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Curriculum:
Seventh Grade Content Summaries
English/Language Arts
By
the end of seventh grade, students will be able to demonstrate their skills
by interpreting and analyzing a variety of literary genres for the effects
of language, both figurative and literal, the effects of literary elements
such as theme, foreshadowing, role of narrator; and the effects of narrative
form and structure. Students will read texts from a variety of genre and
disciplines with a goal equivalent to twenty-five grade appropriate books
for the year (a shared goal to be met through reading in all classes).
They will continue to
acquire new vocabulary through context, stem analysis, and direct
instruction and will demonstrate the acquisition of new vocabulary in their
writing and speaking. Using a writing process, the students will develop
various written products (e.g. narrative, expository, persuasive, and
technical) for expressing informational, argumentative, critical, and
literary purposes. Students will refine their research skills by producing
a product that is uniquely theirs and is free of plagiarism. Students will
apply the rules of standard American English in their written and oral
work. Students will demonstrate the skills necessary to be an effective
listener, viewer and speaker.
Math - Georgia Performance Standards
By the end of grade
seven, students are adept at manipulating rational numbers and equations and
understand the general principles at work. Students will construct basic
figures and examine the congruency of objects using transformations. They
will examine properties of geometric shapes in space. They will describe and
sketch plane and solid figures including cross-sections of various figures.
Students will represent and describe a functional relation in a table,
graph, and/or formula. They will also analyze the nature of changes and
quantities in a linear relationship. Students will also understand and
compute measure of variation and measures of central tendency. Students will
discuss and understand the correspondence between data sets and their
graphical representations. (For more information, go to
www.georgiastandards.org/math.asp).
Reading
In
sixth, seventh and eighth grade student readers experience more
sophisticated pieces of literature and informational texts for study and
analysis. The students read thoughtfully and purposefully, constantly
checking for understanding. Vocabulary development, utilization and
refinement of comprehension strategies and text structures, and wide reading
in areas of interest for fluency and enjoyment characterize the balanced
literacy of the sixth, seventh and eighth grade reading classroom.
Seventh Grade Life Science
The
Georgia Performance Standards
(www.georgiastandards.org/science.asp)
are designed to provide
students with the knowledge and skills for proficiency in life science. The
identified content and process skills mirror Project 2061’s Benchmark for
Science Literacy and the National Research Council’s National Science
Education Standards. Hands-on, student centered, and inquiry-based
approaches are emphasized for instruction. This life science course is
designed to provide a smooth transition from elementary science to high
school biology. The curriculum gives students an overview of common strands
including diversity of living organisms, structure and function of cells,
heredity, ecosystems, and biological evolution. To acquire the content
understandings, instruction is organized through the Characteristics and
Nature of Science which are the skills and processes of scientific thinking
and problem solving. Students will collect analyze data, recognize
relationships, display data in written and graphic form, and design
investigations to test or answer problems.
Social Studies: World Geography and World Cultures
Quality Core Curriculum -
www.glc.k12.ga.us/qcc/homepg.asp
The course focuses on Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Emphasis is placed
on the physical and cultural geography of these regions. Also included are
the economic factors and the major historical developments of the regions.
Appropriate map skills will be included to teach the content. |
