LINCOLN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

charter school

7th Grade

Produce the following types of writing:
- Expository writing
- Research essays
- Poetry
- Short stories
Speaking and Listening:
- Group discussions
- Short speech
- Listen to read aloud texts and retell
Read and comprehend text:
- Foundations and Frameworks units (F & F): Our reading program teaches the essential skills needed for comprehension in a unit-by-unit structure. Instruction is taught in small reading groups, utilizing visual tools, vocabulary instruction, group projects, and assessments.
- Read grade level fictional and nonfictional texts, poetry, dramas, novels, essays, autobiography, short stories, biographies and speeches according to Core Knowledge with the purposes of retelling, summarizing, and interpreting the texts
Identify and define literary terms and vocabulary:
- Define Latin and Greek root words and give examples of English words based on them
- Recognize troublesome grade level words; spell and use them correctly
Grammar and Usage:
- Identify part of a sentence: prepositional phrases, subject and verb, appositives, and participles
- Identify different types of sentences: simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
- Correctly use punctuation: semi-colons, and commas in the place of conjunctions to form a compound sentence