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SOCIAL SCIENCEMiddle School Social ScienceSocial Studies 6 A/BSectionClass DayTime1Monday/Wednesday9:00 am - 10:00 am2Tuesday/Thursday10:00 am - 11:00 am3Tuesday/Thursday9:00 am - 10:00 amStudents in grade six study the people and events that ushered in the dawn of the major Western andnon-Western ancient civilizations. The course will place an emphasis on geography as well as theeveryday lives, problems, and accomplishments of people, their role in developing social, economic,and political structures, as well as in establishing and spreading ideas that helped transform the world.Students will develop higher levels of critical thinking by considering why civilizations developedwhere and when they did, why they became dominant, and why they declined. Students will alsoanalyze the interactions among the various cultures, emphasizing their enduring contributions andthe link between the contemporary and ancient worlds.Social Studies 7 A/BSectionClass DayTime1Tuesday/Thursday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm2Tuesday/Thursday10:00 am - 11:00 am3Monday/Wednesday10:00 am - 11:00 am4Monday/Wednesday1:00 pm - 2:00 pmStudents in grade seven study the social, cultural, and technological changes that occurred in Europe,Africa, and Asia in the years A.D. 500–1789. After reviewing the ancient world and the ways in whicharchaeologists and historians uncover the past, students study the history and geography of greatcivilizations that were developing concurrently throughout the world during medieval and earlymodern times. They examine the growing economic interaction among civilizations as well as theexchange of ideas, beliefs, technologies, and commodities. They learn about the resulting growth ofEnlightenment philosophy and the new examination of the concepts of reason and authority, thenatural rights of human beings and the divine right of kings, experimentalism in science, and thedogma of belief. Finally, students assess the political forces let loose by the Enlightenment,particularly the rise of democratic ideas, and they learn about the continuing influence of these ideasin the world today.Back to Table of Contents

Social Studies 8 A/BMiddleSection SchoolClass Day SpanishTime1Tuesday/Thursday11:00 am - 12:00 pm2Monday/Wednesday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm3Tuesday/Thursday9:00 am - 10:00 am4Monday/Wednesday9:00 am - 10:00 am5Tuesday/Thursday11:00 am - 12:00 pmStudents in grade eight study the ideas, issues, and events from the framing of the Constitution upto World War I, with an emphasis on America’s role in the war. After reviewing the development ofAmerica’s democratic institutions founded on the Judeo Christian heritage and Englishparliamentary traditions, particularly the shaping of the Constitution, students trace thedevelopment of American politics, society, culture, and economy and relate them to the emergenceof major regional differences. They learn about the challenges facing the new nation, with anemphasis on the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War. They make connectionsbetween the rise of industrialization and contemporary social and economic conditions.SPANISHIntroduction to Spanish A/B(8th Grade Only)SectionClass DayTime1Tuesday/Thursday2:00 pm - 3:00 pmStudents begin their introduction to Spanish by focusing on the four key areas of foreign languagestudy: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students will study vocabulary and grammarconcepts, reading and listening comprehension activities, speaking and writing activities,multimedia cultural presentations, and interactive activities and practices which reinforcevocabulary and grammar. Students should expect to be actively engaged in their own languagelearning, become familiar with common vocabulary terms and phrases, comprehend a wide rangeof grammar patterns, participate in simple conversations and respond appropriately to basicconversational prompts, analyze and compare cultural practices, products, and perspectives ofvarious Spanish-speaking countries.Back to Table of Contents

ChoicePlus Academy High School OfferingsEnglishENGLISHFoundational EnglishNovels:Semester 1 (A): To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)Semester 2 (B): Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)**CPA English class novels must be requested through the enrichment ordering system; click the title for anAmazon ordering link.SectionClass DayTime1Tuesday/Thursday1:00 pm - 2:00 pmFoundational English is a year-long course that will explore literature, composition, and grammarthrough various engaging literary and informational texts. Students enrolled in this course will havethe opportunity to focus on building strong foundational reading and writing skills through lessonsthat are scaffolded and designed for mastery. Students will focus on reading comprehension, writingstrategies, language and vocabulary building, and the conventions of grammar and composition.English 9 A/BNovels:Semester 1 (A): To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee), The Odyssey (Homer)Semester 2 (B): Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck), Romeo & Juliet (William Shakespeare)**CPA English class novels must be requested through the enrichment ordering system; click the title for anAmazon ordering link.SectionClass DayTime1Tuesday/Thursday9:00 am - 10:00 am2Monday/Wednesday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm3Monday/Wednesday9:00 am - 10:00 am4Tuesday/Thursday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm5Tuesday/Thursday9:00 am - 10:00 am6Monday/Wednesday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm7Monday/Wednesday9:00 am - 10:00 am8Tuesday/Thursday11:00 am - 12:00 pmThis course is broken into Thematic Units, which include literature from a variety of genres. Studentswill develop an understanding and appreciation of various genres of literature, how to respond toliterature based on their own experiences and how to interpret literature. The writing process will beemphasized by the use of essay form, research and documentation format. Students will work throughBack to Table of Contents

the writing process, and appropriately utilize spelling, mechanics and grammar. Descriptive,evaluative, persuasive, and informative essays will be developed by the students and creative andanalytical thinking will be stressed. The emphasis will be on students developing an understandingof The Common Core English–Language Arts Standards for High School Grade 9. The students willfocus on reading comprehension, writing strategies, text analysis, language and vocabulary building,oral communication, research skills, close reading, listening and speaking skills, and the conventionsof grammar and composition.EnglishEnglish 10 A/BNovels:Semester 1 (A): Macbeth (William Shakespeare), Animal Farm (George Orwell)Semester 2 (B): Frankenstein (Mary Shelley), Night (Elie Wiesel)**CPA English class novels must be requested through the enrichment ordering system; click the title for anAmazon ordering link.SectionClass DayTime1Monday/Wednesday9:00 am - 10:00 am2Monday/Wednesday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm3Tuesday/Thursday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm4Tuesday/Thursday11:00 am - 12:00 pm5Monday/Wednesday9:00 am - 10:00 amThis course focuses on literature from a variety of genres. Students will experience a wider variety ofliterature and develop their ability to respond to texts and to compare them with their own real-lifeexperiences and human conditions. Writing will be addressed through essays, research, responses toliterature and creative writing. To complete their writing assignments, students will work through the steps ofthe writing process. Editing and revision strategies such as spelling, grammar, and mechanics will beaddressed in student writing pieces. Creative and analytical thinking will be stressed for students to craftstrong descriptive, evaluative, informative, and persuasive essays. The emphasis will be on studentsdeveloping an understanding of The Common Core English–Language Arts Standards for High School, Grade10. Students will focus on text analysis, reading comprehension, writing strategies, language and vocabularybuilding, oral communication, research skills, listening and speaking skills, and the conventions of grammarand composition.English 11 A/BNovels:Semester 1 (A): The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)Semester 2 (B): The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (William Shakespeare)**CPA English class novels must be requested through the enrichment ordering system; click the title for anAmazon ordering link.

SectionClass DayTime1Monday/Wednesday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm2Monday/Wednesday11:00 am - 12:00 pm3Tuesday/Thursday9:00 am - 10:00 am4Tuesday/Thursday9:00 am - 10:00 amChoicePlus Academy High School: EnglishThis course focuses on American literature. Students will respond to and analyze literature, andcompare earlier American experiences with their own. Students will develop their writing skillsthrough essays, research, documentation and creative writing projects and assignments. Studentswill learn and reinforce skills in research and technology, grammar, and mechanics of writing.Students will also complete descriptive, evaluative, persuasive, and informative essays which willenhance creative and analytical thinking skills. The emphasis will be on students developing anunderstanding of The Common Core English–Language Arts Standards for High School, Grade 11.Students will focus on text analysis, reading comprehension, writing strategies, language andvocabulary building, oral communication, research skills, listening and speaking skills, and theconventions of grammar and composition.English 12 A/BNovels:Semester 1 (A): Beowulf, Hamlet (William Shakespeare)Semester 2 (B): Gulliver’s Travels (Jonathan Swift), Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)**CPA English class novels must be requested through the enrichment ordering system; click the title for anAmazon ordering link.SectionClass DayTime1Tuesday/Thursday10:00 am - 11:00 amEnglish 12 will walk students through classic texts of British Literature, from the Anglo-Saxon Periodto the Modern Age. Students will also read American Literature written during the same time periodsto demonstrate the influence of British literary movements, writing styles, and philosophical ideason American authors. The comparisons in this course will help students make connections betweenBritish and American literature, history, and culture.Back to Table of Contents

MathPre-Algebra A/BMATH*Not AG ApprovedSectionClass DayTime1Tuesday/Thursday9:00 am - 10:00 am2Monday/Wednesday10:00 am - 11:00 am3Tuesday/Thursday1:00 pm - 2:00 pmPre-Algebra will cover all of the mathematics skills necessary for students to be successful in thesubsequent Algebra I course. Topics will include working with rational and irrational numbers,understanding integers and their operations, analyzing ratios/percents/proportions, definingfunctions, working with two dimensional and three dimensional geometry, solving equations,simplifying expressions (including those with exponents), and investigating patterns of bivariatedata utilizing statistics and probability.Tools Needed: Scientific Calculator (Texas Instruments, Casio, or equivalent)Algebra 1 A/BSectionClass DayTime1Tuesday/Thursday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm2Monday/Wednesday11:00 am - 12:00 pm3Tuesday/Thursday10:00 am - 11:00 am4Monday/Wednesday9:00 am - 10:00 am5Monday/Wednesday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm6Monday/Wednesday11:00 am - 12:00 pm7Tuesday/Thursday10:00 am - 11:00 amIn this course, students will learn how to simplify expressions using the correct order ofoperations, and solve equations, systems and inequalities. In the first semester, there is a strongemphasis on learning slope as a rate of change, writing, and graphing linear equations by hand.Students will explore real-life models in the sciences and business by representing systems ofinequalities that must fall within a range of possible values, and analyzing an optimization functiongraphically as well as algebraically. Students will also perform operations on polynomials and factorBack to Table of Contents

polynomials using a variety of strategies. Graphing technology will be employed throughout thecourse to graph, interpret and analyze functions, lines and more advanced relations. In addition,students will utilize graphing technology to compare linear, quadratic, and exponential models tosolve problems, and interpret data using statistics and probability. Real life scenarios will beexplored when studying exponential functions using the concepts of growth and decay.MathTools Needed: Scientific Calculator (Texas Instruments, Casio, or equivalent)Geometry A/BSectionClass DayTime1Tuesday/Thursday9:00 am - 10:00 am2Tuesday/Thursday10:00 am - 11:00 am3Monday/Wednesday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm4Monday/Wednesday9:00 am - 10:00 amStudents in the Geometry course will learn about lines and angles; parallel and perpendicular lines;triangles; and quadrilaterals. They will then move on to experimenting with transformations in aplane, applying trigonometric ratios to solve problems, finding arc lengths and areas of sectors ofcircles, modeling in two- and three dimensions, using coordinates in analytic geometryapplications, and solve for surface area and volume of 3D shapes.Tools Needed: Scientific Calculator (Texas Instruments, Casio, or equivalent),Compass.Protractor, andAlgebra 2 A/B*This class is 90 minutesSectionClass DayTime1Monday/Wednesday1:00 pm - 2:30 pm2Tuesday/Thursday1:00 pm - 2:30 pmStudents in the Algebra II course will learn about the complex number system and its use in thesolutions to quadratic and higher-ordered, polynomial functions, in addition to furthering theirknowledge of the real number system and solutions. They will expand their knowledge of functionsto working with radical and rational functions, as well as more advanced concepts such asexponential functions and their inverses, logarithms. Students will continue the study oftrigonometric functions begun in their Geometry course, to include working with the unit circleand the modeling of periodic phenomena that commonly occur in nature and science. They willBack to Table of Contents

also prove and apply trigonometric identities. Further studies in geometric properties will involvestudying twovariable relations/functions such as conic sections and translating amongdescriptions, graphical/numeric representations, and algebraic equations of the conics. Othertopics in the Algebra II course will include Sequences and Series and the evaluation of data usingStatistics and Probability.ScienceTools Needed: Scientific Calculator (Texas Instruments, Casio, or equivalent)Precalculus A/B*This class is 90 minutesSectionClass DayTime1Monday/Wednesday1:00 pm - 2:30 pmStudents in the Precalculus course will learn to analyze functions: find extrema and limits;determine end-behavior; locate asymptotes, critical values, and zeroes. They will learn to identifyand to use transformations, utilize symmetry, and recognize the graphs and properties of majorfunction families and their inverses. They will apply their understanding to polynomial functions,radical functions, rational functions, exponential and logarithmic functions, as well as trigonometricfunctions. Students will expand upon their knowledge of trigonometric functions by using identitiesto solve trigonometric equations and make trigonometric substitutions. Students will expand upontheir knowledge of conic sections, learning to write equations given certain properties, applyingrotations in the coordinate plane, and learn about equations of conics in polar coordinates. Furtherstudies will apply properties of matrices to solve systems and use Cramer’s rule, apply vectors, andtheir products to model forces in physical systems. The course will culminate in a study of polarforms of complex numbers, polar equations, powers and roots of complex numbers, and De Moivre'sTheorem.Tools Needed: Graphing Calculator (Texas Instruments TI-83, 84, or 85 recommended)SCIENCEEarth and Space Science A/BSectionClass DayTime1Monday/Wednesday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm2Tuesday/Thursday11:00 am - 12:00 pmUtilizing science notebooking, engaging hands on activities, virtual labs and sciencedemonstrations to explore the fascinating concepts that explain how the physical world works. Theobjective of this course is to give the student a more concrete understanding and appreciation forour home planet, including the crust, plate tectonics, weathering, landforms and Earth history allthe way to our solar system and beyond. This exciting course will also look at great discoveries inscience as well as learning about the scientific method via a science project.Back to Table of Contents

Biology A/BSectionClass DayScienceTime1Monday/Wednesday9:00 am - 10:00 am2Tuesday/Thursday9:00 am - 10:00 am3Tuesday/Thursday11:00 am - 12:00 pm4Monday/Wednesday11:00 am - 12:00 pm5Tuesday/Thursday1:00 pm - 2:00 pm6Tuesday/Thursday11:00 am - 12:00 pm7Monday/Wednesday11:00 am - 12:00 pm8Tuesday/Thursday9:00 am - 10:00 amThe purpose of this course is to provide an understanding of the basic biological concepts. Utilizingscience notebooking, and engaging hands on activities, the objective of this course is to give thestudent a more concrete understanding and appreciation for the biological sciences. This coursewill explore the wonders of biochemistry, DNA, organization of living organisms, cell biology,heredity and reproduction, human body systems, matter, energy, history of life on earth, thebiosphere, interdependence of abiotic and biotic factors, and ecology. Some highlights includehatching trout eggs and an optional field trip to a local lake as well as learning about the scientificmethod via a science project. Focus is on active student participation in laboratory investigations,key assignments and the development of critical-thinking skills.Chemistry A/B*This class is 90 minutes* Recommendation: Completion of Algebra 1SectionClass DayTime1Monday/Wednesday10:30 am - 12:00 pm2Tuesday/Thursday10:00 am - 11:30 am3Monday/Wednesday10:30 am - 12:00 pmThis is a one year NGSS-aligned laboratory course, designed to introduce the student to the basicpr

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