Bridgedale Academy 2017-2018 Curriculum 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 3-5 The Iliad, Read Aloud Pla 6-13 The Bronze Bow 14-17 A Christmas Carol 18 The Gift of the Magi 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.
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