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Overview : English Overview
Sixth and Seventh Grade Curriculum:
Over the course of the academic year, sixth graders read Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths, The Great Turkey Walk, and various reading materials on the demanding topic of global warming. Historical perspecitves are a concentration of the sixth grade. The seventh grade spends time with The Odyssey, Junior Great Books, which is a collection of short stories, and The Call of the Wild. Adventure and survival are major themes of the seventh grade English curriculum.
Within these units of study, students are able to work on their reading comprehension, literary response and analysis, various writing strategies, and listening and speaking strategies.
Students refine their skills in vocabulary and grammar in order to write and speak with a command of standard English language conventions.
To truly experience the impact of writing and reading, students often are presented with opportunities to use their imaginations to create short stories of their own and to share these with their peers.
Students in the sixth and seventh grade will write expository essays, research-based essays, literary responses, and persuasive essays. Several public speaking opportunities are provided, so as to practice delivery strategies, responding to messages, and refining the art of oral communication.
Throughout the year, students are challenged to read outside of school from a pre-selected group of books. These books are organized by theme and students select what interests them. Students choose and create an outside reading project, as well as write an essay that dives into why the character makes the choices he or she does in the text. A summer reading challenge is also provided for all upper schoolers.
Through the reading and discussion of the selected books, students will gain insight into the perspectives of others through reading, writing, and listening. Two primary goals for the sixth and seventh grade years are to form opinions and to learn how to organize those thoughts into a well-structured written response.
It is the hope of the English Department that students walk away from their years in the upper school with much experience and interaction with texts, as well as a thorough love and appreciation of their own talents, in addition to those of published writers.
Over the course of the academic year, sixth graders read Heroes, Gods, and Monsters of the Greek Myths, The Great Turkey Walk, and various reading materials on the demanding topic of global warming. Historical perspecitves are a concentration of the sixth grade. The seventh grade spends time with The Odyssey, Junior Great Books, which is a collection of short stories, and The Call of the Wild. Adventure and survival are major themes of the seventh grade English curriculum.
Within these units of study, students are able to work on their reading comprehension, literary response and analysis, various writing strategies, and listening and speaking strategies.
Students refine their skills in vocabulary and grammar in order to write and speak with a command of standard English language conventions.
To truly experience the impact of writing and reading, students often are presented with opportunities to use their imaginations to create short stories of their own and to share these with their peers.
Students in the sixth and seventh grade will write expository essays, research-based essays, literary responses, and persuasive essays. Several public speaking opportunities are provided, so as to practice delivery strategies, responding to messages, and refining the art of oral communication.
Throughout the year, students are challenged to read outside of school from a pre-selected group of books. These books are organized by theme and students select what interests them. Students choose and create an outside reading project, as well as write an essay that dives into why the character makes the choices he or she does in the text. A summer reading challenge is also provided for all upper schoolers.
Through the reading and discussion of the selected books, students will gain insight into the perspectives of others through reading, writing, and listening. Two primary goals for the sixth and seventh grade years are to form opinions and to learn how to organize those thoughts into a well-structured written response.
It is the hope of the English Department that students walk away from their years in the upper school with much experience and interaction with texts, as well as a thorough love and appreciation of their own talents, in addition to those of published writers.