English / Language Arts

Fiction

• Literacy Terms: Irony (verbal, situational, dramatic) flashback, foreshadowing, hyperbole, oxymoron, parody, etc.
• Elements of Fiction: Plot, setting, theme, point of view, conflict, characterization, etc.
• READ: Short Stories (5)

Animal Farm

• Literary Terms cont.: Satire, allegory, symbolism
• Spelling/Grammar/Vocab
• READ: Animal Farm

Nonfiction

• Types of Nonfiction: Essay and Memoir
• READ: “Shooting an Elephant” and “When I Was Puerto Rican”

Anne Frank

• READ: Anne Frank

Poetry

• Review Poetry Terms
• Forms of Poetry
• Types of Rhyme

Call of the Wild

• READ: Call of the Wild

Mathematics

Numbers & Operations

• Rational Numbers
• Comparing Rational Numbers
• Problem Solving with Rational Numbers

Algebra

• Proportional Relationships
• Proportional Problem Solving
• Numerical and Algebraic Equations
• Represent and Solve Equations

Geometry & Measurement

• Circumference and Area of Circles
• Perimeter and Area of Sectors
• Volume and Surface Area of Cylinders
• Similarity and Scaling in Two-Dimensions
• Transformations on the Coordinate Grid

Data Analysis & Probability

• Measures of Central Tendency
• Circle Graphs and Histograms
• Probability and Proportionality

Science

1. What is science? What is life?
2. Taxonomy
3. How to use a microscope
4. Cell Unit – Cells and Organelles
5. Cell Processes
6. Cell Cycle
7. Meiosis and Genetics
8. Evolution and Natural Selection
9. Animal Behavior
10. Pathogens and Our Immune System
11. Body Systems
12. Dissection Unit
13. Ecology

U.S. History

1. America Claims an Empire
2. World War I & the Russian Revolution
3. The Roaring 1920s
4. The Great Depression
5. World War Looms
6. World War II — European Theater
7. World War II – Pacific Theater
8. Cold War Conflicts and Postwar Boom
9. The New Frontier and The Great Society
10. Civil Rights

Physical Education

Music

Music Elements

• Rhythm
• Dynamics
• Form
• Timbre
• Texture

Pop Music

• How to use chords in pop music

Music History

• Baroque Era
• Classical Era

Opera

• Opera

Art

• Impressionism
• Post impressionism
• Expressionism and Abstraction
• Modern American Painting

Grammar

• Gerunds, Infinitives, Participials, Appositives
• Adjective clauses, adverb clauses, and noun clauses
• Comma Splices and Comma Splits
• Comma Rules (1-11)
• Punctuating Quotations
• Punctuating Dialogue
• Punctuating Titles
• Semicolons and Colons

English / Language Arts

Literary Elements

• Topics: Setting, Character, Plot, Conflict, Theme, Point of View
• READ: Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment
• READ: The Monkey’s Paw
• READ: The Yellow Wall Paper

Drama

• Topics: Setting, Character, Plot, Conflict, Theme, Point of View
• READ: Twelfth Night
• Literary Devices: aside, dramatic irony, foil, foreshadowing, imagery, metaphor, monologue, oxymoron, paradox, personification, puns, simile, soliloquy, stage directions, verbal irony
• Social Topics: relationships, responsibility, life lessons, age vs. youth, moral choices, history of theatre, impulse decision making, love vs. hate, fate, deception, secrecy

Literature and Non-Fiction

• Topics: Setting, Character, Plot, Conflict, Theme, Point of View, Vocabulary, Exposition, Writing, Tools/Literary Devices
• Elements of Poetry
• History of the Vietnam War
• READ: The Things They Carried
• Various parallel and juxtaposing non-fiction, poetry and fiction texts

Literature, Poetry and Non-Fiction

• Topics: Setting, Character, Plot, Conflict, Theme, Point of View, Satire
• Comparing and Contrast
• History of American Racial Relations
• READ: To Kill a Mockingbird
• Various parallel and juxtaposing non-fiction, poetry and fiction texts

Mathematics

Numbers & Operations

• Irrational Numbers
• Compare Real Numbers
• Rational Numbers as Approximations
• Scientific Notation & Significant Digits

Algebra

• Functions
• Linear Functions: Equations & Graphs
• Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
• Coefficients and Lines
• Evaluate Algebraic Equations
• Properties and Equivalent Expressions
• Linear Equations and Inequalities to Represent Relationships
• Properties of Equality
• Solve Linear Inequalities
• Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities
• Systems of Linear Equations
• Roots

Geometry & Measurement

• Distance and the Pythagorean Theorem
• Justification of the Pythagorean Theorem
• Polygons on a Coordinate Grid
• Parallel and Perpendicular Lines on a Coordinate Grid

Data Analysis & Probability

• Scatterplots
• Lines of Best Fit
• Reasonableness of Predictions

Science

1. Scientific Method and Matter
2. Earth, Moon, Sun
3. Astronomy
4. Minerals
5. Rocks
6. Weathering
7. Erosion and Mass Movement
8. Fresh Water
9. Renewable and Non-renewable Resources
10. Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes
11. Atmosphere and Weather

World Geography

1. The Basics of Geography
2. Europe
3. Russia & Its Republics
4. South Asia
5. Latin America
6. Africa
7. Southwest Asia
8. East Asia
9. Southeast Asia, Oceania, & Antarctica
10. United States & Canada

Physical Education

Music

Music History

• Romantic Ear
• 20th Century

World Music

• Middle East
• India
• Africa
• Indonesia
• Inuit Culture
• Native American
• Australia

Art

Painting Since WWII

• Abstract Impressionism
• Pop Art
• Harlem Renissance

Photography

• Intro to Photography

20th Century Sculpture

• Figurative Sculpture
• Large Scale Sculpture

Architecture Since the Industrial Revolution

• First Skyscrapers
• Frank Lloyd Wright
• The International Style

Grammar

• Forming the Possessive
• Capitalization Rules
• Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Which Pronoun?
• Who vs. Whom
• Adjective or Adverb?

Latin I

Minimus – Chapters 1-3

• Present tense forms of sum, esse
• Simple Adjectives
• Present tense verb endings
• Basic Greco-Roman myths

Minimus – Chapters 4-6

• Gender
• Adverbs
• Roman Empire, and Roman travel methods

Minimus – Chapters 7-9

• Imperatives
• Roman Baths
• Roman Military
• Prepositions

Minimus – Chapters 10-12

• Conjunctions
• Latin word order
• English Derivatives

Ecce Romani – Chapters 1-3

• Parts of Speech
• Linking verbs
• Plural adjectives and nouns

Ecce Romani – Chapters 4-6

• Direct objects (Accusative)
• The complementary infinitive
• Impersonal verb phrase

Ecce Romani – Chapters 7-9

• Plural Accusative
• Vocative Case
• Prepositional phrases

Ecce Romani – Chapters 10-12

• Accusative and Infinitive construction
• Genitive Case
• Ablative Case

Ecce Romani – Chapters 13-15

• i-stem nouns
• Imperfect tense
• Neuter Nouns

Latin II

Caecilius – Stage One

• Latin sentence structure
• Roman Family Life
• Roman Homes

In Villa – Stage Two

• Latin case uses (accusative is introduced)
• Roman daily life

Negotium – Stage Three

• Refinement of the accusative case, third declension accusatives introduced

In Foro Stage – Four

• Latin singular pronouns
• Latin singular verbs in the present tense
• Roman civic life

In Theatro – Stage Five

• Latin plural verbs
• Roman plays

Felix – Stage Six

• Latin perfect tense
• Latin imperfect tense

Cena – Stage Seven

• Sentences without a defined subject
• Roman attitudes about Life and Death

Gladiatores – Stage Eight

• More Latin case uses
• Superlative Adjectives
• Gladiators

Thermae – Stage Nine

• The dative case
• More pronouns are introduced

Rhetor – Stage Ten

• Verb forms of 1st and 2nd person plural
• Comparative adjectives
• Roman education

Candidati – Stage Eleven

• The irregular verb placet
• Interrogative pronouns and adjectives
• Roman local government

Vesuvius – Stage Twelve

• Full complement of perfect tense endings
• Full complement of imperfect tense endings

Latin III

Latin II review

• Extensive Vocabulary Review
• Extensive Grammar review

Stage 13 – In Britania

• Infinitives of all four conjugations
• Irregular verbs: volo, nolo, possum
• Enclitic particle -que

Stage 14 – Apud Salvium

• Adjectives
• Prepositional phrases
• Ablative case
• Roman rual life

Stage 15 – Rex Cogidubnus

• Relative clauses
• Gender
• Roman-British history

Stage 16 – In aula

• Pluperfect Tense
• Interrogative sentences
• Roman palaces in Britain

Stage 17 – Alexandria

• Genitive Case
• Alexandria

Stage 18 – Euthychus et Clemens

• Neuter Nouns
• Fourth Declension
• Fifth Declension

Stage 19 – Isis

• Demonstrative pronouns: hic, ille
• Imperatives
• Vocative Case

Stage 20 – Medicus

• Present Participles
• Personal Pronouns
• Science of Alexandria

Latin IV

CAPVT I

• Verbs of the First and Second Conjugation
• Adverbs
• Reading and Translating

CAPVT II

• First Declension Nouns and Adjectives
• Prepositions
• Conjunctions
• Interjections

CAPVT III

• Second Declension Masculine Nouns and Adjectives
• Apposition
• Word Order

CAPVT IV

• Second Declension Neuter Nouns and Adjectives
• Present of Sum
• Predicate Nominatives
• Substantives

CAPVT V

• First and Second Conjugations
• Future and Imperfect
• Adjectives in –er

CAPVT VI

• Sum and Possum
• Complementary Infinitive

CAPVT VII

• Third Declension Nouns

CAPVT VIII

• Third Conjugation: Present System

CAPVT IX

• Demonstratives Hic, Ille, Iste
• Special īus Adjectives

CAPVT X

• Fourth Conjugation and –iō verbs of the Third

CAPVT XI

• Person Pronouns Ego, Tū, and Is
• Demonstratives Is and īdem

CAPVT XII

• The Perfect Active System
• Synopsis