Seventh Grade
Language Arts (2 periods per day)
Writing - Grammar, Use & Mechanics
- Development of clear, focused, well-structured essays in narrative, expository, persuasive and descriptive genres
- Focus on drafting, evaluating and revision skills
- Recognition and incorporation of skills in figurative language and clarifying word meaning through context clues
- Study of prefixes, suffixes and roots
- Review and application of grammar in writing and sentence structure as meaning maker and clarifier
Literature
- Recognition and understanding of plot development, character analysis, point-of-view, stereotyping and theme
- Development of critical thinking skills and articulation and integration in discussion of literature
- Application of skills to interconnect works and lives of students
- Emphasis on responses to various types of literature
Math
- Mastery of basic facts, rational and irrational numbers
- Exponents
- Fraction concepts
- Ratios and rates
- Estimation
- Number theory, sets and systems, factorization, base 2
- Measurement units and temperature conversions, indirect measurement
- Geometry: vertical and adjacent angles, polygons, Pythagorean theorem, solids, area of complex figures, pi, volume of cylinders and prisms, point symmetry, congruency, constructions, and transformations
- Algebra: palindromes, integers, absolute value, linear equations, constants, coefficients, polynomials, factoring, properties, inequalities, quadratic equations, functional relations, graphing parabolas and inequalities
- Statistics - collecting, organizing, analyzing and representing data
- Theoretical and experimental probability
- Problem solving strategies
Social Studies – American History
Content
- The Civil War
- Reconstruction
- Westward Expansion
- Growth of Industry
- Into the 20th Century-America as a World Power
- World War I
- The 1920's
- The Depression
- World War II
Skills
- Identifying and analyzing point-of-view, reading and interpreting maps, graphs, tables
- Interpreting primary source material
- Identifying main ideas and supporting details
- Forming conclusions
- Comparing and contrasting
- Outlining
- Writing in response to content
- Oral presentation
- Research skills
Science
- Cell structure, function, process, and energy
- Human Biology and Health
- Levels of organization
- Human body systems (including skeletal, muscular, digestive, circulatory, nervous, etc.)
- In-depth study of different animal groups
Middle School Physical Education
Middle School Electives
