The Summit's seventh grade language arts program continues to stress the importance of solid writing skills.
Students develop research skills through an interdisciplinary comprehensive biography project.
Students complete the study of classic novels and focus on the understanding of story elements through the short story. Students continue to be introduced to a wide selection of literature such as contemporary realistic fiction, plays, biographies, historical fiction, and fantasy, examining their distinctive and common features. The writing workshop places importance on realistic writing such as memoirs, interviews, persuasive essays and narratives. Grammar is studied as a natural outgrowth of the writing process and writing is reinforced through the Writer's Workshop process. Rebecca Sitton's spelling program is used.