Trimester 1 Content and Topics 

Humanities

Theme: Universal Refugee Experience 

• Refugees and the Vietnam War

• Analyzing how word choices impact characters’ decisions and events in a novel

• Writing an informative Essay

• Drawing evidence from literary texts to support analysis

Reading: Questioning, Inference and Interpretation

• Reading and interpreting text through questions and inferencing

Writing: 

• Writing Basics Reviewed and Expository Writing - Literary Analysis 

Math

Unit 1: Rational and Irrational Numbers

Unit 2: Exponents and Exponent 

Unit 3: Scientific Notation

Unit 4: Equations

Science

Geoscience Processes - rock cycle, plate tectonics, earthquakes/volcanoes

Global Warming

Human Impact on Climate Change