2012-2013 High School Curriculum Bulletin - McAllen ISD

Page 181322 ENGLISH 3 CPLowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1Prerequisite: English 2Rank: College PreparatoryThis course is designed to include a review of grammar, in-depthvocabulary, test taking strategies for college entrance exams, readingcomprehension, composition and American literature. Reading andwriting assignments are integrated using visual representations,narratives, and expository selections. Emphasis is placed on thewriting process with the ultimate goal being the students’ ability towrite cohesive multi-paragraph essays, business letters, reports andresumes. Students also learn the skills needed for writing researchpapers and are required to complete and submit a research paperfollowing MLA guidelines. Course work includes survey of Americanand world literature. The study of literature includes short stories,fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, essays, biographies, legends, andnovels. There is emphasis on understanding and interpreting historicalinfluences to literary content. Students participate in class discussions,group presentation and individual projects. Students are expected toparticipate in outside reading assignments.1352 ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP)ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITIONLowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1Prerequisite: English 2Rank: APThis course is designed as a college-level course which will preparestudents to take the English Language and Composition AdvancedPlacement Examination. A good performance on this exam maysecure college credit and/or advanced placement in college. Studentswill study selections of prose and expository writing from Americanand world literature as models of effective styles and sources for avariety of writing assignments, including research assignments. Theunderstanding of the elements of effective writing will enable studentsto become effective writers through the use of the semantic, structuraland rhetorical resources of language. Students will also do extensiveliterary and critical analysis with a variety of literary selections. Studentsare expected to do considerable outside readings including assignedsummer reading. Students are required to take the AP Exam.NOTE: This advanced course also serves the identified gifted/talentedstudent.1355 INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB)ENGLISH III HLLowest Grade Placement: 11Credit: 1Rank: IBThis one-year course is designed to meet the 1 st year Language A-1higher level requirement for the IB Diploma, as well as the English3 requirement of the state of Texas. Students are required to takean international standardized exam upon completion of this course.Language A-1 is the study of English through the in-depth analysis ofliterary works of an international flavor – works either in translationor written in English – as well as an in-depth study of units based onfifteen literary works, either in translation or in English of variousliterary genres, periods, and styles. This course includes the study ofworld literature in translation and the school’s free choice. Studentsare required to complete a comparative World Literature paper and tocomplete an oral presentation that is internally assessed and externallymoderated.NOTE: This advanced course serves the identified gifted/talentedstudent.1412 ENGLISH 4 SDLowest Grade Placement: 12Credit: 1Prerequisite: English 3Rank: StandardThis course is designed to increase and refine communication skills.Students are expected to plan, draft and complete written compositionson a regular basis. Students edit their papers for clarity engaginglanguage, and the correct use of the conventions and mechanics ofwritten English and produce final error-free drafts. Grammar instructionis presented as an aid for the writing process. Students are expectedto write in a variety of forms including business, personal, literary,and persuasive texts. Students read extensively in multiple genresfrom British literature and other world literature. Periods from Britishliterature may include the old English period, medieval period, Englishrenaissance, 17 th century, 18 th century romantic period, Victorian period,and modern and post- modern period. Students learn literary formsand terms associated with the selections being read. A research paperis required. Speaking and listening assignments are integrated with theselections of world and British literature. Students participate in classdiscussions and oral presentations.1422 ENGLISH 4 CPLowest Grade Placement: 12Credit: 1Prerequisite: English 3Rank: College PreparatoryThis course is designed to increase and refine communication skills.Students are expected to plan, draft and complete written compositionson a regular basis. Students edit their papers for clarity engaginglanguage, and the correct use of the conventions and mechanicsof written English and produce final error-free drafts. Grammarinstruction is presented as an aid for the writing process. Students areexpected to write in a variety of forms including business, personal,literary, and persuasive texts. Students read extensively in multiplegenres from British literature and other world literature. Periods fromBritish literature may include the old English period, medieval period,English renaissance, 17 th century, 18 th century romantic period, Victorianperiod, and modern and post- modern period. Students learn literaryforms and terms associated with the selections being read. The courseis also designed to include a review of grammar, in-depth vocabulary,verbal skills, and test taking strategies for college entrance exams. Aresearch paper is required. Speaking and listening assignments areintegrated with the study of world literature with an emphasis on asurvey of British literature and culture from the Anglo-Saxon Periodthrough the twentieth century. Students are expected to participate inconsiderable outside reading assignments. Students participate in classdiscussions group presentations and individual projects.1452 ADVANCED PLACEMENT (AP) ENGLISHLITERATURE AND COMPOSITIONLowest Grade Placement: 12Credit: 1Prerequisite: English 3Rank: APThis course is designed as a college-level course which will preparestudents to take the English Literature and Composition AdvancedPlacement Exam. A good performance on this exam may secure acollege credit and/or advanced placement in college. Students willstudy selections of prose and poetry from world literature withan emphasis on British literature as sources for a variety of writingassignments including research assignments. Students will alsodo extensive literary and critical analysis with a variety of literaryselections. Students are expected to do considerable outside readingincluding assigned summer reading. Students are required to takethe AP Exam.NOTE: This advanced course also serves the identified gifted/talentedstudent.1455 INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE (IB)ENGLISH IV HLLowest Grade Placement: 12Credit: 1Prerequisite: English 1355This one-year course is designed to meet the 2 nd -year Language A-1higher level requirement for the IB Diploma, as well as the English4 requirement of the state of Texas. Students are required to takean international standardized exam upon completion of this course.Language A-1 is the study of English through the in-depth analysis ofliterary works of an international flavor – works either in translationor written in English – as well as the study of the technical qualities ofboth the language and the literature. The literary focus is an in-depthstudy of units based on fifteen literary works, either in translation orin English of various literary genres, periods, and styles. This courseincludes a detailed study and the Art of the Drama. Students are requiredto complete a World Literature paper chosen from a comparative study,detailed study, or creative study and to complete an oral commentarythat is internally assessed and externally moderated. College credit maybe granted for scores on this exam.NOTE: This advanced course also serves the identified gifted/talentedstudent.4502 ADVANCED STUDIESLowest Grade Placement: 10Credit: 1Rank: NoneThis course is designed as an elective course where students conductin-depth research, prepare an approved product of professional qualityand present their findings on appropriate to audience. Students who arepursuing the Distinguished Achievement Program or the InternationalBaccalaureate diploma may take this course to earn state credit fordeveloping, researching and presenting their findings.NOTE: This advanced course also serves the identified gifted talentedstudent.MATH2007/2110 ALGEBRA 1 ESLLowest Grade Placement: 9Credit: 1Prerequisite: Concurrent enrolled in HILD or Eng. 1 SOLRank: College PreparatoryThis course incorporates the study of basic algebraic language. Itstresses both the structure and the development of theoretical and realworld problem solving. Knowledge of operations and properties ofreal numbers are reviewed. The course includes topics such as order ofoperations, solving two and three step equations, inequalities operationswith polynomials, graphing relations, factoring and linear, quadratic andexponential functions. The TEKS include the use of technology andalgebraic applications for geometry. This course is taught using ESLmethodologies. This course includes the use of graphing calculatortechnology.2122/2007 ALGEBRA 1 CPLowest Grade Placement: 9Credit: 1Rank: College PreparatoryThis course incorporates the study of the basic algebraic language. Itstresses both the structure and the development of theoretical and realworldproblem solving. Knowledge of operations and properties ofreal numbers are reviewed. This course includes such topics as orderof operations, solving two-and -three step equations and inequalities,operations with polynomials, graphing relations , factoring and linear,quadratic and exponential functions. The TEKS include the use oftechnology and algebraic applications for geometry. This course includesthe use of graphing calculator technology.2132/2007 ALGEBRA 1 PRE-APLowest Grade Placement: 9th Grade OnlyCredit: 1Rank: Pre-APThis course incorporates the study of the basic algebraic language. Itstresses both the structure and the development of theoretical and realworldproblem solving. Knowledge of operations and properties ofreal numbers are expected. This course includes such topics as orderof operations, solving two-and -three step equations and inequalities,operations with polynomials, graphing relation, factoring and linearquadratic and exponential functions. In addition, this course providesfor expansion, acceleration and an in-depth study of algebra. Enrichmenttopics and in-depth study incorporates Pre-AP expectations to make thiscourse challenging for those students who are mathematically talented.The TEKS are expanded to include the use of technology and algebraicapplications for geometry and trigonometry, to establish a foundation,for Pre-Calculus Pre-AP. This course includes the use of graphingcalculator technology. NOTE: This advanced course also serves theidentified gifted/talented student.