LAN0700: LAN0700_202438_Staging_MSHS_TEM

05/01/2024 to 05/30/2025 • Modified 04/23/2024

Course Description

This year-long course provides a sequential review and development of grammar, research, writing, communication skills, and literature analysis. Students will read and analyze age-appropriate short stories, novels, poetry, and drama selected from a variety of periods and authors. These and other texts frame the students’ vocabulary comprehension through contextual application. Students will study all steps of the development of a research paper and then utilize the learned skills to produce a well-structured research paper. Students are guided with biblical truths to develop the skills necessary to honor God through excellence in the written and spoken word.

Prerequisite

6th Grade Language Arts

Schedule

Module 1: Grammar & Writing

Week 1: Grammar Basics
Week 2: Grammar Basics, continued, and Writing Effective Paragraphs
Week 3: Writing Effective Paragraphs

Module 2: The Bronze Bow

Week 4: The Bronze Bow
Week 5: The Bronze Bow, continued
Week 6: The Bronze Bow, continued
Week 7: The Bronze Bow, continued

Module 3: Nonfiction

Week 8: Nonfiction
Week 9: Nonfiction, continued and Quarter Exam

Module 4: The Hobbit

Week 10: The Hobbit
Week 11: The Hobbit, continued
Week 12: The Hobbit, continued
Week 13: The Hobbit, continued
Week 14: The Hobbit, continued
Week 15: The Hobbit, continued

Module 5: Poetry

Week 16: Poetry
Week 17: Poetry, continued
Week 18: Creative Poetry and Quarter Exam

Module 6: Where the Red Fern Grows and Analysis Essay

Week 19: Where the Red Fern Grows
Week 20: Where the Red Fern Grows, continued
Week 21: Where the Red Fern Grows, continued
Week 22: Where the Red Fern Grows, continued, and Analysis Essay Preparation
Week 23: Where the Red Fern Grows, continued

Module 7: Research, the Media, and Writing Effectively

Week 24: Research
Week 25: Research, continued
Week 26: Research, continued
Week 27: Research, continued

Module 8: The Hawk that Dare Not Hunt by Day

Week 28: The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day
Week 29: The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day, continued
Week 30: The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day, continued
Week 31: The Hawk That Dare Not Hunt by Day, continued

Module 9: Cyrano de Bergerac

Week 32: Cyrano de Bergerac
Week 33: Cyrano de Bergerac, continued
Week 34: Cyrano de Bergerac, continued
Week 35: Cyrano de Bergerac, continued
Week 36: Original Drama Scene and Quarter Exam