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ART 235 - Printmaking II

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ART 240 - Oil Painting

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ART 242 - Advanced Studio: Oil Painting

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ART 245 - Watercolor I

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ART 247 - Watercolor II

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ART 253 - Photo III

• Have created a cohesive body of work in the form of a working portfolio.
• Gained valuable insights about the state of contemporary photography through study contemporary issues as viewed from a historical perspective.
• Experimented with alternative processes.
• Learned to dry mount and matt work in prep for exhibition.
• Written a cohesive artist statement.
• Furthered their ability to articulate theory and criticism of their own work and that of their peers.
  
  
  

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ART 254 - Advanced Digital Imaging

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ART 256 - Art & Technology

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ART 260 - Basic Ceramics I

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ART 261 - Basic Ceramics II

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ART 280 - Sculpture

• Apply the design process to manipulate fundamental elements of mass, space, time and light in order to express ideas as 3- dimensional forms that express an aesthetic and/or cultural value.
• Execute traditional carving techniques, both subtractive (stone, wood, etc.) and additive (clay), as well as metal casting techniques such as lost wax bronze casting and aluminum casting.
• Analyze both orally and in writing their own works of sculptural art in terms of meaning, success with conveying the intended message or meaning and appropriateness for use within a given context, and quality of production and craft.
• Demonstrate their understanding of techniques and tools used to create 3-dimensional works of aesthetic value.
• As Audience, Students will be able to:

• Identify mechanical elements of artistic media as well as basic elements of style (form, color, texture, composition, etc.) in contemporary sculpture.
• Identify features of sculpture from various cultural periods and genres in a variety of contexts.
• Analyze and understand works of sculptural art in terms of quality, meaning and use within their context.
• Employ a vocabulary relative to 3-dimensional design to express the worth or value of work of a sculpture and to analyze and explain their own works and the works of others both orally (critiques) and in writing.
• Explore and understand contemporary issues in sculpture pertaining to environmental or earth works, installation art and modern perceptions of sculpture, demonstrated orally and in writing.

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ART 281 - Sculpture II

• Identification of the visual elements of mass, space, time and light in sculpture and the ability to evaluate these elements in 3 dimensional works of art (visual communication).
• Working with materials and processes to create 3 dimensional works of art will require the student to solve visual as well as physical problems (problem solving).

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ART 294 - Special Topics in Art

• Special topics course. Outcomes dependent upon selected topic each quarter.

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ART 295 - Special Topics in Art

• Special topics course. Outcomes dependent upon selected topic each quarter.

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ART 296 - Special Topics in Art

• Special topics course. Outcomes dependent upon selected topic each quarter.

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ART 297 - Special Topics in Art

• Special topics course. Outcomes dependent upon selected topic each quarter.

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ART 299 - Individual Projects in Art

• Individual study course. Outcomes dependent upon topic selected between student and teacher.

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ASTR& 100 - Survey of Astronomy

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ASTR& 101 - Introduction to Astronomy

• Describe and explain historic milestones in the development of astronomy, including the instruments and scientific techniques astronomers have used.
• Describe and explain naked-eye objects and phenomena commonly observable in our sky.
• Describe the key features, patterns, and natural events that occur in the Solar System, including theories of its origin and evolution.
• Define and describe the relationships of individual elements – including atoms, planets, living organisms, stars, and galaxies – to each other and within the context of the universe’s scale, explaining how these relationships have changed from the universe’s origin throughout its evolution.
• Identify accepted steps and proper methodology in scientific inquiry, and use this methodology to reach appropriate conclusion in lab exercises.

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ASTR 194 - Special Topics in Astronomy

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ASTR 195 - Special Topics in Astronomy

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ASTR 196 - Special Topics in Astronomy

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ASTR 197 - Special Topics in Astronomy

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ASTR 199 - Individual Studies in Astronomy

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ASTR 201 - Selected Topics in Advanced Astronomy

• Identify telescopes by type, size, etc., relate optical properties of a telescope, locate and center visible objects, and identify and properly use telescope peripherals and accessories.
• Identify accepted steps and proper methodology in scientific inquiry, including organizing and synthesizing evidence, and use this methodology to reach insightful conclusions in lab exercises.
• Describe and explain at least 40 naked-eye objects and phenomena commonly observable in our sky.
• Identify and explain the relationships between stars’ properties, as well as the historic and modern methods used to ascertain those properties.

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ASTR 299 - Individual Studies in Astronomy

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ABE 040 - Academic Skills Lab 1

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ABE 041 - Adult Basic Education (ABE) Lab Level 1

• Read with understanding simple signs, maps, forms, job applications, community flyers, and job applications and apply information to personal experiences and goals.
• Convey ideas in writing by composing simple, complete sentences.
• Use math to solve problems by adding and subtracting whole numbers.
  
  

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ABE 042 - Adult Basic Education (ABE) Lab Level 2

• Read with understanding and interpret simple materials on familiar subjects (medical forms, pay stubs, job applications, etc.) and use previewing, scanning, and skimming to find specific information in short stories, flyers, etc., and demonstrate comprehension of a text by retelling it and identifying the main idea.
• Convey ideas in writing in complete sentences using correct capitalization, end punctuation, and apostrophes with contractions and use prewriting techniques to generate ideas, and write for personal expression.
• Demonstrate ability to identify place value, round whole numbers, master basic multiplication facts, divide two digit numbers, and find the average of whole numbers.
  

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ABE 043 - Adult Basic Education (ABE) Lab Level 3

• Demonstrate ability to independently select and read with understanding real-life materials (employee manuals, letters from a child’s teacher, etc.), use appropriate reading strategies for comprehension, and identify the main idea and supporting details.
• Convey ideas in writing about personal short and long term goals, write for personal expression (journal writing, poetry, etc.), demonstrate appropriate use of commas, apostrophes, and colons, correct errors in spelling and punctuation, create proper compound sentences, and identify and correct fragments and run-on sentences.
• Demonstrate the ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions, convert between decimals and fractions, and add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals.
  
  

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ABE 044 - Adult Basic Education (ABE) Lab Level 4

• Read with understanding expository writing, apply reading strategies to increasingly difficult materials and persevere to read text of limited interest, articulate the unstated main idea, and identify transition words, sentences, and paragraphs that indicate a new main idea.
• Convey ideas in writing in a multiple paragraph composition in an organized and cohesive format using complex sentence structures, use correct verb tense and pronoun references, and apply the writing process of first draft, revision, peer and self-editing, and final draft.
• Demonstrate the ability to use fractions, decimals, and percents interchangeably, apply formulas for perimeter, area, and volume, and solve proportional equations.

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ABE 051 - Math 1

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ABE 052 - Math 2

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ABE 053 - Math 3

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ABE 054 - Math 4

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ABE 060 - ABE Orientation 1

• Develop an understanding of their own math, reading, and writing skills in relation to the courses available
• Identify characteristics of successful students Identify barriers to college success
• Access support services available at BC
• Register, receive advising, and plan for their education
• Establish academic connections with ABE faculty and staff

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ABE 061 - English 1

• Identify and retell key details from a text
• Determine the meaning of general academic words and phrases
• Determine the main idea and connections between individuals, events, or ideas
• Identify basic similarities and differences between two texts on the same topic
• Develop and organize writing to convey main ideas, and facts about a topic
• Use technology to report on topics of historical and scientific significance

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ABE 062 - English 2

• Locate and use key details from a text
• Determine the meaning of general academic words and phrases
• Determine the main idea and describe how reasons support the author’s point of view
• Compare and contrast important points between two texts on the same topic
• Develop and organize writing to convey opinions, explanation, stories and research
• Use technology to research and report on topics of historical and scientific significance

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ABE 063 - English 3

• Locate, refer to and quote key details and examples from a text
• Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases
• Determine and summarize the main idea or theme of a story, drama or poem
• Explain events, procedures, ideas or concepts in a historical, scientific or technical text
• Use information from multiple sources to compare and contrast events, ideas, and concepts
• Use the writing process to convey opinions, explanation, stories & research
• Use technology to research and report on topics of historical and scientific significance

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ABE 064 - English 4

• Cite strong and thorough evidence and inferences from a text
• Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text
• Determine and summarize the theme, development and conclusion of a text
• Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events to explain how individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of a text
• Analyze and evaluate an author’s claim and the effectiveness of the structure of a text
• Use the writing process to convey ideas, concepts, explanations & research
• Use information from multiple sources on the same topic to write arguments and reports that support ideas with clear evidence
• Use technology to produce, publish, and update writing products

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ESL 010 - ESL Orientation 1

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ESL 031 - Basic Skills Learning Lab – Level 1

• Apply active listening strategies to understand words, phrases, dialogues, conversation, and narrated text (e.g., weather report, news, movie announcements, etc.) at an appropriate level, speed and in a context related to community, citizenship or workplace needs.
• Identify reduced speech, idioms, two-word verbs at appropriate level.
• Follow oral and written directions at appropriate level.
• Identify essential information in oral messages, announcements, and presentations delivered at appropriate level and speed.
• Distinguish sound features, intonation patterns, and register in own speech as compared to native speakers.
• Communicate clearly and participate in small discussion groups.
• Negotiate meaning of written text and oral discourse with level-appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
• Interpret schedules, signs, maps, weights, measures, graphs, charts, and other life and work0skill appropriate text.
• Write letters, numbers, familiar words, learned phrases legibly using appropriate size, capitalization, punctuation and spacing.
• Take dictation from an oral text.
• Demonstrate very basic knowledge of, and experience with, using computers and/or other related technology.
• Use software appropriately to write messages, resumes, letters, and other documents.
• Select computer applications appropriately.
• Use the Internet to send e-mail and search for information related to work, community, or education.

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ESL 032 - Basic Skills Learning Lab – Level 2

• Apply active listening strategies to understand words, phrases, dialogues, conversation, and narrated text (e.g., weather report, news, movie announcements, etc.) at an appropriate level, speed and in a context related to community, citizenship or workplace needs.
• identify reduced speech, idioms, two-word verbs at appropriate level.
• follow oral and written directions at appropriate level.
• Identify essential information in oral messages, announcements, and presentations delivered at appropriate level and speed.
• Distinguish sound features, intonation patterns, and register in own speech as compared to native speakers.
• Communicate clearly and participate in small discussion groups.
• Negotiate meaning of written text and oral discourse with level-appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
• Interpret schedules, signs, maps, weights, measures, graphs, charts, and other life and work0skill appropriate text.
• Write letters, numbers, familiar words, learned phrases legibly using appropriate size, capitalization, punctuation and spacing.
• Take dictation from an oral text.
• Demonstrate very basic knowledge of, and experience with, using computers and/or other related technology.
• Use software appropriately to write messages, resumes, letters, and other documents.
• Select computer applications appropriately.
• Use the Internet to send e-mail and search for information related to work, community, or education.

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ESL 033 - Basic Skills Learning Lab – Level 3

• Apply active listening strategies to understand words, phrases, dialogues, conversation, and narrated text (e.g., weather report, news, movie announcements, etc.) at an appropriate level, speed and in a context related to community, citizenship or workplace needs.
• Identify reduced speech, idioms, two-word verbs at appropriate level.
• Follow oral and written directions at appropriate level.
• Identify essential information in oral messages, announcements, and presentations delivered at appropriate level and speed.
• Distinguish sound features, intonation patterns, and register in own speech as compared to native speakers.
• Communicate clearly and participate in small discussion groups.
• Negotiate meaning of written text and oral discourse with level-appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
• Interpret schedules, signs, maps, weights, measures, graphs, charts, and other life and work0skill appropriate text.
• Write letters, numbers, familiar words, learned phrases legibly using appropriate size, capitalization, punctuation and spacing.
• Take dictation from an oral text.
• Demonstrate very basic knowledge of, and experience with, using computers and/or other related technology.
• Use software appropriately to write messages, resumes, letters, and other documents.
• Select computer applications appropriately.
• Use the Internet to send e-mail and search for information related to work, community, or education.

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ESL 034 - Basic Skills Learning Lab – Level 4

• Apply active listening strategies to understand words, phrases, dialogues, conversation, and narrated text (e.g., weather report, news, movie announcements, etc.) at an appropriate level, speed and in a context related to community, citizenship or workplace needs.
• Identify reduced speech, idioms, two-word verbs at appropriate level.
• Follow oral and written directions at appropriate level.
• Identify essential information in oral messages, announcements, and presentations delivered at appropriate level and speed.
• Distinguish sound features, intonation patterns, and register in own speech as compared to native speakers.
• Communicate clearly and participate in small discussion groups.
• Negotiate meaning of written text and oral discourse with level-appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
• Interpret schedules, signs, maps, weights, measures, graphs, charts, and other life and work0skill appropriate text.
• Write letters, numbers, familiar words, learned phrases legibly using appropriate size, capitalization, punctuation and spacing.
• Take dictation from an oral text.
• Demonstrate very basic knowledge of, and experience with, using computers and/or other related technology.
• Use software appropriately to write messages, resumes, letters, and other documents.
• Select computer applications appropriately.
• Use the Internet to send e-mail and search for information related to work, community, or education.

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ESL 035 - Basic Skills Learning Lab – Level 5

• Apply active listening strategies to understand words, phrases, dialogues, conversation, and narrated text (e.g., weather report, news, movie announcements, etc.) at an appropriate level, speed and in a context related to community, citizenship or workplace needs.
• Identify reduced speech, idioms, two-word verbs at appropriate level.
• Follow oral and written directions at appropriate level.
• Identify essential information in oral messages, announcements, and presentations delivered at appropriate level and speed.
• Distinguish sound features, intonation patterns, and register in own speech as compared to native speakers.
• Communicate clearly and participate in small discussion groups.
• Negotiate meaning of written text and oral discourse with level-appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
• Interpret schedules, signs, maps, weights, measures, graphs, charts, and other life and work0skill appropriate text.
• Write letters, numbers, familiar words, learned phrases legibly using appropriate size, capitalization, punctuation and spacing.
• Take dictation from an oral text.
• Demonstrate very basic knowledge of, and experience with, using computers and/or other related technology.
• Use software appropriately to write messages, resumes, letters, and other documents.
• Select computer applications appropriately.
• Use the Internet to send e-mail and search for information related to work, community, or education.

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ESL 036 - Basic Skills Learning Lab – Level 6

• Apply active listening strategies to understand words, phrases, dialogues, conversation, and narrated text (e.g., weather report, news, movie announcements, etc.) at an appropriate level, speed and in a context related to community, citizenship or workplace needs.
• Identify reduced speech, idioms, two-word verbs at appropriate level.
• Follow oral and written directions at appropriate level.
• Identify essential information in oral messages, announcements, and presentations delivered at appropriate level and speed.
• Distinguish sound features, intonation patterns, and register in own speech as compared to native speakers.
• Communicate clearly and participate in small discussion groups.
• Negotiate meaning of written text and oral discourse with level-appropriate vocabulary and grammar.
• Interpret schedules, signs, maps, weights, measures, graphs, charts, and other life and work0skill appropriate text.
• Write letters, numbers, familiar words, learned phrases legibly using appropriate size, capitalization, punctuation and spacing.
• Take dictation from an oral text.
• Demonstrate very basic knowledge of, and experience with, using computers and/or other related technology.
• Use software appropriately to write messages, resumes, letters, and other documents.
• Select computer applications appropriately.
• Use the Internet to send e-mail and search for information related to work, community, or education.

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ESL 051 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 1

• Apply active listening strategies to understand learned words and phrases in simple questions, statements, and high frequency commands as part of short conversations, explanations, narratives or instructions with limited linguistic complexity.
• Use a few simple formulas including non-verbal gestures to convey understanding and ask for repetition or clarification.
• Speak so others can understand by recalling and using simple learned phrases relating to personal information, basic objects or a limited number of activities and immediate needs related to familiar and predictable work or life-skills communication tasks.
• Apply simple strategies (gestures, eye contact, and simple requests) to monitor effectiveness of the communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding by recognizing everyday words or word groups in short, simple text by decoding letter-sound correspondence, isolating and saying first and last sounds, naming pictures to isolate and say initial sounds, sounding out words by segmenting words into separate sounds and syllables, combining or blending sounds, recognizing simple rhyming word patterns, or recalling oral vocabulary and sight words.
• Demonstrate familiarity with concepts of print and letter shapes occurring in common vocabulary.
• Convey ideas in writing by following a highly structured plan (text model) to organize information about self and/or related to immediate needs in very simple structures such as lists or responses to prompts for everyday information.
• Write all letters of the alphabet and numbers and appropriately use simple everyday, highly familiar words (personal names, signatures, addresses), numbers (dates, phone #s, addresses, prices, etc.) and simple phrases to convey information, and make simple content changes and simple edits or handwriting, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization based on feedback from others.

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ESL 052 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 2

• Apply active listening strategies to understand and respond to learned words and phrases in simple questions, statements and high-frequency commands as part of short conversations, explanations, instructions, and narratives where the linguistic complexity is simplified.
• Use a few simple formulas to convey understanding, and ask for repetition or clarification and one or two simple strategies for gathering missing information and/or repairing problems in communication.
• Speak so others can understand to recall and use a limited set of learned words, phrases, and short sentences related to basic personal information, basic objects, and immediate needs in familiar, predictable, and straightforward communication tasks.
• Apply simple strategies (such as gestures, eye contact, and simple, repeated requests for feedback from listener) to monitor effectiveness of the communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding by decoding and recognizing familiar everyday, simple words in short, simple text by breaking words into parts, tapping out/sounding out syllables, applying pronunciation rules, using picture aids, and recalling oral vocabulary and sight words.
• Demonstrate familiarity with learned words, phrases, and simple sentences.
• Convey ideas in writing by following a highly structured plan to organize ideas around a single familiar topic.
• Appropriately use everyday, familiar vocabulary and simple sentence structures to produce a few sentences on a topic, and make simple edits of grammar, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation based on review and feedback from others.

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ESL 053 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 3

• Read and understand words and short paragraphs in workplace and academic articles and texts.
• Identify the main idea and important details.
• Look at headings and pictures to locate and describe important information.

• Write sentences and short paragraphs on familiar topics.
• Revise and edit writing with guidance and support.
• Use technology to write and communicate with others.
• Do research (gather information) to answer questions.

• Listen and speak with different partners in small or large groups.
• Describe people, places, things or events, and express ideas and feelings loudly and clearly.
• Ask and answer questions to get help or information or when you don’t understand.

• Use level 3 grammar (correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling).
• Use verbs (Be, present continuous, simple present, and simple past) when speaking or writing.
• Produce simple and compound sentences.
• Use different strategies to learn the meaning of new words and phrases.

• Log-in to Canvas
• Message your teacher in Canvas
• Check your grades in Canvas
• Complete assignments in Canvas 
• Participate in simple discussions with your classmates in Canvas 

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ESL 054 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 4

• Apply active listening strategies to understand conversations, explanations, instructions and short narratives related to a familiar job, life-skill or social situation.
• Appropriately select from a range of strategies to repair gaps in understanding comprehend information, and give feedback even when opportunities to seek clarification or repetition are somewhat limited and the context is somewhat unfamiliar.
• Speak so others can understand to recall and use high-frequency vocabulary including words related to common, everyday topics and personal experience, display control of basic grammar and a variety of sentences types and registers in a range of familiar communication tasks.
• Speak fluently and accurately in familiar settings with one or more familiar listeners (either face-to-face or in brief telephone conversations) when a moderately high level of support is provided (written, visual, or verbal prompts), and apply some strategies (checking pace and register, repeating/clarifying/correcting errors as necessary, self-rating/evaluation) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding to decode and recognize most everyday and some unfamiliar words in short to medium-length text by drawing on content knowledge and oral vocabulary, breaking words into parts, applying pronunciation rules, and adjusting reading pace. This includes recognizing standard words on a personal information form and identifying the main idea and supporting details in a selected paragraph or several paragraphs.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension by using a range of simple strategies, such as recalling, restating, rephrasing, explaining the content of the text or using examples.
• Convey ideas in writing in 1 well-organized paragraph with few errors on related topics using both everyday and specialized vocabulary and a variety of simple and compound sentence structures for varied purposes (personal expression, to inform, or to complete a task).
• Edit grammar (verb tense and forms) spelling, sentence structure (simple/compound) with appropriate capitalization and punctuation, language usage and text structure with the help of tools such a dictionaries, checklists, and graphic organizers, and revising based on review and feedback from others.

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ESL 055 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 5

• Apply active listening strategies to understand and respond to the gist of extended and relatively unstructured conversations and presentations of moderate length, detailed instructions, and more complex conversations when language is not adjusted for English language learners.
• Effectively use a wide range of strategies to repair gaps in understanding and give feedback, tailoring the response to the purpose of the communication, the audience, the level of formality of the situation and other socio-cultural factors.
• Speak so others can understand using a range of common vocabulary related to personal experience and everyday activities, some idioms as well as control of basic grammar and a variety of sentence types and registers in a range of familiar to somewhat unfamiliar or unpredictable communication tasks with audiences that may not be entirely familiar when provided with some support (guided practice, modeling, and advance organizers.)
• Apply a range of strategies (including attention to appropriate register, repetition of information, adjustments in pace, tone, volume, eye contact, body language based on listener’s response and needs) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding to locate important information in short texts and to recognize unfamiliar and some specialized words and abbreviations using word analysis or inference.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies, such as posing and answering questions, trial and error, and adjusting reading pace.
• Convey ideas in writing by determining the purpose and audience for writing simple narrative, informative, or expressive texts of a few short paragraphs and steps/instructions/commands using simple planning strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
• Use simple revision strategies to monitor effectiveness by re-reading and revising during the writing process and making revisions to a first and final draft based on review and feedback from others, and make many edits of grammar, spelling, sentence structure, (simple/compound/complex with appropriate capitalization and punctuation) language usage and text structure often with help of tools such as simplified dictionaries, grammar checklists, and graphic organizers.

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ESL 056 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 6

• Apply active listening strategies to understand main ideas and most details in relatively complex and unstructured conversations, short lectures, news reports, extended explanations and other connected discourse on a range of topics, including topics beyond everyday contexts and immediate experiences in a variety of work, personal, and basic academic contexts with limited need for guidance and repetition.
• Effectively use advanced strategies to repair gaps in understanding, to ask questions to deepen comprehension and to give feedback appropriate to the situation, the audience and the purpose of the communication.
• Speak so others can understand by recalling and using a range of vocabulary including words related to most everyday, school, work, and social situations; know and use a variety of complex sentence structures and grammatical forms; know and use appropriate register in a range of communicative tasks, including unfamiliar, unpredictable, and uncomfortable interactions when provided minimal support.
• Apply a wide range of strategies (including body language, pause fillers, stalling devices, and different rates of speech as needed) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding dense or multipart texts to independently accomplish structured, complex reading activities in a variety of familiar and novel settings, and locate important information; read identified sections for detail and determine missing information.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies, such as brainstorming and question formulation techniques.
• Convey ideas in writing by determining the purpose and audience for writing expressive, persuasive and informative texts using a variety of complex sentence structures in coherently-linked multiple-paragraph essays.
• Use a variety of strategies (undertake multiple re-readings of text in order to edit for grammar, spelling, sentence structure, language usage, and text structure) and use appropriate tools such as dictionaries and grammar guides.

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ESL 061 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 1

• Apply active listening strategies to understand learned words and phrases in simple questions, statements, and high frequency commands as part of short conversations, explanations, narratives or instructions with limited linguistic complexity.
• Use a few simple formulas including non-verbal gestures to convey understanding and ask for repetition or clarification.
• Speak so others can understand by recalling and using simple learned phrases relating to personal information, basic objects or a limited number of activities and immediate needs related to familiar and predictable work or life-skills communication tasks.
• Apply simple strategies (gestures, eye contact, and simple requests) to monitor effectiveness of the communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding by recognizing everyday words or word groups in short, simple text by decoding letter-sound correspondence, isolating and saying first and last sounds, naming pictures to isolate and say initial sounds, sounding out words by segmenting words into separate sounds and syllables, combining or blending sounds, recognizing simple rhyming word patterns, or recalling oral vocabulary and sight words.
• Demonstrate familiarity with concepts of print and letter shapes occurring in common vocabulary.
• Convey ideas in writing by following a highly structured plan (text model) to organize information about self and/or related to immediate needs in very simple structures such as lists or responses to prompts for everyday information.
• Write all letters of the alphabet and numbers and appropriately use simple everyday, highly familiar words (personal names, signatures, addresses), numbers (dates, phone #s, addresses, prices, etc.) and simple phrases to convey information, and make simple content changes and simple edits or handwriting, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization based on feedback from others.

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ESL 062 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 2

• Apply active listening strategies to understand and respond to learned words and phrases in simple questions, statements and high-frequency commands as part of short conversations, explanations, instructions, and narratives where the linguistic complexity is simplified.
• Use a few simple formulas to convey understanding, and ask for repetition or clarification and one or two simple strategies for gathering missing information and/or repairing problems in communication.
• Speak so others can understand to recall and use a limited set of learned words, phrases, and short sentences related to basic personal information, basic objects, and immediate needs in familiar, predictable, and straightforward communication tasks.
• Apply simple strategies (such as gestures, eye contact, and simple, repeated requests for feedback from listener) to monitor effectiveness of the communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding by decoding and recognizing familiar everyday, simple words in short, simple text by breaking words into parts, tapping out/sounding out syllables, applying pronunciation rules, using picture aids, and recalling oral vocabulary and sight words.
• Demonstrate familiarity with learned words, phrases, and simple sentences.
• Convey ideas in writing by following a highly structured plan to organize ideas around a single familiar topic.
• Appropriately use everyday, familiar vocabulary and simple sentence structures to produce a few sentences on a topic, and make simple edits of grammar, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation based on review and feedback from others.

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ESL 063 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 3

• Read and understand words and short paragraphs in workplace and academic articles and texts.
• Identify the main idea and important details.
• Look at headings and pictures to locate and describe important information.

• Write sentences and short paragraphs on familiar topics. 
• Revise and edit writing with guidance and support.
• Use technology to write and communicate with others.
• Do research (gather information) to answer questions.

• Listen and speak with different partners in small or large groups.
• Describe people, places, things or events, and express ideas and feelings loudly and clearly.
• Ask and answer questions to get help or information or when you don’t understand.

• Use level 3 grammar (correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling).
• Use verbs (Be, present continuous, simple present, and simple past) when speaking or writing.
• Produce simple and compound sentences.
• Use different strategies to learn the meaning of new words and phrases.

• Log-in to Canvas
• Message your teacher in Canvas
• Check your grades in Canvas
• Complete assignments in Canvas 
• Participate in simple discussions with your classmates in Canvas 

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ESL 064 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 4

• Apply active listening strategies to understand conversations, explanations, instructions and short narratives related to a familiar job, life-skill or social situation.
• Appropriately select from a range of strategies to repair gaps in understanding comprehend information, and give feedback even when opportunities to seek clarification or repetition are somewhat limited and the context is somewhat unfamiliar.
• Speak so others can understand to recall and use high-frequency vocabulary including words related to common, everyday topics and personal experience, display control of basic grammar and a variety of sentences types and registers in a range of familiar communication tasks.
• Speak fluently and accurately in familiar settings with one or more familiar listeners (either face-to-face or in brief telephone conversations) when a moderately high level of support is provided (written ,visual, or verbal prompts), and apply some strategies (checking pace and register, repeating/clarifying/correcting errors as necessary, self-rating/evaluation) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding to decode and recognize most everyday and some unfamiliar words in short to medium-length text by drawing on content knowledge and oral vocabulary, breaking words into parts, applying pronunciation rules, and adjusting reading pace. This includes recognizing standard words on a personal information form and identifying the main idea and supporting details in a selected paragraph or several paragraphs.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension by using a range of simple strategies, such as recalling, restating, rephrasing, explaining the content of the text or using examples.
• Convey ideas in writing in 1 well-organized paragraph with few errors on related topics using both everyday and specialized vocabulary and a variety of simple and compound sentence structures for varied purposes (personal expression, to inform, or to complete a task).
• Edit grammar (verb tense and forms) spelling, sentence structure (simple/compound) with appropriate capitalization and punctuation, language usage and text structure with the help of tools such a dictionaries, checklists, and graphic organizers, and revising based on review and feedback from others.

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ESL 065 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 5

• Apply active listening strategies to understand and respond to the gist of extended and relatively unstructured conversations and presentations of moderate length, detailed instructions, and more complex conversations when language is not adjusted for English language learners.
• Effectively use a wide range of strategies to repair gaps in understanding and give feedback, tailoring the response to the purpose of the communication, the audience, the level of formality of the situation and other socio-cultural factors.
• Speak so others can understand using a range of common vocabulary related to personal experience and everyday activities, some idioms as well as control of basic grammar and a variety of sentence types and registers in a range of familiar to somewhat unfamiliar or unpredictable communication tasks with audiences that may not be entirely familiar when provided with some support (guided practice, modeling, and advance organizers.)
• Apply a range of strategies (including attention to appropriate register, repetition of information, adjustments in pace, tone, volume, eye contact, body language based on listener’s response and needs) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose. Read with understanding to locate important information in short texts and to recognize unfamiliar and some specialized words and abbreviations using word analysis or inference.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies, such as posing and answering questions, trial and error, and adjusting reading pace.
• Convey ideas in writing by determining the purpose and audience for writing simple narrative, informative, or expressive texts of a few short paragraphs and steps/instructions/commands using simple planning strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
• Use simple revision strategies to monitor effectiveness by re-reading and revising during the writing process and making revisions to a first and final draft based on review and feedback from others, and make many edits of grammar, spelling, sentence structure, (simple/compound/complex with appropriate capitalization and punctuation) language usage and text structure often with help of tools such as simplified dictionaries, grammar checklists, and graphic organizers.

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ESL 066 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 6

• Apply active listening strategies to understand main ideas and most details in relatively complex and unstructured conversations, short lectures, news reports, extended explanations and other connected discourse on a range of topics, including topics beyond everyday contexts and immediate experiences in a variety of work, personal, and basic academic contexts with limited need for guidance and repetition.
• Effectively use advanced strategies to repair gaps in understanding, to ask questions to deepen comprehension and to give feedback appropriate to the situation, the audience and the purpose of the communication.
• Speak so others can understand by recalling and using a range of vocabulary including words related to most everyday, school, work, and social situations; know and use a variety of complex sentence structures and grammatical forms; know and use appropriate register in a range of communicative tasks, including unfamiliar, unpredictable, and uncomfortable interactions when provided minimal support.
• Apply a wide range of strategies (including body language, pause fillers, stalling devices, and different rates of speech as needed) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding dense or multipart texts to independently accomplish structured, complex reading activities in a variety of familiar and novel settings, and locate important information; read identified sections for detail and determine missing information.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies, such as brainstorming and question formulation techniques.
• Convey ideas in writing by determining the purpose and audience for writing expressive, persuasive and informative texts using a variety of complex sentence structures in coherently-linked multiple-paragraph essays.
• Use a variety of strategies (undertake multiple re-readings of text in order to edit for grammar, spelling, sentence structure, language usage, and text structure) and use appropriate tools such as dictionaries and grammar guides.

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ESL 071 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 1

• Apply active listening strategies to understand learned words and phrases in simple questions, statements, and high frequency commands as part of short conversations, explanations, narratives or instructions with limited linguistic complexity.
• Use a few simple formulas including non-verbal gestures to convey understanding and ask for repetition or clarification.
• Speak so others can understand by recalling and using simple learned phrases relating to personal information, basic objects or a limited number of activities and immediate needs related to familiar and predictable work or life-skills communication tasks.
• Apply simple strategies (gestures, eye contact, and simple requests) to monitor effectiveness of the communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding by recognizing everyday words or word groups in short, simple text by decoding letter-sound correspondence, isolating and saying first and last sounds, naming pictures to isolate and say initial sounds, sounding out words by segmenting words into separate sounds and syllables, combining or blending sounds, recognizing simple rhyming word patterns, or recalling oral vocabulary and sight words.
• Demonstrate familiarity with concepts of print and letter shapes occurring in common vocabulary.
• Convey ideas in writing by following a highly structured plan (text model) to organize information about self and/or related to immediate needs in very simple structures such as lists or responses to prompts for everyday information.
• Write all letters of the alphabet and numbers and appropriately use simple everyday, highly familiar words (personal names, signatures, addresses), numbers (dates, phone #s, addresses, prices, etc.) and simple phrases to convey information, and make simple content changes and simple edits or handwriting, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization based on feedback from others.

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ESL 072 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 2

• Apply active listening strategies to understand learned words and phrases in simple questions, statements and high-frequency commands as part of short conversations, explanations, instructions, and narratives where the linguistic complexity is simplified.
• Use a few simple formulas to convey understanding, and ask for repetition or clarification and one or two simple strategies for gathering missing information and/or repairing problems in communication.
• Speak so others can understand to recall and use a limited set of learned words, phrases, and short sentences related to basic personal information, basic objects, and immediate needs in familiar, predictable, and straightforward communication tasks.
• Apply simple strategies (such as gestures, eye contact, and simple, repeated requests for feedback from listener) to monitor effectiveness of the communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding by decoding and recognizing familiar everyday, simple words in short, simple text by breaking words into parts, tapping out/sounding out syllables, applying pronunciation rules, using picture aids, and recalling oral vocabulary and sight words.
• Demonstrate familiarity with learned words, phrases, and simple sentences.
• Convey ideas in writing by following a highly structured plan to organize ideas around a single familiar topic.
• Appropriately use everyday, familiar vocabulary and simple sentence structures to produce a few sentences on a topic, and make simple edits of grammar, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation based on review and feedback from others.

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ESL 073 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 3

• Read and understand words and short paragraphs in workplace and academic articles and texts. 
• Identify the main idea and important details.
• Look at headings and pictures to locate and describe important information.

• Write sentences and short paragraphs on familiar topics.
• Revise and edit writing with guidance and support.
• Use technology to write and communicate with others. 
• Do research (gather information) to answer questions.

• Listen and speak with different partners in small or large groups.
• Describe people, places, things or events, and express ideas and feelings loudly and clearly. 
• Ask and answer questions to get help or information or when you don’t understand.

• Use level 3 grammar (correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling).
• Use verbs (Be, present continuous, simple present, and simple past) when speaking or writing.
• Produce simple and compound sentences.
• Use different strategies to learn the meaning of new words and phrases.

• Log-in to Canvas
• Message your teacher in Canvas
• Check your grades in Canvas 
• Complete assignments in Canvas 
• Participate in simple discussions with your classmates in Canvas 

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ESL 074 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 4

• Apply active listening strategies to understand conversations, explanations, instructions and short narratives related to a familiar job, life-skill or social situation.
• Appropriately select from a range of strategies to repair gaps in understanding comprehend information, and give feedback even when opportunities to seek clarification or repetition are somewhat limited and the context is somewhat unfamiliar.
• Speak so others can understand to recall and use high-frequency vocabulary including words related to common, everyday topics and personal experience, display control of basic grammar and a variety of sentences types and registers in a range of familiar communication tasks.
• Speak fluently and accurately in familiar settings with one or more familiar listeners (either face-to-face or in brief telephone conversations) when a moderately high level of support is provided (written ,visual, or verbal prompts), and apply some strategies (checking pace and register, repeating/clarifying/correcting errors as necessary, self-rating/evaluation) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding to decode and recognize most everyday and some unfamiliar words in short to medium-length text by drawing on content knowledge and oral vocabulary, breaking words into parts, applying pronunciation rules, and adjusting reading pace. This includes recognizing standard words on a personal information form and identifying the main idea and supporting details in a selected paragraph or several paragraphs.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension by using a range of simple strategies, such as recalling, restating, rephrasing, explaining the content of the text or using examples.
• Convey ideas in writing in 1 well-organized paragraph with few errors on related topics using both everyday and specialized vocabulary and a variety of simple and compound sentence structures for varied purposes (personal expression, to inform, or to complete a task).
• Edit grammar (verb tense and forms) spelling, sentence structure (simple/compound) with appropriate capitalization and punctuation, language usage and text structure with the help of tools such a dictionaries, checklists, and graphic organizers, and revising based on review and feedback from others.

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ESL 075 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 5

• Apply active listening strategies to understand and respond to the gist of extended and relatively unstructured conversations and presentations of moderate length, detailed instructions, and more complex conversations when language is not adjusted for English language learners.
• Effectively use a wide range of strategies to repair gaps in understanding and give feedback, tailoring the response to the purpose of the communication, the audience, the level of formality of the situation and other socio-cultural factors.
• Speak so others can understand using a range of common vocabulary related to personal experience and everyday activities, some idioms as well as control of basic grammar and a variety of sentence types and registers in a range of familiar to somewhat unfamiliar or unpredictable communication tasks with audiences that may not be entirely familiar when provided with some support (guided practice, modeling, and advance organizers.)
• Apply a range of strategies (including attention to appropriate register, repetition of information, adjustments in pace, tone, volume, eye contact, body language based on listener’s response and needs) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding to locate important information in short texts and to recognize unfamiliar and some specialized words and abbreviations using word analysis or inference.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies, such as posing and answering questions, trial and error, and adjusting reading pace.
• Convey ideas in writing by determining the purpose and audience for writing simple narrative, informative, or expressive texts of a few short paragraphs and steps/instructions/commands using simple planning strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
• Use simple revision strategies to monitor effectiveness by re-reading and revising during the writing process and making revisions to a first and final draft based on review and feedback from others, and make many edits of grammar, spelling, sentence structure, (simple/compound/complex with appropriate capitalization and punctuation) language usage and text structure often with help of tools such as simplified dictionaries, grammar checklists, and graphic organizers.

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ESL 076 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 6

• Apply active listening strategies to understand main ideas and most details in relatively complex and unstructured conversations, short lectures, news reports, extended explanations and other connected discourse on a range of topics, including topics beyond everyday contexts and immediate experiences in a variety of work, personal, and basic academic contexts with limited need for guidance and repetition.
• Effectively use advanced strategies to repair gaps in understanding, to ask questions to deepen comprehension and to give feedback appropriate to the situation, the audience and the purpose of the communication.
• Speak so others can understand by recalling and using a range of vocabulary including words related to most everyday, school, work, and social situations; know and use a variety of complex sentence structures and grammatical forms; know and use appropriate register in a range of communicative tasks, including unfamiliar, unpredictable, and uncomfortable interactions when provided minimal support.
• Apply a wide range of strategies (including body language, pause fillers, stalling devices, and different rates of speech as needed) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding dense or multipart texts to independently accomplish structured, complex reading activities in a variety of familiar and novel settings, and locate important information; read identified sections for detail and determine missing information.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies, such as brainstorming and question formulation techniques.
• Convey ideas in writing by determining the purpose and audience for writing expressive, persuasive and informative texts using a variety of complex sentence structures in coherently-linked multiple-paragraph essays.
• Use a variety of strategies (undertake multiple re-readings of text in order to edit for grammar, spelling, sentence structure, language usage, and text structure) and use appropriate tools such as dictionaries and grammar guides.

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ESL 081 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 1

• Apply active listening strategies to understand learned words and phrases in simple questions, statements, and high frequency commands as part of short conversations, explanations, narratives or instructions with limited linguistic complexity.
• Use a few simple formulas including non-verbal gestures to convey understanding and ask for repetition or clarification.
• Speak so others can understand by recalling and using simple learned phrases relating to personal information, basic objects or a limited number of activities and immediate needs related to familiar and predictable work or life-skills communication tasks.
• Apply simple strategies (gestures, eye contact, and simple requests) to monitor effectiveness of the communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding by recognizing everyday words or word groups in short, simple text by decoding letter-sound correspondence, isolating and saying first and last sounds, naming pictures to isolate and say initial sounds, sounding out words by segmenting words into separate sounds and syllables, combining or blending sounds, recognizing simple rhyming word patterns, or recalling oral vocabulary and sight words.
• Demonstrate familiarity with concepts of print and letter shapes occurring in common vocabulary.
• Convey ideas in writing by following a highly structured plan (text model) to organize information about self and/or related to immediate needs in very simple structures such as lists or responses to prompts for everyday information.
• Write all letters of the alphabet and numbers and appropriately use simple everyday, highly familiar words (personal names, signatures, addresses), numbers (dates, phone #s, addresses, prices, etc.) and simple phrases to convey information, and make simple content changes and simple edits or handwriting, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization based on feedback from others.

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ESL 082 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 2

• Apply active listening strategies to understand and respond to learned words and phrases in simple questions, statements and high-frequency commands as part of short conversations, explanations, instructions, and narratives where the linguistic complexity is simplified.
• Use a few simple formulas to convey understanding, and ask for repetition or clarification and one or two simple strategies for gathering missing information and/or repairing problems in communication.
• Speak so others can understand to recall and use a limited set of learned words, phrases, and short sentences related to basic personal information, basic objects, and immediate needs in familiar, predictable, and straightforward communication tasks.
• Apply simple strategies (such as gestures, eye contact, and simple, repeated requests for feedback from listener) to monitor effectiveness of the communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding by decoding and recognizing familiar everyday, simple words in short, simple text by breaking words into parts, tapping out/sounding out syllables, applying pronunciation rules, using picture aids, and recalling oral vocabulary and sight words.
• Demonstrate familiarity with learned words, phrases, and simple sentences.
• Convey ideas in writing by following a highly structured plan to organize ideas around a single familiar topic.
• Appropriately use everyday, familiar vocabulary and simple sentence structures to produce a few sentences on a topic, and make simple edits of grammar, capitalization, spelling, and punctuation based on review and feedback from others.

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ESL 083 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 3

• Read and understand words and short paragraphs in workplace and academic articles and texts.
• Identify the main idea and important details.
• Look at headings and pictures to locate and describe important information.

• Write sentences and short paragraphs on familiar topics.
• Revise and edit writing with guidance and support.
• Use technology to write and communicate with others.
• Do research (gather information) to answer questions.

• Listen and speak with different partners in small or large groups.
• Describe people, places, things or events, and express ideas and feelings loudly and clearly.
• Ask and answer questions to get help or information or when you don’t understand.

• Use level 3 grammar (correct capitalization, punctuation and spelling).
• Use verbs (Be, present continuous, simple present, and simple past) when speaking or writing. 
• Produce simple and compound sentences.
• Use different strategies to learn the meaning of new words and phrases.

• Log-in to Canvas
• Message your teacher in Canvas
• Check your grades in Canvas
• Complete assignments in Canvas 
• Participate in simple discussions with your classmates in Canvas 

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ESL 084 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 4

• Apply active listening strategies to understand conversations, explanations, instructions and short narratives related to a familiar job, life-skill or social situation.
• Appropriately select from a range of strategies to repair gaps in understanding comprehend information, and give feedback even when opportunities to seek clarification or repetition are somewhat limited and the context is somewhat unfamiliar.
• Speak so others can understand to recall and use high-frequency vocabulary including words related to common, everyday topics and personal experience, display control of basic grammar and a variety of sentences types and registers in a range of familiar communication tasks.
• Speak fluently and accurately in familiar settings with one or more familiar listeners (either face-to-face or in brief telephone conversations) when a moderately high level of support is provided (written, visual, or verbal prompts), and apply some strategies (checking pace and register, repeating/clarifying/correcting errors as necessary, self-rating/evaluation) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding to decode and recognize most everyday and some unfamiliar words in short to medium-length text by drawing on content knowledge and oral vocabulary, breaking words into parts, applying pronunciation rules, and adjusting reading pace.
• This includes recognizing standard words on a personal information form and identifying the main idea and supporting details in a selected paragraph or several paragraphs.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension by using a range of simple strategies, such as recalling, restating, rephrasing, explaining the content of the text or using examples.
• Convey ideas in writing in 1 well-organized paragraph with few errors on related topics using both everyday and specialized vocabulary and a variety of simple and compound sentence structures for varied purposes (personal expression, to inform, or to complete a task).
• Edit grammar (verb tense and forms) spelling, sentence structure (simple/compound) with appropriate capitalization and punctuation, language usage and text structure with the help of tools such a dictionaries, checklists, and graphic organizers, and revising based on review and feedback from others.

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ESL 085 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 5

• Apply active listening strategies to understand and respond to the gist of extended and relatively unstructured conversations and presentations of moderate length, detailed instructions, and more complex conversations when language is not adjusted for English language learners.
• Effectively use a wide range of strategies to repair gaps in understanding and give feedback, tailoring the response to the purpose of the communication, the audience, the level of formality of the situation and other socio-cultural factors.
• Speak so others can understand using a range of common vocabulary related to personal experience and everyday activities, some idioms as well as control of basic grammar and a variety of sentence types and registers in a range of familiar to somewhat unfamiliar or unpredictable communication tasks with audiences that may not be entirely familiar when provided with some support (guided practice, modeling, and advance organizers.)
• Apply a range of strategies (including attention to appropriate register, repetition of information, adjustments in pace, tone, volume, eye contact, body language based on listener’s response and needs) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding to locate important information in short texts and to recognize unfamiliar and some specialized words and abbreviations using word analysis or inference.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies, such as posing and answering questions, trial and error, and adjusting reading pace.
• Convey ideas in writing by determining the purpose and audience for writing simple narrative, informative, or expressive texts of a few short paragraphs and steps/instructions/commands using simple planning strategies to identify and organize a limited number of ideas to support a single purpose and produce a legible and comprehensible draft.
• Use simple revision strategies to monitor effectiveness by re-reading and revising during the writing process and making revisions to a first and final draft based on review and feedback from others, and make many edits of grammar, spelling, sentence structure, (simple/compound/complex with appropriate capitalization and punctuation) language usage and text structure often with help of tools such as simplified dictionaries, grammar checklists, and graphic organizers.

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ESL 086 - English as a Second Language (ESL) Level 6

• Apply active listening strategies to understand main ideas and most details in relatively complex and unstructured conversations, short lectures, news reports, extended explanations and other connected discourse on a range of topics, including topics beyond everyday contexts and immediate experiences in a variety of work, personal, and basic academic contexts with limited need for guidance and repetition.
• Effectively use advanced strategies to repair gaps in understanding, to ask questions to deepen comprehension and to give feedback appropriate to the situation, the audience and the purpose of the communication.
• Speak so others can understand by recalling and using a range of vocabulary including words related to most everyday, school, work, and social situations; know and use a variety of complex sentence structures and grammatical forms; know and use appropriate register in a range of communicative tasks, including unfamiliar, unpredictable, and uncomfortable interactions when provided minimal support.
• Apply a wide range of strategies (including body language, pause fillers, stalling devices, and different rates of speech as needed) to monitor and enhance effectiveness of communication and to meet the speaking purpose.
• Read with understanding dense or multipart texts to independently accomplish structured, complex reading activities in a variety of familiar and novel settings, and locate important information; read identified sections for detail and determine missing information.
• Monitor and enhance comprehension using a wide range of strategies, such as brainstorming and question formulation techniques.
• Convey ideas in writing by determining the purpose and audience for writing expressive, persuasive and informative texts using a variety of complex sentence structures in coherently-linked multiple-paragraph essays.
• Use a variety of strategies (undertake multiple re-readings of text in order to edit for grammar, spelling, sentence structure, language usage, and text structure) and use appropriate tools such as dictionaries and grammar guides.

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HSC 055 - Math 5

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HSC 065 - English 5

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HSC 071 - GED Test Preparation I

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HSC 072 - GED Test Preparation II

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BIOL& 100 - Survey of Biology

• Give scientific evidence for the theory of evolution and its role as the central theme of biology; compare and contrast the taxa of living organisms, and how evolution resulted in the diversity of life.
• Define the natural world as the subject matter of science, and explain how science is based on common principles and the scientific method of inquiry.
• Explain the process of gene expression, including basic genetic principles and solve inheritance problems.
• Describe the applications of and analyze the social, and ethical implications of advances in biotechnology.
• Outline ecological hierarchy and describe species interaction with energy flow and matter cycling through trophic levels.
• Articulate arguments about current issues related to biology.
• Support those arguments with evidence.
• Explain how nutrition and lifestyle activities are related to personal health.
• Identify and evaluate sources of scientific information using accepted criteria.

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BIOL 108 - Human Biology

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BIOL 125 - Survey of Human Diseases

• Identify and describe common diseases that affect humans such as diabetes, hypertension etc.
• Explain the causes, symptoms and preventive measures to the above diseases.
• Identify the major human organ systems, including …cardiovascular system, respiratory system, digestive system,immune system, nervous system, urinary system and reproductive system.
• Describe and identify common diseases that affect the different human organ systems such as the
  cardiovascular system, respiratory system, digestive system, nervous system, urinary system and the
  reproductive system.
• Explain the biology of some of the emerging infectious diseases.
• Explain how emerging infectious diseases affect society.
• Define health and explain how these diseases affect our health.

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BIOL 135 - Introduction to Global Health

• Explain, at an introductory level of knowledge, current global health problems, interventions and suggested solutions.
• Describe the key determinants of health. Illustrate social, moral and ethical dilemmas in global health.
• Describe various health systems and importance of culture to health.
• Describe the nutritional challenges relating to women’s health and children’s health in the world.
• Describe the most prevalent communicable and non-communicable diseases in the world.
• Compare and contrast regional global health policies.
• Describe how science and technology have changed global health.

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BIOL 145 - Understanding Cancer

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BIOL 150 - Marine Biology

• Describe the components of marine communities, and the physical and biological factors that shape their composition.
• Explain basic ecological principles e.g. energy flow, population dynamics, nutrient cycles.
• List the characteristics of major groups of marine organisms e.g. algae, cyanobacteria, fishes, invertebrates.
• Classify marine life into the appropriate taxonomic groups.
• Explain how humans use biological ocean resources.
  
  

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BIOL& 160 - General Biology w/Lab

• Illustrate the organization and complexity of life based on the structure and function of biological molecules and cells.
• Compare and contrast the concept of photosynthesis and cellular respiration and the inter-relatedness of mitochondria and chloroplasts in the energy exchanges important to living organisms.
• Present the historical and modern foundational knowledge underlying Genetics and heredity.
• Explain the transmission of information within a cell involving DNA, RNA and proteins.
• Apply observation and experimentation using the scientific method to understand natural events or phenomena.
• Provide examples that illustrate evolution as the central organizing theme of biology that explains the continuity and diversity of life.
• Investigate current technology in biological research, such as light microscopy and gel electrophoresis.

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BIOL 162 - General Biology II

• Describe and compare the major characteristics of the eukaryotic tax
• Use classification methods to distinguish different plant and animal taxa
• Compare major organ systems, structure and function in the Animalia.
• Compare major organ systems, structure and function in the Plantae.
• Describe the characteristics of the major aquatic and terrestrial communities and biomes of the world.
• Evaluate the role of biotic and abiotic factors in energy flow and water and major mineral cycles.
• Explain principles of population dynamics and community behavior.
• Explain issues related to human impacts on natural systems and earth’s sustainability.
• Use biology laboratory equipment, including microscopes and dissection tools, and techniques correctly to observe specimens and perform experiments.
• Develop the general skills (e.g., observation, problem solving, hypothesis generation and testing) used in science.

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BIOL 194 - Special Topics in Biology

• Special topics course. Outcomes dependent upon selected topic each quarter.

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BIOL 195 - Special Topics in Biology

• Special topics course. Outcomes dependent upon selected topic each quarter.

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BIOL 196 - Special Topics in Biology

• Special topics course. Outcomes dependent upon selected topic each quarter.

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BIOL 197 - Special Topics in Biology

• Special topics course. Outcomes dependent upon selected topic each quarter.

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BIOL 199 - Individual Studies in Biology

• Individual study course. Outcomes dependent upon selected topic between student and teacher.

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BIOL& 211 - Biology Majors Cellular

• Describe chemical principles and biochemical structures relevant to the functioning of living cells.
• Identify common cellular structures and describe their function.
• Apply mechanisms of heredity to predict inheritance of traits.
• Describe processes of cellular metabolism including cell respiration and photosynthesis.
• Describe processes of cell division.
• Explain DNA structure, flow of genetic information, protein synthesis and regulation of these processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
• Describe current methods used to analyze and manipulate DNA, and use current biology laboratory equipment, tools and techniques to sequence and analyze parts of a bacterial genome, including maintaining a professional style laboratory notebook.
• Interpret and summarize scientific literature.

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BIOL& 212 - Biology Majors Animal

• Describe the theory of evolution, including principles and mechanisms of microevolution, speciation and macroevolution
• Describe the evidence supporting the theory of evolution
• Identify key events in the history of life on Earth, including hypotheses concerning the origins of life, organelles, and multicellularity
• Construct and interpret phylogenetic diagrams from morphological and genetic data
• Identify distinguishing characters of major animal taxa using phylogenetics as a comparative tool
• Describe the diverse adaptations and ecological roles of organisms within each taxon
• Describe and compare the major organ systems in animals, with emphasis on chordate structure and function. Contrast key structures between chordate and invertebrate organisms
• Exhibit science study and process skills including making quality observations, using microscopes safely, and writing taxonomy

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BIOL& 213 - Biology Majors Plant

• Differentiate between organisms representing the different lineages of life and between major groups within those lineages, with a focus on photosynthetic organisms.
• Describe the diverse adaptations and ecological roles of organisms within each group, including the functional significance of differences in anatomy and morphology with regard to growth, nutrition and dispersal.
• Explain the basic principles of ecology; including population, community, ecosystem and conservation ecology.
• Explain how human activities alter existing biodiversity and impact evolutionary and ecological processes.
• Analyze and interpret experimental results to reinforce biological principles.

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BIOL& 241 - Human Anatomy and Physiology I

• Identify the components of the skeletal, muscular and nervous systems and describe their location in anatomical terms.
• Recognize and describe the relationship between the anatomical structure of an organ and how it correlates to its function.
• Observe and describe differences in tissue types to predict their role in the normal structure and functioning of an organ.
• Explain the principle of homeostasis and the use of feedback loops to control physiological systems, and how an inability to maintain homeostasis can lead to disease.
• Use appropriate terminology to effectively communicate information related to anatomy and physiology.

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BIOL& 242 - Human Anatomy and Physiology II

• Identify the components of the major organ systems and describe their location in anatomical terms.
• Apply concepts and knowledge of terminology, structure and function related to each organ system.
• Perform basic physiological measurements and analyze the results to determine if they are within a “healthy” range or indicate an abnormality.
• Explain how the body systems function to maintain homeostasis and how imbalances of these systems lead to disease.
• Effectively use anatomical and physiological vocabulary to communicate, written and orally, educate patients and work with colleagues in a professional setting.

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BIOL& 260 - Microbiology

• Follow instructions for safely applying the conceptual skills and techniques and utilizing the equipment of a microbiology lab.
• Describe the genetics, structures, metabolism and reproduction of cellular (Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic) and non- cellular microbes.
• Apply knowledge of microbial sources of genetic variation to understanding genetic engineering and biotechnology today.
• List the elements of microbial nutrition and physical requirements for microbial growth and reproduction.
• Explain disease dynamics by comparing the human immune system to the pathogenic strategies of microbes and the infections they cause.
• Explain how prevention and treatment strategies for medically important microbes play a role in controlling the epidemic/pandemic spread of disease.
• Describe the current hypothesis regarding the origin of the first cells and their role in establishing the cycles, nitrogen and carbon, that maintain life as we know it on our planet.
• Trace the history of microbiology through the age of antibiotics and the appearance of re-emerging and emerging diseases.

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BIOL 275 - Laboratory Methods in Genomics

• Use molecular biology protocols.
• Troubleshoot molecular biology protocols.
• Use molecular biology techniques associated with DNA sequencing.
• Troubleshoot molecular biology techniques associated with DNA sequencing.
• Document and communicate research.
• Critically analyze original scientific literature.

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BIOL 276 - Advanced Laboratory Methods in Genomics

• Work independently to conduct molecular biology research.
• Train less skilled researchers in molecular biology techniques associated with DNA sequencing.

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BIOL 294 - Special Topics in Biology

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BIOL 295 - Special Topics in Biology

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BIOL 296 - Special Topics in Biology

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BIOL 297 - Special Topics in Biology

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