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7th
Grade Curriculum Map AUGUST
READING - Literature
UNIT Poetry
CONTENT
Read the following: “Fire and Ice”, “The Chimney Sweeper”, Heritage”, “Because I could not stop for
Death”, “Macavity: The Mystery Cat”, “Harlem”, “next to of course god america I”, “The Red Wheelbarrow”,
“In a Station of the Metro”, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”, “Sonnet 29”, “The Charge of the Light Brigade”,
“Dulce et Decorum Est”, “Anthem for a doomed Youth”,
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
Understand the elements of poetry: stanza, verse, iamb, foot, meter, rhyme, rhythm, ballad, blank verse,
couplet, limerick, cinquains, concrete etc. Assess each poem for imagery and poetic devices and language
ASSESSMENT - Discussion, mid-quiz, write and present several poems, and written short answer test;
Poetry Magazine Project
SPELLING – Weekly vocabulary sets. Prefixes uni, mono, di, tri, quadri.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Students will expand spelling skills to more complex words
- Demonstrate conventional spelling in their published works
- Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, language structure, and context to recognize
unfamiliar/familiar words
- Use prefixes, root words, and suffixes correctly in writing and speaking
ASSESSMENT – weekly quizzes, activity worksheets, discussions.
WRITING
UNIT 1: Writing a Memoir
CONTENT
- Focus on using Ideas as one of the six traits of writing a narrative essay focusing on ideas and telling
personal story.
- Basic mechanics and convention rules as they apply to writing and grammar.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Students will learn how to use 6-Trait Ideas in writing through webs/clusters.
- students will learn all parts of a narrative essay and how to write lead, body, and conclusion
- Students will learn how to present writing publically.
- Students will understand convention rules and classifying sentences.
ASSESSMENT Formal & informal assessments, final essay and informal assessments including: journals,
note taking,6-Trait Writing rubrics, peer editing, and presen ta t ions .
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
UNIT 1: “Kinds of Sentences”
CONTENT
- students will understand that mastery of language skills empowers communication
- will understand how to apply conventions of grammar to writing & speech
- apply standard grammar & usage to effective written communication
- apply the conventions of written language such as capitalization, punctuation, & standard grammar
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
1) study articles “a & an”
2) work with synonyms, antonyms, & homonyms 3)edit paragraphs 4)will identify 4 kinds of
sentences: declarative, interrogative, imperative, & exclamatory
3) identify the 5 parts of a sentence
4) learn definitions of four types of writing: expository, descriptive, narrative, & persuasive
ASSESSMENT - Practice drills & skills, quizzes, tests, writing
MATH
UNIT 1: “Fractions & Percent’s” L.1- 10
CONTENT
Basic operations functions w.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
Understand the meanings of math prop. how they relate to one another
ASSESSMENT Homework, quizzes, tests, investigations
SCIENCE - Core Knowledge
UNIT 1: Atomic Structure
CONTENT
- students will understand the basic nature of matter
- students will understand various models of atomic structure
- Students will understand that the placement of elements on the periodic table is a function of their
atomic structure.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- The human body is composed of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems that have
specific functions and interactions.
- Mixtures of substances can be separated based on their properties such as solubility, boiling points,
magnetic properties, and densities.
ASSESSMENT Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
UNIT 1: America Becomes a World Power
CONTENT
- Awareness of how Progressives and others addressed problems of industrial capitalism, urbanization,
and political corruption.
- Understand how individuals, events, & issues shaped the history of the US.
- Understand how our role in the world changed in the early 20th century.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Develop a sense of historical empathy
- Learn how major events relate to each other
- Develop an awareness of the Progressive Party
- Understand how individuals, events, & issues shaped history of U.S.
ASSESSMENT Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
TECHNOLOGY
o Standard: Technology Basic Operations and Concepts
Benchmark:
Keyboard at 25 wpm w/ 90% accuracy.
Objective: Students will use Keyboarding Strategies.
Content: Type to Learn
Assessment: Games, Quizzes and End of Unit Assessments
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Year Two: Year Three: Respect & Responsibility
7th
Grade Curriculum Map SEPTEMBER
READING - Literature
UNIT Fiction/ Novels
CONTENT The Call of the Wild Jack London
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
Become familiar with elements of fiction and literary terms and devices (such as plot, setting, theme, tone,
diction, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, hyperbole, characterization foreshadowing, narration, allusion, etc.)
ASSESSMENT - Discussion, reading mid-quiz, debate, written short answer test.
SPELLING – Weekly vocabulary sets. Prefixes/Suffixes ant, arian, ier/eer, ist, wright
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Students will expand spelling skills to more complex words
- Demonstrate conventional spelling in their published works
- Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, language structure, and context to recognize
unfamiliar/familiar words
- Use prefixes, root words, and suffixes correctly in writing and speaking
ASSESSMENT – weekly quizzes, activity worksheets, discussions.
WRITING
UNIT 1: Writing a memoir contd.
CONTENT
- structure of a narrative essay, reading other narrative pieces of writing.
- peers edit narrative essays.
- basic mechanics and convention rules as they apply to writing and grammar.
- Use 6-Traits writing practices
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- students will understand how to write a thesis statement
- students will know how to use dialogue in essays.
- students will understand convention rules and classifying sentences.
ASSESSMENT - Formal & informal assessments, 6-Trait Writing rubrics, final essay and informal assessments
including: journals, note taking, peer editing, and presentations.
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
UNIT 2: “Review Nouns & Verbs”
UNIT 3: “Prepositions
UNIT 4: “Pronouns”
UNIT 5: “Possessives”
CONTENT
- students will understand that mastery of language skills empowers communication n
- will understand how to apply conventions of grammar to writing & speech
- apply standard grammar & usage to effective written communication n
- apply the conventions of written language such as capitalization, punctuation, & standard grammar
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- students will identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, articles, subjects & predicates
- students will correct capitalization and punctuation errors in sentences & paragraphs
- students will identify & cap. Proper adjectives.
- identify whether paragraphs are written in first, or third person
- students will write practice and improved sentences
- will identify prepositions & object of prepositions
- will be able to identify subject & object pronouns
- will be able to edit for subject-verb agreement
ASSESSMENT - Practice drills & skills, quizzes, tests, writing informal assessments including: journals, note
taking, peer editing, and weekly grammar formal assessments
MATH
UNIT 2: Numbers and Operations, Problem Solving
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Problems about combining, separating, and equal groups.
- Parts of a whole.
- Simple probability.
- Equivalent and reduced fractions.
- Function tables.
- Similar and congruent polygons.
- Area and perimeter of quadrilaterals.
ASSESSMENT - Homework, quizzes, tests, investigations
SCIENCE - Core Knowledge
UNIT 1: Atomic Structure CONTINUED FROM AUGUST
CONTENT
- students will understand the basic nature of matter
- students will understand various models of atomic structure
- students will understand that the placement of elements on the periodic table is a function of their atomic
structure.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- The human body is composed of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems that have
specific functions and interactions.
- Mixtures of substances can be separated based on their properties such as solubility, boiling points,
magnetic properties, and densities.
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
UNIT 1: America Becomes a World Power (cont.) UNIT TWO: World War I
CONTENT
- develop an awareness of the location & physical characterization places such as landforms, bodies of water,
& other geographical features.
- develop an awareness of place & understand how geography influenced historical events & the
development of a national culture.
- understand the characteristics & uses of maps, globes, & other geographical tools.
- understand the political, economic, & social causes & consequences of WWI.
- understand the causes of WWI & why the US entered
- develop an awareness of the search for peace & stability throughout the world following WWI.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Recognize the history of relationships among different political powers and the events that led to WWI.
- Recognize and use primary and secondary sources.
- Understand the terms nationalism, imperialism, & colonialism.
- Understand the conflict between the Allies & Central Powers.
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
TECHNOLOGY
Standard: Social, Ethical and Human Issues in Technology
Benchmark:
Work cooperatively and collaboratively with peers, family
members, and others when using technology in the classroom.
Use common network courtesies (e.g. logging in using own name
and password, respecting other students' works).
Read and follow school guidelines on misuse of technology.
Observe copyright laws and responsibilities (e.g. cite sources,
obtain permission to use others' work to refrain from plagiarism).
Explore uses of technology in workplace and society (e.g.
advantages and disadvantages of relying on technology).
Make informed choices regarding technology resources.
Objective: Students will use technology to promote curiosity and learning
with ethical awareness.
Content: Internet Safety Manual, Cyberbullying
Assessment: Formal, Informal and Quizzes
Standard: Technology Communication and Collaboration
Benchmark:
Access account, retrieve, compose, send and reply to messages
using class accounts.
Access account, retrieve, compose, send and reply to messages
using individual accounts.
Manage email messages (e.g. deleting, saving and organizing).
Use advanced email features (e.g. edit, forward, CC, BCC, multiple
recipients, attachments).
Participate in an online classroom (e.g. Edmodo, Schoology).
Participate in an online discussion board.
Objective: Students will use email and Schoology classrooms.
7th
Grade Curriculum Map OCTOBER
READING - Literature
UNIT Short Stories
CONTENT Read the Following: "The Gift of the Magi” (O. Henry) “The Necklace" (Guy de
Maupassant) “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” (James Thurber) “The Tell-Tale Heart” (Edgar Allen Poe) “The
Purloined Letter" (Edgar Allen Poe)
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
Continue to identify elements of fiction and literary devices through reading a variety of short stories.
ASSESSMENT
Discussion, reading mini- quizzes, theme poster, short essay, play charades, and written short answer test.
Short Story Circle
SPELLING - Weekly Vocabulary sets. Prefixes/Suffixes equi, magna, mega, micro, multi
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Students will expand spelling skills to more complex words
- Demonstrate conventional spelling in their published works
- Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, language structure, and context to recognize
unfamiliar/familiar words
- Use prefixes, root words, and suffixes correctly in writing and speaking
ASSESSMENT – weekly quizzes, activity worksheets, discussions.
WRITING
UNIT TWO: Debates
CONTENT
- introduce Organization through out lines as one of the six traits of writing.
- write about controversial topics and publically debate topics.
- basic mechanics and convention rules as they apply to writing and grammar.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- will learn the concepts of organization, topic sentences, transitions, and conclusions,
- students will understand five types of organization in essays
- students will understand convention rules and classifying sentences.
ASSESSMENT - Formal & informal assessments, 6-Trait Writing rubrics, final essay and informal assessments
including: journals, peer editing, and presentations.
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
UNIT 6: “Helping Verbs”
UNIT 7: “Conjunctions & Interjections”
UNIT 8: “Sentences & fragments”
UNIT 9: “Complex Sentences”
CONTENT
- students will understand that mastery of language skills empowers communication
- will understand how to apply conventions of grammar to writing & speech
- apply standard grammar & usage to effective written communication
- apply the conventions of written language such as capitalization, punctuation, & standard grammar
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- will identify helping verbs and adverbs
- use the possessive apostrophe correctly 3)will identify conjunctions & interjections
- will be able to identify compound sentence parts
- will identify and correct fragments
- will identify and write complex, compound, and simple sentences
ASSESSMENT - Practice drills and skills, quizzes, tests, writing
MATH
UNIT 3 & 4: Numbers and Operations, Problem Solving
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Prime and composite numbers.
- Fractions of a group.
- Operations with mixed numbers.
- Least common multiples.
- Greatest common factors.
- Rounding and estimating numbers.
- Operations with decimals.
- Writing and solving proportions.
ASSESSMENT - Homework, quizzes, tests, investigations
SCIENCE - Core Knowledge
UNIT 2: Chemical Bonds & Reactions (I)
CONTENT
- Students will understand that all systems settle into a balanced state of equilibrium.
- Students will understand that matter has physical & chemical properties and can undergo change.
- Students will understand changes in matter and the relationship among these changes.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Matter can change form through chemical or nuclear reactions abiding by the laws of conservation of
mass and energy.
- Atoms bond in different ways to form molecules and compounds that have definite properties
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
Continued from September…
UNIT 1: America Becomes a World Power (cont.) UNIT TWO: World War I
CONTENT
- develop an awareness of the location & physical characterization places such as landforms, bodies of water, &
other geographical features.
- develop an awareness of place & understand how geography influenced historical events & the
development of a national culture.
- understand the characteristics & uses of maps, globes, & other geographical tools.
- understand the political, economic, & social causes & consequences of WWI.
- understand the causes of WWI & why the US entered
- develop an awareness of the search for peace & stability throughout the world following WWI.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Recognize the history of relationships among different political powers and the events that led to WWI.
- Recognize and use primary and secondary sources.
- Understand the terms nationalism, imperialism, & colonialism.
- Understand the conflict between the Allies & Central Powers.
UNIT 2.5: Geography of Western and Central Europe
CONTENT
- Physical features of Western and Central Europe
- Population, natural resources, cultural features of Europe
- Languages and major religions of Europe
SKILLS
- Understand the physical features of Western and Central Europe
- Will understand population, natural resources, and cultures of Western and Central Europe.
TECHNOLOGY
Standard: Technology Basic Operations and Concepts
Benchmark:
Keyboard at 25 wpm w/ 90% accuracy.
Objective: Students will use Keyboarding Strategies.
Content: Type to Learn
Assessment: Games, Quizzes and End of Unit Assessments
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Diligence Year Two: Self-Control and Self Discipline Year Three: Perseverance
7th
Grade Curriculum Map NOVEMBER
READING - Literature
UNIT Fiction/ Novels
CONTENT The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Continue to identify elements of fiction and literary devices in written work.
ASSESSMENT - Discussion, reading mini- quizzes, theme poster, short essay, play charades,
and written short answer test. Story Quilt
SPELLING – Weekly vocabulary sets. Suffixes cule, let, ling, ose, ulent.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Students will expand spelling skills to more complex words
- Demonstrate conventional spelling in their published works
- Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, language structure, and context to recognize
unfamiliar/familiar words
- Use prefixes, root words, and suffixes correctly in writing and speaking
ASSESSMENT – weekly quizzes, activity worksheets, discussions.
WRITING
UNIT 3: Debates continued
CONTENT
- steps to learning to write paragraphs, reports, and essays
- creating an argument based on opinion and fact.
- basic mechanics and convention rules as they apply to writing and grammar.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- will learn that logical information requires documented sources
- will learn how organization is used when composing information and persuasive texts.
- students will learn how to incorporate a range of stylistic devices to demonstrate knowledge.
ASSESSMENT - Formal & informal assessments, 6-Trait Writing rubrics, final essay and informal assessments
including: journals, peer editing, and presentations.
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
UNIT 10: “Direct Objects”
UNIT 11: “Sent. Structure & paragraphs”
UNIT 12: “Transition words”
UNIT 13: “Indirect Objects”
CONTENT
- Students will understand that mastery of language skills empowers communication
- will understand how to apply conventions of grammar to writing & speech
- apply standard grammar & usage to effective written communication
- apply the conventions of written language such as capitalization, punctuation, & standard grammar
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- will identify direct object & transitive verbs
- will be able to identify fact, opinion, and common propaganda techniques
- will write a persuasive essay
- will identify and write complex, compound, and simple sentences
- will identify indirect objects
- will be able to correct long sentences in a paragraph
ASSESSMENT - Practice drills & skills, quizzes, tests, writing
MATH
UNIT 4 & 5: Numbers and Operations, Data Analysis and Probability, Geometry
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Ratios
- Sample space.
- Area and perimeter of a triangle.
- Angle measures of a triangle
- Solving one step formulas.
- Distributive property.
- Converting between fractions, decimals, and percent’s.
ASSESSMENT - Homework, quizzes, tests, investigations
SCIENCE - Core Knowledge
UNIT 3: Cell Division & Genetics
CONTENT
- Students will understand the common mechanisms of cell division and inheritance
- Students will understand that organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information to new generations.
- Students will understand the history of biological concepts.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- The human body is composed of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems that have
specific functions and interactions.
- Cells are the smallest unit of life that can function independently y and perform all the necessary functions
of life.
- Photosynthesis is and cellular respirations a r e important processes by which energy is acquired and
utilized by organisms.
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
UNIT 3: The Russian Revolution
CONTENT
- develop an awareness of place and understand how geography influenced historical events and the
development of a national culture
- develop an awareness of the location and physical characteristics of places such as landforms, bodies of
water, and other geographical features.
- develop an awareness of the historical chronology of significant events and the influence of various
individuals and groups on Russia.
- understand the redirection of Russian society and culture as a
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Will understand the tensions and conflicts in Russia Between the traditionalists and the Westernizers
- Will understand the chronological order of events covering the Revolution of 1905, Russo-Japanese
War, the strains of WWI, and the Revolution of 1917
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
CONTINUED IN DECEMBER…
TECHNOLOGY
Standard: Technology Productivity Tools
Benchmark:
Apply advanced editing techniques (e.g. insert: picture, header, footer, text box,
watermark, border, color).
Apply formatting techniques (e.g. tabs, margins, orientation, fonts, styles,
spacing, hyperlink).
Objective: Students will use word processing tools.
Content: Word based lessons
Assessment: Formal, Informal, Project-Based and Quizzes
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Gratitude
Year Two: Wonder
Year Three: Stewardship
7th
Grade Curriculum Map DECEMBER
READING - Literature
UNIT Fiction/ Novels
CONTENT Tom Sawyer Mark Twain (Samuel Clemons)
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Understand themes presented in the novel in correlation to American History: Southern social
- hypocrisy,
moral and social growth.
- Identify how the use of literary devices and the elements of fiction can create interest and can show the
author’s motivations and intentions.
ASSESSMENT - Discussion, diorama, newspaper article, short essays, skits, and written short answer test.
Summary Essay
SPELLING – Weekly Vocabulary sets. Suffixes ary, ery, ment, mony, ory.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Students will expand spelling skills to more complex words
- Demonstrate conventional spelling in their published works
- Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, language structure, and context to recognize
unfamiliar/familiar words
- Use prefixes, root words, and suffixes correctly in writing and speaking
ASSESSMENT – weekly quizzes, activity worksheets, discussions.
WRITING
UNIT 3: Expressive compositions and descriptive essays
CONTENT
- steps to creative writing
- structure of narrative essays
- using word choice as one of the six traits of writing.
- basic mechanics and convention rules as they apply to writing and grammar.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- will learn how to compost a narrative text incorporating a range of stylistic devices demonstrating
knowledge of genre features.
- students will learn about formal and informal writing and how to incorporate accurate word choice.
- students will understand convention rules and classifying sentences.
ASSESSMENT - Formal & informal assessments, 6-Trait Writing rubrics, final essay and informal assessments
including: journals, peer editing, and presentations.
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
UNIT 14: “Punctuation of Quotations”
UNIT 15: “Writing Letters”
UNIT 16: “Predicate nouns & verbs”
CONTENT
- students will understand that mastery of language skills empowers communication
- will understand how to apply conventions of grammar to writing & speech
- apply standard grammar & usage to effective written communication
- apply the conventions of written language such as capitalization, punctuation, & standard grammar
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- will write conversation from dictation
- will identify and correct errors in sentences and paragraphs with quotations
- will identify and label the 5 parts of a friendly letter
- will identify and label the parts of an envelope
- will write thank-you notes for a given situation
- will identify and write a persuasive business letter
- will identify how to find fiction & non- fiction books
- will label author, subject, and title catalog cards
ASSESSMENT - Practice drills & skills, quizzes, tests, writing
MATH
UNIT 5 & 6: Numbers and Operations, Algebraic Methods
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Proportional relationships
- Writing a proportional equation.
- Graphing a proportional equation.
- Constant of proportionality
- Complex fractions
- Ratio word problems.
- Average and rate problems.
ASSESSMENT - Homework, quizzes, tests, investigations
SCIENCE - Core Knowledge
CONTINUTED FROM NOVEMBER
UNIT 3: Cell Division & Genetics
CONTENT
- Students will understand the common mechanisms of cell division and inheritance
- Students will understand that organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information to new generations.
- Students will understand the history of biological concepts.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- The human body is composed of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems that have
specific functions and interactions.
- Cells are the smallest unit of life that can function independently y and perform all the necessary
functions of life.
- Photosynthesis is and cellular respirations a r e important processes by which energy is acquired and
utilized by organisms.
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
CONTINUED FROM NOVEMBER…
UNIT 3: The Russian Revolution
CONTENT
- develop an awareness of place and understand how geography influenced historical events and the
development of a national culture
- develop an awareness of the location and physical characteristics of places such as landforms, bodies of
water, and other geographical features.
- develop an awareness of the historical chronology of significant events and the influence of various
individuals and groups on Russia.
- understand the redirection of Russian society and culture as a
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Will understand the tensions and conflicts in Russia Between the traditionalists and the
Westernizers
- Will understand the chronological order of events covering the Revolution of 1905, Russo-Japanese
War, the strains of WWI, and the Revolution of 1917
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
TECHNOLOGY
Standard: Technology Basic Operations and Concepts
Benchmark:
Keyboard at 25 wpm w/ 90% accuracy.
Objective: Students will use Keyboarding Strategies.
Content: Type to Learn
Assessment: Games, Quizzes and End of Unit Assessments
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Generosity Year Two: Charity Year Three: Service
7th
Grade Curriculum Map JANUARY
READING - Literature
UNIT Autobiography
CONTENT Selections from: The Autobiography (Benjamin Franklin), The Story of My Life
(Helen Keller)
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
. Continue to identify elements of fiction and literary devices in written work as well as the difference
between biography and autobiography.
SPELLING – Weekly Vocabulary sets. Prefixes ante, inter, post, pre, retro.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Students will expand spelling skills to more complex words
- Demonstrate conventional spelling in their published works
- Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, language structure, and context to recognize
unfamiliar/familiar words
- Use prefixes, root words, and suffixes correctly in writing and speaking
ASSESSMENT – weekly quizzes, activity worksheets, discussions.
WRITING
UNIT 4: Multi paragraph argument essays
CONTENT
- writing based on a research question
- MLA parenthetical citations and works cited page
- learn how to use formal voice as one of the six traits of writing.
- basic mechanics and convention rules as they apply to writing and grammar.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- students will learn how to answer a research question logically by obtaining and analyzing information
from a variety of sources.
- students will learn how to document sources using a works cited page
- students will understand convention rules and classifying sentences.
ASSESSMENT - Formal & informal assessments, 6-Trait Writing rubrics, final essay and informal
assessments including: journals, peer editing, and presentations.taking, peer editing, and weekly grammar formal
as
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
UNIT 17: “Writing a Research Paper”
UNIT 18: ”Writing a Research Paper”
UNIT 19: “Predicate Adjectives”
UNIT 20: “Indefinite pronouns”
CONTENT
- students will understand that mastery of language skills empowers communication n
- will understand how to apply conventions of grammar to writing & speech
- apply standard grammar & usage to effective written communication n
- apply the conventions of written language such as capitalization, punctuation, & standard grammar
- use parts of speech in sentence diagrams
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- will identify and use the steps for researching a topic and writing a report
- will narrow the topic and make an outline guide
- Will use pronouns correctly
- will research a topic , narrow the topic, make an outline guide, select sources, make bibliography cards,
take notes, and organize note cards
- identify pronouns and their antecedents
- identify demonstrative pronouns, adjectives, interrogative pronouns & adjectives
ASSESSMENT - Practice drills & skills, quizzes, tests, writing
MATH
UNIT 6 & 7: Numbers and Operations, Geometry, Algebra
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing integers.
- Writing and graphing inequalities.
- Absolute value.
- Writing algebraic equations and inequalities.
- Solving one and two step inequalities and equations.
- Symmetry, area, and angles of a parallelogram.
- Classifying triangles and quadrilaterals.
ASSESSMENT - Homework, quizzes, tests, investigation
SCIENCE - Core Knowledge
UNIT 4: Human Body
CONTENT
- Students will understand that , cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems have
specific functions and interactions
- Students will understand that organisms reproduce and transmit genetic information to new
generations.
- Students will understand the history of biological concepts.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- The human body is composed of atoms, molecules, cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems that have
specific functions and interactions.
- Cells are the smallest unit of life that can function independently y and perform all the necessary
functions of life.
- Photosynthesis is and cellular respirations a r e important processes by which energy is acquired and
utilized by organisms.
SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
UNIT 4: America from the ‘20’s to the New Deal
CONTENT
- understand how the US changed between post World War I and the eve of the Great Depression
- understand the interdependence of the economy of the US and the world
- understand the concepts such as supply and demand, profit, government, regulation, and international
competition on the economy of the US
- understand the causes of the Great Depression and how it affects the American society
- awareness of how the New Deal alleviated the Great Depression and transformed American society
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Will understand the chronological order of events during this time.
- Will understand the purposes of the 18th & 19th
Amendments.
- Will know the historical development of various economic systems.
- Will identify the causes & results of the Crash of 1929.
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
(Continued in Feb)
TECHNOLOGY
Standard: Technology Productivity Tools
Benchmark:
Develop a graphic organizer (e.g. inspiration, storyboard) for
multimedia production.
Insert clip art from a variety of sources (e.g. CD, internet,
camera, scanner).
Edit and manipulate graphics (e.g. move, resize, cropping,
rotating, changing file size).
Objective: Students will use publisher processing tools.
Content: Publisher based lessons
Assessment: Formal, Informal, Project-Based and Quizzes
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Year Two: Year Three: Courage
7th
Grade Curriculum Map FEBRUARY
READING - Literature
UNIT Non- fiction
CONTENT The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Identify elements of nonfiction and literary devices.
- Understand how tone and diction can influence the strength of arguments.
- Recognize literature as a record of the human experience.
ASSESSMENT - Discussion, reading mini- quizzes, poem, written short answer test.
Theme Journal Cumulative Test
SPELLING – Weekly vocabulary sets. Suffixes an, ic, ical, ish, ous
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Students will expand spelling skills to more complex words
- Demonstrate conventional spelling in their published works
- Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, language structure, and context to recognize
unfamiliar/familiar words
- Use prefixes, root words, and suffixes correctly in writing and speaking
ASSESSMENT – weekly quizzes, activity worksheets, discussions.
WRITING
UNIT 5: Multi paragraph argument essays/ Writing Editorials
CONTENT
- writing based on a research question
- MLA parenthetical citations and works cited page
- learn how to use formal voice as one of the six traits of writing.
- basic mechanics and convention rules as they apply to writing and grammar.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- students will learn how to answer a research question logically by obtaining and analyzing information
from a variety of sources.
- students will learn how to document sources using a works cited page
- students will understand convention rules and classifying sentences.
ASSESSMENT - Formal & informal assessments, 6-Trait Writing rubrics, final essay and informal assessments
including: journals, peer editing, and presentations.
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
UNIT 21: “Pronoun Review”
UNIT 22: “Object Compliments”
UNIT 23: “Appositives”
UNIT 24: “Regular/ irregular verbs
CONTENT
- students will understand that mastery of language skills empowers communication
- will understand how to apply conventions of grammar to writing & speech
- apply standard grammar & usage to effective written communication
- apply the conventions of written language such as capitalization, punctuation, and standard grammar
- use parts of speech in sentence diagrams SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- will identify and categorize demonstrative, indefinite, and interrogative pronouns
- will write contractions correctly
- will use the research steps for researching a chosen topic and writing a report
- will identify and use appositives
- will identify regular & irregular verbs
- will conjugate specified verbs in third person
ASSESSMENT - Practice drills & skills, quizzes, tests, writing
MATH
UNIT 8 & 9: Numbers and Operations, Geometry
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Area of a complex figure.
- Area of a trapezoid.
- Estimating areas.
- Transformations.
- Area and circumference of a circle.
- Semicircles, arcs, and sectors.
- Scale and Scale factor.
- Drawing triangles.
- Distributive property with algebraic terms.
ASSESSMENT - Homework, quizzes, tests, investigations
SCIENCE - Core Knowledge
UNIT 5: History of the Earth & Life Forms and SCIENCE FAIR
CONTENT
- Students will develop awareness that natural events and human activity can alter Earth’s systems.
- Students will understand how Earth’s surface is constantly changing as shown by fossil records.
- Students will understand that many aspects of the history and evolution of Earth and life forms can be
inferred by studying the fossil record.
- Students will understand that events and patterns in nature leave their marks through various fossil
records.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Geologic time, history, and changing life forms are indicated by fossils and successive sedimentation,
folding, faulting, and uplifting of layers of sedimentary rock.
- Major geologic events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, mid-ocean ridges, and mountain formation
are associated with plate boundaries and attributed to plate motions.
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects essays, class participation, reports
SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
(continued from Jan)
UNIT 4: America from the ‘20’s to the New Deal
CONTENT
- understand how the US changed between post World War I and the eve of the Great Depression
- understand the interdependence of the economy of the US and the world
- understand the concepts such as supply and demand, profit, government, regulation, and international
competition on the economy of the US
- understand the causes of the Great Depression and how it affects the American society
- awareness of how the New Deal alleviated the Great Depression and transformed American society
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Will understand the chronological order of events during this time.
- Will understand the purposes of the 18th & 19th
Amendments.
- Will know the historical development of various economic systems.
- Will identify the causes & results of the Crash of 1929.
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
TECHNOLOGY
Standard: State Testing Preparation
Objective: Students will take state practice tests to
familiarize themselves with the available technology.
Content: CMAS and PARCC websites
Assessment: Informal
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Loyalty Year Two: Love of Country Year Three: Honesty and Justice
7th
Grade Curriculum Map MARCH
READING - Literature
UNIT Essays and Speeches
CONTENT "Shooting an Elephant" (George Orwell) "The Night the Bed Fell"(James Thurber)
"Declaration of War on Japan" (FDR) “Their Finest Hour" (Winston Churchill)
"Every Man a King" (Huey Long)
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Identify literary devices while determining the author’s purpose.
- Understand types of essays or speeches and various characteristics of each (i.e.: voice, audience, introduction,
body, conclusion, etc.).
ASSESSMENT
- Discussion, reading mid- quiz, write and present a speech, and written short answer test.
- Essay and Speech Analysis
SPELLING – Weekly vocabulary sets. Suffixes ade, ate, en, fy, ize
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Students will expand spelling skills to more complex words
- Demonstrate conventional spelling in their published works
- Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, language structure, and context to recognize
unfamiliar/familiar words
- Use prefixes, root words, and suffixes correctly in writing and speaking
ASSESSMENT – weekly quizzes, activity worksheets, discussions.
WRITING
UNIT 6: Research term paper
CONTENT
- research using primary and secondary sources
- MLA parenthetical citations and works cited page
- find appropriate research topics
- Using sentence fluency as one of the six traits of writing
- basic mechanics and convention rules as they apply to writing and grammar.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- students will use formal presentations and technology to create an effective delivery for writing.
- students will compose text that incorporates a range of devices and knowledge
- students will learn how organization is used within expository writing
- students will understand editing concepts for peer editing
- students will understand convention rules and classifying sentences.
ASSESSMENT - Formal & informal assessments, 6-Trait Writing rubrics, final essay and informal assessments
including: journals, peer editing, and presentations.
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
UNIT 25: “Verb Tenses”
UNIT 26: “Adjectives/ Adverbs”
UNIT 27: “Adjectives/ Adverb phrases”
CONTENT
- students will understand that mastery of language skills empowers communication n
- will understand how to apply conventions of grammar to writing & speech
- apply standard grammar & usage to effective written communication n
- apply the conventions of written language such as capitalization, punctuation, & standard grammar
- use parts of speech in sentence diagrams
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- will identify and change present tense verbs to past tense verbs
- will identify the voice of the verb as active or passive
- will identify and label adjective and adverb phrases
- will identify prepositional adjective & adverb phrases
ASSESSMENT - Practice drills & skills, quizzes, tests, writing
MATH
UNIT 9 & 10: Numbers and Operations, Data Analysis and Probability, Geometry, Algebra
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Box and whiskers plots.
- Line plots.
- Data variability.
- Sampling, populations, and predictions.
- Compound probability.
- Graphing functions.
- Percent of change.
ASSESSMENT - Homework, quizzes, tests, investigations
SCIENCE - Core Knowledge
Continued from February
UNIT 5: History of the Earth & Life Forms and SCIENCE FAIR
CONTENT
- Students will develop awareness that natural events and human activity can alter Earth’s systems.
- Students will understand how Earth’s surface is constantly changing as shown by fossil records.
- Students will understand that many aspects of the history and evolution of Earth and life forms can be
inferred by studying the fossil record.
- Students will understand that events and patterns in nature leave their marks through various fossil
records.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Geologic time, history, and changing life forms are indicated by fossils and successive sedimentation,
folding, faulting, and uplifting of layers of sedimentary rock.
- Major geologic events such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, mid-ocean ridges, and mountain formation
are associated with plate boundaries and attributed to plate motions.
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects essays, class participation, reports
SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
UNIT 5: World War II
CONTENT
- develop an awareness of the chronology and understand how major events relate to one another.
- understand the political, economic, and social causes and consequences of WWII
- develop an awareness of the political social developments of various regions in the world
- understand how individuals, events, and issues shaped history during the 20th
century
- understand the political, economic, and social causes and consequences of WWII
- develop an awareness of the chronology and understand how major
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Identify the methods used by Nazis to institute racist policies.
- Distinguish between primary & secondary sources
- Examine data for point of view, historical context, or propaganda
- Examine the Holocaust and its effects. Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
(continued in April)
TECHNOLOGY
Standard: Technology Productivity Tools
Benchmark:
Use basic editing tools (e.g. create new slide, change layout, design, font).
Use advanced editing tools (e.g. transition, timing, animation, viewing).
Identify different printing options (e.g. slide layout, handouts).
Objective: Students will use powerpoint or Prezi processing tools.
Content: Powerpoint or Prezi based lessons
Assessment: Formal, Informal, Project-Based and Quizzes
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Compassion Year Two: Faithfulness Year Three: Mercy
7th
Grade Curriculum Map APRIL
READING - Literature
UNIT Drama
CONTENT Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand (Studying Drama through literary terms and
elements)
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Be able to identify elements of drama such as setting, character, conflict, irony, asides, climax,
suspense, theme, tragedy, drama, comedy, author’s point of view, aspects of performance and staging.
- Use reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing to solve problems and answer questions.
- Make predictions, draw conclusions, and analyze what they hear, read, and view.
ASSESSMENT - Discussion, reading mini- quizzes, short paragraph essays, character analysis,
performances. Cumulative Test
SPELLING – Weekly vocabulary sets. Latin/Greek roots cogn, loc, nat, ped, and sign.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Students will expand spelling skills to more complex words
- Demonstrate conventional spelling in their published works
- Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, language structure, and context to recognize
unfamiliar/familiar words
- Use prefixes, root words, and suffixes correctly in writing and speaking
ASSESSMENT – weekly quizzes, activity worksheets, discussions.
WRITING
UNIT 7: Research term paper
CONTENT
- research using primary and secondary sources
- MLA parenthetical citations and works cited page
- find appropriate research topics
- Using sentence fluency as one of the six traits of writing basic mechanics and convention rules as they
apply to writing and grammar.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- students will use formal presentations and technology to create an effective delivery for writing.
- students will compose text that incorporates a range of devices and knowledge
- students will learn how organization is used within expository writing
- students will understand editing concepts for peer editing
- students will understand convention rules and classifying sentences.
ASSESSMENT - Formal & informal assessments, 6-Trait Writing rubrics, final essay and informal assessments
including: journals, peer editing, and presentations.
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
UNIT 28: “Participles/ Infinitives”
UNIT 29: “Clauses”
UNIT 30: “Clauses”
UNIT 31: “Usage”
CONTENT
- students will understand that mastery of language skills empowers communication
- how to apply conventions of grammar and usage to effective written communication
- apply standard grammar and usage to effective written communication
- apply conventions of written language such as capitalization, k punctuation, and standard grammar
- use parts of speech in sentence diagrams
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- distinguish between infinitives and propositions phrases
- identify participles, gerunds, and infinitives and their functions in sentences
- identify independent clauses and dependent clauses
- write sentences with adverb clauses
- will choose words correctly to avoid usage mistakes
ASSESSMENT - Practice drills & skills, quizzes, tests, writing
MATH
UNIT 10 & 11: Algebra, Data Analysis and Probability, Geometry
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Probability of dependent events.
- Volume of a right solid.
- Estimating angle measures.
- Similar triangles.
- Multiplying algebraic terms.
- Translating expressions into equations.
- Scientific notation.
- Adding and subtracting algebraic terms.
ASSESSMENT - Homework, quizzes, tests, investigations
SCIENCE - Core Knowledge
UNIT 6: Evolution: Natural Selection, Extinction, & Specializing
SCIENCE FAIR
CONTENT
- Students will understand that evolution is a study of patterns and processes.
- Students will understand that evolution is a change in species over time.
- Students will develop an awareness of how environment al influences as well as genetic variation can
lead to diversity in an organism.
- Students will develop awareness that chance plays an important role in evolution.
- Students Understand major discoveries in science, some of their social and economic effects, and the
scientists and inventors primarily responsible for them.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Multiple lines of evidence show the evolution of organisms over geologic time.
- Individual organisms with certain traits are more likely to survive and have offspring in a specific
environment.
- Scientific knowledge changes as new knowledge is acquired and previous ideas are modified.
- Science contributions to the advancement of science have been made by people in different cultures and
at different times in history.
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports.
SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
(Continued from March)
UNIT 5: World War II
UNIT 6: Geography of the United States
CONTENT
- understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of populations.
- understand the location and characteristics of places and regions of the United States.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Construct maps of physical features
- Analyze how these features affect everyday life
- Analyze factors that led to people moving to new areas
- Create maps of regions of the U.S
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
CONTINUED IN MAY…
TECHNOLOGY
Standard: Technology Basic Operations and Concepts
Benchmark:
Keyboard at 25 wpm w/ 90% accuracy.
Objective: Students will use Keyboarding Strategies.
Content: Type to Learn
Assessment: Games, Quizzes and End of Unit Assessments
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Forgiveness Year Two: Graciousness and Courtesy Year Three: Gentleness and Humility
7th
Grade Curriculum Map MAY
READING - Literature
UNIT Fiction/ Novels
CONTENT Swiss Family Robinson Johann Wyss
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Continue to identify elements of fiction and literary devices in written work.
ASSESSMENT
Discussion, reading mini- quizzes, narrative poem, role play (skit), and written short answer test. Literature
Circle
SPELLING – Weekly vocabulary sets. Latin roots mand, min, neg, orig, and trib.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Students will expand spelling skills to more complex words
- Demonstrate conventional spelling in their published works
- Apply knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, language structure, and context to recognize
unfamiliar/familiar words
- Use prefixes, root words, and suffixes correctly in writing and speaking
ASSESSMENT – weekly quizzes, activity worksheets, discussions.
WRITING
UNIT 8: Presenting Research Papers
CONTENT
- create Power Points to present information in research papers.
- learn how to create a PowerPoint
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- students will learn how a formal presentation requires preparation and effective delivery
- students will understand how to give a PowerPoint and deliver information concisely.
ASSESSMENT - Formal & informal assessments, 6-Trait Writing rubrics, final essay and informal assessments
including: journals, peer editing, and presentations.
GRAMMAR - Shurley English
UNIT 28: “Participles/ Infinitives”
UNIT 29: “Clauses”
UNIT 30: “Clauses”
UNIT 31: “Usage”
CONTENT
- students will understand that mastery of language skills empowers communication
- how to apply conventions of grammar and usage to effective written communication
- apply standard grammar and usage to effective written communication
- apply conventions of written language such as capitalization, k punctuation, and standard grammar
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- distinguish between infinitives and propositions phrases
- identify participles, gerunds, and infinitives and their functions in sentences
- identify independent clauses and dependent clauses
- write sentences with adverb clauses
- will choose words correctly to avoid usage mistakes
- will write their autobiographies
ASSESSMENT - Practice drills & skills, quizzes, tests, writing
MATH
UNIT 11 & 12 Algebra, Data Analysis and Probability, Geometry
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Slope of a line.
- Surface area of a right solid and sphere.
- Equations with exponents.
- Factoring algebraic expressions.
- Negative exponents.
- Operations in scientific notation.
- Volume of a geometric prism.
ASSESSMENT - Homework, quizzes, tests, investigations
SCIENCE - Core Knowledge
UNIT 7 Science Biographies
CONTENT - Understand major discoveries in science, some of their social and economic effects, and the scientists and
inventors primarily responsible for them.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Scientific knowledge changes as new knowledge is acquired and previous ideas are modified.
- Contribution s to the advancement of science has been made by people in different cultures and at
different times in history.
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports.
SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge
CONTINUED FROM APRIL …
UNIT 6: Geography of the United States
CONTENT
- understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of populations.
- understand the location and characteristics of places and regions of the United States.
SKILLS / OBJECTIVES
- Construct maps of physical features
- Analyze how these features affect everyday life
- Analyze factors that led to people moving to new areas
- Create maps of regions of the U.S
ASSESSMENT - Tests, quizzes, projects, essays, class participation, reports
TECHNOLOGY
Standard: Technology Productivity Tools
Benchmark:
Enter and sort information.
Create simple graphs (e.g. bar, pie, circle, line).
Use advanced graph formatting techniques (e.g. step
size, 3D, color, shading, labeling).
Demonstrate basic functions (e.g. +, -, *, /, average).
Merge spreadsheet into other applications.
Objective: Students will use excel processing tools.
Content: Excel based lessons
Assessment: Formal, Informal, Project-Based and Quizzes
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Hope Year Two: Joy Year Three: Wonder
7th
Grade Curriculum SPECIALS AUGUST
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Year Two: Year Three: Respect & Responsibility
ART
UNIT
Classroom procedure; Review Elements and Design Principles; Impressionism
CONTENT
Safety procedures; Elements & Design Principles; Characteristics of Impressionism
SKILLS
Examine works by Monet.
ASSESSMENT
Class discussion
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MUSIC
UNIT Elements of Music
CONTENT
Review notation and terms from previous grades: Treble and bass staves and the symbols and notes
used within them, (notes/rest from whole-sixteenth) , time signatures, common,
compound and odd: 4/4 ,2/4 3/4, 6/8, 5/4, 7/8,
SKILLS
SW review and/or become familiar with the basic elements of music, putting them into practice through
various songs and activities; SW notate pitches and note/rest values accurately;
SW demonstrate proper singing technique and posture through singing solfege and various 2 and 3 part
rounds.
ASSESSMENT
Worksheets, dry erase activities, performance activities including singing, pitched and un-pitched
percussion, class discussion; 2-3 part rounds, solfege
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
UNIT – RULES AND EXPECTATIONS:
CONTENT:
Safety Cooperation Respects Differences Identifies feelings
Plays fair Follows directions and classroom rules
SKILLS:
Understands rules and safety concerns
Comprehend the protocols used in a physical education setting
Understands expectations
Understands the importance of cooperation and sportsmanship
ASSESSMENT:
Teacher observation Teacher checklist Peer assessments
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SPANISH
Chapter
Textbook crash course part 1-9
Content
Vocabulary - Three classes to cover the crash course part of the curriculum
Culture -
Skills/Objectives
To learn the Spanish alphabet and the pronunciation of Spanish words.
Introductions and greetings
Classroom
Ask questions
Dates and time, numbers, weather
7th
Grade Curriculum SPECIALS SEPTEMBER
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Year Two: Year Three: Respect & Responsibility
ART
UNIT Impressionism; Printmaking
CONTENT
Design Principles- Balance Proportion; Characteristics of Impressionism; Discuss how to design a print
which awareness of positive and negative space. ; Encourage students to think of a couple ideas;
provide examples
SKILLS
Examine works by Renoir, Degas, Cassatt; Planning sketches
ASSESSMENT
Check design sketch.
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MUSIC
UNIT
Elements of Music
CONTENT
Review: instrument families; dynamic markings: pp, mp, p, f, mf, ff; frequently used Italian terms; vocal
ranges; recognize introduction, interlude, coda, theme and variations in musical selections; ;
identify I IV V chords; Proper singing technique and posture.
SKILLS
SW review and/or become familiar with the basic elements of music, putting them into practice through
various songs and activities; SW notate pitches and note/rest values accurately;
SW demonstrate proper singing technique and posture through singing solfege and various 2 and 3 part
rounds; SW review and/or become familiar with the basic elements of music, putting them into
practice through various songs and activities; Scales: major, minor, pentatonic, chromatic; Key
signatures; SW demonstrate proper singing technique and posture through singing solfege and various
2 and 3 part rounds. ; Audience/listening etiquette
ASSESSMENT
Worksheets, dry erase activities, performance activities including singing, pitched and un-pitched
percussion, class discussion; Teacher observation;
SW sing, or play the root of I, IV and V chords as played by the teacher; 2 and 3 part rounds; Class
discussion involving pieces and applicable musical terminology.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
UNIT – VOLLEYBALL:
CONTENT:
Fundamental Skills:
Set Spike Volley Bump Dig Serve Passing Blocking
Rules of game:
3 hits per side Boundaries Rally scoring
Tactics:
Offense Defense Positioning Footwork Coordination
SKILLS:
Utilize fundamental net skills Apply knowledge of the rules of the game
Utilize tactics and strategy in game play
Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of volleyball
Activities:
King’s court Drop B.U.M.P Mini/Modified Volleyball games
ASSESSMENT:
Written test Teacher checklist I pad assessment
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SPANISH
Chapter 1
Welcome to Mexico
Content
Vocabulary - Review for mastering of prior objectives, communication
Culture - Mexico
Skills/Objectives
Desafio 1
Greetings pg. 32
Family members pg. 38
Subject pronouns pg. 40
Verb serpg. 42-43
Desafio 2 and 3
Adjectives pg. 48
La familia pg.56
7th
Grade Curriculum SPECIALS OCTOBER
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Diligence Year Two: Self-Control and Self Discipline Year Three: Perseverance
ART
UNIT
Post- Impressionism Movement; Printmaking; Design Principles- Rhythm Repetition Unity
CONTENT
Characteristics of Post- Impressionism Recognize the art elements and art principles at work;
Designing a relief print. Mention Crosshatching and texture.
SKILLS
Examine artwork by Paul Cezanne, Vincent vanGogh; Continue planning.
ASSESSMENT
Check for craftsmanship
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MUSIC
UNIT Romantic Composers and Works
CONTENT
Composers and works: Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 1 (fourth movement)
Hector Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique Composers and works:
Antonin Dvorak, Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”
SKILLS
SW become familiar with some Romantic composers and their works. ; SW discuss the characteristics
of the music as related to previous periods, other artistic traditions, historically important events. ;
SW use musical terminology to assess and describe various musical examples.
ASSESSMENT
SW create and perform a 2 measure ending to a simple composition to be written in bass/treble clefs;
Teacher observation; Written assessment Student notes Notation Review 2 and 3 part rounds; Sing
tonic(main note) of various listening pieces.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
UNIT – BASKETBALL:
CONTENT: Fundamental Skills:
Dribbling Passing Catching Shooting Rebounding
Stealing Blocking Defensive/Offensive stance
Rules of game:
Inbounding Fouls/Violations Starting game play Scoring
Tactics:
Offense (give and go, pick and roll) Defense (Man to man vs. zone)
SKILLS:
Utilize fundamental basketball skills Apply knowledge of the rules of the game
Utilize tactics and strategy in game play
Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of basketball
Activities:
Dribble Tag 3 man weave Knock out 3 vs. 3 5 vs. 5
ASSESSMENT:
Teacher checklist and rubric Written test Teacher/Student discussion
I pad assessment
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SPANISH
Chapter 1
Mexico
Content
Vocabulary - Grammar, Ireegular verbs tener and estar, posessive adjectives, feelings
Culture - Frida Kahlo pg, 46-47, Diego Rivera pgs. 84-85, La Quinceanera pg 54, Teotihuacan pg. 78
Skills/Objectives
Desafio 3
Verb tener pg. 58
Possessive adjectives pg. 60
Desafio 4
Feelings and emotions pgs. 64-67
Verb estar pg. 69
7th
Grade Curriculum SPECIALS NOVEMBER
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Gratitude
Year Two: Wonder
Year Three: Stewardship
ART
UNIT
Post- Impressionism; Printmaking; Design Principles- Contrast Emphasis
CONTENT
Characteristics of Post- Impressionism Recognize the art elements and art principles at work. ;
Demonstrate transferring design and carving safely.
SKILLS
Examine works by Seurat, Gaugain, Toulouse- Lautrec. Recognize Art Nouveau as a style. ; Transfer
& carve on the softkut block.
ASSESSMENT
Check craftsmanship
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MUSIC
UNIT
Romantic Composers and Works
CONTENT
Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 for Piano Richard Wagner, Overture to Die; Meistersinger
von Nurnberg; Edvard Grieg, Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 and 2 Peter; Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture
SKILLS
SW choose a Romantic composer and piece to describe and analyze using musical terms. ; SW focus on
the term/concept “texture.” ; 2 and 3 part rounds; SW become familiar with Nationalist
composers and their works; SW become familiar with Nationalist composers and their works; SW
note and discuss dynamics in the piece “In the Hall of the Mountain King” ; SW sing various 2 and 3
part rounds.
ASSESSMENT
Teacher observation; Written assessment Student notes; Sing tonic(main note) of various listening
pieces; Notation Review
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
UNIT – FITNESS
CONTENT:
Fitness testing:
Pacer test Curl-ups Push-ups Pull-ups Flexibility
SKILLS:
Demonstrate the ability to perform the identified fitnessgram test items and record and interpret personal
scores
Demonstrate the ability to set realistic fitness goals for each of the components of health related fitness
based on their fitness scores
Participate in regular physical activity
ASSESSMENT:
Teacher checklist and rubric Teacher Observation I pad assessment
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Soc St – Russian Revolution Sci – Genetics and Cell division
SPANISH
Chapter 2
Puerto Rico
Content
Vocabulary - Identify people, describe houses and rooms, location, activities, classroom
Culture - Old San Juan, Geography of the island
Skills/Objectives
Desafio 1
Parts of the house pg. 94
Gender of words pg. 96
Articles pg. 98-99
Desafio 2
Items in the house pg. 104-105
Verb haber pg. 106
Location pg. 108
Review
7th
Grade Curriculum SPECIALS DECEMBER
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Generosity Year Two: Charity Year Three: Service
ART
UNIT Impressionism; Design Principles; Printmaking
CONTENT Review Design Principles; Printmaking
SKILLS
Recognize & apply the design principles; Students will “pull” prints
ASSESSMENT
Design principles test ; Check for good craftsmanship
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MUSIC
UNIT
Blues: the evolution of blues; Twelve bar blues form
CONTENT
Blues: the evolution of blues; Twelve bar blues form
SKILLS
SW listen to and analyze works and forms of various blues musicians.
ASSESSMENT
Written assessment Student notes; Notation Review; Sing tonic(main note) of various listening pieces.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
UNIT – FOOTBALL
CONTENT:
Fundamental Skills:
Passing Catching Pass Patterns Punting/kicking
Rules of the game:
No tackling Scoring Offsides Sportsmanship
Plays Patterns Positioning Agility moves
Tactics (Individual vs. Team)
SKILLS:
Utilize fundamental football skills Apply knowledge of the rules of the game Utilize tactics
and strategy in game play
Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of football
Activities:
Flag football Invasion games Ultimate Football
ASSESSMENT:
Written test Teacher checklist and rubric I pad assessment
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Soc St – Russian Revolution Sci – Genetics and Cell division
SPANISH
Chapter 2
Puerto Rico
Content
Vocabulary - Location, chores
Culture - La Bahia de Mosquitos
Skills/Objectives
Desafio 2
Location Hay… pg 112-113
Chores pgs. 114-115
Review
7th
Grade Curriculum SPECIALS JANUARY
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Year Two: Year Three: Courage
ART
UNIT Printmaking; Computer
CONTENT Basic Skills
SKILLS
Finish printmaking; Experiment with Photoshop tools
ASSESSMENT
Check Craftsmanship.
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – 1920’s-New Deal Science – Human Body
MUSIC
UNIT Blues: (Introduction to Jazz)
CONTENT Blues: the evolution of blues; Twelve bar blues form
SKILLS
SW listen to and analyze works and forms of various blues musicians.
ASSESSMENT
Written assessment Student notes; Notation Review;
Sing tonic(main note) of various listening pieces.
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – 1920’s-New Deal Science – Human Body
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
UNIT – SOCCER
CONTENT:
Fundamental Skills:
Dribbling Passing Shooting Trapping Goaltending
Rules of the game:
Starting game play Offsides Violations Sportsmanship Scoring
Tactics:
Spacing Offense Defense Ball movement
SKILLS:
Utilize fundamental soccer skills Apply knowledge of the rules of the game Utilize tactics and
strategy in game play
Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of soccer
ASSESSMENT:
Teach observation I pad assessment Written Test
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – 1920’s-New Deal Science – Human Body
SPANISH
Chapter 2
Puerto Rico
Content
Vocabulary - Conjugation of verbs in present tense –ar, -er, ir
Culture - Los Reyes Magos, Three Wise Men, Geography
Skills/Objectives
Desafio 3
Regular verbs ending in –ar pg. 116
Regular verbs ending in –er, -ir pg. 118-119
Desafio4
Every day activities pages 124-125
Obligations using the verb tener pgs. 126
7th
Grade Curriculum SPECIALS FEBRUARY
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Loyalty Year Two: Love of Country Year Three: Honesty and Justice
ART
UNIT Expressionism & Abstraction; Two point perspective.
CONTENT Identify characteristics and artists of the movement. Point perspective.
SKILLS
Examine works by Matisse, Munch, Chagall, Kandinsky, Klee, Mondrian, Dali;
Read a small book about Picasso
ASSESSMENT
Write a small paper discussing at elements and design principles at work, the artist’s intentions and the
student’s feelings about the artwork.
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – ‘20’s to the new deal Sci – Earth History
MUSIC
UNIT Jazz
CONTENT
Jazz: African-American origins; Terms: improvisation, syncopation, solo and soloist Ragtime: works
of Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and Miles Davis
SKILLS
SW focus on the terms/concepts “texture/form.” ; SW sing various 2 and 3 part rounds.
ASSESSMENT
Blues Study Guide Written assessment; Blues lyric assignment; Sing tonic(main note) of various
listening pieces.
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – ‘20’s to the new deal Sci – Earth History
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
UNIT – FLOOR HOCKEY
CONTENT:
Fundamental Skills:
Passing Shooting Receiving Dribbling Stick control
Rules of game:
High stick No contact Boundaries
Tactics:
Offense (positioning and movement) Defense (positioning and movement)
Face offs Goaltending
SKILLS:
Utilize fundamental floor hockey skills
Apply knowledge of the rules of the game
Utilize tactics and strategy in game play
Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of floor hockey
Activities:
2 vs. 1 keep away 3 trap game Endline Hockey Sideline Hockey
ASSESSMENT:
Written tests Teacher Observation Teacher Checklist
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – ‘20’s to the new deal Sci – Earth History
SPANISH
Chapter
Content
Vocabulary - Verbs ending in –er, verb hacer to do, weather, seasons, sports
Culture - History of the language and the cultures
Skills/Objectives Conjugate verbs
Make observations about the weather
New vocabulary about sports
Assessment
Conjugate the new verbs
Recite new verbs
Construct sentences about the weather and sports
Quiz
7th
Grade Curriculum SPECIALS MARCH
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Compassion Year Two: Faithfulness Year Three: Mercy
ART
UNIT Drawing
CONTENT -----
SKILLS Create a figurative drawing using highlights
ASSESSMENT Check for value and form.
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – Life Forms Science – Sci Fair
MUSIC
UNIT Keyboard Unit
CONTENT Keyboard Unit
SKILLS
SW sing and learn choreography for a musical demonstrating proper performance etiquette and
singing technique.
ASSESSMENT
Teacher observation.
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – Life Forms Science – Sci Fair
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
UNIT – HANDBALL
CONTENT:
Fundamental Skills:
Passing Shooting Dribbling Catching
Rules of the game:
3 step possession Scoring Sportsmanship Spacing (no contact)
Tactics (Individual and team):
Offense Defense Spacing/Positioning Goaltending
Activities:
Wallball Modified handball games
SKILLS:
Utilize fundamental handball skills Apply knowledge of the rules of the game
Utilize tactics and strategy in game play
Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of handball
ASSESSMENT:
Teacher Observation Teacher Checklist Rubric Written test
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – Life Forms Science – Sci Fair
SPANISH
Chapter
Content
Vocabulary - Comparisons, how much is it? Numbers
Culture - Presentations on famous personalities
Skills/Objectives Correct sentence structure to compare subjects.
Ask how much it is?
Able to answer questions
Assessment
Follow sentence structure to compare subjects using adjectives to compare
Menu/Store to practice buying items in store
Quiz
7th
Grade Curriculum SPECIALS APRIL
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Forgiveness Year Two: Graciousness and Courtesy Year Three: Gentleness and Humility
ART
UNIT Drawing (continued); Art in Everyday Life
CONTENT Artists’ Careers & Roles in the Community
SKILLS Discuss a variety of careers in art. Include designs for cultural events, environmental design.
ASSESSMENT
Class Discussion
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – WW II Science – Natural Selection
MUSIC
UNIT Keyboard Unit
CONTENT Keyboard Unit; Music Final Test
SKILLS -----
ASSESSMENT Teacher observation.
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – WW II Science – Natural Selection
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
UNIT – FRISBEE
CONTENT:
Fundamental Skills:
Throwing Catching Scoring Positioning
Rules of the game:
Boundaries No contact Scoring Movement and positioning
Tactics:
Offense Defense Spacing/positioning
Activities:
Target Frisbee Frisbee Golf Modified Frisbee games
SKILLS:
Utilize fundamental fribee skills Apply knowledge of the rules of the game
Utilize tactics and strategy in game play
Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of Frisbee
ASSESSMENT:
Teach observation Written test I pad assessment
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – WW II Science – Natural Selection
SPANISH
Chapter
Content
Vocabulary - Where do you come from? Countries in Spanish, There is/There are statements
Culture - Presentations on Famous personalities
Skills/Objectives Questions about where we are from and where do we live
Read paragraphs
Assessment
Read in Spanish, check for understanding
Recite and compose sentences
7th
Grade Curriculum SPECIALS MAY
CORE VIRTUES
Year One: Hope Year Two: Joy Year Three: Wonder
ART
UNIT Modern American Painting
CONTENT Characteristics
SKILLS Examine works by O’Keeffe, Grant Wood, Diego Rivera, Norman Rockwell
ASSESSMENT Class Discussion
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Soc St – US Geography Science – Science Biographies
MUSIC
UNIT Jazz(continued)
CONTENT Influence of jazz on other music: George Gershwin Jazz Styles: Early New Orleans,
Dixieland, Swing/Big Band, Bebop, Cool, Modal, Post-Bop, Free Jazz, Fusion
SKILLS SW listen to and analyze works and forms of various jazz musicians;
SW clap or play on an instrument; syncopated rhythms; SW focus on tempos of various pieces.
ASSESSMENT
Jazz packets. Teacher observation; syncopated rhythms; Sing tonic(main note) of various
listening pieces; Notation Review
CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Soc St – US Geography Science – Science Biographies
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
UNIT – FIELD DAY/TEAM GAMES
CONTENT:
Field day games:
Capture the flag Scarf Tag 50 yard dash Jump the creek
Marble relay Dizzy bat race Gunny sack relay
SKILLS:
Demonstrate competency in a variety of games Utilize fundamental field and playground game skills
Apply knowledge of the rules of the games Utilize tactics and strategy in game play
Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects in field and playground games
Describe the role of both a leader and follower
ASSESSMENT:
Teacher Observation I pad assessment CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Soc St – US Geography Science – Science Biographies
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