November 21, 2024

7th grade English topics and Resources

The 7th grade English student:

Identifies, reviews, and diagrams simple, compound, and complex sentence patterns.
Reviews eight parts of speech and studies prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections.
Is introduced to infinitives and gerunds.
Reviews principal parts of regular and irregular verbs—perfect tenses; conjugation of all six tenses; progressive verb forms; transitive and intransitive verbs; and subject-verb agreement.
Increases noun study—exact, compound, collective, plural, and possessive.
Develops use of personal pronouns—nominative, objective, and possessive case, demonstrative, interrogative, relative, reflexive, and indefinite pronouns.
Applies adjectives as indefinite pronouns, nouns, participles, and predicate adjectives.
Develops writing and communication skills through use of sentence variety, outlining, paragraph writing, composition writing, and proofreading.
Works with paragraph structure—indenting, main idea, topic sentence, summary, dependent and independent clauses, and phrases.

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7th grade math Topics and Resources

The 7th grade math student:

Reads, writes, and works with whole and mixed numbers, integers, and proper and improper fractions.
Learns the proper mathematical terminology—dividend, multiplicand, product, simplify, minuend, quotient, numerator, and denominator; changes fractions and decimals to percents; finds the number when a percent is known; finds the mean, mode, median, range, and rank; and interprets graphs, stem and leaf plots, and box and whisker plots.
Is introduced to business and consumer arithmetic—profit and loss, commission, discounts, bills and receipts, and invoices with discounts; ratios, proportions, and percents.
Reviews geometric concepts and finds perimeter, circumference, and surface area.
Learns Biblical principles of finance, budgeting, saving, investing, and bank services.
Reviews English and metric units of length, volume, weight, and temperature.
Reviews basic geometry concepts and symbols and uses a protractor and compass to find perimeter and area of shapes and solids.
Is introduced to equations—variable, sets, and set notation; vocabulary; symbols; and word problems

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November 20, 2024

6th grade English topics and Resources

The 6th grade English student:

Increases word concepts—antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and heteronyms.
Reviews nouns—common, proper, compound, singular, plural, possessive; and learns about collective nouns and nouns in apposition.
Expands verb knowledge (action, linking, state-of-being, regular and irregular) to include verb tenses (present, past, future), and conjugation of all six tenses; verb agreement; and the review of troublesome verbs (learn/teach, sit/set, lay/lie, rise/raise).
Identifies pronouns—personal (subjective and possessive), interrogative, demonstrative, relative, reflexive, and indefinite.
Builds upon parts of speech—comparisons using adjectives and adverbs, prepositions and phrases, coordinating conjunctions, interjections, and diagramming.
Strengthens sentence writing by using sentence patterns, interesting words, and exact nouns; recognizes subject and verb agreement; and types of clauses.
Practices writing paragraphs and begins outlining and research.
Uses simple, compound, and compound-complex sentences with effective coordination and subordination of ideas to express complete thoughts.
Learns to identify types of sentence patterns and clauses.

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6th grade math topics and resources

The 6th grade math student:

Learns the properties of addition and multiplication—commutative, associative, identity, and zero.
Works with exponents and is introduced to expanded notation using exponents.
Rounds and estimates large numbers and works mental estimation problems.
Learns factoring rules (divisibility rules); identifies prime numbers and composite numbers.
Reviews fractions and fraction terms; adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides fractions; changes fractions to decimals using long division; and converts fractions to percents.
Reviews decimals; adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides decimals; defines repeating and terminating decimals; and changes decimals to percents.
Relates percents and decimals to fractions, learns common percents, changes percents to decimals, and finds percent of a number.
Is introduced to integers.
Learns order of operation.
Learns the terms equations and inequalities when comparing number sentences (<, >, =).
Defines a variable and solves equations (one variable) using inverse operations.
Works with ratios and proportions and uses proportions to solve problems.
Finds the probability of an event and expresses probability as a ratio.
Uses critical thinking skills to solve word problems.
Defines and interprets circle, line, bar, and double-line graphs.
Builds geometric knowledge; measures angles; finds the perimeter, area, and volume; and defines the parts of a circle.
Rounds money to find estimated costs and solves money problems.
Compares English and metric measurements and carries out conversions.

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November 19, 2024

Literature and Creative writing Resources for 8th grade

Literary skills focus on reading comprehension and text analysis. Students should apply their reading comprehension skills to documents.
They should be able to recognize the main idea, central theme, and supporting details. Students should have ample practice summarizing, comparing and contrasting, and inferring an author's meaning. Eighth-grade students should also learn to recognize and understand the use of language, such as figurative language, analog, and allusions.
Students should begin comparing and two texts that present conflicting information on the same topic. They should be able to identify the cause of the conflicts, such as contradictory or inaccurate facts, or the author's opinion or bias on the subject.
Provide eighth graders with ample opportunities practice their composition skills. They should a variety of essays and more complex compositions, including how-to, persuasive, and informational articles; poetry; short stories; and research papers

Resources:

Intermediate Reading – Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool
8th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions
8th Grade Reading List - Freedom Homeschooling
Under the Home Online Homeschool Curriculum - Home Shakespeare- I know that it says for 3rd and 4th, but this is Shakespeare.
creative-writing prompts
50 Fun Writing prompts
Middle School books
Book List

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November 18, 2024

Respect in God's House

Historically, churches have taught the importance of respect within the House of God. While some rules may have seemed overly strict, they were established with good intentions. Ecclesiastes 5:1 says, "Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil." Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Berean Strong's Lexicon

yirah: Fear, reverence, awe

Original Word: יִרְאָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: yirah
Pronunciation: yee-RAH
Phonetic Spelling: (yir-aw')
Definition: Fear, reverence, awe
Meaning: fear, reverence

Word Origin: Derived from the root יָרֵא (yare), which means "to fear" or "to revere."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - φόβος (phobos): Often translated as "fear" in the New Testament, it can carry a similar range of meanings, from terror to reverential awe, depending on the context (e.g., Philippians 2:12).

It is important to hold reverence for God, the creator of the universe. This means to have a high degree of respect for God.

Consider an instance illustrating the consequences of not holding God's House in high regard. On one occasion, while in a church during a time designated for fellowship, I witnessed a young boy, approximately seven years old, striking and kicking another boy, who appeared to be around 12 or 13 years old. No one stopped the children. This behavior displayed a lack of respect for both God and the surrounding congregation, clearly not reflecting God's love. John 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Children should be taught appropriate behavior. By the age of five, most are capable of distinguishing between a playground and a place of worship. If they cannot, it may indicate an issue. Could it be that the parents are not effectively teaching their children? Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. This "Training" needs to start as early in a child's life as possible.

We need to remember to be respectful in the House of God. This means no running (without a good reason), No yelling across the room, No roughhousing, No foul language, No disruptive behavior (distractive behavior). I think you can get the general idea. We are there for Prayer, Learning the Word of God, Godly Fellowship, and to Praise and Worship Jesus.

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The Fall of Man

Adam and Eve lived happily in the garden for a period of time. No one knows exactly how long they lived in the garden. However, most of us have heard about the fateful day when Eve was deceived. Let's look at the fateful events of that day.

Eve apparently had gone near the Tree of Knowledge of Good and evil. The devil saw his opportunity to pervert the people that God had so lovingly created.

Genesis 3:1-7 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

The first thing that I notice is that Eve did not really know or comprehend the words of God. She added to what he had said by saying "neither shall ye touch it". She also weakened what he said by saying, "lest ye die." Lest means that it is possible, but not a certainty. When you turn to the New Testament, we see Paul's writing. 1 Timothy 2:13-14 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

Now let's compare what Satan said to what God said.

Satan's words: Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

God's Words: And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Satan started with the negative. God started with a positive. Satan likes to point out that you are missing out on something. God shows what you the things that you do have.

This tactic works well with those who don't really know the word of God for themselves. This is why we are commanded in 2 Timothy 2:15

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Satan also attacked God's motives. He made it seem like God was withholding good from Adam and Eve. "And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."

Adam messed up by not doing a good job of explaining the Word of God to Eve. She was deceived for lack of knowledge. The sad part is Adam knew that eating of that tree was in disobedience to God's Word. Consider these scriptures:

Romans 5:12-19 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Thankfully, Jesus came to Save us from our sins.

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