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Seventh Grade
ENGLISH LITERATURE
REQUIRED TEXTS: Colum, Padraic. The Children’s Homer. New York: Aladdin, 2004.
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. New York: Watermill Press. 1994.
Draper, Sharon. Out of My Mind. New York: Antheneum Books. 2010.
Green, Roger Lancelyn. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. New York: Penguin, 1974.
Hautzig, Esther. The Endless Steppe. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 1987. Henry, O. The Best Short Stories of O. Henry. New York: Random House, 1994.
Lawson, Robert. The Great Wheel. New York: Scholastic. 1957.
Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
Lisle, Janet Taylor. Black Duck. New York: Puffin Books, 2007.
Richter, Conrad. The Light in the Forest. New York: Ballantine Books, 1994.
Speare, Elizabeth George. The Bronze Bow. New York: 1961.
WEEK TOPIC
1-2 Summer Reading Requirements: Black Duck, The Great Wheel, Hatchet, Out of
My Mind
6-13 The Bronze Bow
14-17 A Christmas Carol
19-22 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
23-26 The Odyssey
27-36 King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS
TEACHER RESOURCES: Prentice Hall. Writing and Grammar: Grammar Exercise Book. Grade 7. New York: Prentice Hall, 2010.
Warriner, John E. English Composition and Grammar: Second Course. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
1990.
2 Chapter 7: Writing Letters
3-4 Chapter 10: The Sentence
5-6 Chapter 11: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives
7-8 Chapter 12: Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
9-10 Chapter 17: Agreement
13-14 Chapter 2: Writing Paragraphs: Structure and Development
15-16 Chapter 8: Writing Complete Sentences
17-18 Chapter 13: Complements
23-24 Chapter 18: Using Verbs Correctly
25-26 Chapter 23: Punctuation: End Marks, Commas, Semicolons, Colons
27-28 Chapter 3: Writing Paragraphs: Four Types of Paragraphs
29-30 Chapter 9: Writing Effective Sentences
31-32 Chapter 16: The Kinds of Sentence Structure
33 Chapter 19: Using Pronouns Correctly
34 Chapter 20: Using Modifiers Correctly
35 Chapter 24: Punctuation: Italics, Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Hyphens
36 Chapter 21: Glossary of Usage
VOCABULARY
REQUIRED TEXT: Hodkinson, Kenneth and Sandra Adams. Wordly Wise 3000, Book 8. Cambridge, MA: Educator's Publishing
Service, Inc.,
WEEK TOPIC
SPELLING
REQUIRED TEXTS: Woodruff, G. Willard and George N. Moore. Working Words in Spelling, Level 8. Boston, MA: D.C. Heath & Co.,
1990.
HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
REQUIRED TEXTS: Cootes, R.J. and L.E. Snellgrove. The Ancient World, Second Edition. New York: Longman. 1991.
-----. The Middle Ages, Second Edition. New York: Longman, 1989.
Marks, Anthony and Graham Tingay. The Romans. Tulsa, OK: EDC Publishing, 1990.
Prentice Hall. World Studies: The Ancient World. New York: Prentice Hall. 2008.
TEACHER RESOURCES: Corbishley, Mike. Growing Up in Ancient Rome. Mahwah, NJ: Troll, 1994.
-----. The Middle Ages. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
Macaulay, David. City. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974.
-----. Castle. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977.
-----. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.
MacDonald, Fiona and Gerald Wood. A Roman Fort. New York: Peter Bedrich Books, 1993.
Nichols, Roger, translation. Livy: Stories of Rome. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Prentice Hall. World Studies: The Ancient World Vocabulary Studies. New York: Prentice Hall. 2008
Shearer, Cynthia and Robert G. The Greenleaf Guide to Famous Men of the Middle Ages. Lebanon, TN: Greenleaf,
1992.
1 Geography and History
THE FERTILE CRESCENT
5 Babylonia and Assyria
7 Mediterranean Civilizations
10 The Rulers of Egypt
11 Egyptian Religion
ANCIENT INDIA
15 Hinduism and Ancient India
16 The Beginnings of Buddhism
17 The Maurya Empire
19 Confucius and His Teachings
20 Warring Kingdoms Unite
ANCIENT GREECE
24 Daily Life in Athens
25 Sparta and Athens
ANCIENT ROME
31 The Fall of Rome
Roman History
SCIENCE
TEACHER RESOURCES: The science curriculum is guided by the Delta Science Modules. There are no texts for the student. Each module’s
teacher guide contains worksheets for the student.
DELTA SCIENCE MODULES: Plants in Our World. Hudson, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1996. DNA: From Genes to Proteins. Hudson, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1994. Earth Processes. Nashua, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1994. Matter and Change. Hudson, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1996. Newtons Toy Box.Hudson, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1996 Astronomy. Hudson, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1999.
SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES:* Maton, Anthea, et al. Exploring Physical Science. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997. -----. Dynamic Earth. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997. -----. Parade of Life: Monerans, Protists, Fungi, and Plants. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997. Exploring the Universe. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997 Padilla, Michael, et al. Cells and Heredity. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.
*Each Prentice Hall text is used to supplement the Delta Science Module units. A teacher’s edition is available for
each one of the student texts listed.
WEEK TOPIC
Scientific reasoning, Pseudoscience, Scientific methods and safety
From Plants in Our World, supplemented by material in Parade of Life: Monerans, Protists,
Fungi, and Plants
3 Distinctions Between Plant and Animal Cells; “Plant and Animal Cells”
Plant Stems; “Plant Stems: Structure and Function, Part 1”
Plant Stems; “Plant Stems: Structure and Function, Part 2”
Effect of Light and Water on Seedling Growth; “What Do Plants Need? Part 1”
4 Observe plant types and collect samples of algae in lakes and moss in woods
Transpiration; “Stomata and Transpiration, Part 1”
Transpiration; “Stomata and Transpiration, Part 2”
Effect of Light and Water on Seedling Growth; Phototropism; “What Do Plants Need?
Part 2”
5 Photosynthesis—Intake of Carbon Dioxide; “Plants Take in Gas, Part 1”
Photosynthesis—Intake of Carbon Dioxide; “Plants Take in Gas, Part 2”
Photosynthesis—Production of Oxygen; “Plants Give Off Gas, Part 1”
6 Photosynthesis—Production of Oxygen; “Plants Give Off Gas, Part 2”
Chlorophyll as Green Pigment; “Paper Chromatography”
Photosynthesis—Production of Starch; “Plants Make Food, Part 1”
7 Photosynthesis—Necessity of Chlorophyll; “Chlorophyll”
Plant Respiration-Production of Carbon Dioxide; “Cellular Respiration in Plants, Part 1”
Plant Respiration-Production of Carbon Dioxide; “Cellular Respiration in Plants, Part 2”
8 Photosynthesis—Production of Starch; “Plants Make Food, Part 2”
Starch and Glucose in Plants; “Plants Store Food”
Importance and Uses of Plants; “The Uses of Plants”
9 Assessment Review (Part 1)
Assessment Review (Part 2)
Return and Discussion of Assessment
From Famous Scientists
A Refracting Telescope
13 Thomas Edison
A Bright Idea
A Sound-Writing Machine
14 Matthew Henson
Natural Insect Control
16 Stephen Hawking
17 Assessment Review
Test/Final Assessment
From DNA: From Genes to Proteins, supplemented by material in Exploring Physical
Science
Relation of Proteins to Variations; “Proteins and Appearances”
Structures and Their Functions in Cells; “What’s in a Cell?”
Modeling a Cell; “Modeling a Cell”
19 Modeling Genetic Material in the Nucleus; “What’s in the Nucleus?”
Modeling DNA; “Modeling DNA”
Transcription; RNA from DNA; “Modeling a Message”
20 Protein Synthesis; Transcription and Translation; “The Code Makes a Product”
Protein Synthesis; Transcription and Translation;“The Code Makes a Product” (cont'd)
Genes, Chromosomes and Mutations; “Genes and Mutations”
Bacteria and Viruses; “Simpler Cells”
21 Extraction of DNA; “Extra Experiment”
Transplanting Genes; DNA Recombination; “How We Use DNA in Cells”
DNA Fingerprinting; Human Genome Project; “DNA Fingerprinting”
Film, “Voyage into the Cell”
22 Assessment Review (Part 1)
Assessment Review (Part 2)
Return and Discussion of Assessment
From If Shipwrecks Could Talk
23 Planet Ocean
Mapping the Ocean
Navigating with a Quadrant
Working Under Pressure
27 Interpreting Artifacts
Test/Final Assessment
Levers, Mechanical Advanage
31 The Wheel: "Inventing the Wheel"
"The Wheel and the Axle"
32- Traction and Friction: "Tractor Friction"
33 Gears and Gear Ratios: "Gears"
"Pulleys"
35 "Wedges"
The Screw
36 Assessment Review
Test/Final Assessment
MATHEMATICS
REQUIRED TEXT: Larson, Ron, et al. Math Course 3. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littel, 2007.
TEACHER RESOURCE: Larson, Ron, et al. Math Course 3, Teacher Edition. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littel, 2007.
WEEK TOPIC
Ratio and Rate
Solving Problems Using Addition and Subtraction
Multiplying Fractions
Dividing Decimals
Solving Problems Using Multiplication and Division
Points, Lines, and Planes
Review
Review
11 Chapter 3
Quiz 3.1-3.2
13 Chapter 3
Quiz 3.5-3.7
Quiz 4.4-4.5
Solving Equations Involving Fractions and Decimals
22 Chapter 6 (Partial) / Chapter 7
Review
Review
Review
Quiz 10.1-10.3
Volumes of Prisms and Cylinders
31 Design a House Project
32 Design a House Project
33 Chapter 11
Relations and Functions
ENGLISH LITERATURE
REQUIRED TEXTS: Colum, Padraic. The Children’s Homer. New York: Aladdin, 2004.
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. New York: Watermill Press. 1994.
Draper, Sharon. Out of My Mind. New York: Antheneum Books. 2010.
Green, Roger Lancelyn. King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table. New York: Penguin, 1974.
Hautzig, Esther. The Endless Steppe. New York: HarperCollins Children’s Books, 1987. Henry, O. The Best Short Stories of O. Henry. New York: Random House, 1994.
Lawson, Robert. The Great Wheel. New York: Scholastic. 1957.
Lewis, C.S. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. New York: HarperCollins, 1994.
Lisle, Janet Taylor. Black Duck. New York: Puffin Books, 2007.
Richter, Conrad. The Light in the Forest. New York: Ballantine Books, 1994.
Speare, Elizabeth George. The Bronze Bow. New York: 1961.
WEEK TOPIC
1-2 Summer Reading Requirements: Black Duck, The Great Wheel, Hatchet, Out of
My Mind
6-13 The Bronze Bow
14-17 A Christmas Carol
19-22 The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
23-26 The Odyssey
27-36 King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
GRAMMAR AND MECHANICS
TEACHER RESOURCES: Prentice Hall. Writing and Grammar: Grammar Exercise Book. Grade 7. New York: Prentice Hall, 2010.
Warriner, John E. English Composition and Grammar: Second Course. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
1990.
2 Chapter 7: Writing Letters
3-4 Chapter 10: The Sentence
5-6 Chapter 11: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives
7-8 Chapter 12: Verbs, Adverbs, Prepositions, Conjunctions, Interjections
9-10 Chapter 17: Agreement
13-14 Chapter 2: Writing Paragraphs: Structure and Development
15-16 Chapter 8: Writing Complete Sentences
17-18 Chapter 13: Complements
23-24 Chapter 18: Using Verbs Correctly
25-26 Chapter 23: Punctuation: End Marks, Commas, Semicolons, Colons
27-28 Chapter 3: Writing Paragraphs: Four Types of Paragraphs
29-30 Chapter 9: Writing Effective Sentences
31-32 Chapter 16: The Kinds of Sentence Structure
33 Chapter 19: Using Pronouns Correctly
34 Chapter 20: Using Modifiers Correctly
35 Chapter 24: Punctuation: Italics, Quotation Marks, Apostrophes, Hyphens
36 Chapter 21: Glossary of Usage
VOCABULARY
REQUIRED TEXT: Hodkinson, Kenneth and Sandra Adams. Wordly Wise 3000, Book 8. Cambridge, MA: Educator's Publishing
Service, Inc.,
WEEK TOPIC
SPELLING
REQUIRED TEXTS: Woodruff, G. Willard and George N. Moore. Working Words in Spelling, Level 8. Boston, MA: D.C. Heath & Co.,
1990.
HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY
REQUIRED TEXTS: Cootes, R.J. and L.E. Snellgrove. The Ancient World, Second Edition. New York: Longman. 1991.
-----. The Middle Ages, Second Edition. New York: Longman, 1989.
Marks, Anthony and Graham Tingay. The Romans. Tulsa, OK: EDC Publishing, 1990.
Prentice Hall. World Studies: The Ancient World. New York: Prentice Hall. 2008.
TEACHER RESOURCES: Corbishley, Mike. Growing Up in Ancient Rome. Mahwah, NJ: Troll, 1994.
-----. The Middle Ages. New York: Facts on File, 1990.
Macaulay, David. City. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974.
-----. Castle. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977.
-----. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1973.
MacDonald, Fiona and Gerald Wood. A Roman Fort. New York: Peter Bedrich Books, 1993.
Nichols, Roger, translation. Livy: Stories of Rome. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Prentice Hall. World Studies: The Ancient World Vocabulary Studies. New York: Prentice Hall. 2008
Shearer, Cynthia and Robert G. The Greenleaf Guide to Famous Men of the Middle Ages. Lebanon, TN: Greenleaf,
1992.
1 Geography and History
THE FERTILE CRESCENT
5 Babylonia and Assyria
7 Mediterranean Civilizations
10 The Rulers of Egypt
11 Egyptian Religion
ANCIENT INDIA
15 Hinduism and Ancient India
16 The Beginnings of Buddhism
17 The Maurya Empire
19 Confucius and His Teachings
20 Warring Kingdoms Unite
ANCIENT GREECE
24 Daily Life in Athens
25 Sparta and Athens
ANCIENT ROME
31 The Fall of Rome
Roman History
SCIENCE
TEACHER RESOURCES: The science curriculum is guided by the Delta Science Modules. There are no texts for the student. Each module’s
teacher guide contains worksheets for the student.
DELTA SCIENCE MODULES: Plants in Our World. Hudson, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1996. DNA: From Genes to Proteins. Hudson, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1994. Earth Processes. Nashua, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1994. Matter and Change. Hudson, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1996. Newtons Toy Box.Hudson, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1996 Astronomy. Hudson, NH: Delta Education, Inc., 1999.
SUPPLEMENTAL RESOURCES:* Maton, Anthea, et al. Exploring Physical Science. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997. -----. Dynamic Earth. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997. -----. Parade of Life: Monerans, Protists, Fungi, and Plants. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997. Exploring the Universe. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1997 Padilla, Michael, et al. Cells and Heredity. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.
*Each Prentice Hall text is used to supplement the Delta Science Module units. A teacher’s edition is available for
each one of the student texts listed.
WEEK TOPIC
Scientific reasoning, Pseudoscience, Scientific methods and safety
From Plants in Our World, supplemented by material in Parade of Life: Monerans, Protists,
Fungi, and Plants
3 Distinctions Between Plant and Animal Cells; “Plant and Animal Cells”
Plant Stems; “Plant Stems: Structure and Function, Part 1”
Plant Stems; “Plant Stems: Structure and Function, Part 2”
Effect of Light and Water on Seedling Growth; “What Do Plants Need? Part 1”
4 Observe plant types and collect samples of algae in lakes and moss in woods
Transpiration; “Stomata and Transpiration, Part 1”
Transpiration; “Stomata and Transpiration, Part 2”
Effect of Light and Water on Seedling Growth; Phototropism; “What Do Plants Need?
Part 2”
5 Photosynthesis—Intake of Carbon Dioxide; “Plants Take in Gas, Part 1”
Photosynthesis—Intake of Carbon Dioxide; “Plants Take in Gas, Part 2”
Photosynthesis—Production of Oxygen; “Plants Give Off Gas, Part 1”
6 Photosynthesis—Production of Oxygen; “Plants Give Off Gas, Part 2”
Chlorophyll as Green Pigment; “Paper Chromatography”
Photosynthesis—Production of Starch; “Plants Make Food, Part 1”
7 Photosynthesis—Necessity of Chlorophyll; “Chlorophyll”
Plant Respiration-Production of Carbon Dioxide; “Cellular Respiration in Plants, Part 1”
Plant Respiration-Production of Carbon Dioxide; “Cellular Respiration in Plants, Part 2”
8 Photosynthesis—Production of Starch; “Plants Make Food, Part 2”
Starch and Glucose in Plants; “Plants Store Food”
Importance and Uses of Plants; “The Uses of Plants”
9 Assessment Review (Part 1)
Assessment Review (Part 2)
Return and Discussion of Assessment
From Famous Scientists
A Refracting Telescope
13 Thomas Edison
A Bright Idea
A Sound-Writing Machine
14 Matthew Henson
Natural Insect Control
16 Stephen Hawking
17 Assessment Review
Test/Final Assessment
From DNA: From Genes to Proteins, supplemented by material in Exploring Physical
Science
Relation of Proteins to Variations; “Proteins and Appearances”
Structures and Their Functions in Cells; “What’s in a Cell?”
Modeling a Cell; “Modeling a Cell”
19 Modeling Genetic Material in the Nucleus; “What’s in the Nucleus?”
Modeling DNA; “Modeling DNA”
Transcription; RNA from DNA; “Modeling a Message”
20 Protein Synthesis; Transcription and Translation; “The Code Makes a Product”
Protein Synthesis; Transcription and Translation;“The Code Makes a Product” (cont'd)
Genes, Chromosomes and Mutations; “Genes and Mutations”
Bacteria and Viruses; “Simpler Cells”
21 Extraction of DNA; “Extra Experiment”
Transplanting Genes; DNA Recombination; “How We Use DNA in Cells”
DNA Fingerprinting; Human Genome Project; “DNA Fingerprinting”
Film, “Voyage into the Cell”
22 Assessment Review (Part 1)
Assessment Review (Part 2)
Return and Discussion of Assessment
From If Shipwrecks Could Talk
23 Planet Ocean
Mapping the Ocean
Navigating with a Quadrant
Working Under Pressure
27 Interpreting Artifacts
Test/Final Assessment
Levers, Mechanical Advanage
31 The Wheel: "Inventing the Wheel"
"The Wheel and the Axle"
32- Traction and Friction: "Tractor Friction"
33 Gears and Gear Ratios: "Gears"
"Pulleys"
35 "Wedges"
The Screw
36 Assessment Review
Test/Final Assessment
MATHEMATICS
REQUIRED TEXT: Larson, Ron, et al. Math Course 3. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littel, 2007.
TEACHER RESOURCE: Larson, Ron, et al. Math Course 3, Teacher Edition. Evanston, IL: McDougal Littel, 2007.
WEEK TOPIC
Ratio and Rate
Solving Problems Using Addition and Subtraction
Multiplying Fractions
Dividing Decimals
Solving Problems Using Multiplication and Division
Points, Lines, and Planes
Review
Review
11 Chapter 3
Quiz 3.1-3.2
13 Chapter 3
Quiz 3.5-3.7
Quiz 4.4-4.5
Solving Equations Involving Fractions and Decimals
22 Chapter 6 (Partial) / Chapter 7
Review
Review
Review
Quiz 10.1-10.3
Volumes of Prisms and Cylinders
31 Design a House Project
32 Design a House Project
33 Chapter 11
Relations and Functions