COURSE DESCRIPTIONS, GRADE 7
LANGUAGE ARTS Course Title Text Instruc. Time Description
MATH/SCIENCE Course Title Text Instruc. Time Description
ENGLISH 7 & CRW Bridges to Literature; McDougal Littell (adopted 2006) 270 minutes per week This course integrates reading and writing workshop methods to develop student skills in spelling, vocabulary, grammar, critical reading and writing.
SCIENCE 7 Science (Level Green) Glencoe/McGraw Hill (adopted 2012?), supplemented with Earth Science; Glencoe/McGraw Hill (adopted 2004) and several other independent readings 225 minutes per week This is a survey course continuing study of the four major scientific disciplines (physics, chemistry, biology, and earth/space science). Topics of study this year will include basic atomic chemistry, the relationships between matter and energy, competition between organisms, meteorology, and plate tectonic theory.
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SOCIAL STUDIES Course Title Text Instruc. Time
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MATH 7 Math; Harcourt, 2000 (adopted 2002) 225 minutes per week 1. Developing understanding of and applying proportional relationships. 2. Developing understanding of operations with rational numbers and working with expressions and linear equations. 3. Solving problems involving scale drawings and informal geometric constructions. 4. Working with two- and three-dimensional shapes to solve problems involving area, surface area, and volume. 5. Drawing inferences about populations based on samples
SOCIAL STUDIES 7 Geoactive 1: Stage 4 - Global Geography 225 minutes per week Part Two of a two-year survey of global regions, focusing mostly on the Western Hemisphere, emphasizing human geography, economics, citizenship, culture, history, governance, and science.
WORLD LANGUAGES Course Title Text Instruc. Time Description
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Chinese 7-8 Level 1 I Love Learning Chinese for middle/high school V.2 180 minutes per week This course takes TPRS approach for the beginner level students to explore Chinese language in terms of listening, speaking, reading and writing.
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Chinese 7-8 Level 2 Chinese language for secondary schools Express Textbook 1A&B 180 minutes per week This course is taught in topics according to our life, society and nature, students will make progress in the four skills step by step.
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Chinese 7-8 Level 3 Higher Chinese for secondary schools Textbook 3A&B 180 minutes per week
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The course to develop the skill to read authentic texts related to the students’ topics of interests. For general modern Chinese proficiency improvement. Students will read the literary on a wide range of topic areas related to social, history and humanities.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION Course Title Main Text Instruc. Time Description
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KOREAN 7-8 중등국어(다) 출판사:비유와상징, 꿈을 담는 틀, 디딤돌, 교학사 편집 180 minutes per week 이 과정은 중등국어 기본 과정으로 시, 소설, 수필, 설명문, 논설문, 문법 등 중등국어의 전반적인 내용을 수업합니다.
HEALTH 7 HEALTH CURRICULUM GUIDE, Madison Public School. / SECOND STEP: Student Success Through Prevention 45 minutes per week. 1. This course is designed to develop awareness of the rapid changes happening during puberty (physical, emotional, psychological, etc.). 2. The course will provide and develop important social skills to enable them to interact positively in society. 3. Additionally the course will support the ESLRs program at the school to educate useful, proactive members in the community.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION 7 Ready-to-Use P.E. Activities for Grades 5-9, Complete P.E. Plans for Grade 5 to 12, Quality Lesson Plans for Secondary P.E. 90 minutes per week This course emphasizes regular participation in a variety of enjoyable physical activities that promote lifelong healthy living. Learn sports skills and knowledge, improve fitness etc.
THE ARTS Course Title Main Text Instruc. Time
ART 7 Various texts 90 minutes per week
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The course will give the opportunity for students to: • communicate and express their experiences, ideas and feelings visually • advance their skill in the use of different tools and materials • study art’s historical and cultural contexts as a record of human achievement and as inspiration for the creation of their own art • view and respond to works from both the past and present to support their growing understanding that artists are concerned with issues that are relevant to their own lives and societies • appreciate that in the art and design process multiple solutions and interpretations are possible and acceptable
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MUSIC 7 Music Theory for Young Musicians - Level 3; The Music Connection - Grade 7; Accent on Achievement - Book 1 135 minutes per week
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This course allows students to further develop their knowledge of music theory, to analyze music from a variety of cultures and historical periods, and provide them with the opportunity to experience playing in a concert band.
TECHNOLOGY Course Title Text Instruc. Time Description
TECHNOLOGY Microsoft Office/Adobe Creative Suite Training Online + other texts 50 minutes per week Students engage in learning basic computer skills and participate in activities that help them think about technology and how they are connected with the world.
