Humanities 7

Course Outline

Teacher Room Contact

Please refer to HomeLogic for Marks and
Dylan 5 and also djmccafferty@cbe.ab.ca http://mrmacsknowledgecloud.weebly.com/ for
McCafferty the Foods course updates and the weekly blog
Room

Extra Help
Extra help and tutorials are available before and after school. Please feel free to come and seek
assistance.
Who I am
My name is Mr. Dylan McCafferty and I will be leading your English quest this 2017-2018
school year. I hold a BA in Political Science and a BA in English from the University of Calgary,
and attained my BEd from the University of Victoria. I am very excited to welcome your child to
Mt Royal school this year and complete this next stage of your childs journey.
This year promises many fun adventures as well as a surplus of clubs and sports teams for your
child to take part in. I myself am coaching the Boys Basketball team.
I truly believe in experiential learning and have many fun and educating plans for your children.

Classroom Expectations
Respect: For others, materials, classroom, community and self.
Citizenship in Learning: Homework and review to be completed daily. Assignments are to be
submitted by the due date. If an assignment cannot be completed on time, student should contact
teacher prior to the due date to discuss an extension.
Punctual and regular attendance: Students will be required to make up for missed class time
and/or work. For example, students will complete missed assignments, get notes from peers, and
come in for extra help as needed.
Positive Attitude: toward learning, peers, teachers, and school community.

Work Ethic
Time will be allotted in class to finish work, however there is always the chance for spillover. It is
the students responsibility to complete work on their own time, if they havent during school
hours
There will be some homework projects that will be assigned to be completed at home. It is the
students responsibility to manage their time to complete such assignments.
Supplies
Memory stick
Pencils, pens, erasers, coloured pencils/markers
Binder with lined paper and dividers to organize notes
Student Planner/Agenda (to be used for all courses)

Text
Social Studies: Voices and Visions
English Language Arts: A variety of other texts will be explored and created throughout the year within
different genres including narrative fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and television/film.
General Outcomes
In English Language Arts:
1. Oral comprehension: Responding to poems, songs, radio phonics, film, conversations
2. Oral production: Verbally expressing thoughts and opinions while paying attention to word
order, syntax, grammar and English expressions
3. Written comprehension: Understanding the organization of text, identifying main idea,
determining details and annotating a variety of fiction and nonfiction texts.
4. Written production: Expression in writing while paying attention to word order, syntax, grammar,
spelling and English expressions
5. Media Investigations: Through the interaction of the above four domains, students will work
within in a climate of appreciation for the using modern media to showcase learning.

In Social Studies, students will gain knowledge, understandings, skills, processes, values and attitudes in
relation to:
How Canada has undergone some major changes during its history, and your Grade 7 child will uncover
the stories behind these changes. They will become familiar with the people and events that led to
Canadian Confederation and with the political, economic and social changes that took place afterward.
Your child will gain an understanding of Canadas development into the multicultural, bilingual,
pluralistic and diverse society we know today.

To become active and responsible citizens, students need to develop an understanding and appreciation of
the history of the nation and the road to Confederation. The hope of responsible and active citizens rest on
arming students with the knowledge of the Founding Fathers of Canada.

Assessment
Please go to homelogic for updates on student progress:
https://sirswebapps.cbe.ab.ca/HomeLogic/
CBE has outlined four indicators for performance on each of the 8 stems. In addition to feedback
using the indicator scale, students will receive specific feedback on assignments regarding learner
outcomes.
Stems Indicators
Each stem will be assessed throughout the year with the
indicators. 4 Excellent achievement of grade level expectations.
Understands and responds to oral language
Speaks to communicate information and ideas
Reads to explore, construct and extend understanding 3 Good achievement of grade level expectations.
Writes to develop, organize and express information
and ideas
Understands and makes connections between concepts
Explores events and issues from different points of view 2 Basic achievement of grade level expectations.
Develops approaches for inquiry and research
Communicates ideas in an informed and persuasive
manner 1 Not meeting grade level expectations.

We are looking forward to a fantastic year with you!!