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CURRICULUM GUIDE FOR GRADE 7

Language Arts.

_  Improving reading skills
_  Literary terms
_  Novels, short stories, plays.
_  Compound sentences.
_  Writing descriptions, reports, journals, and letters.
_  Myths, Legends, Ballards.
_  Clauses and phrases.
_  Types of poetry.
_  Punctuation of conversation.
_  Bibliography and autobiography.
_  Person, number and gender of nouns and pronouns.
_  Planning and producing dramatizations.
_  Note taking and outlining.
_  Speech activities.
_  Parts of Speech
_  Extending reference skills: atlases, directories, encyclopedias, magazines.
_  Listening skills
_  Spelling.
_  Library Organization
_  Refining dictionary skills.

Health and Safety

_  Good grooming and posture.
_  Dental health.
_  Healthy habits and life styles.
_  Personality development.
_  Accident prevention.
_  Exercise and fitness.
_  Personal and public safety
_  Effects of stimulants and narcotics.
_  Genetic disorders.
_  Functions of the body.
_  Chemotherapy.
_  Circulation and respiration
_  Immunization.
_  Sexually transmitted diseases.
_  Antibiotics.
_  Toxins and anitoxins.

Mathematics

_  Elementary business mathematics.
_  Prime and composite numbers.
_  Measures of central tendancy:  mean, mode, median, range.
_  Square root.
_  Reading and constructing graphs.
_  Order of operations.
_  Metric and customary measurement.
_  Absolute value.
_  Inequalities.
_  Metric and customary measurement.
_  Numeration.
_  Development and use of formulas
_  Properties of nonnegative integers.
_  Basic geometry concepts and terms.
_  Rational numbers and fractions.
_  Finite, infinite, and empty sets.
_  Basic geometry concepts and terms.

Social Studies

_  Lands and peoples of the Eastern Hemisphere.
_  Prehistoric peoples.
_  Advanced map and globe skills.
_  Greek and Roman civilizations.
_  World geography.
_  The middle Ages.
_  Age of Reason Enlightenment
_  Renaissance and Reformation.
_  Industrial Age.
_  Environment.
_  Contemporary problems and issues.
_  Yesterday and today around the world.  Middle East, Far East, Continental Europe. Scandinavia, British Isles, Soviet Union, Mediterranean, Africa.
_  World trade and resources.

Science

_  Rocks soil and minerals.
_  Scientific classification.
_  The cell.
_  Scientific method.
_  Heredity and genetics.
_  Energy.
_  Effects of weather and climate.
_  Laws of motion.
_  Properties and uses of water.
_  Heat and temperature.
_  Atmosphere.
_  Air pressure.
_  Ecology and environment
_  Conservation.