Syllabus
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Reading: Short storyelements, plot, theme, setting, context clues, foreshadowing, flashback, mood imagery suspense, homonyms, synonyms, antonyms.
Conventions: Subject-verb agreement, pronoun agreement, adjectives.
Writing: Expository writing
LIFE SCIENCE:
Unit 1: Ecology
*Environmental conditions/Characteristics
*Factors effecting survival of organisms
*Interdependence of organisms
Unit 2: Energy Flow and Nutrient Cycling
*Transfer and Recycling of Matter and Energy
*Relationships between Organisms
*Interdependence of Organisms
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Unit 1 : Concepts used in Global Studies
*Basic concepts of culture
*Location
*Human environmental interaction
*Movement/Migration
*Goverance
Unit 2: The Modern Middle East
* The Establishment of Israel
*Culture - Religion, Customs and Traditions of the Major Countries
*Location, Governance and Economic Systems of the Major Countries