PROVIDENCE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Grammar: A Beka
Creative Writing: Houghton Mifflin, Write Source and numerous cross-curricular writing opportunities
Vocabulary: Sadlier-Oxford, Vocabulary Workshop
Literature:
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6th Grade: Where the Lilies Bloom, Miss Aphyxia, The Gift of the Magi, The Tempest,
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farms, Lassie Come Home, and poetry selections.
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7th Grade: Rifles for Watie, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, One Thousand Dollars, Kidnapped,
A Father’s Promise, Old Man & the Sea, and poetry selections.
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8th Grade: The Trumpeter of Krakow, The Lady or the Tiger, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,
Captains Courageous, Macbeth, The Black Arrow, The Hobbit, and poetry selections.
Mathematics:
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6th Grade - Saxon Course 1
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7th Grade - Saxon Course 2 or 3
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8th Grade - Saxon Course 3 or Algebra
Social Studies:
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6th Grade - Prentice Hall, World Studies: Western Hemisphere
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7th Grade - Prentice Hall, World Studies: Easter Hemisphere
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8th Grade - Prentice Hall, The American Nation
Science
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6th Grade - Christian Schools International, Earth Science
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7th Grade - Christian Schools International, Life Science
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8th Grade - Christian Schools International, Physical Science
All students create a science research paper or participate in science fair.
Bible: Christian Schools International, Walking With God and His People
Electives/Specials may include but are not limited to the following: PE, Music, Health, Technology, Library,
Yearbook/Newsletter, Builder’s Club, Logic, Art, Spanish, Leadership, Child Development
Grade Level Extended Field Trips:
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6th Grade - Space Camp at Kennedy Space Center
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7th Grade - Sea Camp at Big Pine Key
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8th Grade - Physics Day at Busch Gardens