FOREIGN LANGUAGE - NEW CANEY ISD COURSE SELECTION GUIDE

80223 PRE-AP FRENCH II (03410200) 1 credit Prerequisite: French II

This course is designed as a follow-up course for French I. Emphasis will be placed on building oral proficiency and reading works in French of intermediate difficulty. Students will continue the study of French history and culture, learning about foods, land, and tradition that make France unique. This course is strongly recommended for any student planning to major in humanities (law, government) or science and engineering in college. Students should be prepared to do a major project with several minor projects each semester.

80233 FRENCH III (03410300) 1 credit Prerequisite: French II

This course is designed to review grammar, conversation, and composition learned in I and II. Emphasis will be placed on French history land culture and reading leading works of French writers. Students should be prepared to do several projects each semester.

80243 PRE-AP FRENCH III (03410300) 1 credit

This course is designed to review grammar, conversation and composition learned in French I and II. It provides the students with objectives beyond the scope of French III. Emphasis will be placed on developing comprehension, speaking skills, and composition skills. Students should be prepared to do a major project with several minor projects each semester.

80253 AP FRENCH IV (A3410100) 1 credit Prerequisite: French III

This course is designed to provide comprehensive practice in oral and written communication. Students must have excellent study skills and should be prepared to complete several projects each semester. Taking the AP exam is required for students enrolled in the course, and a student must earn at least a “3” to receive an advanced measure.

80303 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE I (03980100) 1 credit

American Sign Language I will provide instruction in receptive and expressive signing in one-to-one and group settings. Students will also study the culture of deaf people and will learn valuable skills desired in the work force, as well as meet the requirement for foreign language.

80313 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II (03980200) Prerequisite: American Sign Language I 1 credit

American Sign Language II is a continuation of American Sign Language I and will provide additional instruction in advanced receptive and expressive sign language skill; offer valuable skills to work as an interpreter for the deaf; and meet the requirement for a foreign language. Students will continue to study deaf culture and history in greater depth.

80323 HONORS AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE II

(03980200) 1 credit

American Sign Language II is a continuation of American Sign Language I and will provide additional instruction in advanced and expressive sign language skill; offer valuable skills to work as an interpreter for the deaf; and meet the requirement for a foreign language. Students will continue to study deaf culture and history in greater depth.

80333 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE III (03980300) Prerequisite: American Sign Language II 1 credit

American Sign Language III is a continuation of American Sign Language II and will provide additional instruction in advanced receptive and expressive sign language skill; offer valuable skills to work as an interpreter for the deaf; and meet the requirement for a foreign language. Students will continue to study deaf culture and history in greater depth.

80343 HONORS AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE III

(03980300) 1 credit

Prerequisite: American Sign Language II

American Sign Language III is a continuation of American Sign Language II and will provide additional instruction in advanced and expressive sign language skill; offer valuable skills to work as an interpreter for the deaf; and meet the requirement for a foreign language. Students will continue to study deaf culture and history in greater depth.

80343 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IV (03980400) 1 credit

Students will learn to comprehend and analyze selected literary works in ASL; integrate skills in discourse styles and structures; and apply the concept of conceptualization to medium-length narratives, dialogues, and stories at an intermediate level. Students will also learn to adjust language/communication style to match the style of the conversation partner and use idiomatic/colloquial expressions appropriately.

80433 MANDARIN CHINESE III (03490300) 1 credit Prerequisite: Mandarin Chinese II

This course will continue to develop proficiency in receptive and productive skills, and understanding of Chinese culture. Students will also learn to comprehend and communicate at the sentence level to allow them to handle simple, everyday- life situations.

80443 PRE-AP MANDARIN CHINESE III (03490300) Prerequisite: Mandarin Chinese II 1 credit

This course will provide a review of correct grammar usage in both oral and written expression with the goal of mastery of grammatical structures. It provides students with objectives beyond the scope of Mandarin Chinese II. Emphasis will be placed on developing listening, comprehension, and speaking skills. Students will also develop composition skills. Art and historical literature are introduced.

40103 ALGEBRA I (03100500) 1 credit

This course is the foundation for high school mathematics and includes algebraic thinking and symbolic reasoning; function concepts including linear systems, quadratics and nonlinear systems; the relationship between equations and functions; underlying mathematical processes; and the use of algebraic representations, including concrete, numerical, algorithmic and graphical. This course includes the use of technology as a tool for solving meaningful problems.

40113 ALGEBRA I BLOCK (03100500) 1 credit Prerequisite: Teacher placement

L41100/41103 ALGEBRA I EOC ACCELERATED

(84100001) ½ local credit

40100 ALGEBRA I ACCELERATED (03100500)

1 credit

40203 GEOMETRY (03100700) 1 credit

This course will provide the concepts of geometric thinking and spatial reasoning; geometric figures and their properties in two as well as three dimensions; the relationship between geometry, other mathematics and other disciplines; geometric structure; and analyzing geometric relationships in order to make and verify conjectures.

L40200/40203 GEOMETRY EOC ACCELERATED

(84100004) ½ local credit

40200 GEOMETRY ACCELERATED (03100700) 1 credit 40213 PRE-AP GEOMETRY (03100700) 1 credit

This course provides the concepts of geometric thinking and spatial reasoning; geometric figures and their properties in two as well as three dimensions; the relationship between

geometry, other mathematics and other disciplines; geometric structure; and analyzing geometric relationships in order to make and verify conjectures. This course also focuses on logical reasoning and problem-solving involving geometry,

geometric patterns, coordinate systems, congruence and similarity.

40303 ALGEBRA II (03100600) 1 credit

This course will build upon the concepts taught in Algebra I and geometry and will develop the foundation for functions that are linear, quadratic, radical, rational, exponential, and logarithmic, in addition to quadratic conic relations. Continual mathematical emphasis will be placed upon problem solving, language and communication, real-world connections, and models and applications. This course will include the use of technology as a tool for solving meaningful problems. Algebra II is strongly recommended for college- bound students.

40313 PRE-AP ALGEBRA II (03100600) 1 credit

This course will present a more in-depth study of the concepts taught in Algebra II. Students must be highly motivated and have a desire to continue their math education through calculus.

40403 MATHEMATICAL MODELS WITH

APPLICATIONS (03102400) 1 credit Prerequisites: Algebra I and Geometry

Students in this course will use algebraic, graphical and geometric reasoning to recognize patterns and structure, to model information, and to solve problems from various disciplines. Students will use mathematical methods to model and solve real-life problems involving money, data, chance, patterns, music, design, and science. Students will use mathematical models from algebra, geometry, probability, statistics, and connections among these to solve problems from a wide variety of advanced applications in both mathematical and nonmathematical situations.

L41010 MATH EXIT TAKS (84100022) ½ local credit

Students in this course will be offered extra help with math concepts as applied to the math portion of TAKS, as well as review of the skills presented in the eighth-grade TEKS. Students will be working on all ten TAKS math objectives.

40503 ALGEBRA III (03102500) 1 credit

Algebra III is designed for college-bound seniors who have passed math TAKS and is a college-prep course for THEA, Accuplacer, ACT, SAT, and other college-entrance exams. Students will study and practice concepts needed to qualify for college algebra. Eligible students may take dual-credit college algebra in the spring.

40603 PRE-CALCULUS (03101100) 1 credit Prerequisites: Geometry and Algebra II

In this course, students will study functions, including polynomial, rational, radical, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, and piecewise-defined functions. Students will be able to define functions, describe characteristics of

functions and translate among verbal, numerical, graphical, and symbolic representations of functions. Students will model and solve real-life problems using functions, sequences and series, parametric representations, conic sections, and  Courses designated as “Pre-AP” will emphasize

individual creativity and problem solving to enhance and enrich the skills of the gifted student. Students will be required to complete at least one independent project.

 Courses designated as “AP” are college-level courses. Students should expect course subject matter and workload at a college level. Students enrolled in an AP course are expected to take the AP College Board exam at the end of the course.

 A graphing calculator is required for all math classes.

vectors. This course is strongly recommended for students planning to attend a four-year college.

40613 PRE-AP PRE-CALCULUS (03101100) 1 credit Prerequisites: Geometry and Algebra II

This course will present a more in-depth study of the concepts taught in pre-calculus. This course will be the foundation for AP Calculus. Upon completion of this course, students will be prepared to enroll in calculus.

D40703 STATISTICS DC (03102500) 1 credit Fees: Those required by LSC – Kingwood

Grades: 11-12

This course will introduce students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing and drawing conclusions from data. Students are exposed to four broad conceptual themes: (1) exploring data: describing patterns and departures from patterns; (2) sampling and experimentation: planning and conducting a study; (3) anticipating patterns: exploring random phenomena using probability and simulation; and (4) statistical inference: estimating population parameters and testing hypotheses.

40703 AP STATISTICS (A3100200) 1 credit

Grades: 11-12

40803 AP CALCULUS AB (A3100101) 1 credit

This course will introduce students to the major concepts of differential and integral calculus through the unifying themes of limits, derivatives, integrals, approximation, applications, and modeling. A multi-representational approach is widely used, with concepts, results, and problem statements being expressed geometrically, numerically, analytically, and verbally. The content of this course is prescribed in the College Board Publication Advanced Placement Course

Description for Mathematics: Calculus AB.

40813 AP CALCULUS BC (A3100102) 1 credit

Content requirements for Advanced Placement (AP) Calculus BC are prescribed in the College Board Publication Advanced

Placement Course Description: Calculus AB, Calculus BC,

published by the College Board. This publication may be obtained from the College Board Advanced Placement Program.

40900 COLLEGE ALGEBRA – DC (Fall semester) (03102501)

40910 TRIGONOMETRY – DC (Spring semester)

(03102501) 1 credit

Prerequisite: Qualify for early admission into LSC-

Kingwood

Fees: Those required by LSC- Kingwood

College algebra (Math 1314) includes: absolute value equations and inequalities, graphing skills, inverse functions, logarithmic and exponential functions, polynomial and rational functions, piecewise-defined functions, theory of equations and systems of equations. Trigonometry (Math 1316) includes: trigonometric functions and their applications, solutions of right and oblique triangles, trigonometric identities and equations, inverse trigonometric functions and graphs of the trigonometric functions.

40920 PRE-CALCULUS – DC (Fall semester) (03102502)

40930 CALCULUS I – DC (Spring semester) (03102502) Prerequisite: Qualify for early admission into LSC-

Kingwood 1 credit

Fees: Those required by LSC- Kingwood

Pre-calculus (Math 2412) is an integrated treatment of the concepts necessary for calculus emphasizing elementary functions and their graphs, including polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic and trigonometric functions. This course also includes topics from analytic geometry. Calculus I (Math 2413) covers functions, limits, continuity,

differentiation and integration of algebraic and trigonometric functions, applications of differentiation and an introduction to applications of the definite integral.

40933 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MATHEMATICS –

TRIGONOMETRY (03102502) 1 credit

This course is designed to go through the topics of trigonometry and the related real-world applications of trigonometric topics. After students complete this course, they will have an understanding of how trigonometry is used in day-to-day life and how it relates to other mathematical topics.

50103 CHEERLEADING (PES00013) 1 credit Prerequisite: Try-out procedure

This course is designed for students selected to perform on junior-varsity and varsity cheerleading squads. This class meets during the school day and consists of conditioning activities, skill development in several cheerleading and gymnastic techniques, and specific preparation for game and competition performances. Students gain membership through a try-out procedure held during the spring of the previous school year.

51103 CHEERLEADING II (84200006) 1 local credit This course is designed for students selected to perform on junior-varsity and varsity cheerleading squads. This class meets during the school day and consists of conditioning activities, skill development in several cheerleading and gymnastic techniques, and specific preparation for game and competition performances.

52103 CHEERLEADING III (84200007) 1 local credit This course is designed for students selected to perform on junior-varsity and varsity cheerleading squads. This class meets during the school day and consists of conditioning activities, skill development in several cheerleading and

gymnastic techniques, and specific preparation for game and competition performances.

53103 CHEERLEADING IV (84200008) 1 local credit This course is designed for students selected to perform on junior-varsity and varsity cheerleading squads. This class meets during the school day and consists of conditioning activities, skill development in several cheerleading and gymnastic techniques, and specific preparation for game and competition performances.

50120/50123 FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONAL FITNESS

(PES00052) ½ credit

This course is designed to teach the skills, rules, safety, and etiquette of individual and lifetime sports. The continued development of health-related fitness and the selection of sport activities enjoyable to the individual student are major objectives of this course.

50110 HEALTH EDUCATION (03810100) ½ credit

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