Designed by Kimberly Paggett Willis ELA 7/8 WPACS ELA 7 th /8 th Mwalimu Paggett-Willis & Mwalimu Lewis-Bradford

 Agenda  Welcome – Habari Gani  ELA 7 th /8 th Curriculum Overview  Scholar Community  Governing Rules  Learning Tribes  Learning Targets & Scholar Expectations  Course Materials  Wish List

 Welcome

 ELA Instructors Mrs. Paggett-Willis  Lead Teacher-WPACMS  ELA 7 th /8 th Curriculum Design & Standards-based Instruction  Demonstrate Learning Targets  Facilitate assessments  Provide consistent formal and informal feed-back  Foster a spirit of confidence through the learning experience Mrs. Lewis-Bradford  Lead Intervention Specialist  SST Coordinator  Supports 7 th & 8 th grade students in ELA in order to help them improve or maintain achievement levels.  Monitors student academic progress via formative and summative assessments as well day to day tasks.

 ELA Curriculum Common Core Standards  Reading  Writing  Speaking  Listening College Preparatory & Career Readiness  The standards establish guidelines for English language arts (ELA).  Literacy in history/social studies, science, and technical subjects.  Students must learn to read, write, speak, listen, and use language effectively in a variety of content areas.  The standards promote the literacy skills and concepts required for college and career readiness in multiple disciplines.

ELA Curriculum  Students will respond to literature in an essay format, using academic language, literary terms and scholarly research.  Students will use critical thinking to develop original ideas, applying academic integrity when using credible sources for evidence. Essay Types: Expository Writing Illustration/Descriptive Persuasive/Argumentation Compare and Contrast Research Paper (Science) Informational Text Analysis Credible Sources: Owl.english.purdue.edu google.scholar.com

  Students will incorporate documented citations in the style prescribed by the Modern Language Association (MLA).  Students will evolve as scholars and effective communicators through engaging activities, collaborative exercises, informative discussions, project-based learning, standards based assessments, active reading and in-depth research. ELA Curriculum

 Daily Instruction  Writing Journal Prompt – Students enter the class ready to critically think, cold write and pair-share on any given topic each day, building writing muscle as well as the skill to develop a point-of-view.

 Daily Instruction  Vocabulary Notebook – Students will unlock over 14,000 words in the English language through daily vocabulary drill

 Daily Instruction

 Learning Targets  We can…  I can…  Students self-assess progress frequently and teachers provide feedback consistently.

 Designed by Kimberly Paggett Willis ELA 7/8 WPACS Scholar Community Governing Rules Attentive Listening Show Appreciation Give Affirmations NO PUT DOWNS Right to Participate/Right to Think About It Display Mutual Respect Show Maturity No Outburst!

 We can work collaboratively on various activities, projects, and assignments, with a focused goal. I can discuss problems and collectively create solutions for the good of the learning community. I can productively contribute to and learn from my peer. I can think creatively and critically, offering my perspective, while respecting the views of others in my Learning Tribe and Scholar Community. Learning Tribe Targets Designed by Kimberly Paggett Willis ELA 7/8 WPACS

 ELA Course Materials Daily Supplies  Composition Books  Notebook  Folders (2 pocket)  Binder (2 inch) Novels/Books  First Trimester  Dictionary (Longman Advanced preferred)  Black Ships of Troy Rosemary Sutcliff (7 th /8 th )  Up From Slavery: Booker T. Washington (8 th Grade)  Narrative of Frederick Douglass (7 th Grade)