French Language Courses
HP, ACP, CP1 French I (Year-long course)
This is an introductory course designed to acquaint the student with the French idioms, basic grammatical concepts and a vocabulary of approximately 1000 words. Skills taught are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. An understanding of the French people and their language is emphasized and made interesting through books, videos, and coordinated listening activities. The Honors level course requires additional work during tests, exams, and research projects. The HP and ACP courses require more student production in the language, including writing and speaking. One Credit
HP, ACP, CP1 French II (Year-long course)
This is a second-level language course designed both to reinforce and to advance beyond the skill learned in French I. Objectives include accurate pronunciation, an enlarged working vocabulary, fluent reading comprehension, and the ability to communicate in both speech and writing. A greater understanding of those people and countries where French is spoken is emphasized. The Honors level course requires additional work during tests, exams, and research projects. The HP and ACP courses require more student production in the language, including writing and speaking. One Credit
HP French III (Year-long course)
This is a third-level language course designed to prepare the student for an intensive study of French literature and/or French culture. The course is a combination of grammar, vocabulary, lessons in culture, and lessons in French literature. The grammar is taught by reviewing skills learned in French I and French II combined with lessons that teach new grammatical constructions, new verb tenses, and new types of discourse. The cultural lessons and lessons in literature are designed so as to make use of the grammar, vocabulary, and tenses that are learned. The overall goal of the course is to develop within each student a thorough knowledge base of the French language so that the student may go on to further endeavors, be it further study or an actual experience in a French speaking nation, with the necessary skills and experiences to be successful. One Credit
AP French Language and Culture (Year-long course)
This course emphasizes the use of the French language for active communication, and has for its objectives the development of: A) the ability to understand spoken French in various contexts; B) a French vocabulary sufficiently ample for reading newspaper and magazine articles, literary texts, and other non-technical writings without dependence on a dictionary, and C) the ability to express oneself coherently, resourcefully, and with reasonable fluency and accuracy in both written and spoken French. The course seeks to develop language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) that can be used in various activities and disciplines. Extensive training in the organization and writing of compositions is emphasized. This course is designed to prepare students for the Advanced Placement French Language examination. One Credit
Latin Language Courses
HP, ACP Latin I (Year-long course)
This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of vocabulary, grammar, and language structure, including pronunciation of the Latin language. This course will give the foundation for the second year course in Latin. Some consideration is given to the Roman civilization and mythology. The student will also learn a greater appreciation for language itself, especially his own native English. The Honors level course requires additional research and background reading for the project during first and second semesters. One Credit
HP, ACP Latin II (Year-long course)
This course expands on the structure of the language, giving more emphasis to the ability to read. The first semester will begin with a general review, then proceed to intensive work on Latin grammar and the structure of the Latin language. The Latin text will deal mainly with reading from Caesar's Gallic Wars and Latin scriptures. One Credit
HP Latin III (Year-long course)
This course will continue to develop the student's skills in reading classical Latin through readings from the Latin New Testament and selected speeches and essays of Cicero. Correct Latin usage and writing skills will be developed through paragraph assignments and written commentaries on the readings. The student will be able to achieve greater ease in reading Latin in original texts, and to come to grips with dictions and rhetorical devices use by various authors. Outcomes include greater facility with reading Latin in Original texts, development of an expanded Latin vocabulary, development of basic skills in Latin composition, and the understanding of constructions as they come up in the texts. One Credit
AP Latin: Vergil (Year-long course)
This course deals with Latin poetry. In the course of the year, the student will read much of Virgil's Aeneid. The student will demonstrate an ability to parse individual words and to identify and analyze syntactical constructions. The student will also demonstrate an ability to translate Latin into English. This course will also prepare the student for the Advanced Placement Latin examination. One Credit
Spanish Language Courses
HP, ACP, CP1 Spanish I (Year-long course)
This course gives an introduction to vocabulary, grammar and language structure, with much emphasis given to pronunciation. This course gives the foundation for developing the skill of speaking, reading, and writing. An understanding of the Spanish people through their language is emphasized. One Credit
HP, ACP, CP1 Spanish II (Year-long course)
This course takes the skills of speaking, reading, and writing, and gives further development of these skills with expanded use. Vocabulary, grammar and language structure are continued in this course. A greater understanding of those people and countries in which Spanish is spoken is emphasized. One Credit
HP Spanish III (Year-long course)
Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills are more developed. Vocabulary, grammar, language structure and culture are continued in this course. Conversation is emphasized. The student is encouraged to create with language, to participate in progressively more challenging conversations, and to communicate successfully in basic survival situations. One Credit
AP Spanish Language (Year-long course)
Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills are further developed. Vocabulary, grammar, Language structure, and culture are continued in this course. Conversation is emphasized as well as history, geography and literature of the Hispanic countries. The student is encouraged to create with language, to participate in progressively more challenging conversations, and to communicate successfully in basic survival situations, and to improvise conversation. This course will also prepare the student for the Advanced Placement Spanish Language examination. One Credit