Language Arts Reading & Literature Read independently Word analysis: etymology Comprehension: author's intent, summarizing, paraphrasing, compare content Wide variety of literature Compare literary forms and types Literary elements, rhyme, rhythm, and figurative language Analysis of media: reliability, accuracy, point of view Read in the content areas Abstract vocabulary development Words that persuade, dissuade, entertain, enlist Speaking Appropriate vocabulary and usage Parliamentary procedure Conduct interviews and surveys Spelling Assigned words Organized study plan Spells correctly written work Listening Critical thinking: fact versus opinion, persuasive words, nonverbal clues Writing Legibility Composition: writing across the curriculum Parts of speech: appositive nouns, collective, passive and active voice verbs, transitive and intransitive, demonstrative, intensive and relative pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, correlative, conjunctions, interjections Sentences: complex, implied, subject, direct and indirect objects, dependent and independent clauses, diagramming Capitalization and punctuation Study Skills and Reference References: periodicals, Readers Guide, Bible commentaries Setting goals, priorities, schedules Art Watercolor, oil, pastel Sculpture and drawing Architecture: history and construction Graphics Color theory Elements and principles of design Forms in composition Proportion and perspective Still life and scapes: sea, land, city, sky Major individual project Art history and appreciation
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Computers Computer accessories, scanners, voice recognition Importation of graphics Spreadsheets, data labels, displaying, printing File management, subdirectories, merging, linking Bible Sources of inspired writings The Trinity Role of Prophets Sin and guilt Justification and sanctification Practical problems young Christians face History and observance of the Sabbath Faith, prayer, and forgiveness Baptism, and Communion State of the dead Mission outreach of the church Second coming Social Studies exploration and discovery Conflict, growth and development: Colonial heritage, National Constitution, Westward movement, Civil War and Reconstruction, Industrial development, World powers, History and prophecy Old World backgrounds World War I, World War II, Cold War Meaning of democracy Cultural diversity Political and economic systems Government Advanced map and globe skills Geography Capitalism and other economic systems Science & Health God as Master designer Plant classification, structure, process Natural resources and ecology Animal Behavior Theories of origins: creation, evolution Age of the Earth Dinosaurs and fossils Geologic column Disease risk factors Consumer, community health Matter and its structure Mixtures and compounds Chemical reactions Atomic nucleus
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Physical Education Motor skills: team sports, tumbling stunts, track, and individual activities Concepts: safety, games strategies, environmental responsibility, sport history Fitness: testing, agility, running and jogging, heart rate monitoring and cardiovascular endurance Positive attitudes: self-worth, self-control, honesty, humility, patience Interpersonal skills: cooperation, sportsmanship, leadership, respect Music Irregular meter patterns Major key signatures Music and instruments of the Renaissance period Homophonic and polyphonic chords 19th Century and contemporary Seventh-day Adventist hymns Contemporary music media Symphonic form Modulation Conducting patterns Accompaniment Chords Minor scale patterns Cultural scale patterns Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal Mathematics Maintaining skills in fundamental operations Solving for an unknown quantity using inverse operations Ratios, proportions, and percent Graphing coordinates, inequalities, systems of equations, ordered pairs, on a number line Equalities and inequalities Formulas and equations Operations and functions of integers Geometric concepts terms and construction Standard and metric measurements Problem solving and applications Squares and square root Integers: operations, functions as exponents Rational numbers, comparing, ordering, and computing Ordering, and computing Using triangles to solve problems Permutations Statistics and probability
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