WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF MINI-PASS A Program For Middle School Students

MINI-PASS Designed To Help Students in Grades 6, 7, and 8 Who Require Remediation and Credits in Basic Subjects

MINI-PASS COURSES Each Course Represents One Semester

MINI-PASS CURRICULUM Subjects Reading Language Arts Mathematics Science Social Studies Number of Courses 6 4 Total = 24 Courses

Reading 6A Units Descriptions Introduction to Story Elements Reading Skills & the Novel Working With Story Elements Constructing Meanings Critical Reading

Reading 6B Unit12345Description Reading Skills Reading Skills & the Novel Critical Reading Tall Tales Poetry & Short Stories

Reading 7A Units Descriptions Introduction to Story Elements Reading Skills & the Novel Working with Story Elements Freedom for the People – Constructing Meanings Martin Luther King, Jr. – Critical Reading

Reading 7B Units12345Descriptions Reading Skills Reading Skills & the Novel Critical Reading Fables Poetry & Short Stories

Reading 8A Units12345Descriptions Introduction to Story Elements Reading Skills Working With Story Elements & the Novel Constructing Meanings Critical Reading

Reading 8B Units678910Descriptions Reading Skills Reading Skills & the Novel Critical Reading Myths Poetry & Short Stories

Language Arts 6A Units Descriptions Helen Keller, Capitalization & Punctuation Spelling, Compounds & Contractions Parts of Speech Daily Thoughts & Journals Birds, Synonyms, Antonyms & Homonyms

Language Arts 6B Units Descriptions Baseball, Capitalization, Punctuation Spelling - Word Endings &Plurals Parts of Speech Writing - Diary Dictionary Skills and Multiple Work Meanings

Language Arts 7A Units12345Descriptions Secret Code - Capitalization/Punctuation Continuous Spelling Skills – Prefixes/Suffixes Continuous Parts of Speech Continuous Writing Internment Camps – Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms, Analogies

Language Arts 7B Units Descriptions Alex Haley – Capitalization/Punctuation Continuous Spelling Skills –Synonyms, Antonyms, Homonyms Continuous Parts of Speech Continuous Writing Dinosaurs – Prefixes/Suffixes

Language Arts 8A Units Descriptions Punctuation, Capitalization Spelling, Prefixes, Suffixes Parts of Speech Writing & Journals Synonyms & Antonyms

Language Arts 8B Units Descriptions Application of Capitalization, Puntcuation, Synonyms Antonyms, Homonyms Parts of Speech Continues Writing, Journals Word Meanings, Fact, Opinion

Mathematics 6A Units Descriptions Addition and Subtraction - Whole Numbers Multiplication and Division Addition and Subtraction - Decimals Multiplication and Division - Decimals Math Operations - Exponents, Factoring, Multiples and Composites

Mathematics 6B Units Descriptions Whole Numbers and Decimals Fractions - Multiplying and Dividing Fractions - Adding and Subtracting Basic Geometry Terms Ratio, Proportion and Percent

Mathematics 7A Units12345Descriptions Whole Numbers Decimals Fractions: Multiplying & Dividing Fractions: Adding & Subtracting Math Operations

Math 7B Units678910Descriptions Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division Ratios, Proportions & Percent Geometric Forms MeasurementIntegers

Mathematics 8A Units12345 Descriptions Whole Numbers Decimals Fractions - Multiplication and Division Fractions - Addition and Subtraction Math Operations

Mathematics 8B Units Descriptions Application of Whole Numbers and Fractions Ratio, Proportion, and Percent Geometry Perimeters, Areas, Volumes Integers

Life Science 7A Units Descriptions Investigation and Classification Cells and Life Processes The Protist Kingdom Plants Animals Without Backbones Units

Life Science 7B Units Descriptions Invertebrates Vs. Vertebrates Measuring Life Processes Health Concepts Adaptations Ecology, Experiments and Research

EARTH SCIENCE 8A Units Descriptions Lab Procedures, Techniques and Measurement Plate Tectonics Geologic Time Classifying Matter Rocks and Minerals

Earth Science 8B Units Descriptions Natural Resources Water on Earth Atmosphere and Weather Earth, Moon, and Space Exploration Our Solar System and the Universe

Texas History and Geography 7A Units Descriptions Texas, Its Land and Early People Spanish Texas Texas as Part of Mexico The Texas Revolution The Republic of Texas

Texas History & Geography 7B Units Descriptions Geography and Personal Histories Early Statehood War and Reconstruction The Emergence of Modern Texas Modern Texas

American History 8A Units Descriptions The United States Today Exploration and Early Settlement The New Colonies British Policy and Revolutionary War The Constitution

American History 8B Units Descriptions Constitutional Amendments - Through War of 1812 Jacksonian Period Westward Expansion - Through 1860 Civil War To Reconstruction Reconstruction Through the Gilded Age

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