Chinese A (10)
十年级A班在整个一年的学习中,他们将要学习《向青春举杯》、《月是故乡明》、《像山那样思考》、《珍爱生命》、《和平的祈祷》、《历史的回声》等六个单元的内容。在这些单元中所涉及的体裁是多样的,除了继续进行各种体裁作业的练习外,学生们将要注重在以下几个方面来提高自己的学习能力:1、进行一次珍爱人生的小组讨论活动。学生在这个单元中继续讨论了人生、价值观、活着的意义等话题,通过活动体验,学生明白:生命,对每个人来说只有一次,敬畏生命,善待生灵,热爱生活,把个人有限的生命融入到丰富的世界中去,这样的人生才有价值。2、学生们将会通过学习而知道:为了能有永久的和平,人类必须正视战争造成的苦难,如何制止战争,以及记住历史留给我们的经验教训。3、进行一次人生体悟的创作练习。学生在这个单元中讨论了人生、价值观、青春等话题,通过活动体验,学会用对话的方式与父母、师长及同辈人进行心灵沟通。4、学生们将要学会夹叙夹议的写作方法以及掌握议论文的写作灵魂---鲜明的观点。鉴于此,学生们在整个一年的中文学习中要完成相关的练习,文学创作,基于文学作品的写作,以及命题半命题等文章的练习等等,还将开展例如辩论,海报等活动,通过这些来评估学生们对所学内容的掌握情况。
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Chinese B Advanced (10)
Students develop key reading, writing, and speaking skills. In the first unit, students talk and write about classroom and extracurricular activities. They discuss society, countries, family, education and historical figures. They develop skills such as narration, disputation, explanation and poetry appreciation. Students memorize and practice vocabulary and grammar concepts. Within each unit, students explore the culture of Chinese-speaking countries and focus on key language skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting. All units include assessments in each of these skill areas, with a focus on reading, writing, and speaking. Click here to link: Course Timeline and Assessment
Chinese B Standard (10)
Students study topics on health, the technological world, social and environmental issues. They improve presentation skills, vocabulary and grammar. They also learn to comment, write letters and diaries, read travel brochures and flight timetables, design and writing a report and survey and use computer technology as a communication tool. By doing so, they improve their fluency in speaking, reading and writing. Students are assessed through dialogues, group discussions, posters, brochures and written productions.Click here to link: Course Timeline and Assessment
Chinese B Foundation (10)
Students study pinyin, personal Introductions, numbers, family, pets, countries, foods, sports, daily routines and clothes. Students improve fluent speaking, reading and writing and pronunciation. Students develop writing skills for short notes, letters and diaries. They are assessed through dialogues, group discussions, short plays, posters and brochures.Click here to link: Course Timeline and Assessment
German A (10)
Es werden die Themen „Kriminalgeschichten“, „ Erörtern”, „Vorurteile/Stereotype“, „Satire“, „Kurzgeschichten“, „Lyrik“ und „Kommunikation“ behandelt. Die Schüler lernen verschiedene Erörterungsformen sowie den Aufbau einer Erörterung kennen, untersuchen argumentative Texte und verfassen eigene Texte. Sie beschäftigen sich mit formalen und inhaltlichen Merkmalen von Prosatexten und lyrischen Texten. Sie untersuchen Darstellungsformen literarischer Figuren. Ferner beschäftigen sie sich mit Funktionen der Kommunikation und deren Störungen.
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Japanese A (10)
Students develop analytical, comprehension, organization, and presentation skills as they explore current, global issues. They investigate and discuss the ethical dilemmas surrounding mercy killing and mercy stealing, how to make a positive impact on society, group psychology and the dynamics that impact the actions of a group, how positive human relationships develop, what is behind the success of individuals and the role decision-making plays in their achievements. Finally, students discuss the relationships between religions and how religions impact the development of society. Each unit includes written assessment tasks incorporating organizational and language skills; several units also include oral assessments. Click here to link: Course Timeline and Assessment
Korean A (10)
Students develop key analytical, organizational, and presentation skills. In Unit 1, Environment, students explore modern environmental problems. In Unit 2, Community and Service, they investigate ways to help alienated people. In Unit 3, Human Ingenuity, students investigate the benefits and problems of modern technology. In Unit 4, Health and Social Education, they research an area of personal interest and present a persuasive argument. In each unit, students analyze modern world and Korean literary works, while developing a personal appreciation of literature and practicing essential techniques involved in literary criticism. Within these units, students learn ways to approach and study literature and focus on key language skills: reading, writing, speaking, and presenting. All units include assessments in each of these skill areas.Click here to link: Course Timeline and Assessment
Spanish B (10)
Students develop communication skills. In Unit 1, they explore classroom and extracurricular activities. In Unit 2, they discuss shopping and special events. In Unit 3, students talk and write about activities and locations in a city. In Unit 4, they discuss childhood and holiday celebrations. In Unit 5, students explore current events in the news and emergency situations. And in Unit 6, they talk and write about popular entertainment. In each unit, students increase their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar concepts. Students also explore the culture of Spanish-speaking countries and focus on key language skills: reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting. All units include assessments in these skill areas, with a focus on reading, writing, and speaking. At the end of the course, students can express themselves on a variety of topics.Click here to link: Course Timeline and Assessment