Junior High Education & Curriculum
7th & 8th Grade
Grace Lutheran School offers a well-rounded program of studies that includes reading, language arts, history, science, math, health and physical education, art, music, and computer. Our school provides a classical Christian education that prepares students for success in all areas of life and builds upon each previous year.
7th Grade Curriculum
History and literature are integrated and taught using two kinds of books, Omnibus Primary and Secondary. The Primary Books can be categorized as “Great Books” and introduce the students to many classic authors. The Secondary Books bring balance to the reading while still offering great works of literature. Utilizing the Great Books brings about discussion, which leads the students to “Great Ideas”. With each book, students are lead in discussions, which take them through the worlds of student, text, culture, and scriptures. The seventh and eighth grade students continue to develop their writing skills through various writing assignments, which include short answer responses, essays, and argument writing. As they progress through the Omnibus curriculum, they will also compose some fiction and poetry.
Pre-Algebra: Students will review their knowledge and understanding of arithmetic to help them apply the concepts to their daily lives. Concepts learned in pre-algebra are geometry, algebra, probability, statistics, radicals, systems of equations, and trigonometry. These concepts will prepare the students for Algebra 1.
The students spend two years in their life science studies. In their life science studies the students defend the claim that a biblical worldview makes sense of reality and compare physical life and spiritual life. The students also identify and recognize the characteristics and classification of life, including being able to refute the supposed evolutionary significance to the modern classification system.
In this course we continue learning new grammar forms and rules while reinforcing the old. Throughout our study of all noun declensions and verb forms with principal parts will be a course through Biblical Latin. The goal is reading Latin for comprehension. This language still speaks with plenty to say if we’re able to listen.
Airing an opinion is different from forming a coherent argument. Logic I teaches students the components of argumentation in order for them to think in an orderly, logical manner. Students learn the difference in a major and minor premise, universal and particular terms, and the relationship between statements in arguments that make it either valid, true, or sound.
Students will audition and be placed into various levels of music performing groups. Each group will learn marimba and chime music to be performed at the Christmas program, Springtime Showcase, selected Chapel dates, and around the community. Emphasis will be placed on music reading, performance techniques, and growth in musicianship. Students will also have the option to take a Music History course that will begin in the Renaissance period and continue through the Contemporary period.
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8th Grade Curriculum
History and literature are integrated and taught using two kinds of books, Omnibus Primary and Secondary. The Primary Books can be categorized as “Great Books” and introduce the students to many classic authors. The Secondary Books bring balance to the reading while still offering great works of literature. Utilizing the Great Books brings about discussion, which leads the students to “Great Ideas”. With each book, students are lead in discussions, which take them through the worlds of student, text, culture, and scriptures. The seventh and eighth grade students continue to develop their writing skills through various writing assignments, which include short answer responses, essays, and argument writing. As they progress through the Omnibus curriculum, they will also compose some fiction and poetry.
Pre-Algebra: Students will review their knowledge and understanding of arithmetic to help them apply the concepts to their daily lives. Concepts learned in pre-algebra are geometry, algebra, probability, statistics, radicals, systems of equations, and trigonometry. These concepts will prepare the students for Algebra 1.
Algebra 1: Students will use their knowledge and understanding they developed in Pre- Algebra to advance in Algebra 1. In Algebra 1 the concepts that they will learn are polynomials, factoring, systems of equations, quadratic equations, inequalities, graphing, statistics, rational expressions, radicals, and functions. These concepts will prepare the students for the next course.
Science: The students spend two years in their life science studies. In their life science studies, the students defend the claim that a biblical worldview makes sense of reality and compare physical life and spiritual life. The students also identify and recognize the characteristics and classification of life, including being able to refute the theory of evolution.
In this course we continue learning new grammar forms and rules while reinforcing the old. Throughout our study of all noun declensions and verb forms with principal parts will be a course through Biblical Latin. The goal is reading Latin for comprehension. This language still speaks with plenty to say if we’re able to listen.
Airing an opinion is different from forming a coherent argument. Logic I teaches students the components of argumentation in order for them to think in an orderly, logical manner. Students learn the difference in a major and minor premise, universal and particular terms, and the relationship between statements in arguments that make it either valid, true, or sound.
Students will audition and be placed into various levels of music performing groups. Each group will learn marimba and chime music to be performed at the Christmas program, Springtime Showcase, selected Chapel dates, and around the community. Emphasis will be placed on music reading, performance techniques, and growth in musicianship. Students will also have the option to take a Music History course that will begin in the Renaissance period and continue through the Contemporary period.
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