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In Grade Seven, students will. . .

RELIGION:

·          Know that Jesus is fully human and fully divine

·          Know major divisions, events, places, people and teachings of the New Testament

·          Study the Gospels in depth: the life, teachings, miracles, and make daily living applications

·          Develop personal and social consciences; develop strong, realistic self-concepts through exploration of who they are and who they can become

·          Know the Cardinal and Theological virtues

·          Know the Beatitudes and Works of Mercy and make practical applications to daily life

·          Memorize assigned prayers, commandments etc.

·          Understand that the values of the Church and of society often oppose each other

·          Know the various parts of the Mass and participate by selecting the readings and songs, composing the petitions

·          Be familiar with and able to participate in the Liturgy of the Hours

Text:  Christ Our Life: Jesus, the Way, the Truth, and the Life 

(Loyola Press)

LANGUAGE ARTS

Students will

·          Enjoy reading, listening to, writing about, reporting on books both in writing and orally

·          Recognize and appreciate elements of literature: plot, setting, theme, etc.

·          Construct paragraphs, essays, outlines, reports

·          Interpret texts using inferences and background knowledge

·          Use research reference materials and resources -  including Internet

·          Writing and presenting research paper

·          Demonstrate knowledge of vocabulary, spelling, grammar mechanics, and usage both  orally and in  writing

·          Use the writing process in expository, narrative, descriptive, persuasive and poetic modes

Text: (Houghton Mifflin English)

          Supplementary materials

MATH

Students will

·          Add, subtract, multiply, divide whole numbers, decimals, and fractions, and compare and order fractions, decimals, and percents

·          Identify fractions, decimals and percents as equivalent and use them in solving problems

·          Calculate percentages of increase and decrease

·          Know and understand prime factorization, GCF and LCM, and use them to solve problems

·          Solve linear equations and inequalities

·          Use protractor and compass

·          Identify geometric figures

·          Determine perimeter, area, surface area, volume, and circumference of basic geometric figures

Text:  (Silver Burdett Ginn)

            Supplementary materials

SCIENCE

·          Study cellular/molecular biology

·          Identify and discuss the qualities of living things

·          Study the qualities of invertebrates

·          Identify  the systems of the human body

·          Study about organisms and their environment

·          Use the Scientific Method to solve problems

Text: Life Science  (Merril)

SOCIAL STUDIES

·          Evaluate the relationship between geography of the U.S. and its development as a nation

·          Utilize reasoning skills to understand cause and effect of important events and problems

·          Use peace and justice concepts to analyze historical and present day situations

·          Describe location of key places to other important historical places, continents, countries and major bodies of water

·          Understand basic economics of early Americans

·          Study government concepts at local, state and national level

Text: (Silver Burdett Ginn)

ART

·          Draw scenes and people more precisely

·          Actual objects are transcribed to paper and two point perspective

·          Complementary colors are mixed in watercolor

·          Innovative letter forms along with charcoal techniques

·          Learn to cut mats

MUSIC

·          Experiences in any of the following areas:

·          Musical styles and periods

·          American music, Musical Theatre

·          Operetta, Opera

·          Creative projects

·          Music and related arts

·          Exploration of sound/acoustic

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

·          Reinforcement and enrichment in the areas of movement/body mechanics, simple games, individual, dual, and team sports, fitness routines and activities

·          Development in the areas of rhythmic activities, stunts, tumbling and apparatus work

TECHNOLOGY BENCHMARKS

·          Maintain Keyboarding skills

·          25 words at 90% accuracy

·          Use pre-existing Databases to collect research

·          Develop a report using Desktop Publishing according to course expectations

·          Use Multimedia Resources as an information gathering tool for Organization, Arranging, Storage of information

·          Develop a Spreadsheet  using: Cell, Row, Column and Number Formats

·          Learn and model ethical, legal and responsible behavior in the online community

·          Apply technologies to Interpret, Analyze, Synthesize and Evaluate Data Information

St. Anthony School Curriculum Guide

                                         Developed, 2003