7th & 8th GRADE

BOOKS & COURSE MATERIALS

2022-2023 School Year

Scroll below to locate the required texts and course materials according to your course schedule for the 2022-23 school year. Families are responsible for purchasing the textbooks and materials unless otherwise indicated. Texts that must be purchased by the school will be billed to families through Smart Tuition.  Families may purchase texts through any vendor except where specified. When purchasing a used text, please make sure the text is UNMARKED. 

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General Materials & Supplies

• A personal MacBook or Google Chrome book with sturdy case (as needed)
• A system to help students organize their work.

• For example: either one large binder (at least 3”) with dividers for each class or five 1.5” binders with folders.

• Blue and black pens
• A pack of 3x5” note cards
• Three-hole punched, loose leaf, college ruled paper
• Pencils, erasers, and highlighters in a pencil pouch
• Colored pencils
• Tape
• Scissors
• Glue stick
• Earbuds or headphones

____________________________________________________Humanities: 7 (7th grade)

REQUIRED SUMMER READINGS

I Am Malala (Young Reader's Edition)

by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick

ISBN-10: 0316327913, 13: 978-0316327916

Choose another novel from the English 7 Independent Reading List below:

• Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse 
• Finding Gobi: A Little Dog with a Very Big Heart by Dion Leonard
• I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
• They Called Us Enemy by George Takei

REQUIRED SCHOOL YEAR READINGS

Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

ISBN-10 : 1302900536

 Midsummer Night's Dream (Optional; free digital resource available)

Folger Shakespeare Library/Simon & Schuster 2004

ISBN-10: 0743482816

ISBN-13: 978-0743482813

The Giver

by Lois Lowry

ISBN-10 : 9780544336261

Daily Grammar Practice Student Workbook 7 (1st edition), Burnette, DGP Publishing

Text provided by the instructor.

Wordly Wise Online

Text provided by the instructor.

Materials:

● 2 composition notebooks

● 1 pocket folder with fasteners 

Humanities 8 (8th Grade)

REQUIRED SUMMER READINGS

The Outsiders 

by S.E. Hinton

ISBN-13: 978-0142407332 

The Girl Who Drank the Moon 

by Kelly Barnhill 

ISBN-10: 1616205679, 13: 978-1616205676 

REQUIRED SCHOOL YEAR READINGS

Romeo and Juliet (Optional; free digital resource available)

Shakespeare, William / Gibson, Rex 2007

Cambridge University Press

ISBN-13: 9780521618700 

Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults) 

by Bryan Stevenson 

ISBN-10: 0525580034/ISBN-13: 978-0525580034

March Book 1

by John Lewis

ISBN-10: 1603093001/ISBN-13: 978-1603093002

Novel of Choice, Guidelines will be given in 2nd Quarter

Daily Grammar Practice Student Workbook 8 (1st edition) 

Burnette, DGP Publishing 

Text provided by the instructor.

Wordly Wise Online

Text provided by the instructor.

Materials (English): 

• one composition notebook
• three ring binder

Materials (World Studies): 

• 1.5” three-ring binder
• Five tab dividers
• 12 pack of regular pencils for class

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Life Science 7 (7th Grade)

$20 Textbook rental fee

Families will be billed through Smart Tuition.

Materials:

● 1 bound, lined composition notebook

● 1.5” three-ring bind

● Dividers

Physical Science 8 (8th Grade)

$20 Textbook rental fee

Families will be billed through Smart Tuition.

Materials:

● 1 bound, lined composition notebook

● 1.5” three-ring bind

● Dividers

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Pre-Algebra

Reveal Math Accelerated Student Bundle with ALEKS*

McGraw Hill, 2021

MHID: 0076810704

ISBN 13: 9780076810703

*Text must be purchased through McGraw Hill. Please use the link above.

Materials:

• Notebook paper for notes/homework
• Organized system to store their notes/homework (does not need to be unique for math)
• TI-30XS - multiview calculator

Algebra I & Honors Algebra I

Reveal Math Algebra 1 Student Bundle with ALEKS*

McGraw Hill, 2020

MHID: 0076896552

ISBN 13: 9780076896554

*Text must be purchased through McGraw Hill. Please use the link above.

Materials:

• Notebook paper for notes/homework
• Organized system to store their notes/homework
• TI-30XS - multiview calculator

Geometry & Honors Geometry

Reveal Math Geometry Student Bundle with ALEKS*

McGraw Hill, 2020

MHID: 0076896463

ISBN 13: 9780076896462

*Text must be purchased through McGraw Hill. Please use the link above.

Materials: 

• Quad Ruled (Grid) Paper 
• Lined loose leaf/notebook paper 
• Protractor 
• Pencils and Erasers 
• Graphing Calculator: Numworks, TI 84 Plus CE, TI Nspire CX II

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French IA

Bien Dit level 1A Premium Student Resource Package 2018 edition

ISBN-13/EAN: 9781328675545

ISBN-10: 1328675548

Must be purchased by school. Families will be billed approximately $135 through Smart Tuition.

Materials:

• Notebook paper for notes/homework
• Organized system to store their notes/homework (binder, folder, notebook w/ folders)

French IB

Bien Dit level 1B Premium Student Resource Package 2018 edition

ISBN-13/EAN: 9781328675408

ISBN-10: 1328675408 

Must be purchased by school. Families will be billed approximately $150 through Smart Tuition for this subscription.

Materials:

• Notebook paper for notes/homework
• Organized system to store their notes/homework (binder, folder, notebook w/ folders)

Spanish IA

Text provided by the instructor

Materials:

• Notebook
• Organized system to store their notes/homework (binder, folder, notebook w/ folders)

Spanish IB

¡Avancemos! Student Edition Level 1B 

ISBN-13/EAN: 9780544861206 

Must be purchased by school. Families will be billed approximately $85 through Smart Tuition for this subscription.

Materials:

• Notebook
• Organized system to store their notes/homework (binder, folder, notebook w/ folders)

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Physical Education 7/8

• The PE uniform consists of any AGS athletic t-shirt. It may be an AGS team shirt, Earth/Sky shirt, or any other shirt purchased at the AGS Spirit Store.
• The PE shorts may be any navy or black short with a minimum inseam of 4". Navy/black tights or leggings as well as solid or AGS navy/black/gray sweatpants are accepted in cooler weather.
• SHOES: Athletic Shoes MUST be worn for all P.E. Classes (Converse, Vans, Keds and other non-supportive footwear are NOT considered athletic footwear.)

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2D Foundations

Teachers will provide materials.

3D Foundations
Teachers will provide materials.

Middle School Dance

• Physical Education Uniform or AGS shirt and blue shorts
• Athletic shoes

Musical Theatre
Teachers will provide materials.

Production Design

Text provided by the instructor.

Materials:

• work gloves
• work clothes
• protractor
•  12" ruler
• tape measurer (at least 12ft)
•  work goggles/glasses
• graph paper (at least 50 sheets)

Raindrop Choir

Teachers will provide materials