Grammar
- 1st quarter: verbs, capitalization, and punctuation
- 2nd quarter: nouns, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs
- 3rd quarter: prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, and verbals
- 4th quarter: sentence structure, subject-verb agreement, diagramming
Literature
- Comprehension questions: literal, inferential, and evaluative
- Literary elements: character, conflict, foreshadowing, plot, point of view, prediction, setting, and theme.
- Unit themes: Identity and Self-esteem, Conflict Resolution, Survival, and Mystery and Imagination
- Genres: fiction, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, poetry, short stories, and plays.
Math
- 1st quarter: whole number concepts and operations, and decimals
- 2nd quarter: fractions and measurement
- 3rd quarter: geometry, perimeter, area, and volume
- 4th quarter: fractions, decimals, percents, and proportions
Religion
Theme for the year: Morality
- 1st quarter: Getting It Right, The Key to Happiness, How to Live a Moral Life
- 2nd quarter: Sin and Forgiveness, Finding True Freedom, Finding the Sacred
- 3rd quarter: Learning to Love, Choosing Life, Loving for Life
- 4th quarter: Called to Justice, Called to Truth, Virtues: Skills for the Journey
Preparation for confirmation
- Service Hours (20 hours)
- Learning Prayers, Bible Study
- Interviews
Vocabulary
- 20 new words introduced every 2 weeks.
- Definition
- Synonym/antonym
- Spelling
- Part of Speech
- Accented syllable
Science
Students strengthen their ability to think like scientists in their pursuit of understanding new concepts through structured, guided, and student-initiated inquiry. Physical science concepts are all investigated through hands-on projects, experiments, research, and readings.
1st quarter - Introduction to matter
- properties of matter
- states of matter
- elements, compounds, and mixtures
- introduction to atoms
- the periodic table
2nd quarter - Interactions of matter
- chemical bonding
- chemical reactions
- chemical compounds
- atomic energy
3rd quarter - Forces, motion, and energy
- matter in motion
- forces in motion
- forces in fluid
- work and machines
- energy and resources
- heat and technology
4th quarter - Sound and light
- energy of waves
- the nature of sound
- the nature of light
- light and our world
Social Studies
Students will study the fundamentals of history, geography, civics, and economics to provide a context within which to analyze current events in our country and countries around the world.
1st quarter - Geography: tools and concepts
- using geography skills
- earth's physical geography
- earth's human and cultural geography
2nd quarter - The United States, Canada, and Latin America
- physical geography
- shaped by history
- culture of the area
- exploring the region today
3rd quarter - Europe and Russia
- physical geography
- shaped by history
- culture of the area
- exploring the region today
4th quarter - Asia and Africa
- physical geography
- shaped by history
- culture of the area
- exploring the region today