Middle School Curriculum (6th - 8th)
Faith West Academy Secondary Student Textbook List by Subject, December 2007
FAITH WEST ACADEMY SECONDARY CURRICULUM BY SUBJECT
(Teachers’ Scopes and Sequences include differentials for on-level/Pre-AP. Pre-AP and AP classes are offered in every core subject.)
ENGLISH (Novel studies are included at each level; contact Curriculum Department for list):
6th - Language Arts:
Language C, (A BEKA)
Read and Think 6 Skill Sheets, (A BEKA)
Reading 6 and Worktext, (BJU PRESS)
Grammar and Composition:
Composition Workshop, (SADLIER OXFORD)
The Institute for Excellence in Writing
Spelling and Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Workshop A, (SADLIER OXFORD)
MATH: Students may accelerate to above grade level classes if they meet FWA criteria.
6th- Mathematics 6 (HOUGHTON MIFFLIN)
SCIENCE: Both on-level and honors and/or Pre-AP classes use the same textbooks for grades 7-12,
6th- Discovery Works 6 (CONCORDIA PUBLISHING) Student workbook/notebook included as supplemental.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Textbooks are the same for both on-level and pre-AP classes in 6th - 9th grades. However, Pre-AP classes are more in-depth and require regular project work (some of which is document based).
6th- History of the World, (A BEKA)
Atlas and Geo Studies, (A BEKA)
Junior Achievement
BIBLICAL STUDIES: Required course, five classes per week. All students use NIV
Textbook Edition Bibles.
6th- The House of Israel, Christian Schools International
COMPUTER:
6th -7th KEYBOARDING: Typing Tutor Software, Letter Chase Typing Tutor (RegSoft.com)
PHYSICAL EDUCATION (Required if not in athletics): Quality Lesson Plans for Secondary
Physical Education, Human Kinetics (teacher resource)
SPANISH:
6th- The Learnables, Book 1, International Linguistics Corporation
FAITH WEST ACADEMY SECONDARY CURRICULUM BY SUBJECT, August 2006
(Teachers’ Scopes and Sequences include differentials for on-level/Pre-AP; Pre-AP and AP classes are offered in every core subject.
7th – Literature: Explorations in Literature, (BJU PRESS); NIV Bible
Grammar and Composition:
Grammar and Composition I, (A BEKA)
Composition Workshop (Red), (SADLIER OXFORD)
Spelling and Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Workshop Level B, (SADLIER OXFORD); Pre-AP uses Level C
MATH: Students may accelerate to above grade level classes if they meet FWA criteria.
7th- McDougal Littell Mathematics, Structure and Method, Course 1
SCIENCE: Both on-level and honors and/or Pre-AP classes use the same textbooks for grades 7-12,
with the exception of 8th grade (see below). Honors and Pre-AP classes move at a faster
pace, have more independent work, and require more computation and/or dimensional
analysis.
7th- Life Science: Life Science for Christian Schools, (BJU PRESS)
(Student workbooks are among supplements.)
SOCIAL STUDIES: Textbooks are the same for both on-level and pre-AP classes in 6th -9th grades. However, pre-AP classes are more in-depth and require regular project work (some of which is document based).
7th- Texas History: Texas and Texans, Glencoe McGraw-Hill
(includes student workbook)
BIBLICAL STUDIES: Required course, five classes per week. All students use NIV
Textbook Edition Bibles.
6th-8th – The House of Israel, Christian Schools International
COMPUTER:
6th -7th KEYBOARDING: Typing Tutor Software, Letter Chase Typing Tutor (RegSoft.com)
PHYSICAL EDUCATION (Required if not in athletics): Quality Lesson Plans for Secondary
Physical Education, Human Kinetics (teacher resource)
SPANISH:
7th / 8th - Adelante, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
(supplemental student workbooks used; activity, grammar/vocabulary)
STUDY SKILLS
7th – You Can Take Charge!, Zaner-Bloser
FINE ARTS ELECTIVES: Please contact teacher where curriculum is not listed.
7th -12th Art – Exploring Visual Design, Davis Publishing
7th – 12th BAND
7th – 12th CHOIR
7th - 8th THEATRE ARTS: Theatre Arts I, Meriwether Publishing
FAITH WEST ACADEMY SECONDARY CURRICULUM BY SUBJECT, August 2006
(Teachers’ Scopes and Sequences include differentials for on-level/Pre-AP; Pre-AP and AP classes are offered in every core subject.)
ENGLISH (novel studies are included at each level…contact Curriculum Department for list):
8th – Literature: Excursions in Literature, (BJU PRESS); NIV Bible
Grammar and Composition:
Grammar and Composition II, (A BEKA)
Composition Workshop (yellow), (SADLIER OXFORD)
Spelling and Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Workshop C, (SADLIER OXFORD); Pre-AP uses Level D
MATH: Students may accelerate to above grade level classes if they meet FWA criteria.
8th - McDougal Littell Mathematics, Structure and Method, Course 2
Algebra I:
McDougal Littell, Algebra, Structure and Method, Book 1
Algebra II:
McDougal Littell, Algebra and Trigonometry, Structure and Method, Book 2
Geometry:
McDougal Littell, Geometry
College Algebra:
(HOUGHTON MIFFLIN), College Algebra 7th Edition
Pre-calculus Pre-AP:
(HOUGHTON MIFFLIN), PreCalculus with Limits
Calculus AP: (college level class)
(HOUGHTON MIFFLIN), Calculus of a Single Variable
*Note: honors and pre-AP math classes use the same textbooks as on-level classes, but these classes are taught at a faster pace and with emphasis on more difficult problems.
SCIENCE: Both on-level and honors and/or Pre-AP classes use the same textbooks for grades 7-12,
with the exception of 8th grade (see below). Honors and Pre-AP classes move at a faster
pace, have more independent work, and require more computation and/or dimensional
analysis.
8th - Earth Science: Space and Earth Science for Christian Schools, (BJU PRESS)
(Student workbooks are among supplements.); PAP Earth Science is for 8th grade PAP students
not concurrently in Algebra I.
8th - Concepts in Action w/Earth and Space, Pearson Prentice Hall
This is an 8th grade Pre-AP course for 8th graders concurrently in Algebra I
(includes lab manual and guided reading workbook).
SOCIAL STUDIES: Textbooks are the same for both on-level and pre-AP classes in 6th -9th grades. However, pre-AP classes are more in-depth and require regular project work (some of which is document based).
8th- U.S. History through Reconstruction: American Republic, (BJU PRESS)
(includes supplemental activity workbooks)
Junior Achievement
BIBLICAL STUDIES: Required course, five classes per week. All students use NIV
Textbook Edition Bibles.
COMPUTER:
8th COMPUTER: Computer Concepts in Action, Glencoe McGraw-Hill
(supplemental software: Letter Chase Typing Tutor, RegSoft.com; Hyperstudio 4.5,
Creation Engine, Inc.)
6th – 12th PHYSICAL EDUCATION (Required if not in athletics): Quality Lesson Plans for Secondary
Physical Education, Human Kinetics (teacher resource)
SPANISH:
7th / 8th - Adelante, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
(supplemental student workbooks used; activity, grammar/vocabulary)
8th PAP/9th - Spanish I: Ven Conmigo Level 1, Holt, Rinehart and Winston
(supplemental student workbooks used; grammar; practice and activity; Reader L1);
La Rousse Spanish English Dictionary
FINE ARTS ELECTIVES: Please contact teacher where curriculum is not listed.
7th -12th Art – Exploring Visual Design, Davis Publishing
7th – 12th BAND
7th – 12th CHOIR
7th - 8th THEATRE ARTS: Theatre Arts I, Meriwether Publishing
8th – 12th THEATRE PRODUCTIONS (by audition): Various productions