Grade 7 English Wayland Middle School Program of Studies Grade 7 English English classes at Wayland Middle School are heterogeneously grouped. The seventh grade English program emphasizes the development of skills in reading, writing, speaking, viewing, and listening. A growing mastery of these areas enables students to enlarge their understanding of the world and to better order their thinking about it. Students draw upon a variety of experiences as sources for discussion, thinking, and writing.
Students regularly produce writing in a variety of forms.
The fundamentals of the English Language are reinforced through the teaching of the Five Step Writing Process, which includes strategies for prewriting, planning, drafting, revising, and editing writing assignments. Vocabulary lists, drawn from the reading and related materials, are studied on a regular basis to build up reading vocabulary. Students work on a variety of reading and viewing experiences, moving through thematic units selected for interest and developmental suitability for grade 7. Readings include Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer , by Mark Twain, and the classic American drama, Twelve Angry Men , by Reginal Rose and Lyddie by Katherine Paterson. A short story unit is also included.