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Welcome to 7th Grade English Language Arts 2021-2022!
Reading and writing assignments will be guided by the following overarching "Essential Question"--
How is our perception of SELF created and influenced by the world around us?
Themes....
The Challenge of Constructing Identities
The Quest for Independence
Overcoming Prejudice
The Responsibility of Social Justice
Author Studies....
Edgar Allan Poe..........Lewis Carroll
Charles Dickens..........O. Henry
Agatha Christie..........Elie Wiesel
Jackie Woodson..........Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Tentative Novel List....
A Christmas Carol
Big Fish
Brown Girl Dreaming
The Crossover
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
And Then There Were None (play version)