| Amanda - Seventh Grade 2006-2007 |
| Amanda was a member of the YMCA Seals Summer Swim Team this past summer and she will continue swimming for the year-round team, Mudcats. Perhaps we will participate in some meets this year! Extracurricular: REACH Out Journalism Club Rocket Readers REACH High Student Council |
| We're going to devote much of our year this year to learning to stay on task, and realizing the consequences of our actions (or inactions). Keeping to our schedule and accountability will be two more lessons we will assimilate this year. We will re-evaluate our grade level work in January 2007. Bible: Switched-on Schoolhouse Overview: Prayer (organizaton of the Lord's Prayer, purpose of the Lord's Prayer, history of the Lord's Prayer, practical use of prayer) Sin and Salvation (the nature of sin, the need for salvation, how to receive salvation, the results of salvation) Attributes of God (God's justice, God's immutability, God's eternal nature, God's love) Early Church Leaders (the early church, the church of the Middle ages, the Renaissance, the Reformation) Early Church History (the Roman Empire, the background of the Jews, the ministry of Jesus, the Jerusalem church) The Early Churches (the church at Antioch, the missionary journeys, the Jerusalem Conference, New Testament churches) The Book of Proverbs (literary forms and outline, objectives and purposes, influence on the New Testament, key themes. Today's Problems (guidance for behavior, characteristics of friendship, studying effectively, finding God's will) Understanding Parents (human parents, biblical parents, children's responsibility, parents and children as a team) Walking with God (prayer and salvation, the attributes of God, the early church leaders, Christian living) Math: Systematic Mathmatics English: Pre-English Omnibus at the Midlands Home School Resource Center. Taught by: Page Fletcher. Using Greek, Roman, and Old Testament history, students will "kill 5 birds" with one academic stone. Pre-English Omnibus will integrate literature, history, grammar, writing, and vocabulary. The grammar portion of this course will be Shurley style and the writing will be that of Institute for Excellence in Writing. "Easy Grammar Plus" Topics (a few, in alphabetical order): Abstract nouns, action verbs, adjectives, adverbs, antecedents, appositives, apostrophy, auxiliary (helping) verbs, business letter, capitalization, clauses, colon, comma, common nouns, concrete nouns, conjunctions, contractions, declarative sentence, degrees of adjectives, degrees of adverbs, demonstrative pronouns, dependent clauses, descriptive adjectives, determining adjectives, direct objects, double negatives, envelope, exclamatory sentence, fragments, friendly letter, future tense, gerunds, helping verbs, hyphen, indefinate pronouns, etc. and Daily Grams: Guided Review Aiding Mastery Skills for Grade 7 Standard Deviants DVD "Grammar" and "Punctuation" "REACH Out Journalism Club" An instructional course using selected portions of the follow textbooks: "School Newspaper Adviser's Survival Guide" by Patricia Osborn - ISBN 078796624X "Journalism Today!" by Jim Patten - Manual ISBN 0844259780 - Workbook ISBN 0844256773 "Creating Your Own Class Newspaper: A Complete Guide for Planning, Writing, and Publishing a Newspaper" by Diane Crosby - ISBN 0865302898 "How to Become a SuperStar Student" by The Great Courses. "Scope: This course instructs high school students in how to improve basic study skills and develop a genuine enthusiasm for learning. The course covers a range of skills useful in any school subject: budgeting time, taking notes, annotating texts, writing papers, completing exams, and choosing the right career path after high school. The first ten lectures are primarily intended for the student; the last two speak also to parents." "Objectives: After this course, students should be able to: 1. Explain what constitutes a positive philosophy of learning. 2. Explain and demonstrate the use of a Learning Journal. 3. Perform textbook annotation as a learning tool. 4. Employ several strategies for taking notes. 5. Complare and contrast formal and informal writing. 6. Perform jam writing as a warm-up exercise. 7. Identify wasy to avoid exam anxiety. 8. Explain and perform the various stages in writing a formal essay. 9. Summarize and perform the various stages in writing a research paper. 10. Explain the key points in developing a master schedule. 11. Summarize several strategies that contribute to being a well-rounded high school student. 12. Know the primary ways to achieve academic success. Twelve 30-minute lectures on DVD. Lesson Titles: A Philosophy of Learning - The Right Attitude; The Learning Journal and Effective Study Habits; Annotation and Active Reading; Class Notes and Exam Preparation; Jam Writing and Informal Writing; The Formal Essay - Drafting and Editing; The Master Schedule - Planning for Success; The Research Paper - A Demonstration; The Well-Rounded High School Student; After High School - An Educational Plan; Helping Your Children Learn; Helping Your Children Achieve Success." Science: Earth Science at the Midlands Home School Resource Center. Taught by Katherine Schilling. "Earth Science is a quarterly unit study of four Earth Science topics: Geology, Astronomy, Marine Ecology, and Weather. Progress will be evaluated by worksheets, quizzes, tests, and lab activities. This course is recommended for students who will be taking Pre-algebra concurrently and are not mathematically ready for Physical Science. Participation in the MHSRC Science Fair is optional." Textbooks: The Astronomy Book, by Dr. Jonathan Henry (ISBN: 0890512507 - $12.79); The Ocean Book, by Frank Sherwin (ISBN: 0890514011 - $12.79); The Geology Book, by John D. Morris (ISBN: 0890512817 - $12.79); The Weather Book, by Michael Oard (ISBN 0890512116 - $12.79). "Switched on Schoolhouse" History/Geography: "Switched On Schoolhouse" WHAT IS HISTORY?; WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY? ; THE UNITED STATES; ANTHROPOLOGY: THE STUDY OF MANKIND ; SOCIOLOGY - MAN IN GROUPS; ANTHROPOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES ; RESOURCES AND NEEDS ; POLITICAL SCIENCE , ECONOMICS AND POLITICS OF A STATE ; SOCIAL SCIENCES REVIEW . Art: Perhaps we will do an Art History class together. We sure miss Mr. Alger! Music: I really would like to begin those Guitar lessons! We DO have a piano... Home Economics: We continue with life lessons, cooking, crafts, sewing, etc. |
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