Lakeside Lutheran Moodle

Students learn to carefully and closely read literature from a variety of sources: folktales, non-fiction, short story, poetry, drama, and the novel, including western traditional classics. Course focuses on the relationship between writers’ lives, contexts, and writing. Use of literary terms and devices is refined. Outside reading is assigned. Writing emphasizes creating sound paragraphs and combining them into longer compositions. A research paper is expected. Grammatical concepts are reviewed throughout the semester, as students frequently respond to the literature in their writing. Introductory elements of public speaking is also covered later in the year-long course.

Students learn to carefully and closely read literature from a variety of sources: folktales, non-fiction, short story, poetry, drama, and the novel, including western traditional classics. Course focuses on the relationship between writers’ lives, contexts, and writing. Use of literary terms and devices is refined. Outside reading is assigned. Writing emphasizes creating sound paragraphs and combining them into longer compositions. A research paper is expected. Grammatical concepts are reviewed throughout the semester, as students frequently respond to the literature in their writing. Introductory elements of public speaking is also covered later in the year-long course.

This is a class for college-bound seniors. An emphasis is placed on academic writing, modeled after the types of assignments students may expect in college. The course also includes vocabulary work, some creative writing, the completion of a major research paper, and a multimedia presentation.

Students learn to carefully and closely read literature from a variety of sources: folktales, non-fiction, short story, poetry, drama, and the novel, including western traditional classics. Course focuses on the relationship between writers’ lives, contexts, and writing. Use of literary terms and devices is refined. Outside reading is assigned. Writing emphasizes creating sound paragraphs and combining them into longer compositions. A research paper is expected. Grammatical concepts are reviewed throughout the semester, as students frequently respond to the literature in their writing. Introductory elements of public speaking is also covered later in the year-long course.

This course introduces students to authors and works from around the world, emphasizing works that are not American or British. Taken geographically, the readings may include short stories, essays, drama, poetry, and a novel. Attention is also given to the culture of the areas studied. Outside reading and a minor paper/presentation is often required.

Welcome to Pre-Algebra!

This course is a more competitive fitness and exercise class based on improving the five components of health-related fitness. Students are involved in a fitness program that includes cardiovascular, flexibility and muscular improvement along with body composition testing. The daily schedule includes aerobic activities involving team sports, games, or workout videos as well as strength and flexibility training for muscular improvement. Students are allowed the use of a variety of fitness equipment (ellipticals, treadmills, and bikes), as well as free and machine weights. (Workout videos of yoga, Tae Bo, Pilates, aerobic dance steps and walking are also available for use.) The class is for female and male students interested in exercise, fitness and personal improvement with an emphasis in more of a sports or competitive co-ed setting. Class meets 5 days a week and may be taken multiple semesters. Students may not take both types of fitness classes during the same semester.

The physical education 9 curriculum directs the student into lifetime fitness through aerobic sports activities as well as muscular strength and endurance improvement. Basic skills and knowledge of various sport games are taught. Students are introduced to the correct techniques of strength training as part of overall physical fitness. The curriculum includes lifetime fitness activities of aerobics, weight training, and circuit training. Sports activities include units on lacrosse, speedball, volleyball (boys), team handball, field hockey, eclipse ball, Ultimate Frisbee, pickle ball, badminton, a variety of indoor games, rugby, disc golf, whiffle ball and coed line dancing.

This course is the second semester of a survey-level course designed to show God's loving hand in the keeping of his children and his promises in the foretelling of the Savior. Special emphasis will be placed on his promises fulfilled through the conquest of the Promised Land, the guidance under the judges and the kingdom of Judah, the divided kingdom, and ultimately his mercy on the remnant of Israel during the Babylonian captivity.

This course is the second semester of a survey-level course designed to show God's loving hand in the keeping of his children and his promises in the foretelling of the Savior. Special emphasis will be placed on his promises fulfilled through the conquest of the Promised Land, the guidance under the judges and the kingdom of Judah, the divided kingdom, and ultimately his mercy on the remnant of Israel during the Babylonian captivity.

This Moodle Class includes links to the OpenStax textbook we will be trying out this semester. Also, an important link to OpenStax Tutor is located here. That is where a good chunk of your assignments will be located.

An introduction to physics and chemistry using various laboratory experiences, this course investigates the behavior of the physical Creation. Topics such as motion, energy, atomic structure, solutions, and magnetism explore the nature and behavior of matter and energy.

U.S. Government surveys the institutions of American democracy as they have developed from 1776 to the present with special emphasis on an examination of the Constitution as the basis of our form of democracy.

The United States rose to global prominence in the decades leading to the first World War and later underwent a series of dramatic domestic changes as well as changes in its worldwide role. U.S. History - Modern Era is a course designed to highlight the transition of the United States as it transitioned after the first World War into the present. Special attention will be focused on the social, political, and economic developments over the period.

Course purpose:

U.S. History 2 is a survey/overview of the political, social, cultural, economic, and religious developments from about 1850 through World War I.

 Course goal:

This course will impart background on our nation’s history, examine its application to today, and help them to understand and appreciate their role as a Christian in the U.S. today.

This course serves as an introduction to the German language and the culture of German speaking countries. Students will develop novice communication skills in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing. This will be accomplished through a variety of speaking activities, children's books, music, short stories, video clips, grammar drills, and short writing assignments. We will also confess our Christian faith by praying the Lord's prayer and singing Lutheran hymns. Instruction will be given primarily in  German with English explanations of grammar and activities. 

This is an introductory course to the Spanish language and its culture. Students develop a novice proficiency in the language through a variety of communicative activities that focus on the four language skills: reading, writing, listening and speaking. Students also develop awareness of Hispanic culture and what this means to them as young Christians.

Students continue to develop intermediate proficiency in the Spanish language. Spanish IV focuses on Spanish literature, using stories, poems, songs and other types of literature to extend knowledge. This course assumes students have been adequately prepared for the coursework. Students are required to make presentations, write essays and read longer stories in Spanish. This course is taught in Spanish and students are required to use only Spanish in the classroom.