Prep Program

• Recognize the basic technical vocabulary and introductory concepts of chemistry
• Demonstrate competence in reading and understanding of mathematical and scientific text
• Apply basic chemistry concepts and methods to solve quantitative questions using the scientific approach
• Safely conduct introductory chemistry experiments, collect data and analyze practical results

• Demonstrate competence in reading and understanding of mathematical and scientific text, make, justify, and communicate conclusions
• Apply mathematical relationships and integrate chemical concepts to answer and solve chemical problems
• Engage in independent study and the subsequent development of life-long learning skills
• Safely conduct introductory chemistry experiments, collect data and analyze practical results

• Recognize basic algebraic operations
• Solve equations, inequalities, and problems
• Recognize lines and distances
• Graph Linear equations and inequalities in two variables
• Recognize basic concepts of exponents and polynomials
• Factor polynomials and solve quadratic equations
• Simplify rational expressions and solve related equations
• Engage in independent study and the subsequent development of life-long learning skills
• Recognize functions and their operations and graphs

• Solve systems of Linear equations with applications
• Recognize polynomials and graph polynomials
• Divide polynomials and apply remainder and factor theorems
• Recognize trigonometric functions and identities
• Solve trigonometric equations
• Recognize exponential and logarithmic functions and their manipulation
• Solve exponential and logarithmic equations
• Sketch polynomial functions and their transformations

• Apply major fundamental concepts of physics as presented in the textbook
• Translate realistic physics problems into the equations which describe them
• Use appropriate units for physics quantities and use quantitative reasoning and basic mathematics skills in the solution of problems
• Show that they have learned laboratory skills enabling them to take measurements in a physics laboratory and analyze the measurements to draw valid conclusions
• Engage in independent study and effectively communicate an understanding of physics concepts

• Demonstrate the knowledge, skills, competence in critical thinking and professionalism to apply physics concepts
• Demonstrate their understanding of fundamental concepts of electricity and magnetism
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, and prove that they can think critically and work independently while performing their laboratory work
• Engage in independent study and the subsequent development of life-long learning skills

By the end of English 1 , students will be able to:

By the end of English 2, students will be able to:

• Use pre-writing strategies to plan writing, such as brainstorming and guided-outline templates
• Organize paragraphs with accurate topic sentences, supporting points, and concluding sentences
• Analyze, identify and respond to an essay prompt with appropriate communicative purposes
• Utilize teacher feedback and peer feedback to edit multiple drafts of writing
• Write short academic texts such as essays and reports
• Use simple and compound sentence structures with control and begin to use complex sentences
• Use simple grammatical structures with control and begin to recognize complex grammatical structures
• Take notes on a simple presentation, lecture, or academic text aimed at a general audience
• Begin to understand summarizing and paraphrasing
• Understand a limited number of essay genres
• Begin to recognize referencing and citations with regard to academic honesty in writing
• Be able to format a word-processed document consistently and according to academic conventions

As in ENGL 001 and:

• Prepare a simple outline to organize ideas and information
• Organize an essay with an accurate thesis statement, supporting paragraphs, and concluding statement
• Give and utilize critical peer feedback to edit multiple drafts of writing
• Use complex sentence structures with control
• Begin to use complex grammatical structures with control
• Take notes on a simple presentation or lecture aimed at an academic audience
• Take notes on multi-paged academic texts
• Effectively summarize and paraphrase academic texts
• Understand a wider variety of essay genres
• Begin to use referencing and citations with regard to academic honesty in writing
• Understand the importance of academic honesty in writing

By the end of English 1, students will be able to:

By the end of English 2, students will be able to:

• Use titles, headings, subheadings, and visuals to predict content
• Scan a text to look for key words and specific information
• Skim a text to identify the main purpose and key concepts
• Identify key information in academic texts:
• Main ideas
• Topic sentences
• Supporting sentences
• Identify the function and meaning of basic discourse markers, punctuation, and referents within a text
• Deduce meaning of vocabulary from context
• Make annotations and take notes from a text
• Begin to understand the author’s purpose and intended audience
• Begin to make inferences based on comprehension of a text
• Understand and breakdown the most important parts of science-related questions or tasks

As in ENGL 001 and:

• Use paragraph structure/organization (e.g. topic sentences) to predict content
• Scan a text to look for specific information in more complex texts
• Identify key information in more complex texts, including
•  cause/effect and compare/contrast
• Identify more complex discourse markers and more complex referents within a text
• Deduce meaning of more complex vocabulary from context
• Make inferences based on comprehension of a text
• Understand the author’s purpose (to educate, inform, persuade, or entertain) and the intended audience
• Understand information contained in one or two graphics of different or similar types, including line graphs, bar charts, pie charts, tables, diagrams, processes, maps, and infographics

By the end of English 1, in the context of a lecture, presentation, discussion, etc., students will be able to:

By the end of English 2,  students will be able to:

• Recognize the basic organizational structure of different types of presentations and lectures
• Distinguish between main ideas and supporting details, and recognize examples and their relation to the idea they support on a familiar topic
• Extract key details on a familiar topic, if delivered slowly and clearly
• Recognize and identify the function and meaning of basic discourse markers, punctuation, and referents within a text
• Take effective notes while listening to a simple, straightforward, and authentic presentation or lecture on a familiar topic
• Recognize paraphrasing and repetition
• Demonstrate understanding by sketching, labeling, filling a table, classifying, ordering, etc.
• Follow and be able to participate in a group discussion 

• As in ENGL 001 and, in the context of a lecture, presentation, discussion, etc.:
• Recognize the basic organizational structure of more complex types of presentations and lectures
• Extract key details on less familiar topics delivered at a natural pace
• Take effective notes while listening to an authentic or semi-authentic presentation or lecture on a less familiar topic
• Identify a speaker’s tone, purpose, feelings, attitudes, opinions, or point of view
• Discuss and respond to content of a lecture or listening passage orally and/or in writing
• Recognize a broader range of discourse markers

By the end of English 1, students will be able to:

By the end of English 2, students will be able to:

• Discuss a range of familiar and less familiar topics (e.g. school, family, home, friends, leisure activities, hobbies, culture, films) with appropriate fluency, vocabulary, accuracy, and pronunciation
• Discuss topics related to applied science and engineering with appropriate fluency, vocabulary, accuracy, and pronunciation
• Discuss and respond to content of reading and listening passages
• Participate actively in group and class discussions
• Deliver an effective 2-3-minute presentation (individually or as part of a group presentation)
• Follow organizational conventions of academic presentations (with opening, body with supporting ideas, conclusion, basic references)
• Use basic oral paraphrasing and summarizing skills

As in ENGL 001 and:

• Discuss a range of increasingly complex topics (e.g. applied sciences, current events, the environment, news) with appropriate fluency, vocabulary, accuracy, and pronunciation
• Participate actively in debates
• Use communication strategies to participate in group and class discussions
• Deliver an effective 3-4-minute presentation (individually or as part of a group presentation)
• Use course-appropriate devices for coherence and cohesion
• Use more advanced oral paraphrasing and summarizing skills