2015-2016

Grade 7

Islamic Foundation School

COURSE OUTLINE- Middle School
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 7
Course Developer: Br. Ahmed Qureshi
Elementary Policy Document: The Ontario Curriculum, Revised (2013)
Geography
Overall Curriculum Expectations:
A) Physical Patterns In A Changing World
A1. Application: Analyze some challenges and opportunities presented by the physical
environment and ways in which people have responded to them (FOCUS ON: Spatial
Significance; Interrelationships)
A2. Inquiry: use the geographic inquiry process to investigate the impact of natural
events and/or human activities that change the physical environment, exploring the
impact from a geographic perspective (FOCUS ON: Geographic Perspective)
A3. Understanding Geographic Context: demonstrate an understanding of significant
patterns in Earths physical features and of some natural processes and human activities
that create and change those features (FOCUS ON: Patterns and Trends; Spatial
Significance)
B) Natural Resources Around The World
B1. Application: Analyse aspects of the extraction/harvesting and use of natural
resources in different regions of the world, and assess ways of preserving these resources
(FOCUS ON: Spatial Significance; Interrelationships)
B2. Inquiry: Use the geographic inquiry process to investigate issues related to the
impact of the extraction/harvesting and/or use of natural resources around the world from
a geographic perspective (FOCUS ON: Geographic Perspective)
B3. Understanding Geographic Context: demonstrate an understanding of the sources
and use of different types of natural resources and of some of the effects of the
extraction/harvesting and use of these resources (FOCUS ON: Spatial Significance;
Geographic Perspective)
History
Overall Curriculum Expectations:
A) New France & British North America, 1713-1800
A1. Application: Analyse aspects of the lives of various groups in Canada between 1713

and 1800, and compare them to the lives of people in present-day Canada (FOCUS ON:
Continuity and Change; Historical Perspective)
A2. Inquiry: Use the historical inquiry process to investigate perspectives of different
groups on some significant events, developments, and/or issues related to the shift in
power in colonial Canada from France to Britain (FOCUS ON: Historical Perspective;
Historical Significance)
A3. Understanding Historical Context: Describe various significant events,
developments, and people in Canada between 1713 and 1800, and explain their impact
(FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Cause and Consequence)
B) Canada, 1800-1850: Conflict & Challenges
B1. Application: Analyse aspects of the lives of various groups in Canada between 1800
and 1850, and compare them to the lives of people in Canada in 17131800 (FOCUS
ON: Continuity and Change; Historical Perspective)
B2. Inquiry: Use the historical inquiry process to investigate perspectives of different
groups on some significant events, developments, and/or issues that affected Canada
and/or Canadians between 1800 and 1850 (FOCUS ON: Historical Perspective;
Historical Significance)
B3. Understanding Historical Context: Describe various significant events,
developments, and people in Canada between 1800 and 1850, and explain their impact
(FOCUS ON: Historical Significance; Cause and Consequence)
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Rules and Regulations:

1) Plagiarism: It is deliberate, academic dishonesty and is taken seriously as a major
offence. It mainly includes following forms:

Copying from another student, or making information available to other students,

knowing that this is to be submitted as the borrower's own work

Use of unauthorized material

Copying an essay or assignment, or allowing one's essay or assignment to be copied by

someone else.

Using direct quotations or large sections of paraphrased material without

acknowledgment

Consequences of plagiarism: Plagiarism has severe consequences. Student caught

plagiarizing in any other forms as well, will get a straight zero for that assignment or test

as a penalty for cheating. It will be teachers discretion to allow/decline the student to

resubmit the assignment after having discussion with parents and approval/disapproval
from the principal.
2) Conduct: Students must follow the schools Code of Conduct, participate fully in
discussions, and complete all homework and assignments in time to the best of their
ability.
2015-2016

Grade 7

Islamic Foundation School

COURSE OUTLINE- Middle School
Subject: Language Arts
Grade: 7
Course Developer: Br. Ahmed Qureshi
Elementary Policy Document: The Ontario Curriculum, Revised (2013)

Overall Curriculum Expectations:

Oral Communications:
1. Listen in order to understand and respond appropriately in a variety of situations for a variety
of purposes;
2. Use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a
variety of purposes;
3. Reflect on and identify their strengths as listeners and speakers, areas for improvement, and
the strategies they found most helpful in oral communication situations.
Reading:
1. Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic & informational texts,
using a range of strategies to construct meaning.
2. Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate
understanding of how they help communicate meaning;
3. Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently;
4. Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies
they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.

Writing:
1. generate, gather, and organize ideas and information to write for an intended purpose and
audience;
2. draft and revise their writing, using a variety of informational, literary, and graphic forms and
stylistic elements appropriate for the purpose and audience;
3. use editing, proofreading, and publishing skills and strategies, and knowledge of language
conventions, to correct errors, refine expression, and present their work effectively;
4. reflect on and identify their strengths as writers, areas for improvement, and the strategies
they found most helpful at different stages in the writing process.
Media Literacy:
1.demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts;
2. identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with
them are used to create meaning;
3. create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms,
conventions, and techniques;
4. reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for
improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media
texts

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Rules and Regulations:

3) Plagiarism: It is deliberate, academic dishonesty and is taken seriously as a major
offence. It mainly includes following forms:

Copying from another student, or making information available to other students,

knowing that this is to be submitted as the borrower's own work

Use of unauthorized material

Copying an essay or assignment, or allowing one's essay or assignment to be copied by

someone else.

Using direct quotations or large sections of paraphrased material without

acknowledgment

Consequences of plagiarism: Plagiarism has severe consequences. Student caught

plagiarizing in any other forms as well, will get a straight zero for that assignment or test
as a penalty for cheating. It will be teachers discretion to allow/decline the student to
resubmit the assignment after having discussion with parents and approval/disapproval
from the principal.
4) Conduct: Students must follow the schools Code of Conduct, participate fully in
discussions, and complete all homework and assignments in time to the best of their
ability.