Seventh & Eighth Grade Curriculum

MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM OUTLINE

	6th Grade	7th Grade	8th Grade
Language Arts		Persuasive Speech Integrated Lit. Study Expository Essays Working on clarity, organization, well written paragraphs Basic grammar & usage	Debate Integrated Lit. Study Continue Expository Essays Developing sense of audience & voice
Social Studies		The Medieval World 500 - 1500	U.S. Constitution 1800-1850 Regional Study Civil War - Industrialism
Math • 3 main starting points leading to course completion each year • UCSMP text	Transitional Math Algebra Geometry	Algebra Geometry Advanced Algebra	Geometry Advanced Algebra Functions, Statistics, and Trigonometry
Science	Chemistry	Marine Ecology/Life Science	Physics
Foreign Language	Spanish	Spanish	Spanish
Fine Arts	(Elementary Schedule)	Drama Computer/Graphics 2D Art	3D Art Journalism/Yearbook Music

P. Scherfig & V. Winiarski

For over twenty-five years Peter Scherfig has been teaching students in grades one through eight in the U.S., Costa Rica, and Chile. He also has experience as teacher and district coordinator for GATE programs. Mr. Scherfig has a BA in Elementary Education (K-8) and a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership, both from Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.

Veronique Winiarski is very excited about teaching middle school at Spring Hill. Previously she has taught 12 years in Los Gatos and in Hermosa Beach, CA. She received her Teaching Credential and Masters in Education at the University of California Los Angeles.