High School Foreign Language

Course: Spanish I
Grade Level: 9-11 ( Advanced 8th graders may apply)
Day/Time: Tuesday and Thursday 10:45am - 12:00pm OR Tuesday and Thursday 12:30 - 1:45pm
Instructor: Tammy Bacon
Cost: $99 per month + $55 application fee.
Online Availability: Students cannot enroll in this class as an Online Real Time student. All students must attend in person. If you are sick or traveling, you can join via Zoom for up to two consecutive weeks.
Book: Workbook and textbook will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the school year and a materials fee will be collected at that time.
Supply List: 1” three-ring binder, binder dividers, notebook paper, two pens of different colors (not red), two dry erase markers, and a highlighter.
Description: This is an entry-level High School Spanish course intended to prepare students for further Spanish study, as well as to help them become comfortable with speaking another language. A variety of resources will be incorporated in order to encourage as much language acquisition as possible. Students will experience the language, vocabulary, grammar, and culture of Spanish speaking countries. Basic reading and writing will be mastered with a strong emphasis on communication. Students will receive daily written and online homework assignments to reinforce the oral concepts we are learning in class, with a test or presentation approximately every 4-5 weeks.

Course: American Sign Language I
Grade Level: 9-11 (Well advanced 8th graders may apply)
Day/Time: Tuesday and Thursday 10:45am - 12:00pm
Instructor: Sandra Coleman
Cost: $99 per month + $55 application fee
Online Availability:  Students cannot enroll in this class as an Online Real Time student. All students must attend in person. If you are sick or traveling, you can join via Zoom for up to two consecutive weeks.
Books: 

• The Deaf Community in America: History in the Making by Melvin Nomeland and Ronald E. Nomeland, ISBN: 978-0786463978.  NOTE: this can be purchased new or used.

• Signing Naturally Student Workbook Units 1-6 by Smith, Lentz and Mikos, ISBN: 978-1581212105.  NOTE: the workbook must be purchased new, not used.  

Supply List: 1” three-ring binder, binder dividers, notebook paper, and pencils
Description: American Sign Language (ASL) is growing in popularity. Students in this course will begin to understand and interpret exchanges in ASL through a variety of simple everyday situations, common to hearing and deaf. They will learn how to examine the relevance of body language and facial expressiveness that individuals use to communicate in sign language. The main goal of this class is to provide ASL students with conversational confidence and competence. They will learn to sign the alphabet, how to count, and basic phrases, while building vocabulary and learning the structure of the language. The benefits of learning sign language are numerous. Students will have a greater appreciation, better awareness of and sensitivity to the deaf and hard of hearing community. ASL is one of the most widely used languages in the United States, and the fourth-most studied second language at American universities. Join us on this unique journey as students learn how to communicate with a wide range of hearing, hard of hearing, and deaf individuals. Students will receive written and online homework assignments to reinforce the concepts we are learning in class, with a test approximately every 4-5 weeks.

Course: Spanish II
Grade Level: 9-12
Day/Time: Tuesday and Thursday 8:35 - 9:50am OR Tuesday and Thursday 2:00-3:15pm
Instructor: Tammy Bacon
Cost: $99 per month + $55 application fee.
Online Availability: Students cannot enroll in this class as an Online Real Time student. All students must attend in person. If you are sick or traveling, you can join via Zoom for up to two consecutive weeks.
Book: Workbook and textbook will be provided by the instructor at the beginning of the school year and a materials fee will be collected at that time.

• Students will also read a novel called Mi Propio Auto during the second semester. This can be ordered through tprsbooks.com using ISBN 978-1-60372-396-1 or can be purchased from a former student, as long as it's the newer version with both present and past tense since there are significant differences in the older versions.

Supply List: 1” three-ring binder, binder dividers, notebook paper, two pens of different colors (not red), two dry erase markers, and a highlighter.
Description: This course is a continuation of Spanish I. Students will continue learning Spanish grammar, vocabulary, culture, and conversation at a more advanced level, preparing them for Spanish III or college Spanish, and helping them to become even more confident in their ability to speak, read, and write in another language. A variety of resources will be incorporated in order to encourage as much language acquisition as possible. Students will receive daily written and online homework assignments to reinforce the oral concepts we are learning in class, with a test or presentation approximately every 4-5 weeks.
Prerequisite: A grade of 70% or higher in Spanish I.  New students to HHL should have taken a rigorous Spanish 1 course with a large amount of grammar and conversation. A pretest will be required for those students who have not taken Spanish I at HHL.

Course: American Sign Language II
Grade Level: 9-12
Day/Time: Tuesday and Thursday 8:35 - 9:50am
Instructor: Sandra Coleman
Cost: $99 per month + $55 application fee
Online Availability:  Students cannot enroll in this class as an Online Real Time student. All students must attend in person. If you are sick or traveling, you can join via Zoom for up to two consecutive weeks.
Book: Please purchase NEW and do NOT buy used as the new book will include a code to access videos needed for the course.

• Signing Naturally Student Workbook Units 7-12 by Smith, Lentz and Mikos, ISBN: 978-1-58121-221-1

Supply List: 1” three-ring binder, binder dividers, notebook paper, and pencils
Description: This course is a continuation of American Sign Language (ASL) I. Students will build upon their previous sign language skills to better communicate with Deaf individuals while developing confidence in their ability to comprehend and express themselves in ASL. We will dive deeper into ASL and help students further develop ASL in the areas of expressive and receptive skills, grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, cultural awareness, and language fluency. This course includes interactive activities in the classroom with extensive practice in sign production, conversation and ASL grammar.  Students will receive written and online homework assignments to reinforce the concepts we are learning in class, with a test approximately every 4-5 weeks.
Prerequisite: A grade of 70% or higher in ASL I. New students to HHL should have taken a rigorous ASL 1 course.