7th Grade

Spiritual/Bible:  Wise Up! Wisdom in Proverbs.  The curriculum takes the factual knowledge the students have and teaches them to apply it to their daily lives.  It’s designed to help students form personal convictions based on their study of God’s work and to “get” the connection between biblical wisdom and everyday life.

Reading:  Students will read four novels during the school year.  We work on literary analysis through discussion of key themes and literary devices.  We also use these novels as the subject matter for practicing our technical writing.  Novels we currently use include Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Trumpeter of Krakow, Hostage Lands, Jane Eyre, and The Count of Monte Cristo.

Writing:  In addition to the writing taught through the Grammar class, writing is incorporated throughout the middle school curriculum in all subjects.  We focus on writing in our Reading/Literature classes as we practice our technical writing while we analyze the novels we read each quarter.

Latin Language:  Focus for this foreign language is on its history, vocabulary, reading and translating for the purpose of providing a foundation for both the English Language as well as for any of the Romance high school languages.

Math:  Students use the A Beka curriculum.  Two tracks are available to the 7^th graders depending on readiness.  Some students, taught by Mrs. Consiglio, continue building their math foundations through the Basic Math textbook.  Other students join Mrs. Kiff for her 8^th grade Pre-Algebra class.

History/Social Studies:  Students use the A Beka text History of the World.  Students study European and World history beginning with the Middle Ages and continuing on to the Cold War.  Students will also do a term paper.  The primary focus in teaching history is to encourage students to see the past as a key to the future.  I also help them explore both sides of an issue, using logic and discernment to make decisions.

Science:  Emphasis for Science class is to explore, uncover and discover God’s creation through the application of critical thinking skills, the scientific method, and scientific inquiry while emphasizing the need for examining the results through a Biblical worldview.  Through the use on instruction, laboratory experiments and dissections, students gain knowledge of all areas of life science.

Computer: These grades also begin the year with an increase in their words per minute typing goals.  They continue to review and expand on their previous categories of study, with a more in depth focus on word processing skills, spreadsheet and database programs, and slideshow presentations.  By the end of the year they will all have completed projects demonstrating their ability to use each of these programs.  They also learn Internet researching skills, the results of which will be included in their slideshow presentations.