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
Number of Courses
Reading
6
Language Arts
6
Mathematics
6
Science
4
Social Studies
4
Total = 24 Courses
Reading 6A
Units
Descriptions
1
Introduction to Story Elements
2
Reading Skills & the Novel
3
Working With Story Elements
4
Constructing Meanings
5
Critical Reading
Reading 6B
Unit
Description
1
Reading Skills
2
Reading Skills & the Novel
3
Critical Reading
4
Tall Tales
5
Poetry & Short Stories
Reading 7A
Units
Descriptions
1
Introduction to Story Elements
2
Reading Skills & the Novel
3
Working with Story Elements
4
Freedom for the People – Constructing Meanings
5
Martin Luther King, Jr. – Critical Reading
Reading 7B
Units
Descriptions
1
Reading Skills
2
Reading Skills & the Novel
3
Critical Reading
4
Fables
5
Poetry & Short Stories
Reading 8A
Units
Descriptions
1
Introduction to Story Elements
2
Reading Skills
3
Working With Story Elements
& the Novel
4
Constructing Meanings
5
Critical Reading
Reading 8B
Units
Descriptions
6
Reading Skills
7
Reading Skills & the Novel
8
Critical Reading
9
Myths
10
Poetry & Short Stories
Language Arts 6A
Units
Descriptions
1
Helen Keller, Capitalization &
Punctuation
2
Spelling, Compounds &
Contractions
3
Parts of Speech
4
Daily Thoughts & Journals
5
Birds, Synonyms, Antonyms &
Homonyms
Language Arts 6B
Units
Descriptions
6
Baseball, Capitalization,
Punctuation
7
Spelling - Word Endings &Plurals
8
Parts of Speech
9
Writing - Diary
10
Dictionary Skills and Multiple Work
Meanings
Language Arts 7A
Units
Descriptions
1
Secret Code - Capitalization/Punctuation
2
Continuous Spelling Skills – Prefixes/Suffixes
3
Continuous Parts of Speech
4
Continuous Writing
5
Internment Camps – Synonyms, Antonyms,
Homonyms, Analogies
Language Arts 7B
Units
Descriptions
6
Alex Haley – Capitalization/Punctuation
7
Continuous Spelling Skills – Synonyms,
Antonyms, Homonyms
8
Continuous Parts of Speech
9
Continuous Writing
10
Dinosaurs – Prefixes/Suffixes
Language Arts 8A
Units
Descriptions
1
Punctuation, Capitalization
2
Spelling, Prefixes, Suffixes
3
Parts of Speech
4
Writing & Journals
5
Synonyms & Antonyms
Language Arts 8B
Units
Descriptions
7
Application of Capitalization,
Puntcuation, Synonyms
Antonyms, Homonyms
8
Parts of Speech
9
Continues Writing, Journals
10
Word Meanings, Fact,
Opinion
6
Mathematics 6A
Units
Descriptions
1
Addition and Subtraction - Whole
Numbers
2
Multiplication and Division
3
Addition and Subtraction - Decimals
4
Multiplication and Division - Decimals
5
Math Operations - Exponents,
Factoring, Multiples and Composites
Mathematics 6B
Units
Descriptions
6
Whole Numbers and Decimals
7
Fractions - Multiplying and
Dividing
8
Fractions - Adding and Subtracting
9
Basic Geometry Terms
10
Ratio, Proportion and Percent
Mathematics 7A
Units
Descriptions
1
Whole Numbers
2
Decimals
3
Fractions: Multiplying & Dividing
4
Fractions: Adding & Subtracting
5
Math Operations
Math 7B
Units
Descriptions
6
Addition, Subtraction,
Multiplication & Division
7
Ratios, Proportions & Percent
8
Geometric Forms
9
Measurement
10
Integers
Mathematics 8A
Units
Descriptions
1
Whole Numbers
2
Decimals
3
Fractions - Multiplication and
Division
4
Fractions - Addition and Subtraction
5
Math Operations
Mathematics 8B
Units
6
7
Descriptions
Application of Whole Numbers and
Fractions
Ratio, Proportion, and Percent
8
Geometry
9
Perimeters, Areas, Volumes
10
Integers
Life Science 7A
Units
Descriptions
1
Investigation and Classification
2
Cells and Life Processes
3
The Protist Kingdom
4
Plants
5
Animals Without Backbones
Life Science 7B
Units
Descriptions
6
Invertebrates Vs. Vertebrates
7
Measuring Life Processes
8
Health Concepts
9
Adaptations
10
Ecology, Experiments and
Research
EARTH SCIENCE 8A
Units
Descriptions
1
Lab Procedures, Techniques and Measurement
2
Plate Tectonics
3
Geologic Time
4
Classifying Matter
5
Rocks and Minerals
Earth Science 8B
Units
Descriptions
6
Natural Resources
7
Water on Earth
8
Atmosphere and Weather
9
Earth, Moon, and Space Exploration
10
Our Solar System and the Universe
Texas History and Geography 7A
Units
Descriptions
1
Texas, Its Land and Early People
2
Spanish Texas
3
Texas as Part of Mexico
4
The Texas Revolution
5
The Republic of Texas
Texas History & Geography 7B
Units
Descriptions
6
Geography and Personal Histories
7
Early Statehood
8
War and Reconstruction
9
The Emergence of Modern Texas
10
Modern Texas
American History 8A
Units Descriptions
1
The United States Today
2
Exploration and Early Settlement
3
The New Colonies
4
British Policy and Revolutionary War
5
The Constitution
American History 8B
Units Descriptions
6
7
8
Constitutional Amendments - Through
War of 1812
Jacksonian Period
Westward Expansion - Through 1860
9
Civil War To Reconstruction
10
Reconstruction Through the Gilded Age
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