Grade 7 - Course Offerings

Visual Arts

The Visual Arts program emphasizes and teaches students about visual literacy, decoding images, looking at images with sensitivity and exercising critical judgement concerning their work and the work of others. Students are encouraged to take artistic risks and incorporate their personal interests in their projects, while adhering to the specific criteria and requirements of each project’s objectives.

English Language Arts

In the Secondary 1 English Language Arts course students will learn basic reading comprehension and analysis skills. Students are given a variety of opportunities to plan and draft narrative texts and descriptive reports (spoken and written) keeping in mind the context, purpose, meaning and target audience. Additionally, students are taught to review and implement correct usage of parts of speech, capitalization, spelling and punctuation when writing different kinds of sentences/texts while applying these skills in real world writing contexts.

Geography

In this course, students will examine and contemplate society’s use of space. Through an introduction to the division, protection, threats, and cultural significance of geographical place, students will understand that social phenomena has an impact on the physical world. Students will be taking class notes, engaging in various learning activities, and completing research projects that enable them to recognize the value of territories and develop analytical skills and geographic reasoning in order to respond to geographical problems.

Ethics

Dans le cours d’Éthique et culture religieuses, les élèves utiliseront la langue française pour tous les types de communication. L’évaluation des apprentissages est conçue pour développer des questions éthiques, la compréhension du phénomène religieux, le dialogue et la réflexion par rapport à l’évaluation que nous avons élaborée en classe.

En classe on discute les influences de notre entourage, l’autonomie, la liberté, la confiance, l’estime de soi, les influences de la société, la protection des valeurs sociales, les normes sociale et les individus et l’ordre social. Organiser et mener des débats, aborder des questions difficiles et essayer de trouver des arguments sont des éléments nécessaires pour le cours d’ECR.

Une interaction et un échange solides se font au courant de l’année pour enrichir les connaissances des élèves et leur aider à avoir un impact positif dans la société.

French Second Language / French (de base)

Students will develop their ability to interact exclusively in French through presentations and discussions, writing French-language texts, and reading and analyzing French-language texts. In addition to the grammar elements, the student will read three novels, watch films, and other texts and media. The students will write of narrative fictions, newspaper articles, poetry, and critiques. Discussions and debates on various topics will be added to the presentations and vocabulary activities to complete the student's skills

Mathematics

This mathematics course is designed to expose students from different mathematical backgrounds to the same materials to build a strong foundation for the years of Mathematics ahead. Topics such as geometry, natural numbers, decimals and fractions will be covered in depth to ensure mastery.

Science and Technology

The Science and Technology course creates a single discipline by integrating five scientific fields studied in the context of cultural references. Students will learn about Earth and Space, Physics, Technology, Chemistry and Biology while making competency based connections between them.

History

Students will begin their first term with a general overview of the important tools all historians need in order to discuss and explore history. Students will then be introduced to the beginning of human civilization in the Fertile Crescent and our continued growth from the Roman Empire to the rise of Christianity in Europe. Our focus will be on the people, and societies within these time frames and the changes that came about.

Physical Education

Throughout the course students will understand demonstrated athletic techniques, improving individual athletic abilities, as well gain knowledge to participate in varied athletic games. The program will aim to develop competencies and skills Health, Sports and Wellness.