Chinese I
Chinese I (Mandarin) has been carefully designed to meet the
standards of the American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages (ACTFL). These standards call for a
method of teaching that focuses on successful
communication through speaking, writing, reading, and
listening, as well as a thorough grounding in aspects
of culture. Each unit embodies all of these standards
in accordance with the theories described in this
document. Unit activities blend different forms of
communication and culture to ensure that the student
meets all standards. Course strategies include warm-up
activities, vocabulary study, reading, threaded
discussions, multi-media presentations, self-checks,
practice activities and games, oral and written
assignments, projects, quizzes, and exams. Learning
activities in each unit are focused upon a specific
theme. Students are introduced to the simplified
Chinese writing system in this class. No text
required. Course Outline
Chinese II
This course is a continuation of a
beginning level course that will introduce the student
to a variety of areas of language learning. In this
course, the student will learn listening, speaking,
reading and writing skills through activities that are
based on pedagogically proven methods of foreign
language instruction. Throughout the five units of
material (Daily Routine, Animals, Hobbies, The Body and
Descriptions), students learn to express themselves
using an ever increasing vocabulary, present-tense
verbs, articles, and adjectives. Grammar is introduced
and practiced in innovative and interesting ways with a
variety of learning styles in mind. Culture is sprinkled
throughout the course in an attempt to help the learner
focus on the Chinese speaking world and their culture,
people, geographical locations and histories. The course
is aligned to the national Foreign Language standards.
No text required.
Course Outline
Spanish
I
Spanish I has been carefully designed to meet the
standards of the American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages (ACTFL). These standards call for a
method of teaching that focuses on successful
communication through speaking, writing, reading, and
listening, as well as a thorough grounding in aspects
of culture. Each unit embodies all of these standards
in accordance with the theories described in this
document. Unit activities blend different forms of
communication and culture to ensure that the student
meets all standards. Course strategies include warm-up
activities, vocabulary study, reading, threaded
discussions, multi-media presentations, self-checks,
practice activities and games, oral and written
assignments, projects, quizzes, and exams. Learning
activities in each unit are focused upon a specific
theme. NO TEXT REQUIRED
Course Outline
Spanish
II
Spanish II has been carefully designed to meet the
standards of the American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages (ACTFL). These standards call for a
method of teaching that focuses on successful
communication through speaking, writing, reading, and
listening, as well as a thorough grounding in aspects
of culture. Each unit embodies all of these standards
in accordance with the theories described in this
document. Unit activities blend different forms of
communication and culture to ensure that the student
meets all standards. Course strategies include warm-up
activities, vocabulary study, reading, threaded
discussions, multi-media presentations, self-checks,
practice activities and games, oral and written
assignments, projects, quizzes, and exams. Learning
activities in each unit are focused upon a specific
theme.
NO TEXT REQUIRED
Course
Outline
Spanish III
This third year of
Spanish is a continuation of the first two years. The
student will continue to sharpen listening, speaking,
reading and writing skills through activities that are
based on pedagogically proven methods of foreign
language instruction. Throughout the five units of
material (Feelings, Transportation, Work, Countries and
the Future), students learn to express themselves using
an ever increasing vocabulary, present-tense verbs,
past-tense verbs, articles, and adjectives. Grammar is
introduced and practiced in innovative and interesting
ways with a variety of learning styles in mind.
Culture is sprinkled
throughout the course in an attempt to help the learner
focus on the Spanish speaking world and their culture,
people, geographical locations and histories.
The course is aligned to
the national Foreign Language standards.
NO TEXT REQUIRED
Course Outline
(Adobe PDF file)
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Spanish IV
This
fourth year of Spanish is a continuation of the first
three years. The student will continue to sharpen
listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
through activities that are based on pedagogically
proven methods of foreign language instruction.
Throughout the five units of material, students learn
to express themselves using an ever increasing
vocabulary, present-tense verbs, past-tense verbs,
articles, and adjectives. Grammar is introduced and
practiced in innovative and interesting ways with a
variety of learning styles in mind.
Culture
is sprinkled throughout the course in an attempt to help
the learner focus on the Spanish speaking world and
their culture, people, geographical locations and
histories.
The
course is aligned to the national Foreign Language
standards. NO TEXT REQUIRED
Course Outline (Adobe
PDF file)
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French I
Using
a variety of audio, reading, pictorial, and written
exercises, students quickly learn to recognize
targeted vocabulary and start incorporating basic
grammatical concepts: articles, plurals, and
noun/adjective gender agreement; vowel and consonant
pronunciation; sentence patterns; numbers and
counting; introductions and greetings, directional
symbols, body parts, geography, and other vocabulary.
In every lesson, students practice reading and
comprehending French text, and then use the vocabulary
from those readings to increase their speaking
fluency.
Course Outline
French II
Building on what they learned during the first year,
students will increase their speaking confidence,
vocabulary, reading comprehension, sentence
construction skills, cultural knowledge, and their
grammar, including: object and reflexive pronouns,
natural vs. arbitrary gender, and past and present
verb tenses. By the end of the course, they should be
able to rewrite the ending to a story, use simple
phrases to expand conversations, and follow a story
line with full comprehension.
Course
Outline
French III
This
third year French course is a continuation of the
first two years. The student will continue to improve
listening, speaking, reading and writing skills
through activities that are based on pedagogically
proven methods of foreign language instruction.
Throughout the five units - Feelings, Transportation,
Work, Countries and Future - students build on
previous knowledge with additional vocabulary, verb
tenses, and grammatical structures appropriate to
their level. Grammar is introduced and practiced in
innovative and interesting ways with a variety of
learning styles in mind.
Exposure
to the culture of
France
and French-speaking countries can be found throughout
the course in order to help students understand French
in its context, as a truly dynamic language used for
communication by millions of people throughout the
world.
The
course is aligned to the national Foreign Language
standards and provides a way to focus on the five
important aspects of foreign language instruction:
communication, culture, connections, comparisons and
community. These are the "Five C's of the Foreign
Language Education" as outlined in
Standards for Foreign
Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century.
Course Outline
French IV
This course is a continuation of the
beginning level courses that will help the student
continue learning the French language. In this course,
the student will learn listening, speaking, reading and
writing skills through activities that are based on
pedagogically proven methods of foreign language
instruction. Throughout the five units of material
(People, Achievements, Desires, Activities,
Celebrations, Possibilities, The Past, The Arts, Now,
It’s over!), students learn to express themselves using
an ever increasing vocabulary, present, past, future and
conditional-tense verbs, articles, adjectives and
increasingly complex grammatical structures. Grammar is
introduced and practiced in innovative and interesting
ways with a variety of learning styles in mind. Culture
is sprinkled throughout the course in an attempt to help
the learner focus on the French speaking world and their
culture, people, geographical locations and histories.
The course is aligned to the national Foreign Language
standards. No text required.
Course Outline
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German I
First
year German students start out by learning
introductions, greetings, and the days of the week,
words and phrases to find out information, vowel
pronunciation, and how to use articles, plurals, and
noun/adjective agreement with gender. From there, they
begin to incorporate their new vocabulary through
rhythm and cadence, recognize sentence patterns and
build comprehension skills, increase their fluency,
practice counting and simple math, learn to form
plurals with greater accuracy, use infinite verbs, and
form question statements.
Course Outline
German II
The
second year of German expands students’ written and
spoken fluency, placing a continued emphasis on
reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Students
learn to understand and use small talk, and they
practice using new vocabulary in conversations and
stories. They master object pronouns with finite and
infinite verbs, learn geography vocabulary, study
pronouns and past and present tenses, identify and
describe objects, use genitive plural and singular
forms, expand their cultural knowledge, and build
fluency through repetition.
Course Outline
German III
German III has been carefully designed to meet the
standards of the American Council on the Teaching of
Foreign Languages (ACTFL). These standards call for a
method of teaching that focuses on successful
communication through speaking, writing, reading, and
listening, as well as a thorough grounding in aspects
of culture. Each unit embodies all of these standards
in accordance with the theories described in this
document. Unit activities blend different forms of
communication and culture to ensure that the student
meets all standards. Course strategies include warm-up
activities, vocabulary study, reading, threaded
discussions, multi-media presentations, self-checks,
practice activities and games, oral and written
assignments, projects, quizzes, and exams. Learning
activities in each unit are focused upon a specific
theme.
Course Outline
German IV
This fourth year of German builds upon
the first three levels. Students will continue to
sharper their reading, writing, and listening skills as
well as learn skills to think critically and express
themselves on topics relevant to German culture. This
fourth level will include authentic texts, current
culture, and literature from Germany, Austria, and
Switzerland. Every two units will be a special focus on
a particular region or city from these areas; these will
include such things as culture, tourism, and current
events. Students will learn vocabulary, grammar skills,
and cultural competency to express themselves on a
variety of topics in German. Cultural topics include:
contemporary and classical music, expressing opinion,
German history, transportation, family, weekend travel,
free time activities, youth and technology,
multiculturalism, holidays, education, career, and
travel in a foreign country. This course is aligned to
the national ACTFL Foreign Language standards and
provides a way to focus on the five aspects of foreign
language instruction: communication, culture,
connections, comparisons, and community. These are the
“Five C’s of the Foreign Language Education” as outlined
in Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing
for the 21st Century. No text required.
Course Outline
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Latin I
Latin 1 is an introduction to the basics
of Latin grammar. It is intended to help you develop the
skills necessary to translate basic sentences from Latin
to English and English to Latin, and for reading simple
connected passages of Latin prose and poetry. In the
first semester, we cover the first 10 chapters of
Wheelock's Latin grammar. In the process, you will learn
how verb conjugations and noun declensions work in a
highly inflected language, how to analyze the structure
of Latin sentences and translate English sentences into
well-formed Latin equivalents, and you will begin to
read connected excerpts from ancient authors.
In the second semester, we cover
chapters 11 though 20 of Wheelock's Latin grammar. In
the process, you will learn how verb conjugations and
noun declensions work in a highly inflected language,
how to analyze the structure of Latin sentences and
translate English sentences into well-formed Latin
equivalents, and you will begin to read connected
excerpts from ancient authors. No text required.
Course Outline
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Latin II
This course builds on the
vocabulary and grammar introduced in Latin I and
introduces additional vocabulary and intermediate
grammatical concepts. Grammar and vocabulary are taught
with the latest advances in interactive multimedia
technology. In addition to grammar and translation
assignments, this two semester course includes ten (10)
mini-lessons on Roman Life, one (1) mini-project on
Greek and Roman mythology, and five (5) mini-projects on
Roman History. Students will also participate in class
discussions related to Roman mini-lessons and projects.
Course Outline
REQUIRED TEXT: None. This course is
based on Wheelock’s Latin Grammars, 5th and 6th ed. If
you wish, you may obtain a copy but it is not required;
ISBN: 0-06-095641-0.
Textbook purchases can be made at
Aventalearning.com
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Latin III
This
two-semester course helps students build a more extensive vocabulary
and completes the presentation of grammatical concepts
begun in Latin I and Latin II. Grammar and vocabulary
are taught with the latest advances in interactive
multimedia technology.
In
addition to grammar and translation assignments, this
two semester course includes fifteen (15) mini-lessons
on Roman Life, two (2) mini-projects on Roman Frontier
Life, three (3) mini-projects on Roman History, and four
(4) Word Studies. Students will also participate in
class discussions and work in groups on projects related
to Roman literature and Roman art.
Required Materials:
Ecce
Romani (ISBN:
067357590X)
Ecce Romani:
A Latin Reading Program (ISBN:
0673575918)
Textbook purchases can be made at
Aventalearning.com
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Latin IV
This
two-semester course helps students focus on using the grammar and
vocabulary learned in Latin I-III to read unadapted
passages of Latin literature from Roman authors. The
first semester covers reading selections from the
acclaimed textbook series
Ecce Romani
(this course corresponds with
ER III
in both soft cover and hardcover). The second
semester, we begin translating selections from Vergil's
Aeneid
using the Longman Latin Reader.
In
addition to reading authentic Latin, students will also
participate in class discussions about history,
rhetoric, and style. They will research and make class
presentations on the authors we are studying, and will
select as a class one of the great pieces of Latin
literature to study in translation.
Required Materials:
Ecce
Romani III
(ISBN: 067357587X)
Selections
from Vergil's Aeneid
(ISBN: 0582367492)
Textbook purchases can be made at
Aventalearning.com
Optional Materials:
Exelability in Advanced Latin (ISBN
0-8651-6512-2)
Langenscheidt Pocket Latin Dictionary
(ISBN 0-8872-9107-4)
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