Wisconsin
Virtual
School’s
Middle School Courses provide three paces in which a
student may complete the courses. The students are
recommended to work with their parent, school, guidance
counselor, or local education guide (LEG) to determine
the pace that fits their need. To help
determine the pace choice for the course, consider your
academic needs and how much time you can devote to the
online course. More details
on pacing
Language Arts
6
This course contains a
full year of Language Arts requirements for 6th Graders.
It’s
Time for Exploration. That’s what you’ll do as you
explore some exciting stories, folktales and heroic
adventures from the past and present. Your teacher will
act as your guide, while you choose the stories you like
best. There are a lot of good places to find interesting
stories and courageous heroes. In this course, you’ll
read short stories and novels, listen to music, read
newspapers, and even interview your parents. Just as
important, you’ll learn to create some interesting
stories of your own. There will be information about
vocabulary, grammar and getting the punctuation right.
There will also be plenty of opportunities to use your
imagination and be creative. Good stories and
interesting characters can be your friends for life.
You’ll find them in every good book. You might even find
you have a few good stories of your own to tell.
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Language Arts 7
This course contains a
full year of Language Arts requirements for 7th Graders.
Everybody uses words, but some do it better than
others. It’s how politicians get elected, how stores
sell their products, and how people express their
feelings. There are techniques and strategies for
doing it well, and there is Language Arts 2 to help
you do it well too. In this course, you will read and
listen to other people’s words. You will analyze what
they are saying and how they are saying it. You will
read everything from newspapers to novels. Just as
important, you will discover your own ability to use
words. You will use strategies to create clear and
effective written messages. You will learn how to
organize and deliver oral presentations. And
throughout the course, you will keep a Discovery Log
that contains every word you have written.
Successful people know what words can do for them.
After taking this course, so will you.
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Arts 8
This course contains a
full year of Language Arts requirements for 8th Graders.
Maybe change would not be hard if we knew where it was
all going. This course is not about telling fortunes,
but it is about seeing how people and ideas have
changed. It is also about discovering which ideas
have lasting value for you.
Books, poems and songs are filled with stories about
people discovering the world around them and the world
inside them. Their authors shared their reflections
about how people respond to changes and challenges. In
this course, you will encounter the many faces of
change. You will also be challenged to define and
describe your own place in a changing world.
The purpose of this course is to give you the tools to
understand and express who you are and where you want to
go. By the end of the course, your portfolio of
writings will give you a descriptive self-portrait of a
young adult growing up.
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