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SENIOR ENGLISH 144 (SP) Grade: 12 Grouping: Homogeneous Prerequisite: Grouping by teacher recommendation This course, Literature of the Self, is organized around the study of broad thematic units: Family, Self, and Community. These units examine the influence of the collective and personal past and the immediate family on each person’s search for personal values and beliefs. Students also investigate the manner in which people interact to form an interconnected community. Teachers choose from a variety of core works and choice titles as appropriate. This course also focuses intensely on continuing to develop reading comprehension, analytical writing, and personal writing skills. The needs of individual students help determine the skills focused on in class, and students are provided with significant individualized instruction. Full year course, 5 times per week, 5 credits SENIOR ENGLISH WITH PROJECT 146 Grade: 12 Grouping: Heterogeneous Prerequisite: Grouping by teacher recommendation This course is organized around the study of broad thematic units: family, self, and community. Students taking English 4 have the option of taking this course with the Senior Project, which offers students the opportunity to focus on an area of personal interest and work on it intensively over the last term of senior year. Students choose their topic for the project in the fall, narrow their focus and utilize research skills in late winter and early spring, and spend term 4 applying their research to an ambitious project. Components of the project include journal writings, an annotated bibliography, an interview, a written synthesis, an oral presentation with a visual or audio component, and participation in the Senior Project Exposition. Core literary works are studied during the first three terms of the year. SENIOR ENGLISH SEMESTER-LONG COURSES Grade: 12 Grouping: Heterogeneous Prerequisite: Grouping by teacher recommendation Students choosing this option to fulfill their senior year English requirement must enroll in and pass two semester-long courses. Students will take one course in the fall semester and one in the spring semester. The semester-long courses have the same learning goals and academic expectations. Seniors will continue to practice and develop skills in reading, analyzing, and discussing literary ideas. In addition, they will continue to refine their skills in analytical writing about literature, using clear organization and appropriate, detailed and well developed evidence in support of a strong central idea. 19
LITERATURE AND THE HUMAN CONDITION 154 Theories of psychology have always informed literature, and vice versa. In this course, students will explore how writers have attempted to understand and depict the complexities and dilemmas of humanity. Semester Long Course, 5 times per week, 2.5 credits CONTEMPORARY NONFICTION 156 This course provides an overview of contemporary nonfiction. Students will study important forms of nonfiction written within the past twenty years such as memoirs, biographies, articles, essays, and online mediums. Students will understand how writers of nonfiction use their craft to see our society, and its current trends, issues, and conflicts. Semester Long Course, 5 times per week, 2.5 credits SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY 157 Science fiction lends itself to a variety of interpretations (psychological, sociological, ideological, e.g.) and can encourage imaginative thinking that more "realist" literature may not allow. In this course, students will survey three genres: science fiction, dark fantasy, and high fantasy. Semester Long Course, 5 times per week, 2.5 credits SPORTS AND LITERATURE 158 Through novels and shorter works of fiction and nonfiction written about sports, students will study elements of fiction and nonfiction writing. Students will explore the role of community, the commitment to a cause, the meanings of success and failure, and the human drive to persevere and endure. Semester Long Course, 5 times per week, 2.5 credits LITERATURE AND FILM 159 In this course, students will study and understand that film, like literature, tells a story, and that film, like literature, uses particular devices to convey meaning. Students will see the similarities and differences in the two types of narratives and develop their appreciation for both. Semester Long Course, 5 times per week, 2.5 credits CREATIVE WRITING I 149 Grades: 10-12 Grouping: Heterogeneous Prerequisite: English I In this elective, students will study writing through exercises organized by genres, which include poetry, personal essay/memoir, short story, and drama (stage play or screen play). In this workshop course, students will be encouraged to take risks and foster individual creativity. They will also gain skills in criticism and review through the discussion of writing modes and student work, and in 20
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Page 5 and 6: GENERAL INFORMATION TABLE OF CONTEN
Page 7 and 8: • Starting with the Class of 2016
Page 9 and 10: MATHEMATICS PORTFOLIOS - 30 Hours S
Page 11 and 12: COURSE HRS. COURSE HRS. COURSE HRS.
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Page 15 and 16: Honors Level (H, H/AP) courses are
Page 17 and 18: Speech and Language Program The Spe
Page 19 and 20: The School-to-Work Alternative Prog
Page 21 and 22: FRESHMAN ENGLISH 111(H), 112 (Engli
Page 23: works of Old and of Middle English,
Page 27 and 28: SOCIAL STUDIES The goals of the Soc
Page 29 and 30: U.S. HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT I 221 (
Page 31 and 32: and the Middle East, the impact of
Page 33 and 34: constitutionalism, revolution, bala
Page 35 and 36: MATHEMATICS The goal of the Mathema
Page 37 and 38: polynomial denominators, more exten
Page 39 and 40: points, lines, planes, angles, poly
Page 41 and 42: computations of limits and derivati
Page 43 and 44: PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS 346 (Sem
Page 45 and 46: SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY: We
Page 47 and 48: FOUNDATIONS IN SCIENCE 467 (SP) Gra
Page 49 and 50: PHYSICAL SCIENCE 463 (CP) Grades: 1
Page 51 and 52: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 459 (H/AP) Gr
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Page 55 and 56: THE HUMAN BODY 462 (SP) (Semester C
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Page 59 and 60: LATIN II 502 (AE) Prerequisite: C-
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Page 65 and 66: FRENCH II 512 (AE) Grades: 9-12 Gro
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CHINESE In an effort to help our st
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presenting research results. Langua
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INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY Industrial Te
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PERFORMING ARTS Education in the Ar
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MUSIC THEORY AND TECHNOLOGY I 896 G
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INTENSIVE SCENE STUDY (Offered alte
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VISUAL ARTS Philosophy Art is essen
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CERAMICS II 828 Grades: 9-12 Groupi
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING ENGLISH L
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HEALTH / PHYSICAL EDUCATION PHYSICA
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ABRHS SCHOOL STORE 953 Grades: 9 -
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