Grade 7 Curriculum

A year of confidence, curiosity, and connection.

Through rigorous academics, meaningful discussion, and interdisciplinary learning experiences, students deepen their academic skills, strengthen their sense of identity, and begin to see themselves as active contributors to both their local and global communities.

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Our Curriculum

English

Grade 7 English guides students through an in-depth exploration of the many roles that stories play in their lives. As writers of stories, students practice using various genres/styles (fiction, non-fiction, personal narrative, memoir, free-verse poetry) to strengthen their understanding of the thought and craft behind storytelling. As readers of stories, students routinely determine whether they are encountering mirrors, windows, and/or sliding glass doors. In addition to identifying their personal proximity to the characters and events in each text, students learn to think critically about the choices that characters make and how those choices relate to the many facets of each character’s identity.

Students use the Harkness discussion method to present and unpack their observations, inferences, questions, and claims about the stories they read. Working collaboratively to locate and analyze the evidence needed to prove their claims, students discover the relationship between discourse and literary analysis. The skills that students develop around the Harkness table transfer directly to how they go about planning and writing analytical paragraphs and essays. By the end of the year, students have a rich understanding of how stories can help them give shape and meaning to how they define themselves and how they view/treat others.

Math

In Grade 7 math, students use units from Connected Math 3 (CMP3) as the primary course curriculum. Students also have the opportunity to work on extension problem sets that help them think deeply about key ideas of all middle school math. These problems are intended to be difficult; confusion is essential to learning mathematics. Students use Delta Math and IXL to practice their skills outside the classroom. Major topics include probability, linear relationships, samples and populations, and quadratic functions.

Science

Grade 7 science introduces the principles and concepts of biology. Emphasis is on basic biological chemistry, cell structure and function, metabolism and energy transformation, genetics, evolution, classification, and other related topics. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of life at the molecular and cellular levels. Laboratory exercises reinforce learned concepts and include microscope techniques, fieldwork, and virtual lab exploration.

Language

French

This course uses the text Bien dit! 1B and supplementary materials, including authentic online sources, to strengthen control of the French language as students explore food, clothing, homes, cities, and vacation activities. Students learn to express actions in the past tenses. In particular, we explore West African and North African countries and their histories as part of the Francophone world.

Latin

Using Suburani: Book 1 as our primary text, we build on the fundamentals of the Latin language that we practiced in Latin I-A. The text centers on what life might have looked like for the variety of people living in the Roman Empire during the first century CE. As we read the tales about life in the Roman Subura just prior to the Great Fire of 64 CE, we consider the ramifications of Roman conquest and ask how wealth, gender, citizenship, and age affected one’s life experiences in the Ancient World. Through these stories, along with targeted grammar practice, students strengthen their skills in reading Latin and in understanding both Latin and English grammar and vocabulary.

Spanish

Spanish 7 is the second year in the Middle School Spanish sequence. Students begin the year with a review unit that covers all the material from the Spanish 6 course. As they move on to new material, they focus on building their proficiency, learning the vocabulary and grammar needed to communicate in Spanish, and making connections to the cultures around the world where Spanish is spoken.

Social Studies

Grade 7 social studies is based on the theme of “Conflict & Resolution.” The class starts with basic content knowledge and geography; students then use this background knowledge to contextualize the complex themes presented in 20th-century world history. From there, they are encouraged to examine why events unfolded through primary and secondary sources. Students are challenged to see multiple perspectives, how people are socially and politically conditioned, and examine the biases of both sources and ourselves.

Computer Sciences

Common Ground

Grade 7 Common Ground continues to help students express authentic comfort and joy with human diversity. Through conversations, research, and assignments, students explore pivotal historical moments and world change makers that impacted the common social identifiers students learned about during the previous course. This course allows students to continue to grow as individuals and community members and identify changes they want to see in the world.

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The Global Citizenship Project challenges students to connect their learning to real-world issues, encouraging them to explore how they can make a meaningful impact in their communities and beyond.

A culminating event in the academic life of each Milton 7th grader, this interdisciplinary research project, represents a milestone in their learning journey.

For this project, students consider the essential question: How can I make a difference in the global community? They’re asked to reflect on a topic that is personally meaningful to them and relates to this theme. The focus is on taking personal responsibility and leadership—essential elements of being a global citizen. Students reflect on action steps in order to engage as change makers in their area of focus.

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French

Latin

Spanish

Social Studies

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