英语六级:成年
在英语六课中，学生们探索文学中的成长主题. 通过使用语法练习, 写作提示, 以及课程文本, students develop a deeper understanding of how to convey their ideas both verbally and through their writing. 本课程为学生提供提高书面沟通技巧的机会, 通过阅读和写作培养批判性思维能力, 并学习研究性写作的适当机制.
英语7:小说世界
在英语七年级，学生们学习欣赏文学的根源. 通过使用各种体裁, 学生们对小说的不同形式有了更深的理解, 从图画小说到中世纪史诗. 本课程为学生提供提高书面沟通技巧的机会, 通过阅读和写作培养批判性思维能力, 并学习研究性写作的适当机制.
英语8:小说与非小说文本概览
在继续学习文学的过程中，英语8向学生介绍非小说类文本. Students are introduced to major authors and various genres to prepare for the 上学校 英语 curriculum. Non-fiction texts are connected to other disciplines and relate thematically to the fiction works students are reading. Students will continue working on responding to texts in their writing and answering specific prompts in a 5-paragraph essay format. Students learn to create a strong argument from supporting evidence with citations from texts or research. 另外, 在本课程中，学生将继续学习与年级相适应的语法和词汇技能.
写作6
本课程着重于建立较强的段落写作技巧，作为正式写作的先导, 高水平论文写作. 学生学习如何创建一个强有力的主题句, 找到并提供支持细节，写出有效的结束语. 整个学期, 学生们将他们精心创作的段落发展成短文, 这将帮助他们准备其他跨学科的写作作品. (1 term; required).
写7
在写作7中，学生关注一篇完善的文章的结构. Students learn how to create attention-grabbing introductions (“hooks”) with strong thesis statements. 他们还努力在段落之间建立过渡，以改善写作的流畅性. 在学期结束前, 学生将能够写一份完整的, 五段文章，有一个令人信服的主题陈述, 适当的证据和支持细节. (1 term; required).
写8
This course introduces students to MLA format required to complete all of their current and future writing assignments. Incorpo比n of direct quotations from the texts and a completion of a works-cited page are stressed. 学生练习并掌握创造强有力的介绍和结论的艺术, 编辑和修改他们的文章. (1 term; required).
6:历史 地理位置
旨在向学生介绍地理的研究, 本课程帮助学生掌握自然地理学和人文地理学的重要概念. Students will develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills as they investigate the Earth’s physical and human diversity; analyze population and settlement patterns and evaluate the ways that human activities modify the physical environment. 在研究世界各地的人类时, 学生比较发展, 生活水平, 政府体制, 以及全球的经济因素. 除了, students gain a rich understanding of global cultures and the historical factors that have shaped the world around them.
历史7:美国历史(早期美洲印第安人至1865年)
两年制课程的第一阶段, 学生将探索关键事件, 问题, 以及内战期间美国历史上的重要人物. The course begins with a study of the rich and diverse history of the Native peoples of the Americas, 以及欧洲人的探索和殖民所带来的变化. 主要单元包括殖民时期、美国独立战争、美国在战争中扮演的角色.S. 宪法在民主共和国的诞生和成长, 西进运动的结果, 以及内战和重建时期的斗争. 所有单元都包括对经济学影响的考察, 政治, 以及美国发展的社会历史. Students will continue to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills through primary and secondary source readings, 课堂讨论, 基于项目的学习和独立研究.
历史8:美国历史 (1865 – 2001)
两年课程的第二阶段, 学生将仔细研究经济专业, 美国战争带来的政治和社会变化.S.美国内战后的重建, 工业化, 城市化, and progressive reforms and will consider the implications each of these events had on the expansion of the United States’ global influence through modern times. Course content encourages students to think carefully about the challenges and opportunities facing the United States in the 21st century. Students will continue to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills through primary and secondary source readings, 课堂讨论, 基于项目的学习和独立研究.
MS视觉艺术体验
This course introduces 中学 students to the crafts of Studio Art through one-term courses. 学生们按年级分成小而亲密的探险队. 他们学会冒险和挑战自己，通过艺术分享他们独特的视角. 学生将研究工作室艺术的主要概念. They begin with drawing then move on to explore painting and various other media of their choice. 同时学习和提高他们的技术技能, 学生学习线的概念, 空间关系, 创造性表达. 学生将从艺术的基石(绘画)到版画的进步. 所有中学生都参加这个课程.
表演艺术硕士
本课程旨在向中学生介绍戏剧艺术, 特别是通过音乐剧表演. Students learn the fundamentals of vocal production, movement, acting, and performance technique. 在整个排练过程中, students will discover and develop their skills and showcase what they have learned during a final performance. 所有中学生都选修这门课程.
STEM主题
This project-driven and research-based exploratory course introduces 中学 students to various topics in the field of STEM. In this hands-on course, students will learn to work cooperatively to overcome various challenges. 主题涵盖从航空和火箭到可重复使用的能源, 地质, 和天文学, 编程与计算机科学, 机器人, 3 d打印技术, 和更多的. 本课程为开放式学习课程, 也就是说，虽然全年都有一些指定的学习主题, 学生将有机会决定他们想要学习的其他主题.
数学6
当我们六年级的学生兴奋地到来，开始中学生活, 数学6以有趣和令人兴奋的方式向他们介绍中学数学. The purpose of 数学6 is to enhance basic math skills that were taught throughout elementary school and allow students the time to become comfortable with and master these skills. 学生探索诸如数感和运算之类的主题, 使用公式, 解决问题, 基本几何, 解释图表和数据.
数学7
All units of study for 数学7 coincide with the core content for assessment for middle grade mathematics. 本课程的主要学习单元是:整数, 表达式和操作, 因子和分数, 有理数, 方程与不等式, 比, 比例, 百分比, 功能, 线性方程, 和图形绘制. Students who excel in 数学7 may be exempted from 数学8 and have the option to enroll in Algebra I. 先决条件:数学6.
数学8
学生们参加数学8是为了巩固在代数1中取得优异成绩所需的基础. 这个为期一年的课程侧重于数字系统, 表达式和方程, 功能, 几何原理, 二元统计. Students who excel in Pre-Algebra may be exempted from 数学8 and have the option to enroll in Algebra I. 前提条件:数学7级合格.
科学6:物理科学
六年级的理科生以“迷你科学家”的身份开始他们在博彩网址大全的职业生涯.课堂时间包括教学, 实践活动和实验, 小组项目可以让学生了解化学和物理的基础知识. 学生还学习和实验运动的基本定律, 使他们能够定义万有引力等普遍作用力的运动, 加速度, 和摩擦. The successful completion of the course prepares the sixth-grade students for their future science courses.
科学7:生命科学
This fundamental introduction to life sciences increases seventh-grade students’ awareness of the natural world and introduces them to basic principles of scientific inquiry. 这门课程涵盖了各种各样的主题, starting with microscopic cells and building to the larger principles of the ecology and natural systems. 在整个课程中, students will be utilizing the basic principles of scientific inquiry and lab experiments as a means to prepare them for later courses of study.
科学8:地球科学
全年, eighth-grade students engage in a variety of activities designed to introduce them to the larger-than-life processes that influence everything from tides, 到火山带的破坏性火山. 这门课程涵盖了广泛的主题, 包括塑造我们周围世界的地质过程, 以及宇宙的天文过程. 在顺利完成中学科学课程后, 学生们为进入高中并在科学领域取得成功做好了充分的准备.
体育课
博彩网址大全学校 体育课 class is designed to ensure our student athletes have the opportunity to maintain mental and physical health. Each student athlete will be required to take a yearly fitness test as a starting point to measure their ability and, 更重要的是, 根据他们的运动能力，设定他们未来想要达到的目标. 博彩网址大全学校 体育课 Class will also be designed to introduce and prepare student athletes to learn and compete in the sports offered at 博彩网址大全学校 regardless of the knowledge that they had beforehand.
世界语言概论
This survey course is designed for 6th and 7th grade students to explore three languages over the course of the academic year: Spanish, 中国人, 和法国. 他们对每种语言的接触, 虽然只有一个月的时间, 向他们介绍基本的语言技能，如词汇构建, 发音, 形成简单的句子和疑问句, 听力理解, 识别汉字. Students also develop insight into the cultures of the various countries linked to these languages. This course gives students the opportunity to discover which language they would like to continue studying beginning in 8th grade at level I and continuing throughout their education at Knox.
