Course: CHINESE HONORS 5/6
Description: Students continue to develop linguistic skills and to expand on vocabulary as well as to review previous material. The class is taught in the target language. Students are expected to be able to understand and sustain conversation, to formulate question answer patterns and to begin writing in the target language with coherence and correct grammatical application. Topics covered include travel and vacations, eating, shopping, asking for directions, seeing a doctor, birthday celebration, job interviews, holidays, sports, personality. These grammatical structures are covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and
SFUSD 2011-2012 Course Catalog Page 58 of 142 includes greetings, introductions, family (numbers, ages), date and time, school life, body parts, food, hobbies, transportations, weather. These grammatical structures will be covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, and demonstratives.
rade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Korean 2 or equivalent or recommendation from department head A-G status: E (pending)
Course Code: 4031, 4032
Course: FRENCH 1/2
Description: A beginning course emphasizing the development of communication skills and the awareness of target-language cultures through the activities and materials used to develop the language skills. This course includes greetings, introductions, family (numbers, ages), date and time, school life, body parts, food, hobbies, transportations, weather. These grammatical structures will be covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, and demonstratives.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Cantonese 3 or equivalent or recommendation from department head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4051, 4052, 4463, 4464
Course: FRENCH 3/4
Description: Continuation and expansion of skills mastered in the first year, with emphasis on the listening and speaking skills. Students are encouraged to begin to create with the language, first orally and then in writing, expanding on the high frequency situations of first year, including everyday routines, common events, and narrations of past and future actions. This course includes likes and dislikes, feelings and
emotions, bigger number, shopping, locations, school life, clothes, colors, body parts, food, extended family, occupations, telecommunications, weather, and hobbies. These grammatical structures will be covered:
functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words & conjunctions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Cantonese 5 or equivalent or recommendation from department head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4053, 4054 Course: FRENCH 5/6
Description: Students continue to develop linguistic skills and to expand on vocabulary as well as to review
previous material. The class is taught in the target language. Students are expected to be able to understand and sustain conversation, to formulate question answer patterns and to begin writing in the target language with coherence and correct grammatical application. Topics covered include travel and vacations, eating, shopping, asking for directions, seeing a doctor, birthday celebration, job interviews, holidays, sports, personality. These grammatical structures are covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words &
conjunctions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Chinese 1E or equivalent or recommendation fro Department Head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4055, 4056
Course: FRENCH 3/4H
Description Continuation and expansion of skills mastered in the first year, with emphasis on the listening and speaking skills. Students are encouraged to begin to create with the language, first orally and then in writing, expanding on the high frequency situations of first year, including everyday routines, common events, and narrations of past and future actions. This course includes likes and dislikes, feelings and emotions, bigger number, shopping, locations, school life, clothes, colors, body parts, food, extended family, occupations, telecommunications, weather, and hobbies. These grammatical structures will be covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words & conjunctions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Cantonese 6 or equivalent or recommendation from department head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4064, 4065
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Pre-Requisites: Chinese 2E or equivalent or recommendation from Department Head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4066, 4067
Course: HEBREW 1/2
Description: A beginning course emphasizing the development of communication skills and the awareness of target-language cultures through the activities and materials used to develop the language skills. This course includes greetings, introductions, family (numbers, ages), date and time, school life, body parts, food, hobbies, transportations, weather. These grammatical structures will be covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, and demonstratives.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Italian 4H or recommendation from department head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4221, 4222
Course: HEBREW 3/4
Description Continuation and expansion of skills mastered in the first year, with emphasis on the listening and speaking skills. Students are encouraged to begin to create with the language, first orally and then in writing, expanding on the high frequency situations of first year, including everyday routines, common events, and narrations of past and future actions. This course includes likes and dislikes, feelings and emotions, bigger number, shopping, locations, school life, clothes, colors, body parts, food, extended family, occupations, telecommunications, weather, and hobbies. These grammatical structures will be covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words & conjunctions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Japanese 2H or recommendation from department head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4223, 4224
Course: HEBREW 5/6
Description: Students continue to develop linguistic skills and to expand on vocabulary as well as to review previous material. The class is taught in the target language. Students are expected to be able to understand and sustain conversation, to formulate question answer patterns and to begin writing in the target language with coherence and correct grammatical application. Topics covered include travel and vacations, eating, shopping, asking for directions, seeing a doctor, birthday celebration, job interviews, holidays, sports, personality. These grammatical structures are covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and
intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words &
conjunctions. Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Japanese 6H or recommendation from department head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4225, 4226
Course: HEBREW 7/8
Description: Emphasis is placed on advanced work in all modes. Students read comment on, criticize and present from authentic language newspaper and magazine articles, broadcasts, videos, films, web pages, blogs and literary selections. Students enhance their cultural awareness and appreciation for historical and
contemporary society while further refining skills in the target language. The class is conducted exclusively in the target language. Topics include types and stereotypes; the human community; customs and traditions;
family; vacation and travel; geography, demography and technology; men and women in today's world; the world of business; beliefs and ideologies; television and news; modern life; law and individual liberty; work and rest; and art and literature. Grammar structures include: Review of indicative/subjunctive/commands;
preterit/imperfect; participles; progressive/compound/sequence (of), tenses; future/conditional; present perfect and past perfect tenses; reflexive/passive /impersonal constructions; prepositions; articles/nouns/pronouns;
adjectives/adverbs/ prepositions; and some idiomatic expressions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: None A-G status: E
Course Code: 4227, 4228
Course: ITALIAN 1/2
Description: A beginning course emphasizing the development of communication skills and the awareness of target-language cultures through the activities and materials used to develop the language skills. This course includes greetings, introductions, family (numbers, ages), date and time, school life, body parts, food, hobbies, transportations, weather. These grammatical structures will be covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to
SFUSD 2011-2012 Course Catalog Page 62 of 142 events, and narrations of past and future actions. This course includes likes and dislikes, feelings and
emotions, bigger number, shopping, locations, school life, clothes, colors, body parts, food, extended family, occupations, telecommunications, weather, and hobbies. These grammatical structures will be covered:
functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words & conjunctions.
Pre-Requisites: Latin 4 or equivalent or recommendation from Department Head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4093, 4094
Course: ITALIAN 5/6
Description: Students continue to develop linguistic skills and to expand on vocabulary as well as to review previous material. The class is taught in the target language. Students are expected to be able to understand and sustain conversation, to formulate question answer patterns and to begin writing in the target language with coherence and correct grammatical application. Topics covered include travel and vacations, eating, shopping, asking for directions, seeing a doctor, birthday celebration, job interviews, holidays, sports, personality. These grammatical structures are covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words &
conjunctions.
Pre-Requisites: Latin 4 or equivalent or recommendation from Department Head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4095, 4096
Course: ITALIAN 7/8
Description: Emphasis is placed on advanced work in all modes. Students read comment on, criticize and present from authentic language newspaper and magazine articles, broadcasts, videos, films, web pages, blogs and literary selections. Students enhance their cultural awareness and appreciation for historical and
contemporary society while further refining skills in the target language. The class is conducted exclusively in the target language. Topics include types and stereotypes; the human community; customs and traditions;
family; vacation and travel; geography, demography and technology; men and women in today's world; the world of business; beliefs and ideologies; television and news; Asians in the United States; modern life; law and individual liberty; work and rest; and art and literature. Grammar structures include: Review of
indicative/subjunctive/commands; preterit/imperfect; participles; progressive/compound/sequence (of), tenses; future/conditional; present perfect and past perfect tenses; reflexive/passive /impersonal constructions;
prepositions; articles/nouns/pronouns; adjectives/adverbs/ prepositions; and some idiomatic expressions.
Pre-Requisites: Latin 4 or equivalent or recommendation from Department Head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4097, 4098
Course: ITALIAN 5/6H
Description: Students continue to develop linguistic skills and to expand on vocabulary as well as to review previous material. The class is taught in the target language. Students are expected to be able to understand and sustain conversation, to formulate question answer patterns and to begin writing in the target language with coherence and correct grammatical application. Topics covered include travel and vacations, eating, shopping, asking for directions, seeing a doctor, birthday celebration, job interviews, holidays, sports, personality. These grammatical structures are covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words &
conjunctions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: None A-G status: E
Course Code: 4089, 4090
Course: ITALIAN 7/8H
Description: Emphasis is placed on advanced work in all modes. Students read comment on, criticize and present from authentic language newspaper and magazine articles, broadcasts, videos, films, web pages, blogs and literary selections. Students enhance their cultural awareness and appreciation for historical and
contemporary society while further refining skills in the target language. The class is conducted exclusively in the target language. Topics include types and stereotypes; the human community; customs and traditions;
family; vacation and travel; geography, demography and technology; men and women in today's world; the world of business; beliefs and ideologies; television and news; Asians in the United States; modern life; law and individual liberty; work and rest; and art and literature. Grammar structures include: Review of
indicative/subjunctive/ commands; preterit/imperfect; participles; progressive/compound/sequence (of), tenses; future/conditional; present perfect and past perfect tenses; reflexive/passive /impersonal constructions;
prepositions; articles/nouns/pronouns; adjectives/adverbs/ prepositions; and some idiomatic expressions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: None
SFUSD 2011-2012 Course Catalog Page 64 of 142 pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, and demonstratives.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: none A-G status: E
Course Code: 4111, 4112
Course: JAPANESE 3/4
Description: Continuation and expansion of skills mastered in the first year, with emphasis on the listening and speaking skills. Students are encouraged to begin to create with the language, first orally and then in writing, expanding on the high frequency situations of first year, including everyday routines, common events, and narrations of past and future actions. This course includes likes and dislikes, feelings and
emotions, bigger number, shopping, locations, school life, clothes, colors, body parts, food, extended family, occupations, telecommunications, weather, and hobbies. These grammatical structures will be covered:
functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words & conjunctions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Japanese ½ or recommendation from department head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4113, 4114
Course: JAPANESE 5/6
Description: Students continue to develop linguistic skills and to expand on vocabulary as well as to review previous material. The class is taught in the target language. Students are expected to be able to understand and sustain conversation, to formulate question answer patterns and to begin writing in the target language with coherence and correct grammatical application. Topics covered include travel and vacations, eating, shopping, asking for directions, seeing a doctor, birthday celebration, job interviews, holidays, sports, personality. These grammatical structures are covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words &
conjunctions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Japanese 3/4 or recommendation from department head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4115, 4116
Course: JAPANESE 7/8
Description: Emphasis is placed on advanced work in all modes. Students read comment on, criticize and present from authentic language newspaper and magazine articles, broadcasts, videos, films, web pages, blogs
and literary selections. Students enhance their cultural awareness and appreciation for historical and
contemporary society while further refining skills in the target language. The class is conducted exclusively in the target language. Topics include types and stereotypes; the human community; customs and traditions;
family; vacation and travel; geography, demography and technology; men and women in today's world; the world of business; beliefs and ideologies; television and news; Asians in the United States; modern life; law and individual liberty; work and rest; and art and literature. Grammar structures include: Review of
indicative/subjunctive/ commands; preterit/imperfect; participles; progressive/compound/sequence (of), tenses; future/conditional; present perfect and past perfect tenses; reflexive/passive /impersonal constructions;
prepositions; articles/nouns/pronouns; adjectives/adverbs/ prepositions; and some idiomatic expressions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Japanese 5/6 or recommendation from department head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4117, 4118
Course: JAPANESE 5/6H
Description: Grade Level: Students continue to develop linguistic skills and to expand on vocabulary as well as to review previous material. The class is taught in the target language. Students are expected to be able to understand and sustain conversation, to formulate question answer patterns and to begin writing in the target language with coherence and correct grammatical application. Topics covered include travel and vacations, eating, shopping, asking for directions, seeing a doctor, birthday celebration, job interviews, holidays, sports, personality. These grammatical structures are covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words &
conjunctions.
Pre-Requisites: Japanese 3/4 or equivalent or recommendation from Department Head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4122, 4123 Course: JAPANESE 7/8H
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Course Code: 4109, 4110
Course: KOREAN 3/4
Description: Continuation and expansion of skills mastered in the first year, with emphasis on the listening and speaking skills. Students are encouraged to begin to create with the language, first orally and then in writing, expanding on the high frequency situations of first year, including everyday routines, common events, and narrations of past and future actions. This course includes likes and dislikes, feelings and
emotions, bigger number, shopping, locations, school life, clothes, colors, body parts, food, extended family, occupations, telecommunications, weather, and hobbies. These grammatical structures will be covered:
functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words & conjunctions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Korean 1/2 or recommendation from Department Head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4213, 4214
Course: KOREAN 5/6
Description: Students continue to develop linguistic skills and to expand on vocabulary as well as to review previous material. The class is taught in the target language. Students are expected to be able to understand and sustain conversation, to formulate question answer patterns and to begin writing in the target language with coherence and correct grammatical application. Topics covered include travel and vacations, eating, shopping, asking for directions, seeing a doctor, birthday celebration, job interviews, holidays, sports, personality. These grammatical structures are covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to express tense, verbs, possessive pronouns, demonstratives, imperative sentences, comparative sentences, cohesive words &
conjunctions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Korean 3/4 or recommendation from Department Head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4204, 4219
Course: KOREAN 7/8
Description: Emphasis is placed on advanced work in all modes. Students read comment on, criticize and present from authentic language newspaper and magazine articles, broadcasts, videos, films, web pages, blogs and literary selections. Students enhance their cultural awareness and appreciation for historical and
contemporary society while further refining skills in the target language. The class is conducted exclusively in the target language. Topics include types and stereotypes; the human community; customs and traditions;
family; vacation and travel; geography, demography and technology; men and women in today's world; the world of business; beliefs and ideologies; television and news; Asians in the United States; modern life; law and individual liberty; work and rest; and art and literature. Grammar structures include: Review of
indicative/subjunctive/commands; preterit/imperfect; participles; progressive/compound/sequence (of), tenses; future/conditional; present perfect and past perfect tenses; reflexive/passive /impersonal constructions;
prepositions; articles/nouns/pronouns; adjectives/adverbs/ prepositions; and some idiomatic expressions.
Grade Level:
Pre-Requisites: Korean 5/6 or recommendation from Department Head A-G status: E
Course Code: 4206, 4207
Course: LATIN 1/2
Description: A beginning course emphasizing the development of communication skills and the awareness of target-language cultures through the activities and materials used to develop the language skills. This course includes greetings, introductions, family (numbers, ages), date and time, school life, body parts, food, hobbies, transportations, weather. These grammatical structures will be covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to
Description: A beginning course emphasizing the development of communication skills and the awareness of target-language cultures through the activities and materials used to develop the language skills. This course includes greetings, introductions, family (numbers, ages), date and time, school life, body parts, food, hobbies, transportations, weather. These grammatical structures will be covered: functional words, measure words, pronunciation and intonation, question sentence structures, adjectives, subject pronouns, adverbial phrases to