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Meet our teachers, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Blackerby, Mrs. Bearden, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Bearden, Mrs. Hightower, Mrs. Fourman, and Mr. McElmurray !
Grammar and American Literature:
note: This class is also offered as an Honors class
The highlights of American literature that have thrilled readers through the years are included in this enjoyable class for eleventh grade. The broad study of various types of literature helps students to love and appreciate the literature of our country. Authors include Irving, Cooper, Whittier, Clemens, Frost, Thurber, and many others. Transcendentalism and the literary trends of the twentieth century are not simply accepted as "art" but are evaluated in light of the Scriptures for the students' edification. America's great preachers, hymn writers, statesmen, and Bible scholars are given their rightful place in American literature. The grammar handbook for writers covers grammar, usage, and mechanics thoroughly and emphasizes the application of those elements to the writing process. Vocabulary and spelling is a 12 unit in-depth study of vocabulary, spelling lists and practice exercises. A word analyzer made up of Greek and Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes, as well as pre-tests, is included for each unit .
United States History:
note: This class is also offered as an Honors class
The eleventh graders will be presented with the history of America from the 1490s to the 1990s with special emphasis on the personalities and events that shaped the American character. A variety of illustrations, maps, and photographs will invite students to explore the past of U.S. history. Through the story of America's rise to greatness, students will learn to recognize the hand of God in history and to appreciate the influence of Christianity in government, economics, and society.
Chemistry
note: This class is also offered as an Honors class
Chemistry is the study of science that deals with the study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter and the different states and changes the matter can undergo. In addition to studying matter and its elemental properties, chemical reactions and their causes will also be studied. The scientific laws that govern matter and energy will also be discussed. Lastly, the different types of chemistry will be looked at. While these topics are being discussed, there will be an overall teaching of how chemistry relates to the creation of God and the importance of it.
Mathematics:
Algebra II (Traditional Track):
Algebra II is the bridge between Algebra I and higher level mathematics such as Trigonometry and Calculus. Students will be studying concepts mastered in Algebra I in more depth, as well as focusing on new concepts necessary in upper level mathematics courses. For the Christian student, studying Algebra II and all mathematics can easily demonstrate the existence of a Creator with purpose, design, and order. Specifically, over the course of a year, students will study equations, functions, inequalities, and their graphs, matrices, conic sections, sequences and series, probability and statistics, and basic trigonometry.
Pre-Calculus (Advanced Track):
Pre-Calculus is a year-long, academically rigorous course, with one semester a continuation of the Algebra curriculum, and the other semester covering trigonometry. The fundamental objectives are to help students truly understand the fundamental concepts of algebra, trigonometry, and analytical geometry, and to foreshadow important ideas of calculus. The use of technology will be strongly emphasized, as will standard analytical techniques. The course will use graphical, numerical, and algebraic modeling of functions.
note: both mathematics classes can be taken as Honors classes
Spanish II:
Spanish II is a review and reinforcement to written and spoken Spanish. The course begins with pronunciation review including sentence drills. Grammar Structures are covered including nouns, adjectives, verbs, double object pronouns, the imperfect tense, and advanced sentence structure. The vocabulary cover places, people, directions, communication, school, sports, personal relations, adjectives, verbs of becoming, house, state, government, and Church. There are also weekly Bible verses from the Spanish New Testament, Spanish Conversations, Interviews, Reports, Letters, Reading, Oral and Written Translations, Oral Mastery Exercises, Quarter Reviews “self test”, and “Create a Scene” wish give the students an opportunity to participate in both the creation and the presentation of a light-hearted mini-play by choosing the words for his part.
Bible -- Hermeneutics and Comparative Religions
Bible for the Eleventh Grade is Hermeneutics, a study of the principles of biblical interpretation, and Comparative Religions, a survey of the beliefs and practices of the major world religions and cults.
The first semester begins by focusing on the presuppositions, principles, guidelines and skills that must be observed and developed in order to do the task of biblical interpretation. The text this course is based on is Robertson McQuilkin's Understanding and Applying the Bible, Revised Edition , Chicago: Moody Publishers, 1992. The course develops the same principles, guidelines and skills and follows the same order found in McQuilkin's book. This is a very practical course and will involve many practical assignments to give the student hands-on experience in the actual practice and process of hermeneutics. Major interpretive skills developed throughout include: identifying the historical, physical and cultural setting of a passage, doing extensive word study, analyzing thought structure by doing a mechanical layout, outlining a book, and applying appropriate interpretive principles to figurative language, parables, Hebrew poetry, and apocalyptic language. The student will also correctly apply the correct steps in handling alleged discrepancies and evaluating whether or not certain teachings are limited to the original audience.
The second semester is Comparative Religions, and focuses on a study of the history, beliefs and practices of world religions, cults, and the occult. In the world religions unit, systems covered include the major Eastern & Western trajectories of religion and their major offshoots. In the cults unit, various families of cults are studied in addition to the major cults. Finally, occult phenomena are catalogued and evaluated from a biblical perspective. The truth of God's revelation studied during the first semester will be contrasted with the beliefs and practices of other world religions besides Christianity, as well as many cults that twist the meaning of Scripture by ignoring sound principles of hermeneutics. Students will also receive practical tips on how to witness to members of other world religions and cults.
