7th Grade Language Arts - Student Outcomes

The student will...

·         Refine and master previously learned knowledge

·         Analyze speaker’s persuasive techniques and credibility

·         Evaluate spoken message in terms of its content, credibility and delivery

·         Read widely in class and contemporary and informational texts

·         Use knowledge of Greek and Latin roots and prefixes and suffixes

·         Recognize how style, tone and mood contributes to the effect of text

·         Select and use different forms of writing to inform, persuade and entertain

·         Vary sentence structure and use verb tenses such as present, past, future, perfect and progressive

·         Edit writing based on grammar, usage, spelling, punctuation and other conventions

·         Produce error-free writing

·         Draw data from multiple, primary and secondary for research