
- Lesson 09_Summary-writing
  CPSWBAT write a summary paragraph of a nonfiction text.
14 lessons Grammar: Sentence Structure
An introduction to internal sentence structure, from the basics (subject/predicate) to the construction of complex and compound sentences.
- Lessons
- Simple Subject and Predicate
  SWBAT identify the simple subject and the simple predicate of a sentence.
- Complete Subject and Predicate
  SWBAT identify the complete subject and complete predicate of a sentence.
- Diagramming Modifiers
  SWBAT place modifiers underneath the words they describe in a sentence diagram.
- Direct Objects
  SWBAT identify direct objects within a sentence.
- Complements
  SWBAT diagram sentences that include predicate adjectives or predicate nominatives.
- Compound Subjects and Predicates
  SWBAT identify compound subjects and compound predicates within sentences.
- Diagramming with Compounds
  SWBAT diagram sentences that include compound subjects and predicates.
- Prepositions
  SWBAT identify prepositions.
- Prepositional Phrases
  SWBAT identify prepositional phrases within sentences.
- Diagramming Prepositional Phrases
  SWBAT diagram prepositional phrases.
- Clauses and Phrases
  SWBAT distinguish between phrases and clauses.
- Dependent and Independent Clauses
  SWBAT differentiate between independent and dependent clauses.
- Compound sentences
  SWBAT distinguish between, and generate, simple and compound sentences.
- Complex sentences
  SWBAT identify and generate complex sentences
11 lessons Persuasion
A brief introduction to Aristotelian principles of persuasive rhetoric, followed by two writing projects: one letter and one essay.
- Lessons
- Fact vs. Opinion
  SWBAT distinguish between facts and opinions.
- Main idea: Persuade vs. Inform
  SWBAT determine whether a passage is meant to persuade or inform, based on its main idea.
- Ethos.Pathos.Logos
  SWBAT analyze a persuasive advertisement for its use of ethos, pathos, and logos.
- Audience
  SWBAT write arguments that are aimed at a specific audience.
- Persuasive Letter Pre-Writing
  SW complete pre-writing exercises for a persuasive letter.
- Persuasive Letter Organization
  SWBAT write a correctly organized persuasive letter.
- Persuasive Letter Editing
  SW revise persuasive letters for sentence fluency.
- Five-Paragraph Essay
  SWBAT identify the parts of a five-paragraph essay.
- Intelligent Design Intro
  SW analyze the argument for intelligent design.
- Opposing Intelligent Design
  SW analyze arguments that oppose intelligent design.
- Essay Outline
  SWBAT generate an outline for a persuasive five-paragraph essay.