Course Outline
Course Name: English Language Arts Grade 7/8
Location: Hillcrest Middle
Dates: July 11 to July 28, 2023
Teacher Name: Angela Beckett
Class Times: 8:45-11:45
Number of Class Sessions: 14
Textbook(s) (if applicable): None
General Course** Description
Students will increase their confidence and skill in Reading, writing, and speaking at a grade level 7/8
Link to BC curriculum website: English Language Arts 7 & English Language Arts 8
Big Ideas: Curricular Competencies: Content:
- Exploring stories and - Recognize and appreciate how different Story/text
other texts helps us features, forms, and genres of texts reflect
understand ourselves different purposes, audiences, and messages forms, functions,
and make connections and genres of text
to others and to the - Apply appropriate strategies to comprehend text features
world. written, oral, and visual texts, guide inquiry, literary elements
and extend thinking literary devices
- Language and text can
be a source of creativity - Understand how literary elements, Strategies and processes
and joy. techniques, and devices enhance and shape
meaning reading strategies
oral language strategies
- Think critically, creatively, and reflectively to writing processes
explore ideas within, between, and beyond
texts
Language features, structures,
and conventions
- Respond to text in personal, creative, and
critical ways
multi-paragraphing
language usage and
- Use an increasing repertoire of conventions
context
of Canadian spelling, grammar, and
elements of style
punctuation
syntax and sentence
fluency
- Transform ideas and information to create presentation techniques
original texts
*Integrated Subject courses require two or more curriculum areas, plus relevant PLO’s, to be listed
** Skill Building Courses (Elem, Mid, Sec) are not full courses, and therefore do not cover the entire curriculum
in the particular subject area(s) you’re teaching. List the PLO’s that your summer course does address.
Date Learning Activities Assessment Strategies
Week 1 Introduction: Formative:
July 11-14 - Roleplay activity highlighting the themes of - Participation in introduction activity
the class - Class discussion and teacher observation
- 1-4 journal/diary entries
Lessons:
- Journal/Diary writing Summative:
- 1 final journal/diary entry
Week 2 - Elements of plot Formative:
July 17-21 - Literary devices and figurative language - Comprehension quizzes
- Class read aloud: Treasure Island by Robert - Quick writes
Louis Stevenson - Class discussion and teacher observation
- Pre-reading activities (Character log,
Predictions, Chain of Events) Summative:
- Quick writes on themes/topics in the class - Written responses to Treasure Island
read aloud.
Week 3 - Finish class read aloud: Treasure Island by Formative:
July 24-28 Robert Louis Stevenson - Class discussion and teacher observation
- Quick writes on themes/topics in the class - Quick writes
read aloud. - Character trading cards
- Setting and Character development - Book cover
- Final project: plot diagrams posters &
journal/diary entry based on Treasure Island Summative:
- Treasure Island plot diagram poster
- Journal/diary entry
