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 mass-produce toys designed by the students. 

Teen LivingSEVENTH GRADE OVER-VIEW: SEMESTER

Clothing Construction

Foods andNutrition

PersonalDevelopment

Reversible Tote-bagDOUBLE QUILTED PENCIL POUCHFIBER FLYER

Safety & SanitationMy Plate GuidelinesVegetables(Mexican Fiesta)CheeseBreakfastHomemade PizzaBrownie ComparisonHomemade Pie CrustTop Chef Competition

Babysitting UnitModular Laptop UnitNutrition 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 You will have the option at the end of each year to not accept the credit OR the grade so that it is not not accept the credit OR the grade so that it is not included in the High School GPAincluded in the High School GPA

Students looking at an IB Diploma at W&L need to Students looking at an IB Diploma at W&L need to start a language in 7start a language in 7thth (including Latin). (including Latin).

A verified credit is earned by passing the End of A verified credit is earned by passing the End of Course (EOC) SOL test. EOC SOLs are taken upon Course (EOC) SOL test. EOC SOLs are taken upon completion of certain completion of certain high school credit corehigh school credit core courses.courses.

Standard DiplomaDiscipline Area Credits # of verified English 4 2 Math 3 1 Lab Science 3 1 Social Studies 3 1 Foreign Language, 2

Fine Arts or CTE PE 2 Economics 1

Personal Finance Electives 4 Additional Verified 1

Total 22 6

Advanced Studies Diploma

Discipline Area Credits # of verified English 4 2 Lab Science 4 2 Social Studies 4 2 Math 4 2 Foreign Language 3/4 Health and PE 2 Economics and 1

Personal Finance Fine Arts or CTE 1 Electives 3 Additional verified 1

Totals 26 9

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 = ???

MATHAlgebra 1 (EOC)Geometry (EOC)Algebra 2 (EOC)

SCIENCEEarth Space Science (EOC)Biology (EOC)Chemistry (EOC)

SOCIAL STUDIESWorld Geography (EOC)World History 1 (EOC)World History 2 (EOC)US & VA History (EOC)

ENGLISHReading 11th gradeWriting 11th grade

High School SOL Tests