Classes

Ready to start another fun year here at Scholar Academy! If you have any specific questions about class activities or grades, feel free to message me or come see me after school on Tuesday or Thursday during my office hours. If a different time is needed, please reach out so I can accommodate you.

Students at the end of the year can …

❏ Engage in simple, appropriate conversations with peers & adults.

❏ Describe & present information about self and others. 

❏ Fill out a simple schedule or personal information form. 

❏ Answer & ask simple questions.

❏ List & present information about my daily activities as well as things I’ve learned.

❏ Give times, dates & weather information.

❏ Identify the geographical & national symbols of some countries. 

❏ Identify technology & currency use in some countries.

❏ Play a board game with friends. 

Students at the end of the year can …

❏ All of the above, plus:

• Understand & share short messages. 

• Present information in paragraphs. 

• Answer & ask questions using graphics, pictures, or text.

• Exchange information to make plans.

• Give instructions to make or do something.

• Recognize similarities or differences between their daily activities & those of a peer in some other countries. 

• Identify home & community practices in other cultures. 

Students at the end of the year can…

❏ All of the above, plus:

• Talk & write about people, activities, events, or experiences. 

• Present & write about topics of interest. 

• Answer & ask questions to keep conversation flowing.

• Compare or contrast the behavior & practices of their culture versus those of others.

• Recognize when they have a cultural misunderstanding and work to correct it.

Journalism/Advisory

Full Year Class

Period: 6

Students will be able to …

❏ Define and understand the purpose behind producing a yearbook.

❏ Create a publication that reflects who SACS students are and what they have accomplished throughout the school year.

❏ Collaborate and work cooperatively within time constraints (DEADLINES).

❏  Design aesthetically pleasing layouts:

• • • placing the dominant photo & subordinate photos;

    • establishing an eye line;

    • placing headlines, story copy, and captions;

    • properly using white space;

    • & enhancing layouts with the use of graphics.

❏ Understand, practice, and learn skills for developing the unifying idea for the yearbook.

❏ Edit, proofread, and evaluate their own and others’ work. 

❏ Understand and employ the ethical decisions inherent in making a yearbook. 

Latinos in Action

Full Year Class

Period: 1

Students will be able to …

❏ Resume Development.

❏ Speaking, Listening, Interpersonal, & Presentation Skills.

❏ Work Ethic & Responsibility.

❏ Time Management.

❏ Goal Setting.

❏ Teach Work & Cooperation.

❏ Problem Solving.

❏ Decision Making.