Language Arts

English 7 promotes reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, with emphasis on vocabulary and concept development, reading comprehension, literary response and analysis, writing applications and research, and oral and written English language conventions. Study and technological skills are developed. Study of narrative, expository, persuasive, and descriptive domains of writing and text are explored.

English 8 is designed to develop competence in the basic skills of reading, writing, speaking, and listening through a literature-based curriculum. Formal study of the writing application is integrated through all genres of literature, with emphasis on the process of writing (prewriting, pre-composing, writing, sharing, revision, editing, and publication) as well as on reading comprehension skills. Study and technological skills continue to be developed. Formal study of narrative, expository, persuasive, descriptive, technical, and work place documents are the applications introduced and developed at this level.