7th Grade Language Arts
Instructor: Mr. Costanza
Text:
Jensen’s Vocabulary
English—Houghton Mifflin
Content:
Root words and their history
Various forms of writing (essays; stories; letters; reports; poetry)
Grammar
Daily Oral Language will begin each class. These are collected at the end of every week for 10 points.
There will be a Latin test every week and a half or so; the day before the test there will be a Spelling Bee in test format where extra credit or a test pass may be gained. Flash cards are extra credit and due the day part D is due.
Due to each exercise being reviewed daily, work will not be accepted late (half credit can be achieved by filling in the correct answers as we review in class.)
English tests will be at the end of every unit and are open book.
There will be several different writing opportunity projects and assignments. These will be assigned at the end of every grammar unit.
Grading:
Tests—book 15%
Tests—Latin 20%
Essays 30%
Participation: 10%
Homework: 15%
Classwork 10%
One Latin test per semester may be dropped. One English test may be dropped per semester as well.