Course Syllabus

Class Overview:

All units include readers workshops (RW)  and writers workshops (WW) to develop skills throughout the school year . Major units include: 

Courage to be an Individual (RW)

Monsters are Due on Maple Street play

Narrative (WW)

A Christmas Carol play

Non-Fiction (RR & WW)

Dystopian (RW)

Argumentative (WW)

Grammar skills and vocabulary will be developed throughout each unit. 

Grading:

Summative (60%): This includes assessments that show your understanding of learned concepts. This includes, but is not limited to: projects, tests/quizzes, and presentations often completed later in the unit. 

Formative (40%): This includes homework and in-class assignments that show your learning process as we engage with new and recurring ideas each day. 

50% Grading Rule: Missing work will receive 50% in the gradebook Process and Culminating work will be scored according to standards to show understanding concepts. 

Grading Scale: At CMMS, all Language Arts classes do not use minus (-) grades. 

*Grades are posted on Canvas*

For more syllabus information see the attached:

Wooten 7th Grade ELA Syllabus 2023-2024.pdf