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Course Description:
This rigorous semester-long language arts course does not have any live meetings. The course is aligned to national standards. The course will focus on the areas of reading literature, reading informational, writing and speaking and listening. During this course, students will work on the standards that focus around citing text evidence, theme, summarizing, plot, character change, figurative language, point of view, main idea, informational writing, narrative writing, and collaboration and discussion.

Preview Week 1 List of Learning: https://watch.screencastify.com/v/6JI3gF4nXAh0QdXlIo82

National Standards:
-RL.7.1 - Citing Text Evidence Literature
-RL.7.2 - Theme
-RL.7.2 - Summarizing
-RL.7.3 - Plot
-RL.7.3 - Character Change
-RL.7.4 - Figurative Language 
-RL.7.6 - Point of View
-RI.7.1 - Citing Text Evidence Informational
-RI.7.2 - Main Idea
-RI.7.2 - Summarizing
-W.7.2 - Informational Writing
-W.7.3 - Narrative Writing
-SL.7.1 - Collaboration and Discussion

Course Format:
At the beginning of the week, a “List of Learning” Google Doc will be posted on the Outschool classroom page. Each “List of Learning” will have steps students need to complete for the week. These steps will include a lesson video to watch when a new standard is being introduced, reading assignments, discussion questions to respond to and give feedback to other classmates, assessments to complete, writing assignments, and other assignments or extension opportunities to share with other students. Any work that will be turned in for grades/scores, will be in the form of a Google Doc. Students will need to share the document with the teacher and other students will not have access to the document. A Google Spreadsheet will be shared with each student in order to track progress when an assignment is graded/scored.

It is encouraged to have the readings and assignments done by each due date so students can participate in discussions together. To give each student a more meaningful learning experience, all students need to participate in the discussion questions by responding to the questions and giving feedback to other students.

The novel, “Out of the Dust” by Karen Hesse will be read during this course. The setting of this novel is the 1930's Dust Bowl. Please research the novel to make sure it is appropriate for your child. 

Students will interact with one another through written discussion questions and activities posted on the Outschool classroom page. Some examples of activities where students will interact are Kahoot games and sharing of projects. Google Docs will be used for assessments that are given a grade/score to obtain privacy. The teacher will interact with students through asynchronous lessons, discussion questions and providing feedback on the assignments.


Course Schedule (Subject to Change):
Weeks 1, 2, & 3: Bold Actions Unit
Weeks 4, 5, & 6: Perception and Reality Unit
Weeks 7, 8, & 9: Nature at Work Unit
Weeks 10, 11, 12, 13, & 14: “Out of the Dust” Novel Study

Week 1: Bold Actions Unit
-Lesson: Citing Text Evidence
-Lesson: Plot
-Reading: “Rogue Wave” (12 pages)
-Reading: “Big Things Come in Small Packages” (10 pages)
-Reading: “Parents of Rescued Teenage Sailor Abby Sunderland Accused of Risking Her Life” (3 pages)
-Reading: “Ship of Fools” (3 pages)

Week 2: Bold Actions Unit
-Lesson: Main Idea
-Lesson: Figurative Language
-Reading: “Finding Your Everest” (4 pages)
-Reading: “The Flight of Icarus” (4 pages)

Week 3: Bold Actions Unit
-Lesson: Theme
-Lesson: Narrative Writing
-Reading: “Arachne” (6 pages)
-Reading: “Icarus’s Flight” (1 page)
-Reading: “Women in Aviation” (6 pages)
-Narrative Writing Piece

Week 4: Perception and Reality Unit
-Lesson: Figurative Language Review
-Reading: “The People Could Fly” (5 pages)
-Reading: “Heartbeat” (6 pages)
-Reading: “The Song of Wandering Aengus” (1 page)
-Reading: “Sonnet 43” (1 page)
-Reading: “Magic and the Brain” (8 pages)

Week 5: Perception and Reality Unit
-Lesson: Theme
-Lesson: Character Change 
-Reading: “Saving the Lost” (4 pages)
-Reading: “Pavement Chalk Art” (2 pages)
-Reading: “Another Place, Another Time” (14 pages)

Week 6: Perception and Reality Unit
-Lesson: Point of View
-Reading: “Sorry, Wrong Number” (14 pages)
-Reading: “from A Christmas Carol” (2 pages)
-Reading: “from A Christmas Carol: scrooge and Marley” (3 pages)
-Reading: “from A Christmas Carol” Graphic Story (3 pages)

Week 7: Nature at Work Unit
-Lesson: Figurative Language Review
-Reading: “from Mississippi Solo” (4 pages)
-Reading: “from Polar Dream” (6 pages)
-Reading: “from The Tempest” (2 pages)

Week 8: Nature at Work Unit
-Lesson: Main Idea Review
-Reading: “Allied with Green” (4 pages)
-Reading: “Big Rocks’ Balancing Acts” (8 pages)
-Reading: “The Hidden Southwest: The Arch Hunters” (8 pages)

Week 9: Nature at Work Unit
-Lesson: Citing Text Evidence Review
-Reading: “Ode to enchanted light” (1 page)
-Reading: “Sleeping in the Forest” (1 page)
-Reading: “Poems About Nature” (5 pages)

Week 10: "Out of the Dust" Novel Study
-Reading: "Winter 1934" (30 pages)
-Reading: "Spring 1934" (20 pages)
-Reading: "Summer 1934" (29 pages)

Week 11: "Out of the Dust Novel" Study
-Reading: "Autumn 1934" (8 pages)
-Reading: "Winter 1935" (50 pages)

Week 12: "Out of the Dust" Novel Study
-Reading: "Spring 1935" (36 pages)

Week 13: "Out of the Dust" Novel Study
-Reading: "Summer 1935" (13 pages)
-Reading: "Autumn 1935" (18 pages)

Week 14: "Out of the Dust" Novel Study
-Lesson: Informational Writing
-Informational Writing Piece