Language Arts 7 explores engaging literature, comprehensive grammar and essential composition skills, each part reinforcing the others. Students gain a practical understanding of English language arts so that they can read and understand increasingly complex works and write well-reasoned essays with clarity and correctness. While delving into short stories, novels and poetry, students learn the fundamental literary elements and how to evaluate what they read from a biblical worldview with more maturity and insight. They may even gain insight into themselves and those around them!

Topics include: a comprehensive study of the logic of grammar through the traditional practice of parsing and diagramming sentences; imitative writing to replicate excellent sentence constructions from various literature selections; gathering and analyzing textual evidence to explicitly support a topic sentence and thesis statement; constructing effective literary essays; and editing for correct grammar, mechanics and usage. Students are independently completing grammar exercises outside of class through a grammar program. These skills were taught in LA 6 and are reviewed on their own in LA 7.

This class was formerly known as Language Arts Level 3 and has been renamed to more clearly align with the typical grade level of the students. 

Homework Habits: 2-4 hours/week

Language Arts 7 Book List

Suggested Grade Level: 7 (age 12 by September 1)

Prerequisites: Language Arts 6 or equivalent