District 65's Lit/LA Curriculum
The district's curriculum is based on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). Reading and writing are reciprocal in nature, and thus are taught together. Students will read, analyze, discuss, and craft writing in a variety of genres including informational, argument, and narrative. Within each unit, students will be reading in the mode in which they write. For each unit (besides the launch), there is a literary analysis where students respond to their reading. Each unit also encompasses a writing product in order to assess each student's writing. Writing is both a process and product. Within each formalized writing assignment, students will receive a grade that is 50% based on their writing process and 50% on the final product.
Link to 7th Grade CCSS1- Launch UnitEnduring Understandings
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2- Realistic Fiction with Nonfiction Research (Outsiders) |