Transcript academic planning for seventh grade

ACADEMIC
PLANNING FOR
SEVENTH
GRADE
Seventh graders take four core subjects:
English
Life Science
American Studies
Math
(teacher will give recommendations at end of the year)
Math 7
Math 8
Intensified Algebra I
All students will take PE/Health
Choosing Classes
You will have two elective periods
They may be filled with:
A language (year long)
Music (year long)
Electives (two courses to fill a year or
four if no language or music is chosen)
They may begin their study of a foreign
language by selecting from the following:
Arabic
Chinese
French
Latin
Spanish
Language classes meet daily all year and
earn high school credit.
Arabic and Chinese occur during the
school day and may be offered via
distance learning if enrollment is not
sufficient to staff at school.
Seventh graders may begin/ continue
their study of a musical instrument by
selecting one of the following:
Beginning Band
Intermediate Band
Experienced Band. Tryouts for Wind
Ensemble will be conducted in February.
Orchestra
Chorus
Seventh grade exploratory courses meet
daily for a semester and include:
Visual Art
Theatre Arts
Digital Input Technologies
Inventions and Innovations
Teen Living
Chorus
Exploratory classes continued
Visual Art
 creative design process
 Typical 2D art projects include the use of
drawing, pastels, sharpies, mixed media,
painting, and printmaking.
 3D art projects include clay tiles and
paper/cardboard construction.
 Art 1 students will use a sketchbook and
participate in weekly sketchbook assignments.
Students will learn how to talk about and write
about their art.
Theatre Arts
Further explore the skills and
techniques used in 6th grade
theatre arts.
Games to build observation,
listening and trust.
Improvised outlines and develop
them into presentations.
Technical qualities of the voice.
Digital Input Technologies
Input and emerging technologies
including:
Typing
Voice recognition
Handwriting recognition
Mobile devices
Inventions and
Innovations
 Investigate famous inventors and the inventions that
changed the world.
 "Shark Tank".
 Use CAD programs and print some of those things in the
3D printer.
 Other projects include
 mousetrap powered cars
 water rockets.
 Our final project will be to simulate a toy
manufacturing company; where we will massproduce toys designed by the students.
Teen Living
SEVENTH GRADE OVER-VIEW: SEMESTER
Clothing
Construction
Reversible Tote-bag
DOUBLE QUILTED
PENCIL POUCH
FIBER FLYER
Foods and
Nutrition
Safety & Sanitation
My Plate Guidelines
Vegetables
(Mexican Fiesta)
Cheese
Breakfast
Homemade Pizza
Brownie Comparison
Homemade Pie Crust
Top Chef
Competition
Personal
Development
Babysitting Unit
Modular Laptop
Unit
Nutrition
Newsletter
Journalism
 The 7th grade Journalism is a year-long class that teaches
participants the “nuts and bolts” of reporting, such as:
 Presentation across multiple platforms
 Print
 Broadcast (TV)
 Online
 Software:
 iMovie
 MovieMaker
 PhotoShop
 iPhoto
 GarageBand
 GoogleDocs
Chorus
Varied repertoire of music from
classics, multi-cultural, and modern
pop
Emphasis will be placed on group
vocal development, basic
musicianship, and dealing with the
vocal change
Students will perform in a minimum
of two concerts per year plus the
District Assessment and the
opportunity to audition for the
District Choir.”
Guitar
For beginning players
Guitar will be provided
Can be taken as a semester or year
long class.
Graduation
Requirements
(High School)
High School Courses for Credit
 A high school credit is earned upon completion of
any high school level class.
 Students may begin earning high school credits
in 7th grade
 High school level courses which may be taken in
middle school include:
 High school languages beginning in 7th grade
 High school level math starting with Algebra
 World Geography (the 8th grade Social Studies course)
You will have the option at the end of each year to
not accept the credit OR the grade so that it is not
included in the High School GPA
Students looking at an IB Diploma at W&L need to
start a language in 7th (including Latin).
A verified credit is earned by passing the End of
Course (EOC) SOL test. EOC SOLs are taken upon
completion of certain high school credit core
courses.
Standard Diploma
Discipline Area
Credits
 English
4
 Math
3
 Lab Science
3
 Social Studies
3
 Foreign Language,
2
Fine Arts or CTE
 PE
2
 Economics
1
Personal Finance
 Electives
4
 Additional Verified
Total
22
# of verified
2
1
1
1
1
6
Advanced Studies Diploma
Discipline Area
Credits
 English
4
 Lab Science
4
 Social Studies
4
 Math
4
 Foreign Language
3/4
 Health and PE
2
 Economics and
1
Personal Finance
 Fine Arts or CTE
1
 Electives
3
 Additional verified
Totals
26
# of verified
2
2
2
2
1
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English High School Level Classes
Grade 9 = English 9 Block with World
History (Reg. or Adv.)
Grade 10 = English 10 (Reg. or Adv.)
Grade 11 = English 11 (Reg. or AP)
(SOL for Reading and Writing, not
EOC)
Grade 12 = English 12(Reg. or Adv.)
Social Studies High School Level
Classes
Grade 8 = World Geography (SOL)
Grade 9 = World History Block with
English 9 (Reg. or Adv.) (SOL)
Grade 10 = Up to you???
Grade 11 = VA and US History (SOL)
Grade 12 = VA and US Government
Typical Science High School Level
Classes
Grade 9 = Biology or Earth Science
(Reg. or Adv.) (SOL)
Grade 10 = Chemistry (SOL)
Grade 11 = Physics
Grade 12 = ???
High School SOL Tests
MATH
Algebra 1 (EOC)
Geometry (EOC)
Algebra 2 (EOC)
SCIENCE
Earth Space
Science (EOC)
Biology (EOC)
Chemistry (EOC)
SOCIAL STUDIES
World Geography (EOC)
World History 1 (EOC)
World History 2 (EOC)
US & VA History (EOC)
ENGLISH
Reading 11th grade
Writing 11th grade