2nd Period

7th Grade Language Arts

Students are now expected to use Moodle to keep up with class assignments.

Username = ID number

Password = abc (unless changed by student)

The English language arts enrich the human spirit and promote an inner joy that comes with literacy behaviors. Effective language arts instruction is based on the complete and constant integration of each of its components -- listening, speaking, reading, writing, and viewing -- in meaningful contexts that recognize student differences, experiences, and perspectives at every level of development, pre-K through grade 12. The language arts provide a means of communicating and thinking critically about all disciplines because language is the primary instrument for making sense and for connecting who we are with what we want to discover and need to know. Such discovery leads to lifelong learning and extends the collective wisdom of the nation.

Guiding Principles

The English Language Arts curriculum of Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD reflects the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills and has been developed around the following guiding principles that define a quality language arts curriculum as being one that: 

1. Teaches the strategies necessary for acquiring academic knowledge, achieving academic standards, and attaining independence as learners
2. Embeds explicit skills instruction in purposeful and meaningful learning
3. Emphasizes the process of learning and the creation of quality products and presentations
4. Integrates all aspects of the language arts - reading, writing, speaking, listening, research, viewing, and critical thinking
5. Promotes student interaction and communication
6. Promotes the learner's ability to assess his own learning strengths and needs and set goals for personal academic growth
7. Integrates technology and teaches students to become proficient users of all forms of media
8. Encourages respect for cultural differences while nurturing students' sense of their common ground as American citizens.

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