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Seventh Grade
List of 10 items.
Reading & Literature
Read and explore novels, short stories, poems, and plays whose protagonists represent a variety of backgrounds and challenges
Identify literary elements: metaphor, symbolism, foreshadowing, theme, and historical and cultural references
Independent and in-class reading and literature criticism
Analyze and identify literary themes: friendship, identity, tolerance, diversity, and beliefs
Connect literature to history, author, personal experience, and the modern world through discussion, journal entries, and group work
Writing & Language Arts
Write multi-paragraph essays (narrative, memoir, analysis, and research paper)
Debate skills at an end of the school year debate
Practice Courageous Conversations (community circles)
Focus on the writing process: prewriting, writing, editing, and rewriting
Develop research skills: internet and library
Maintain a notebook and practice note-taking and organizational skills
Strengthen vocabulary and grammar skills
Make oral and visual presentations
Analyze and write poetry, short stories, and fiction
Social Studies
Explore West Africa & South Africa, Japan, China, India, and Medieval Europe
The Americas Politics
Economics, geography, and society of different civilizations
Note-taking skills: history notebook, document analysis, paragraph
Civilization project
Cause, effect, and impact of historical events
Comparison of present-day case studies and literature to historical studies
Mathematics
Proportional relationships
Scale drawings
Percent change
Circles, angles, triangles, surface area, and volume
Operations with negative numbers
Expressions, equations, and inequalities
Data analysis, probability, and graphing techniques
Problem-solving strategies
Interpret and solve problems in real-world situations
Share multiple perspectives and communicate mathematical thinking
Science
Work as a scientist: observe, research, develop controlled experiments, create models, communicate
Evolution
The microbiome, viruses, the immune system
Life processes: strategies and solutions from cells to plants to human beings
Genetics and heredity
Sex and drug education: accurate information leads to informed decisions
Cross-grade science projects with Lower School buddies
Spanish
Project-based learning focused on authentic, meaningful situations. Verbal communication is highly emphasized
Use
Realidades
textbook, workbook, and interactive website
Active learning through Total Physical Response games, art, music, and dance
Celebration of Latino culture through the study of music, stories, dance, traditional holidays, and geography
In-depth individual PowerPoint presentations on Mexico
Interrogatives, the imperative, the preterit tense, formulas tener que + infinitivo and ir + a + infinitivo
Visual Arts
Drawing: contour lines, shading, grid enlarging, layout, lettering
Gridded Self-Portraits
Paper Mache Mask-Making
Print making: linoleum block carving
Public art opportunities
Social Messaging
Mud Cloths
Music
Advanced drum ensemble workshop
Year one drum ensemble
5-part 6/8 pattern
Dividing the beat into three and four parts
Mayi, Ibo, Samba
Featured performance at African American Cultural Celebration
Exploration of the cultural role music plays in a community
Performance band for instrumentalists
Physical Education
Understanding that the love of play never has to end
Analyzing an opponent’s strengths and weaknesses and using this analysis in a game situation
Demonstrating appropriate sportsmanship in game situations
Working cooperatively with all peers regardless of skill level
Community Engaged Learning
Research an issue of concern- using historical and present-day Oakland
Select a partner organization
Develop and implement an action plan to support the community
Independent and cooperative learning
Agency and mutual partnership, perseverance, empathy, and connecting to a larger purpose
St. Paul's Episcopal School
116 Montecito Avenue
Oakland, CA 94610
510.285.9600
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