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WVS
Credit Recovery Courses- Course Descriptions
Textbook Requirements:
Most Recovery courses do not require a
textbook. It is the responsibility of the sponsoring
school district to provide required materials to the student taking these courses.
Unless specified as a semester course, each course is divided into two semesters- "a" and "b".
Access to each semester course costs
$270.
Credit Recovery
Course Descriptions:
Algebra I
Semester I covers
numbers, expressions, and simple evaluations; patterns,
sequences and relations; and linear equations. Semester
II covers systems of equalities and inequalities;
exponential functions; ratios and geometric
applications.
Course
Outline
Algebra II
Algebra II expands on the mathematical
content of Algebra I and Geometry. While the topics in
Algebra 2 are interesting and important in their own
right, they also serve as a basis for the material
presented in subsequent mathematics courses, e.g.
trigonometry and calculus. Emphasis will be on functions
and algebraic solutions to various types of problems.
Abstract thinking skills (including some proofs, and the
notion of 'generality of a statement') will be
introduced and cultivated.
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Geometry
A comprehensive course featuring geometric terms and
processes, logic and problem solving. Includes topics
such as parallel line and planes, congruent triangles,
inequalities and quadrilaterals. Various forms of proof
are studied. Emphasis is placed upon reasoning and
problem solving skills gained through study of
similarity, areas, volumes, circles, and coordinate
geometry.
Course Outline
Pre-Algebra
Builds upon the essential skills of arithmetic as they
apply to algebra.
Real numbers and linear equations, linear inequalities,
factoring, fractions, graphing and some elements of
geometry are stressed.
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English I
Students will learn to read critically with full
comprehension across genres and be able to communicate
through effective writing. Students develop critical
reading, writing, viewing, listening, and speaking
skills as they explore world literature, both classic
and modern, and connect it to their respective cultures
and their own lives.
This
course has been specifically built with the credit
recovery student in mind. The course content has been
appropriately chunked into smaller topics to increase
retention and expand opportunities for assessment. With
each topic, diagnostic quizzes are presented to the
student, allowing students to pass through areas of
content that they have previously studied successfully.
Post-topic quizzes are presented with each topic of
content. Audio readings are included with every portion
of content, allowing auditory learners the opportunity
to engage with the course. Test pools and randomized
test questions are utilized in pre- and post-topic
quizzes as well as unit exams, ensuring that students
taking the course will not be presented with the same
exams.
Course
Outline
(Includes required reading list)
English II
This
intermediate English course combines the study of world
literature along with a continued focus on composition
skills. Students will read, reflect, synthesize, and
respond to several different types of world literature.
A research paper is a requirement.
Course
Outline
(includes required reading list)
English III
English III is a comprehensive English class that
combines a study of language, composition, oral
communication, thinking skills, research, and
literature. The literary focus is literature of America,
beginning with the early 19th century and
progressing to the modern era. The goal is to help
students become effective independent thinkers, readers,
writers, listeners, viewers, and speakers. Each unit
combines appropriate skills in these areas with a
specific literary focus. The course begins with a
diagnostic writing assignment that will help teachers
identify student strengths and weaknesses.
Course Outline
(includes required reading list)
English IV
This class will prepare students for the skills they
will need to be successful in college and in life. When
they have completed the class, students will have
acquired the reading and critical thinking skills
necessary for understanding challenging new material,
analyzing that material to deduce meaning, and applying
what they have learned to our world. They will have the
composition skills needed to communicate their
understanding effectively to a variety of audiences.
Students will read and analyze classic works of
literature because these works contain literary
qualities that merit study and provoke thinking, not
because of a requirement to know a particular work or
author. They will also look at modern and contemporary
works as they examine all genres: plays, short stories,
poetry, essays, and novels.
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Reading List
Biology
This course is an introduction to
general biology and to the processes of scientific
inquiry and thinking. It will include the fundamental
principles of living organisms including physical and
chemical properties of life, cellular organization and
function, the transfer of energy through metabolic
systems, cellular reproduction, the classification of
living things, the six kingdoms of life will be
examined. The main focus is to present biological
information in an understandable and straight forward
way that will capture the students’ interest dealing
with up to date principles and concepts. Course Outline
Chemistry
This course adheres closely to standards
for the teaching of chemistry. It emphasizes the
mathematical, theoretical and experimental basis of
modern chemistry. Emphasis is placed on the use of
theoretical and mathematical concepts to explain and
predict chemical behavior. An overview of the
significant learning objectives that are presented in
this course include Measurement, Atomic Structure,
Chemical Bonding, Conservation of Matter, Stoichiometry,
Gases, Acids and Bases, Solutions, Chemical
Thermodynamics, Reaction Rates, Chemical Equilibrium,
Organic Nomenclature, Biochemistry, and Nuclear
Chemistry.
Course Outline
Physical Science
Physical science is the introductory course to high
school science courses and beyond. Students will expand
on their middle school science experiences to prepare
them for biology, chemistry and physics. This course
will emphasize scientific thinking as a way of
understanding the natural phenomenon that surrounds us.
There will be numerous opportunities to dialog with
other students about scientific theory and practice. In
addition, there will be both simulated and real world
laboratory experiences to further expand students'
scientific horizons.
Upon
completion of this course students will be conversant in
a number of scientific topics, understand how science is
used in our daily lives and be comfortable with solving
simple algebraic equations that support scientific laws.
Course Outline
Civics (one semester course)
Civics can be expressed as a study in
citizenship and government. This course will provide the
learner with a basic understanding of civic life,
politics, and government; a short history of it's
foundation and development, what rights the American
government guarantees its citizens, and a survey of the
duties and responsibilities American citizens must
exercise in order to maintain their government. It will
introduce the workings of our own and other political
systems as well as the relationship of American politics
and government to world affairs.
Course Outline
American History
This course is designed to provide the student with a
basic understanding of American History. The content
will focus on the origins of the nation's democratic
principles and continue through present day domestic and
foreign issues that affect American society.
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Outline
American Government (one semester course)
This course is the study of the historical backgrounds,
governing principles, and institutions of the government
of the United States. The focus is on the principles and
beliefs upon which the US was founded and on the
structure, functions and powers of government at the
national, state, and local levels.
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Geography
In this
course, we will be learning about the
people,
places,
and environments
that make up the world we live in. We will be exploring
the jungles of the Amazon, the streets of London, the
mountains of Nepal, the tundra of Alaska, and the
islands of the Pacific in our joint quest to become
global citizens. This course is aligned to the national
Geography Standards.
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Outline
World History
This is a thorough survey course covering pre-historic
to modern times and both western and non-western worlds.
Topics include the rise of civilization; political,
social and economic developments of the Middle Ages; the
Renaissance and era of discovery; the growth of
democracy and nationalism; the industrial revolution;
and the two world wars. Postwar problems and recent
developments are also studied. Online text provided.
Course
Outline
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