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CURRICULUM CATALOG

COMPLETE CORE
COURSE CATALOG

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Table of Contents

ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ............................................... 1 SCIENCE ............................................................................... 211
LANGUAGE ARTS 300 .......................................................... 1 SCIENCE 300 ...................................................................... 211
LANGUAGE ARTS 400 .......................................................... 5 SCIENCE 400 ...................................................................... 214
LANGUAGE ARTS 500 ....................................................... 10 SCIENCE 500 ...................................................................... 217
LANGUAGE ARTS 600 ....................................................... 15 SCIENCE 600 ...................................................................... 220
LANGUAGE ARTS 700 ....................................................... 20 SCIENCE 700 ...................................................................... 223
LANGUAGE ARTS 700 CCSS ........................................... 25 SCIENCE 800 ...................................................................... 227
LANGUAGE ARTS 800 ....................................................... 34 EARTH SCIENCE ............................................................... 230
LANGUAGE ARTS 800 CCSS ........................................... 39 INTEGRATED PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY ........... 234
ENGLISH I ................................................................................ 48 BIOLOGY ............................................................................. 238
ENGLISH I CCSS.................................................................... 53 CHEMISTRY ........................................................................ 242
ENGLISH II .............................................................................. 62 PHYSICS ............................................................................... 246
ENGLISH II CCSS .................................................................. 67
ELECTIVES .......................................................................... 250
ENGLISH III ............................................................................. 75
ENGLISH III CCSS ................................................................. 80 ART HISTORY .................................................................... 250
ENGLISH IV ............................................................................ 92 BUSINESS COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS I-
ENGLISH IV CCSS ................................................................ 98 A ............................................................................................... 252
BUSINESS COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS I-
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY ....................................... 107 B ............................................................................................... 254
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 300 ............................. 107 CIVIL WAR ........................................................................... 256
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 400 ............................. 110 CONSUMER MATH ......................................................... 258
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 500 ............................. 113 DIGITAL ARTS .................................................................... 262
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 600 ............................. 116 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ...................................... 263
WORLD CIVILIZATIONS ............................................... 119 ESSENTIALS OF BUSINESS .......................................... 266
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY 800 ............................. 123 ESSENTIALS OF COMMUNICATION ...................... 267
WORLD HISTORY ............................................................ 126 FRENCH I ............................................................................. 269
U.S. HISTORY FOUNDATIONS TO PRESENT ....... 130 FRENCH II ............................................................................ 277
U.S. HISTORY RECONSTRUCTION TO PRESENT GENERAL HISTORY 900 ................................................ 286
.................................................................................................. 134 GENERAL SCIENCE 900 ................................................ 289
ECONOMICS ...................................................................... 138 HEALTH QUEST ................................................................ 292
GOVERNMENT ................................................................. 141 HIGH SCHOOL HEALTH ............................................... 294
MEDIA STUDIES ............................................................... 296
MATHEMATICS ................................................................. 143
MUSIC APPRECIATION ................................................. 297
MATHEMATICS 300 ........................................................ 143 MUSIC THEORY ................................................................ 299
MATHEMATICS 400 ........................................................ 147 PERSONAL AND FAMILY LIVING ............................. 301
MATHEMATICS 500 ........................................................ 150 PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY .......................... 303
MATHEMATICS 600 ........................................................ 154 PHYSICAL EDUCATION ................................................ 305
MATHEMATICS 700 ........................................................ 158 PHYSICAL FITNESS ......................................................... 306
MATHEMATICS 700 CCSS ........................................... 162 PSYCHOLOGY ................................................................... 308
PRE-ALGEBRA ................................................................... 166 SPANISH I ............................................................................ 310
MATHEMATICS 800 CCSS ........................................... 170 SPANISH II ........................................................................... 316
INTEGRATED MATH I ..................................................... 174 TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH .............................. 322
ALGEBRA I ........................................................................... 177 TRIGONOMETRY ............................................................. 323
ALGEBRA I CCSS ............................................................... 181 TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY ... 325
GEOMETRY ......................................................................... 185 VIETNAM ERA ................................................................... 327
GEOMETRY CCSS ............................................................. 189 WORLD GEOGRAPHY ................................................... 329
ALGEBRA II .......................................................................... 193
ALGEBRA II CCSS .............................................................. 197
PRE-CALCULUS ................................................................ 201
COORDINATE ALGEBRA .............................................. 204
ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY ............................................ 206
ADVANCED ALGEBRA................................................... 209
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TEST PREP ........................................................................... 376
ADVANCE PLACEMENT ................................................. 332
ACT* TEST PREP ............................................................... 376
CALCULUS ........................................................................... 332
ESSENTIALS OF LANGUAGE ARTS........................... 377
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION ........ 335
ESSENTIALS OF MATHEMATICS .............................. 378
U.S. HISTORY ...................................................................... 346
GED PREP HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY ............... 380
BLENDED LEARNING LIBRARY ................................... 350 GED PREP LANGUAGE ARTS ...................................... 382
MATH 7 RESOURCES ...................................................... 350 GED PREP MATHEMATICS .......................................... 384
MATH 8 RESOURCES ...................................................... 352 GED PREP SCIENCE ........................................................ 387
ALGEBRA I RESOURCES ................................................ 354 GED TEST PREP ................................................................. 388
GEOMETRY RESOURCES ............................................. 356 HISET TEST PREP .............................................................. 390
ALGEBRA II RESOURCES .............................................. 358 TASC TEST PREP ............................................................... 392

SKILLS DIAGNOSTICS AND PLACEMENT ............... 360

ENGLISH GRAMMAR SKILLS DIAGNOSTIC ......... 360

MATH SKILLS DIAGNOSTIC ........................................ 364

HISTORY PLACEMENT TEST....................................... 368

LANGUAGE ARTS PLACEMENT TEST ..................... 370
MATHEMATICS PLACEMENT TEST......................... 372
SCIENCE PLACEMENT TEST ....................................... 374

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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
LANGUAGE ARTS 300
COURSE OVERVIEW
Language Arts 300 focuses on the sequential development and integration of communication skills in four major areas—
reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It most specifically focuses on deepening and furthering students'
understanding in the following ways:
 Reading introduces students to basic reading skills, including the identification of main ideas, supporting
details, sequence, and facts and opinions; shows students how to identify parts of speech in sentences; helps
students develop basic literary comprehension skills through the reading of short stories, a short play, and
haiku poetry.
 Writing develops students’ understanding of sentence structure, providing hands-on experience with
complete sentences and parts of speech; introduces students to roots and affixes, and basic word relationships,
including homographs, synonyms, and antonyms; develops students’ vocabulary and spelling skills; gives
students the opportunity to develop their abilities in writing paragraphs, haiku poetry, short stories, and
friendly letters.
 Special Topics introduces basic research skills, including the use of atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias,
newspaper and magazine articles, and textbooks.
Curriculum Contents
Reading Comprehension Skills  Punctuation—Commas, Exclamation Points,
Periods, and Question Marks
 Cause and Effect
 Sentence Structure—Complete Sentences
 Context Clues
 Determining Author’s Purpose—Reading for Literature Studies
Entertainment and Reading for Information
 Drama
 Following Written Directions
o Definition
 Identifying Facts and Opinions
o Elements—Structure, Character, and
 Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Setting
 Predicting Outcomes
 Fiction—Definition
 Reading Haiku
 Nonfiction—Definition
 Reading a Short Play
 Poetry
 Reading Short Stories
o Definition
 Sequence
o Elements—Structure, Rhyme, and
Composition Meter
o Haiku
 Writing a Friendly and Thank You Letter
 Writing Haiku Spelling
 Writing Short Stories
 Compound Words
Grammar and Usage  Confusing Spellings
 Irregular Vowels
 Adjectives—Making Comparisons
 Short and Long Vowels
 Nouns—Singular and Plural
 Silent Letters
 Parts of Speech—Identification
 R-controlled and W-controlled Words
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 Roots and Affixes  Words with “ie,” “ei” and “ar”
 Word Endings  Words with Irregular Vowels
LANGUAGE ARTS 300
UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE LANGUAGE ARTS
Assignment Titles
1. Course Overview 12. Quiz 3: Capitalizing and Using Complete
2. Language Arts Symbols Sentences
3. Spelling Lesson 1 13. Grammar: Punctuation
4. Quiz 1: Language Arts Symbols 14. Spelling Lesson 3
5. Spelling Quiz 1 15. Quiz 4: Punctuation
6. Reading to Find the Main Idea 16. Spelling Quiz 3
7. Project: Learning a New Language 17 Special Project
8. Spelling Lesson 2 18. Test
9. Quiz 2: The Story of Pedro 19. Alternate Test
10. Spelling Quiz 2 20. Glossary and Credits
11. Grammar: Complete Sentences; Capitalization

LANGUAGE ARTS 300
UNIT 2: SPELLING, GRAMMAR, AND READING
Assignment Titles
1. Grammar: Sentence Sense; Capital Letters (1) 12. Spelling Lesson 3
2. Book Report -- Poetry 13. Quiz 3: Vowels and Consonants; Alphabetizing
3. Spelling Lesson 1 14. Spelling Quiz 3
4. Quiz 1: Capital Letters (1); Spelling Lesson 1 15. Spelling Lesson 4
5. Spelling Quiz 1 16. Project: Writing a Story
6. Grammar: Capital Letters (2) 17. Quiz 4: Grammar and Spelling
7. Short Story: Jeff learns about Sharing 18. Spelling Quiz 4
8. Spelling Lesson 2 19. Special Project
9. Quiz 2: Capital Letters (2); Spelling Lesson 2 20. Test
10. Spelling Quiz 2 21. Alternate Test
11. Grammar: Alphabetical Order 22. Glossary and Credits

LANGUAGE ARTS 300
UNIT 3: WORDS AND MEANING
Assignment Titles
1. Grammar: Using the Dictionary 15. Spelling Lesson 3
2. Project: Making Your Own Dictionary 16. Quiz 3: Antonyms and Button the Lamb
3. Grammar: Capital Letters 17. Spelling Quiz 3
4. Spelling Lesson 1 18. Grammar: Using Titles Correctly
5. Quiz 1: Capital Letters and Using the Dictionary 19. Grammar: Synonyms
6. Spelling Quiz 1 20. Project: Writing a Story about Pets
7. Grammar: Word Parts (1) 21. Spelling Lesson 4
8. Grammar: Word Parts (2) 22. Quiz 4: Capital Letters and Synonyms
9. Spelling Lesson 2 23. Spelling Quiz 4
10. Quiz 2: Word Parts 24. Special Project
11. Spelling Quiz 2 25. Test
12. Grammar: Antonyms 26. Alternate Test
13. Short Story: Button the Lamb 27. Glossary and Credits
14. Book Report -- Folktales

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LANGUAGE ARTS 300
UNIT 4: GRAMMAR PRACTICE AND BIOGRAPHY
Assignment Titles
1. Grammar: Nouns 14. Quiz 3: Capitalization and Punctuation
2. Grammar: Adjectives 15. Grammar: Reviewing Words and Word Parts
3. Spelling Lesson 1 16. Short Story: The Real McCoy
4. Quiz 1: Nouns and Adjectives 17. Project: Observation
5. Spelling Quiz 1 18. Project: McCoy Today
6. Grammar: Verbs 19. Book Report -- Biography
7. Grammar: Adverbs 20. Spelling Lesson 3
8. Spelling Lesson 2 21. Quiz 4: Words and Word Parts
9. Quiz 2: Verbs and Adverbs 22. Spelling Quiz 3
10. Spelling Quiz 2 23. Special Project
11. Grammar: Punctuation Marks 24. Test
12. Grammar: Using Capital Letters 25. Alternate Test
13. Grammar: Using the Dictionary 26. Glossary and Credits

LANGUAGE ARTS 300
UNIT 5: SHORT STORIES AND GRAMMAR REVIEW
Assignment Titles
1. Reading 12. Spelling Quiz 2
2. Grammar: Review 13. Grammar: Reviewing Capital Letters
3. Project: Vowels 14. Grammar: Punctuation Marks
4. Spelling Lesson 1 15. Spelling Lesson 3
5. Quiz 1: Grammar Review 16. Quiz 3: Capitalization and Punctuation
6. Spelling Quiz 1 17. Spelling Quiz 3
7. Short Story: My Dog Zipper (1) 18. Special Project
8. Short Story: My Dog Zipper (2) 19. Test
9. Book Report -- Animal Stories 20. Alternate Test
10. Spelling Lesson 2 21. Glossary and Credits
11. Quiz 2: My Dog Zipper

LANGUAGE ARTS 300
UNIT 6: FORMS OF LITERATURE
Assignment Titles
1. Fables; Cause and Effect 12. Haiku Poetry; Homographs
2. Spelling Lesson 1 13. Book Report -- Haiku Poetry
3. Quiz 1: Reading a Fable and Spelling 14. Project: Haiku Poetry
4. Spelling Quiz 1 15. Spelling Lesson 4
5. Grammar: Capitalizing Titles; Using Commas 16. Quiz 3: Reading Haiku Poetry
6. Project: Book Report 17. Spelling Quiz 4
7. Spelling Lesson 2 18. Special Project
8. Quiz 2: Capitalizing Titles, Commas, and Spelling 19. Test
9. Spelling Quiz 2 20. Alternate Test
10. Spelling Lesson 3 21. Glossary and Credits
11. Spelling Quiz 3

LANGUAGE ARTS 300
UNIT 7: NOUNS AND FRIENDLY LETTERS
Assignment Titles
1. Reading (1) 15. Grammar: Suffixes -er and -est
2. Grammar: Noun Review 16. Spelling Lesson 3
3. Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns (1) 17. Quiz 3: Pronouns and Suffixes
4. Grammar: Singular and Plural Nouns (2) 18. Spelling Quiz 3
5. Extra Practice: Singular and Plural Nouns 19. Friendly Letters
6. Spelling Lesson 1 20. Essay: Writing a Friendly Letter
7. Quiz 1: Reading and Grammar—Nouns 21. Project: Advertisements and Forms
8. Spelling Quiz 1 22. Spelling Lesson 4
9. Reading (2) 23. Quiz 4: The Friendly Letter
10. Project: Following Directions 24. Spelling Quiz 4
11. Spelling Lesson 2 25. Special Project
12. Quiz 2: Sequence, Fact and Fiction, and Spelling 26. Test
13. Spelling Quiz 2 27. Alternate Test
14. Grammar: Pronouns 28. Glossary and Credits

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LANGUAGE ARTS 300
UNIT 8: CLOSE READING AND ADJECTIVES
Assignment Titles
1. Reading for Sequence 12. Spelling Quiz 2
2. Grammar: Adjective Review 13. Reading a Play
3. Spelling Lesson 1 14. Grammar: Verbs (1)
4. Quiz 1: Reading for Sequence; Adjectives 15. Grammar: Verbs (2)
5. Spelling Quiz 1 16. Project: Cinderella Comparison and Contrast
6. Reading for Details 17. Spelling Lesson 3
7. Grammar: Comparing with Adjectives (1) 18. Quiz 3: Reading a Play; Verbs
8. Grammar: Comparing with Adjectives (2) 19. Spelling Quiz 3
9. Extra Practice: Comparing with Adjectives 20. Special Project
10. Spelling Lesson 2 21. Test
11. Quiz 2: Reading for Details; Comparing with 22. Alternate Test
Adjectives 23. Glossary and Credits

LANGUAGE ARTS 300
UNIT 9: READING AND WRITING
Assignment Titles
1. Reading to Classify 13. Spelling Quiz 2
2. Grammar: Adverbs Review 14. Reading to Predict Outcome
3. Spelling Lesson 1 15. Using Reference Books
4. Quiz 1: Classifying; Adverbs 16. Project: Informational Report
5. Spelling Quiz 1 17. Project: Writing a Book Report
6. Reading for Information 18. Spelling Lesson 3
7. Book Report -- Nonfiction 19. Quiz 3: Reading
8. Book Report -- Biography 20. Spelling Quiz 3
9. Thank You Letters 21. Special Project
10. Project: Writing a Thank You Letter 22. Test
11. Spelling Lesson 2 23. Alternate Test
12. Quiz 2: The Thank You Letter 24. Glossary and Credits

LANGUAGE ARTS 300
UNIT 10: REVIEW
Assignment Titles
1. Reading: Sequence and Context 12. Quiz 3: Review
2. Grammar: Vowels 13. Reading Fiction and Nonfiction
3. Grammar: Using Sentences Correctly 14. Book Report -- Historical Fiction
4. Quiz 1: Review 15. Grammar: Alphabetical Order
5. Grammar: Punctuation 16. Project: Revising a Report
6. Grammar: Capitalizing Words 17. Project: Writing Paragraphs
7. Quiz 2: Review 18. Quiz 4: Review
8. Reading: Main Ideas; Cause and Effect 19. Special Project
9. Grammar: Parts of Speech Review 20. Test
10. Writing Letters 21. Alternate Test
11. Project: Writing Letters 22. Glossary and Credits

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LANGUAGE ARTS 400
COURSE OVERVIEW
Language Arts 400 focuses on the sequential development and integration of communication skills in four major areas—
reading, writing, speaking, and listening. It most specifically focuses on deepening and furthering students'
understanding in the following ways:
 Reading introduces students to basic reading skills, including the identification of main ideas, supporting
details, sequence, and facts and opinions; shows students how to identify parts of speech in sentences;
develops students capacity for identifying basic elements of narrative prose; introduces students to types of
nonfiction, including biographies, autobiographies, and short essays; helps students develop basic literary
comprehension skills through the reading of short stories, nonfiction pieces, and poetry.
 Writing develops student’s understanding of sentence structure, providing hands-on experience with subject-
verb agreement and parts of speech; emphasizes parts of speech and their roles, including adjectives, nouns,
and verbs; familiarizes students with roots and affixes, and basic word relationships, including homonyms,
synonyms, and antonyms; develops students’ vocabulary and spelling skills; gives students the opportunity to
develop their abilities in writing paragraphs, four-line poetry, and short stories; guides students through
planning, organizing, writing, and revising a report.
 Listening teaches effective listening comprehension skills, weaving these throughout the lessons.
 Special Topics teaches basic research skills, including dictionary, encyclopedia, and safe Internet usage.
Curriculum Contents
Reading Comprehension Skills Grammar and Usage
 Determining Cause and Effect  Adjectives—Making Comparisons, Using
 Determining Author’s Purpose—Reading for Articles, and Changing Nouns to Adjectives
Entertainment and Reading for Information  Kinds of Sentences—Statement, Question,
 Identifying Facts and Opinions Command, and Surprise/Excitement
 Identifying Main Ideas and Supporting Details  Nouns—Singular and Plural, Possessive,
 Predicting Outcomes Subjects, and Common and Proper Nouns
 Reading Poetry  Punctuation—Commas, Exclamation Points,
 Determining Reading Rates Periods, Question Marks, Quotation Marks,
 Reading Short Stories and Apostrophes
 Reading for Sequence  Sentence Structure—Subject-Verb
Agreement
Composition  Verbs—Being Verbs, Tense, and Contractions
 Book Report—Summary
Literature Studies
 Paragraph Elements and Structure
 Writing Four-Line Poetry  Fiction
 Writing Friendly Letters and Invitations o Definition—Short Story
 Writing Haiku o Elements—Structure, Character,
 Writing a Report—Outlining, Writing, and Plot, and Setting
Revising o Genre/Type—Allegory, Parable,
 Writing Short Stories—Narratives, Tall Tales, Fable, and Tall Tale
and Fables
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 Nonfiction  Compound Words
o Definition  Contractions
o Genre/Type—Autobiography,  Days of the Week
Biography, and Essay  Names of Months
o Literary Device—Figures of Speech  Homonyms, Synonyms and Antonyms
 Poetry  Hyphenated Words
o Definition  Possessives
o Elements—Structure, Rhyme, Meter,  Roots and Affixes
Diction, and Mood  Vowel Combinations
o Haiku  Word Endings
o Literary Device—Alliteration  Words with Silent First Letters
 Words with Silent and Irregular Vowels
Speaking and Listening
Special Topics
 Listening Skills—Following Directions
 Origin/Development of Language
Spelling  Research Skills—Reference Materials, Library
Skills, and the Internet
 Abbreviations
 Study Skills—Note Taking
Literature List
The literary works students will encounter in Language Arts 400 include, but are not limited to:
Fiction Poetry
 Spyri, Johanna.  Eastman, Charles.
o Heidi o "The Grandfather"
 Stevenson, Robert.
o "Bed in Summer"

LANGUAGE ARTS 400
UNIT 1: READING AND WRITING
Assignment Titles
1. Course Overview 13. Spelling Lesson 3
2. Short Story: Joey and the Sad Tree (Part 1) 14. Quiz 3: Study Skills
3. Sources of Words in the English Language 15. Spelling Quiz 3
4. Spelling Lesson 1 16. Writing a Report
5. Quiz 1: “Joey. . . “ (Part 1) and Sources of Words 17 Essay: Report
6. Spelling Quiz 1 18. Spelling Lesson 4
7. Short Story: Joey and the Sad Tree (Part 2) 19. Quiz 4: Writing a Report
8. Reading Fluency 20. Spelling Quiz 4
9. Spelling Lesson 2 21. Special Project
10. Quiz 2: Reading Fluency 22. Test
11. Spelling Quiz 2 23. Alternate Test
12. Study Skills 24. Glossary and Credits

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