Primavera P6 Free Course
Melanie Wendelberger
In this course, students read and analyze both literary and informational texts, including autobiographies, personal memoirs, newspaper and magazine articles, and poetry. Students understand explicit and inferred meaning and identify support for them. They also learn how figurative language impacts the text. In addition, students learn about basics in grammar, usage, and punctuation. They also learn vocabulary words, and Greek and Latin affixes, and roots. In addition, they learn the elements of writing so that they can plan, write, revise, and edit their own personal memoir and literary analysis. Through the lessons provided in this course, they master techniques that will help them achieve a deeper appreciation of literary and informational texts.
Students strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the different styles and types of writing. Emphasis is placed on the specific and separate trait qualities of the 6-Traits of Writing: functional, expository, expressive, persuasive, and research. At the same time, they learn how to relate to and utilize the written word in their own lives.
In this course, you will read and analyze informational and argumentative texts across a number of genres and from a number of sources, including government publications and websites, magazine articles, legal proceedings, and video presentations. Through the presentation of topics as varied as zombie insects, Mars exploration, and the need for sleep, the course demonstrates ways to understand central ideas, organizational structures, and techniques of composition. You will examine argumentative writing in seminal US documents, such as the work of John Adams and speeches by 20th-century US presidents. You will also learn how to interpret consumer documents such as government publications and financial information. These examples will help you to evaluate use of language, determine meanings, make inferences, grasp central ideas, evaluate bias, and draw conclusions. The course also will instruct you in speaking and writing formally, and in using rhetorical devices to persuade audiences. As you read the selections in this course, you will practice ways to analyze evidence, recognize symbolism, examine word choice, and identify figurative language in informational writing. You will also review basics in spelling, grammar and usage, and punctuation. Writing activities will give you tips and techniques as you research and organize expository and argumentative compositions. Through the lessons provided in this course, you will master techniques that help you achieve a deeper appreciation of informational and argumentative texts.
English 11B is a survey of American literature from before the Declaration of Independence to the present. Here students gain a deeper appreciation and understanding of American culture through examination of the literature of each major era. Emphasis is placed on the works of major American authors and literary movements. Vocabulary, oral communication, formal communications, and research skills are also included.
The course builds in depth and complexity from beginning to end, starting with instruction on central ideas and word choice. In this course, students will learn the everyday tools of persuasion, including ethos, pathos, and logos. These serve as the foundation for understanding more complex topics, such as the elements of argument and the chain of legal reasoning used in court cases and historical documents.
Students will acquire the necessary skills for gaining a deeper understanding of literature and literary analysis. The course builds in depth and complexity, starting with instruction on explicit and implicit meanings, use of figurative language and literary devices, and development of central ideas and themes. Students integrate ideas from multiple texts to compare and contrast the treatment of narrative and structural elements. These skills serve as the foundation for understanding the ways in which literature and language evolve, and appreciating authors and styles from many eras of British literature. The course includes two writing projects: a fictional narrative in the style of Gothic Romanticism and a literary analysis comparing or contrasting two texts from different eras of British literature. In these projects, students write in both short and extended forms. Emphasis is placed on the writing process, from note-taking and outline-making to revising and editing for content and style. Students take a final writing assessment as well as a Final Exam. In addition, students build their vocabulary and language skills with guided instruction and exercises, and engage with their classmates in discussions as part of each lesson.
Algebra I courses include the study of properties and operations of the real number system; evaluating rational algebraic expressions; solving and graphing first-degree equations and inequalities; translating word problems into equations; operations with and factoring of polynomials; and solving simple quadratic equations.
Students in Algebra 1A begin by looking at the relationships between quantities, and by reasoning with equations. They proceed to study linear and exponential relationships, with the focus in this first course on linear relationships. They also spend some time analyzing descriptive statistics. Algebra 1A represents the first half of first-year algebra aligned to the rigorous standards. Algebra 1A helps students build a strong foundation of traditional algebra concepts. Students will delve deep into algebraic problems and apply their knowledge to real- life situations. In this course, students learn the properties of different forms of linear equations and inequalities and their graphs. Students also learn how to define a function and how to relate linear equations and functions. Students will solve systems of equations and systems of inequalities and interpret their solutions mathematically and contextually. The course concludes with a study of statistics, which helps students to discover some of the interesting ways that math is used to describe the world. Later, in Algebra 1B, students set the basis for understanding quadratics, as well as learning more about the logical progression of mathematics, which sets the students up for success in Geometry and Algebra 2.
Geometry courses, emphasizing an abstract, formal approach to the study of geometry, typically include topics such as properties of plane and solid figures; deductive methods of reasoning and use of logic; geometry as an axiomatic system including the study of postulates, theorems, and formal proofs; concepts of congruence, similarity, parallelism, perpendicularity, and proportion; and rules of angle measurement in triangles.
The content in each lesson of Geometry A is interwoven, in a story-telling style, with the adventures of Geomethor, a superhero who strives to save his world through the use of geometry. Students explore congruence, proofs, and constructions in the first three units before they continue on to study similarity, additional proofs, and trigonometry in the next two units. Students conclude their studies by extending to the third dimension. Geometry A is the first half of the full Geometry course. Students in this course develop a deep understanding of the logical and rigorous proving system of geometry. Students begin by looking at congruence, proofs, and constructions. In doing so, they define and use the basic geometric terms, then advance to proving statements about lines, angles, triangles, and quadrilaterals. Students apply the knowledge they have of planar transformations to learn a formal definition for similarity, and then they use that definition to write proofs and construct figures.
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