Identify, compare, describe, analyze and evaluate components of fiction and non-fiction
Identify, interpret and analyze figurative language
Identify and interpret point of view
Distinguish fact from opinion and essential from nonessential content
Identify author’s claim and bias
Read, analyze, compare, interpret and comprehend a variety of texts: non-fiction, fiction and poetry

Vocabulary development
Word recognition skills
Make inferences, conclusions and generalizations
Identify main idea and details
Identify genre and summarize a text

Several texts
Response to reading
Comprehension assessments
Literature circles
Projects

Argumentative
Informative
Narrative essays
Text-dependent analysis
Paragraph development
Word choice/vocabulary
Descriptive words/details
Audience/voice
Identify/use figurative language
Editing and revising skills

Acquired vs. inherited traits
DNA replication and protein synthesis
Inherited diseases and environmental influences
Advances in genetics

Characteristics and needs of living things
Components of cell theory
Structures and functions of organelles
Cell division

Practice lab safety
Scientific inquiry

Plant structures
Types of tropisms

Environmental organization and balance
Ecological cycles
Components of food webs
Interactions between organisms

Understand patterns, relations and functions
Use numbers, symbols, words, tables and/or graphs appropriately
Use models to represent quantitative relationships

Analyze two and three-dimensional geometric shapes and understand geometric relationships
Transformations and symmetry
Locate points or describe relationships using a coordinate plane

Demonstrate and understanding of numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers and number systems
Understand the meanings, use operations and understand how they relate to each other.
Compute accurately and fluently and make reasonable estimates

Organize, display, interpret or analyze data
Answer questions using data
Use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data
Apply basic concepts of probability or outcomes
Develop inferences and predictions or draw conclusions based on data or data displays

Understanding measurable attributes of objects and figures, and the units, systems and processes of measurement.
Apply appropriate techniques, tools and formulas to determine measurements.

Optical illusions
Graffiti pop art
Pollock initial art
Print making
Digital image self-portraits
Kaleidoscope
Color, value and drawing
Flower pastels (O’Keeffe)

Learn mechanical systems
Energy transfer
Coding
Problem/solving
Collaboration
Development of robotics platforms

Google applications
Computer communication systems/Internet search
Keyboarding skills

Application of design process to solve problems
Influence of creativity and innovation
Use of design software (123 D) to create virtual image of design
Use design to build project

Measure/interpret vital signs
Body systems/brain A&P
Analyze genetic testing (DNA)
Examine medical histories
Research pathogens
Diagnose and propose treatment Virtual autopsy

Team Building
Indoor Games
Badminton/ Pickleball
Floor Hockey
Basketball
Volleyball
Field Games
Baseball/Softball
Flag Football
Frisbee
Soccer
Lacrosse

Health Triangle
Mental Health
Stress
Social Problems
Body Changes
Effects of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, OTC and prescription drugs

Agilities/Plyometrics
Dance Dance Revolution
Physical Fitness Testing
Yoga/Pilates
Step Aerobics
Tae-Bo/Kickboxing
Pedometers/Heart Rate Monitors

Beginning to Ensemble I
Take Time in Life
High Life
Ethnic Music
Rhythms in Modern Day
Folk Music and Folk Rock
Rock and Roll
Beatles/British Invasion
Soul and Motown

Chorus
Band
Orchestra