Course Standards
General Course Information and Notes
General Notes
Major Concepts/Content:The purpose of this course is to enable students whose heritage language is Haitian Creole to develop, maintain, and enhance proficiency in their heritage language by reinforcing and acquiring skills in listening, speaking, reading, and writing, including the fundamentals of Haitian Creole grammar. Language Arts Standards are also included in this course to enable students to become literate in the Haitian Creole language and gain a better understanding of the nature of their own language as well as other languages to be acquired.
The course content will reflect the cultural values of Haitian Creole language and societies.
Special Note. Course content requirements for the two-course sequence M/J Haitian Creole for Haitian Creole Speakers, Beginning (0703000) and Intermediate (0703010) are equivalent to Haitian Creole for Haitian Creole Speakers 1 (0700300). Course content requirements for the three-course sequence that includes M/J Haitian Creole for Haitian Creole Speakers, Beginning (0703000), Intermediate (0703010), and Advanced (0703020) may be equivalent to the two-course sequence Haitian Creole for Haitian Creole Speakers 1 (0700300) and Haitian Creole for Haitian Creole Speakers 2 (0700310). It is each district school board's responsibility to determine high school world languages placement policies for those students who complete the M/J Haitian Creole for Haitian Creole Speakers sequence in middle school.
The standards and benchmarks listed for this course are aligned with the expected levels of language proficiency rather than grade levels.
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Student Resources
Original Student Tutorials
Learn to analyze and evaluate arguments for their soundness and relevancy. In this interactive tutorial, you'll read several short passages about raising the legal driving age. You'll practice examining the evidence presented to determine whether it's sound and relevant to the argument at hand.
Type: Original Student Tutorial
Learn what genetic engineering is and some of the applications of this technology. In this interactive tutorial, you’ll gain an understanding of some of the benefits and potential drawbacks of genetic engineering. Ultimately, you’ll be able to think critically about genetic engineering and write an argument describing your own perspective on its impacts.
Type: Original Student Tutorial