Southgate Independent SchoolsWeekly Pacing GuideGrade: 7

Content Area / Week 1 / Week 2 / Week 3 / Week 4 / Week 5 / Week 6 / Week 7 / Week 8 / Week 9
Reading / Unit 1: Fiction and Nonfiction
Reading Fundamentals
Synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, words with multiple meanings, main idea, predictions, conclusions, inference, summarize, context clues, author’s purpose / Unit 2: Literary Reading-Short Stories
Literary elements, characteristics of short story, literary devices
Language Arts / Unit 1: Parts of Speech
Capitalization
Punctuation / Unit 2: The Writing Process / Unit 3: Traits of Writing Overview
Audience and purpose, idea development, organization, sentences, language, correctness / Unit 4: Narrative Writing
Poem
Audience and purpose, idea development, organization, sentences, language, correctness
Math / Unit 1
Integers and Rational Numbers /
Science / Safety/Scientific MethodProcess Skills
Learn and apply steps of scientific method / Analyze Periodic Table
Trends of the Periodic Table, families, periods, metals, nonmetals, gases / Properties and Changes of Matter
Physical and chemical properties, physical and chemical changes, law of conservation of matter /
Social Studies / UNIT 1: Neolithic Revolution and Emergence of Civilization
Hunters Gatherers, Nomads, Prehistory, Economics, Culture / UNIT 2: Mesopotamia
Oral History, Technology, City States, Law and government
Practical Living / 3 Areas of Health / Social Skills / Choices on Body Systems / Reproductive System/ STD’s/ Abstinence / Peer Pressure
Physical Education / Throwing Unit/ Locomotor and Nonlocomotor Movements, Sportsmanship / Simple Games / Catching Unit/ Space, Time, and Force, Cardio Endurance
Music / Rhythm Concepts & Durations
Measure, bar lines, double bar lines, time signatures 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8
Whole note/rest, half note/rest, quarter note/rest, eighth note/rest, double eighth notes, sixteenth note/rest, quadruple sixteenth notes, dotted rhythms / Melody Concepts
Phrase, grand staff, treble & bass clef pitch notation, flat signs, sharp signs, natural signs
Art / Elements of Art:
Line,shape,form,texture, and color (primary and secondary) and color schemes/groups (warm,cool,neutral,black,white) / Principles of Design;
Organizitions of visual compositions:
Emphasis(focal point),Pattern,Balance(symmetry), Contrast
Library/Media / Introduction to Library Rules / Expectations / checkout system / Introduction to ILP / During Library Students will be encouraged to check out books and take Reading Counts Quizzes / All library lessons will be correlated with classroom instruction
Introduction to Computer Lab Rules / Expectations / Equipment use / ILP - Careers & Schools / ILP Other components
Content Area / Week 10 / Week 11 / Week 12 / Week 13 / Week 14 / Week 15 / Week 16 / Week 17 / Week 18
Reading / Unit 3: Literary Reading-Novel
Literary elements, characteristics of novel, literary devices / Unit 4: Literary Reading-Drama
Elements of drama, tone, mood, author’s purpose, elements of production
Language Arts / / Unit 5: On Demand (letter)
On Demand Scrimmage / Unit 6: Informational Writing
Research Paper
Research strategies, Audience and purpose, idea development, organization, sentences, language, correctness
Math / Unit 2
Equations, Inequalities, and Linear Relationships /
Science / Substances, Mixtures, and Solubility
Compare compounds and elements, heterogeneous and homogeneous, solubility, acids and bases / States of Matter
Compare states of matter, arrangement of particles within each state, changes of state, thermal energy, energy and temperature changes on a graph
Social Studies / Unit 3: Ancient Egypt
Monarchy, Theology, Culture, Agrarian, Geography, Religion / UNIT 4: Ancient India
Caste, Culture, Geography, Religion /
Practical Living / Drugs and Alcohol / Stress / Conflict Resolution / Emotional Health / Hygiene / Communicable Disease / Noncommunicable Disease
Physical Education / Catching Unit/ Space, Time, and Force, Cardio Endurance / Space, Time, and Force in Dance / Basketball Unit/ Muscle Strength, Benefits of Exercise / Simple Games
Music / Melody
Continued / Harmony
Chords/triads / Tempo & Dynamics
Tempo terms & abbreviations
Dynamics terms & abbreviations / Composition
Combine elements to create original compositions
Art / Ancient Egypt / Media, Processes, and purposes.
Students will identify or describe how an artist uses various media and processes
Library/Media / Table of Contents / Index / Identifying and using Resource materials: Almanac, Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thusraus, Atlas, et.
Information, Communication and Productivity -- Academic Expectations 1.11, 1.16,3.3, 6.1, 6.3 / Internet Safety and Ethical & Social Issues -- Academic Expectations 2.17, 3.6, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 / Reasearch, Inquiry /Problem-Solving and Innovation -- Academic Expectations 1.1, 2.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.5, 6.1 -- *** All areas will be taught in correlation with classroom instructions
Content Area / Week 19 / Week 20 / Week 21 / Week 22 / Week 23 / Week 24 / Week 25 / Week 26 / Week 27
Reading / Unit 5: Literary Reading-Poetry
Figurative language, mood, tone, author’s purpose, analysis / Unit 6: Informational Reading
Practical/Work Place Reading
Main idea, text features, structure, key ideas, summarize, text-to-text, text-to-self, text-to-world, compare/contrast, multiple perspective, evidence, support /
Language Arts / Unit 7: Informational Writing
Speech
Audience and purpose, idea development, organization, sentences, language, correctness / Unit 8: Argumentative Writing
Editorial
Persuasive writing techniques, Audience and purpose, idea development, organization, sentences, language, correctness
Math / Unit 3
Integers and Rational Numbers / Unit 4
3-D Geometry
Science / Life’s Structures
Living and nonliving, classification, cell structure, cell theory,
viruses / Cell Reproduction
Cell division, mitosis, meiosis, DNA /
Social Studies / UNIT 5: Ancient China
Mandate, Bureaucracy, Culture, Geography, Religion, Silk Road / UNIT 6: Ancient Greece
Polis, Democracy, Oligarchy, Culture, Religion, Geography /
Practical Living / Goal Setting / Decision Making / Nutrition / Safety
Physical Education / Simple Games / Soccer Unit/ Flexibility, Techniques for Improved Performance / Simple Games / Striking Unit (Hockey)/ Offense vs Defense, Muscle Endurance
Music / Styles
Broadway musical, popular, march, ballad / Music of Classical Greece / Form
AB form, ABA form, call & response / Timbre
Art / Purposes and Processes
Color theory / Classical Greece Art / Rome
Library/Media /
Content Area / Week 28 / Week 29 / Week 30 / Week 31 / Week 32 / Week 33 / Week 34 / Week 35 / Week 36
Reading / Unit 7: Persuasive Reading
Persuasive techniques, author’s purpose, text features, tone, voice / Unit 8: Themes in Oral Tradition
Myths, Legends, Folk Talkes / ACT Explore
Prep
Language Arts / Unit 9: Argumentative Writing
Problem/Solution Essay
Audience and purpose, idea development, organization, sentences, language, correctness / Unit 10: Narrative Writing
Myths
Audience and purpose, idea development, organization, sentences, language, correctness
Math / / Unit 5
Data and Probability / Next Level Prep
Science / Genetics and Heredity
Traits, Punnett Squares, genotype, phenotype, incomplete dominance, genetic disorders, genetically engineered organisms / Energy Transformations
Forms of energy, law of conservation of energy, describe how energy changes form, sources of energy / Testing
Social Studies / UNIT 7: Ancient Rome
Romulus, Remus, Republic, Empire, Growth, Fall, Religion, Culture / UNIT 8: Middle Ages
Dark Ages, Feudalism, Religion, Culture
Practical Living / Safety / Health Agencies / Consumerism / Jobs, Careers, Working Habits
Physical Education / Striking Unit (Badminton)/ Body Composition and Cooperation / Simple Games / FITT Model, Review Fitness Components, Skill Related Fitness, Lifetime Sports / Simple Games
Music / Timbre (continued)
Production of sound, orchestral instrument families (brass, string, woodwind, percussion), voice types (soprano, alto, tenor, bass) / Medieval music / Cultural Arts activities
Fine Arts Night theme activities & performances
Art / Medieval Art Cultural Arts activities
Library/Media /