Humanities G7 Course Outline

7^th Grade Humanities – Course Outline 2010/2011

Finding Your Voice Along the Way (8 weeks)

• Novel – Boy, Tales of Childhood – by Roald Dahl
• 6 Traits of Writing
• Autobiographical short stories – Find Your Voice
• Ancient Greece
• Personal Narrative Essay –assessed product

When in Rome (8 weeks)

• Novel – The Roman Mysteries: The Thieves of Ostia – by Caroline Lawrence
• Geography
• Short Story – Nothing Lasts Forever
• Expository Writing – newspaper article–assessed product
• Rome Research Project –assessed product
• Rome Project presentation–assessed product
• Pompeii Day – cross curricular collaborative project

Stuck in the Middle Ages with you (8 weeks)

• Novel – Catherine Called Birdy – by Karen Cushman
• Feudal pyramid
• Feudal narrative–assessed product
• Poetry Portfolio–assessed product
• Poetry presentation–assessed product
• Black Death Day – cross curricular collaborative project

Are you a Renaissance person? (8 weeks)

• Novel – The Apprentice by Pilar Molina Llorente
• A history of the renaissance – Schlessinger video series
• Renaissance art
• Persuasive Essay–assessed product
• Renaissance Art Exhibit – cross curricular collaborative project

Grading	Weighting
Practice Home work & class work
Quizzes Vocabulary, journal publishing, checking for understanding	50
Projects / Essays All formal and summative assessments and essays	50

	Supplies to bring to humanities every day
1	Agenda
2	Notebook with dividers and paper
3	Pens, pencils
4	Books (Write Source, Vocabulary)
5	Novel and or personal reading book
6	Laptop and USB thumb drive