English Grade 7
During Middle School, students will spend a significant amount of time covering basic essay writing skills. Using a dual approach, Grammar lessons will be taught independently and will be reinforced through essay writing and editing.
Writing Objectives:
To generate and refine ideas and plans for writing.
To demonstrate sentence fluency and organization.
To produce unified and coherent paragraphs.
To develop clear and coherent essays that include an introduction, body paragraphs, a conclusion and a well-developed thesis statement.
To identify audience and purpose for writing.
To improve writing skills with peer editing and self evaluation.
To publish for general and specific audiences.
Use various mentor texts to develop and improve writing.
Students will build on their writing each year and keep a writing portfolio in an effort to provide teachers, parents, and students with evidence of how the student progressed. The following styles of writing willbe covered: Narrative, Descriptive, Persuasive and Expository
Grammar Objectives:
Identify and correctly utilize the various parts of speech.
Demonstrate a command of proper sentence structure.
Identify and explain the function of clauses and phrases in a
sentence.
Use various tools to develop and compose sentences.
Demonstrate a command of the conventions of standard English
grammar and usage.
Diagramming the parts of a sentence will take place throughout the year.
Text
Glencoe Math – Course 2
McGraw-Hill Education
First Trimester
Ratios and Proportional Relationships
The Number System
Second Trimester
Expressions and Equations
Geometry
Third Trimester
Statistics and Probability
Teacher: Mrs. Sharon Larkin
Text
Randall I. Charles et al, 2009
Prentice Hall Mathematics – Pre-Algebra
Upper Saddle River, N.J.
Prentice Hall
Website
PHSchool.com
First Trimester
Second Trimester
Third Trimester
Reading Grades6-8
This course emphasizes student reading comprehension across literature and informational text. Students are taught to be strategic readers utilizing a variety of strategies, including text analysis, research, compare/contrast, and story analysis.
Each year students will read challenging books and articles and expand on their ability to analyze various genres of literature including, short stories, poetry, drama and essays. Novels are selected and used as a focus for discussion, comprehension and writing assignments. Specific literary terms are taught and vocabulary is addressed within the context of their reading. The ultimate goal is to produce thoughtful life long readers.
The following .texts will be used along with other selected material:
Grade -6 Spotlight on Literacy AnthologyGrade 7-8 Spotlight on Literature Anthology
Vocabulary Grades 6-8
Vocabulary Workshop Sadlier-Oxford workbook will be used to
enrichvocabularythroughouttheyear. Supplementaryworkcanbe found at www.vocabularyworksho~2,com.
Independent Reading Grades 6-8
During the course of the semester students will read books of
their choice as part of their independent reading requirement. A report/project will be assigned by their teacher for each book. Due dates for each independent reading assignment will be announced and plenty of notice will be -given. All books must be approved by their reading teacher.
Assignments are posted both in the classroom and on the St.Michael School website (smscranford.com).
B. Bacteria and Viruses
C. Protist and Fungi
D. Plants
E. Plant Process
B. Invertebrates
C. Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles
D. Birds and Mammals
B. Forces in Motion
A. Nature of Sound
B. Nature of Light
September – 13 Colonies
October – Problems with Great Britain
November – American Revolution
December – Becoming a Nation
Jan/Feb – Washington to Jackson
March/April – Westward Expansion
May/June – Worlds of North & South
There are three individual grades assigned to Social Studies; Content Knowledge, Mapping Skills, and Projects. When determining grades and averages, chapter tests have twice the value of quizzes. A rubric will be used to grade all essays and most written assignments.
Content Knowledge: This section will include sectional quizzes, chapter tests, and homework assignments.
Mapping Skills: This section will include reading charts, graphs, maps, diagrams and timelines.
Projects: This section will include research and classroom projects. A research project is assigned during each trimester. This will be discussed with your child as the year progresses.
First Semester
Chapter 7 – Vocabulary about vacation activities
Chapter 8 – Vocabulary about a house or apartment, chores around the house
Second Semester
Chapter 9 – Vocabulary about health and body parts
Chapter 10 – Vocabulary about community and things to do and transportation
Third Semester
Chapter 11 – Vocabulary about television and movies, length of time
Chapter 12 – Vocabulary about food in a restaurant and silverware