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7th Grade

The challenges of seventh grade are exciting for students as they move from childhood toward adulthood. Students may have as many as six or seven teachers, allowing them to develop skills in interacting with many personalities. Elective classes allow for exploration of individual interests. Students find required classes to be challenging and exciting, with a wide variety of activities.

Our literature classes concentrate on learning the specific vocabulary and concepts associated with all genres of literature. We apply these concepts to the novels, short stories, poetry, and drama that we read in order to gain a greater appreciation of literature.

Our middle school math program is designed to build sequential skills necessary for success in current and future advanced math programs. Students are encouraged to apply math concepts to real life situations in order to better see the importance of math in their lives. They are given personal instruction suited to ensure their future success. For many, seventh grade is when they are introduced to simple algebra, learning to combine like terms, simplify expressions, solve simple equations, and apply the distributive property.

Science in seventh grade focuses on Life Science. Students discover the cell by building and eating cell cakes. Taking a peek into the microscopic world is exciting and learning about how someone can have blue eyes when their parents have brown is always fun. This year the students also discuss the human body systems, including reproduction.

Seventh and eighth grade travel together on class trips with a variety of locations. In the past, students have traveled to Dauphin Island Sea Lab. This is a unique, weeklong trip that allows students to explore a remarkable habitat through a hands-on squid dissection, an outing on the Sea Labs' research vessel, beach walks, marsh outings, and a trip through the Estuarium. Other trips have been to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama or to New York, New York.

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Curriculum Summary

Language


  • Punctuation
  • Capitalization
  • Quotation marks
  • Semicolon/colon
  • Appositive
  • Hyphen/Apostrophe/Brackets
  • Sentence formation
  • Syntactic complexity
  • Sentence structure
  • Complete sentences
  • Parts of speech
  • Purpose of sentence
  • Grammar
  • Agreement
  • Sentence patterns/Syntax
  • Articles
  • Comparative/superlative
  • Non-idiomatic expressions
  • Verb forms/tenses

Writing


  • PERSONAL: Journal Writing/Memories, Experiences
  • SUBJECT: Character Sketch, Describing a place or event, Writing the feature story, Editorial cartoons, Letter writing, Narrative /expository paragraphs, Research paper
  • CREATIVE: Poetry, Writing myths, Stories
  • REFLECTIVE: Problems and Solutions, Compare and Contrast Essay, Book Reviews, Interpreting a story/poem

Literature


  • Interpret written material
  • Apply Strategies: Making predictions, Using prior knowledge, Setting purposes, Interpreting author's meaning, Confirm author's message, Informal reading, Recreational reading, Utilize the study process
  • Demonstrate listening: Comprehend message, Understand literal meaning, Recall details, Recall sequence, Paraphrase
  • Express Opinions
  • Demonstrate ability to integrate oral reading with written composition
  • Respond orally with understanding/empathy
  • Select and explore genre
  • Determine author's purpose
  • Respect /recognize works of literature
  • Literary terms review: Plot Theme, Imagery, Irony, Similes, Point of view, Dialogue, Style, Setting, Figurative, Short story, Personify, Metaphor, Alliteration, Symbolism, Foreshadow, Hyperbole, Tone, Biography, Mood, Monologue, Characterization

Life Science


  • Life Science
  • Scientific Method/ Models
  • Characteristics of Living Things
  • Necessities of Life
  • Diversity of Cells
  • Eukaryotic & Prokaryotic Cells
  • Organization of Living Things
  • Interaction of Cells
  • Cell Energy/Cycle
  • Mendel and Heredity
  • Traits and Inheritance
  • Meiosis
  • Model of DNA/How DNA works
  • Evolution of Living Things
  • History of Life on Earth
  • Geologic Time Scale
  • Classification
  • Bacteria and Archaea
  • Viruses/Protists/Fungi
  • Seedless/Seed Plants
  • Photosynthesis
  • Reproduction Flowering Plants
  • Animals/Animal Behavior
  • Social Relationships
  • Simple Invertebrates
  • Mollusks and Annelid Worms
  • Echinoderms
  • Fish
  • Amphibians
  • Reptiles
  • Characteristics of Birds
  • Characteristics of Mammals
  • Placental Mammals
  • Monotremes and Marsupials
  • Body Organization
  • Skeletal/Muscular System
  • Integumentary System
  • Cardiovascular System/Blood
  • Lymphatic System
  • Respiratory System
  • Digestive System
  • Urinary System
  • Nervous System
  • Endocrine System
  • Animal/Human Reproduction
  • Growth and Development
  • Disease/Body Defenses

Geography


  • The World in Spatial Terms
  • Map skills
  • Spatial arrangement
  • Places and Regions
  • Physical and human criteria used to define regions
  • Evaluate impact of human activity on landscapes
  • Relate place names with cultural/political perspectives
  • Physical Systems
  • Patterns in environment
  • Ecosystem and weather
  • Human Systems
  • Populations
  • Cultural backgrounds of various countries
  • Economic activity of regions
  • Environment and Society
  • Environmental effects of human activity
  • Ways humans prepare for natural hazards

Civics


  • Democracy
  • U.S. founding documents
  • American political system
  • Organization of courts
  • Law
  • Kinds of law
  • Constitutional rights
  • Civic responsibility

Mathematics


  • Comparing and ordering integers
  • Operations of Arithmetic
  • Word problems: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division
  • Fractional parts
  • Converting measures
  • Rates, average, measure of central tendency
  • Perimeter & area
  • Prime numbers
  • Rational numbers
  • Powers & roots
  • Irrational numbers
  • Equivalent fractions
  • Percents and decimals
  • Decimals: adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing
  • Fractions: adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing
  • Evaluation
  • Solving equations: by inspection, using properties of equality
  • Rounding & estimating
  • Geometry: lines, angles, polygons, triangles, Pythagorean Theorem
  • Trasformations
  • Distributive Property
  • Order of Operations
  • Laws of Exponents
  • Scientific Notation: writing, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing
  • Ratios
  • Repeating decimals
  • Classifying quadrilaterals
  • Collecting like terms
  • Probability
  • Integers: adding subtracting, multiplying, dividing
  • Propertions & ratio word problems
  • Similar & congruent polygons
  • Multiplying and dividing terms
  • Circles: circumference & area
  • Functions & graphing
  • Volume
  • Surface area
  • Slope of a line
  • Percent of a whole
  • Solving rate problems
  • Solving multi-step equations
  • Negative exponents
  • Unit multipliers
  • Angle relationships
  • Nets of prisms, cylinders, pyramids, and cones
  • Slope-intercept equation
  • Solving percent problems with equations
  • Experimental probability
  • Areas: parallelogram, trapezoid
  • Volumes: cylinder, prism, pyramid, cone
  • Surface area: cylinder, prism
  • Sequences
  • Graphing inequalities
  • Fractions with negative exponents
  • Special right triangles
  • Percent of change
  • Probability mulitiplication rule
  • Direct variation
  • Square roots: simplifying, products
  • Adding and subtracting mixed measures
  • Polynomials: adding and subtracting
  • Central angles & arcs
  • Graphing using intercepts
  • Probability of dependent events
  • Scale drawing
  • Solving problem with two unknowns by graphing
  • Products of binomials

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