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Homeschool Academics & Arts Class Day
Class Descriptions
2011 – 2012
**Please check the class schedule, as not all of the following classes will be available this school year.** | |
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English
Course Title: Medieval Great Books – Honors
Tutor Name: Cayce Yarbrough
Course Fee: $50/month
Subject: English
Grade Level: 11 - 12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: This is theoretically the third year of the Great Books Course, although the classes can be taken in any order. On a transcript, it counts as both an English and a Social Studies credit, two credits total, at the honors level. On a four point scale, an A in an honors course garners 5 points on a 4 point scale. Students will explore Medieval and Renaissance Literature. The class will cover the literature and its historical context, using in-class Socratic discussion and at-home writing assignments to increase the student’s understanding of the role these works play in the story of Western Civilization. During the Medieval Era, life was viewed primarily through the lens of Faith, while the Renaissance saw a rebirth of interest in science and reason. The literature of each period explores the sources of many of the ideals of Western Civilization. Students will earn both an English credit and a History credit for this class. Due to the caliber of work required, this class can be considered an honors class.
Curriculum Required: Students will need to purchase some paperback books, but many materials will be provided.
Preliminary Book List: Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Malory's Morte d'Arthur , Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Song of Roland, Cervantes' Don Quixote, William Shakespeare's Hamlet, and many others. This is only partial information on the books that will be used next year.
Prerequisites: Students must read Dante's Inferno before the first day of class.
Course Makeup Policy: In-class essays may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Greek Great Books – Honors
Tutor Name: Cayce Yarbrough
Course Fee: $50/month
Subject: English
Grade Level: 8 - 12, though intended for 9 - 10
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: This class will cover Greek literature and its historical context by using in-class Socratic discussion and at-home writing assignments to increase the student’s understanding of the role these works play in the story of Western Civilization. Greek philosophy and literature are crucial to understanding some of the origins of Western thought. Students will earn both an English credit and a History credit for this class. Due to the caliber of work required, this class can be considered an honors class. An A in an honors class counts as 5 points on a 4 point scale.
Curriculum Required: Students will need to purchase some paperback books, but many materials will be provided.
Preliminary Book List: Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Antigone, excerpts from Aristonphanes' Lysistrata, Herodotus' Histories, and assorted works by Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, and others. This is only partial information on the books that will be used next year.
Prerequisites: Students must read Homer's Odyssey before the first day of class.
Course Makeup Policy: In-class essays may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Middle School English
Tutor Name: Cayce Yarbrough
Course Fee: $40/month
Subject: English
Grade Level: 6-8
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: Middle School English will cover both writing and literature, much like a traditional English course. The reading list will be announced later, but will include age appropriate short stories, poetry, and novels. Students will also learn how to take essay tests and short answer tests. Grammar and vocabulary will be covered as needed.
Curriculum Required: Students will need to purchase some paperback books, but many materials will be provided.
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class essays may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Middle School Writing
Tutor Name: Cayce Yarbrough
Course Fee: $40/month
Subject: English
Grade Level: 6-8
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: Middle School Writing will cover the different types of essay writing skills that students will require both in high school and in college. Students will write persuasive and expository essays, as well as personal narratives and beginning literary analysis. There will be some creative writing, as well as a research paper in the spring. Grammar and vocabulary will also be covered as needed.
Curriculum Required: Most materials will be provided.
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class essays may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
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Math Courses
Course Title: Pre-Algebra
Tutor Name: Pauline Bauml
Course Fee: $40/month
Subject: Math
Grade Level: 7-8
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: This course is an introduction to algebraic concepts. Students build confidence in their mathematical potential as they successfully work in advanced topics that are presented in an understandable style.
Curriculum Required: Saxon Algebra 1/2
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Algebra I
Tutor Name: Pauline Bauml
Course Fee: $40/month
Subject: Math
Grade Level: 8-9
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: Algebra I covers all topics in a first-year algebra course, from proofs, statistics and probability to algebra-based real-world problems. With Algebra I, students begin developing the more complex and understanding required for advanced mathematics. Class covers approx. 4 lessons per week.
Curriculum Required: Saxon Algebra I, third edition
Prerequisite: Math 87 or Pre-Algebra completed; decimals, fractions, & percentages
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Algebra II
Tutor Name: Pauline Bauml
Course Fee: $40/month
Subject: Math
Grade Level: 9-10
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: Algebra II covers all topics that are traditionally covered in second-year algebra as well as a considerable amount of geometry. If fact, students completely Algebra II will have studied the equivalent of one semester of informal geometry. Time is spent developing geometric concepts and writing proof outlines. Real-world problems are included along with applications to other subjects such as physics and chemistry. Class covers approx. 4 lessons per week.
Curriculum Required: Saxon Algebra II, third edition
Prerequisites: Algebra I completed
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Geometry
Tutor Name: Pauline Bauml
Course Fee: $40/month
Subject: Math
Grade Level: 9-12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: Basic geometry course; will also cover Special Right Triangles, applications of triangle methods, and geometry especially needed for the SAT.
Curriculum Required: Houghton Mifflin textbooks are provided by the teacher
Prerequisites: none
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Advanced Math
Tutor Name: Pauline Bauml
Course Fee: $40/month
Subject: Math
Grade Level: 10-12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: Advanced Mathematics fully integrates topics from algebra, geometry, trigonometry, discrete mathematics, and mathematical analysis. Word problems are developed throughout the problem sets and become progressively more elaborate. With regular practice, high-school level students will be able to solve challenging problems such as rate problems and problems involving abstract quantities. Conceptually oriented problems help prepare students for college entrance exams such as the ACT and SAT. Class covers approx. 4 lessons per week.
Curriculum Required: Saxon Advanced Mathematics, third edition
Prerequisites: Algebra I and Algebra II completed
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Calculus
Tutor Name: Pauline Bauml
Course Fee: $40/month
Subject: Math
Grade Level: 11-12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: Calculus is designed for prospective mathematics majors and students interested in engineering, computer science, physics, business or the life sciences. The program covers all topics in the Advanced Placement Calculus AB and Calculus BC syllabi. Instruction takes full advantage of graphing calculators, using them for visual demonstrations of concepts and confirming calculations. Class covers approx. 4 lessons per week.
Curriculum Required: Saxon Calculus, second edition
Prerequisites: none
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Statistics
Tutor Name: Cathy Marciniak
Course Fee: $35/month
Subject: Math
Grade Level: 9-12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description:
Curriculum Required:
Prerequisites:
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
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Course Title: Apologia General Science
Tutor Name: Cathy Marciniak
Course Fee: $40/month
Lab Fee: $25 one-time fee
Subject: Science
Grade Level: 7
Min/Max in Class: 2 minimum/12 maximum
Course Description: This course is designed to be a student’s first systematic introduction to the sciences. The course covers such topics as the scientific method, designing experiments, simple machines, archaeology, geology, paleontology, biology, and human anatomy and physiology.
Curriculum Required: Apologia General Science, 2nd edition
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Physical Science
Tutor Name: Connie Redmond
Course Fee: $40/month
Lab Fee: $25 one-time fee
Subject: Science
Grade Level: 8-9 (can be counted as a high school science)
Min/Max in Class: 2 minimum/12 maximum
Course Description: This course is designed to be the last science course the student takes before high school biology. The text discusses such topics as the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, weather, the structure of the earth, environmentalism, the physics of motion, Newton’s Laws, gravity, and astrophysics. Class time is spent on lab activities and discussion of concept in the text. Full lab reports will be required to become familiar with upper science course formats etc.
Curriculum Required: Apologia Physical Science, 2nd edition
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Biology
Tutor Name: Cathy Marciniak
Course Fee: $50/month
Lab Fee: $50 one-time fee
Subject: Science
Grade Level: 9-12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: The class will give an overview of taxonomy (the classification of living things) using a five-kingdom classification, teaching one unit each on monera, protista, fungi, and plants, and four units on animals, as well as units on biochemistry, the structure and organization of cells, genetics, and ecology. There will be 30 experiments or labs, including 4 dissections.
Class time will taken up primarily by lab work, dissections, and discussion periods, with problem sets and notebook work to be completed by students at home. Access to a microscope is very helpful for the life science classes, but not mandatory.
Curriculum Required: Apologia Exploring Creation with Biology, 2nd edition
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Chemistry
Tutor Name: Connie Redmond
Course Fee: $50/month
Lab Fee: $25 one-time fee
Subject: Science
Grade Level: 10-12
Min/Max in Class: 2 minimum/12 maximum
Course Description: This course is a high school chemistry course and gives the student a rigorous foundation in chemistry. The course covers topics such as significant figures, units, the mole concept, stoichiometry, writing chemical formulas and equations, identifying, predicting products, and balancing chemical equations, some thermochemistry, atomic structure, Lewis diagrams, acids & bases, redox reactions, molecular geometry, the gas laws, and equilibrium. This course has been extended to 90 minutes to include more theory and problem work. Students should expect several hours work outside of class each week. Full lab reports in a bound notebook will be required to build a reference book for use in college.
Curriculum Required: Apologia Chemistry, 2nd edition
Prerequisites: Algebra
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Comprehensive Physics
Tutor Name: Connie Redmond
Course Fee: $50/month
Lab Fee: $25 one-time fee
Subject: Science
Grade Level: 11-12
Min/Max in Class: 2 minimum/12 maximum
Course Description: This college prep course is an indepth problem and experiment based study of physics topics involving lab work, analysis of data, and understanding concepts. Areas include: motion, vectors, Newton’s laws, circular motion, energy, waves, optics, Coulomb’s Law, electric potential, circuits, and magnetism. This course has been extended to 90 minutes to include additional theory and problem work. Students should expect at several hours a week work outside of class. Full, detailed lab reports in a bound notebook will be required to build a personal reference for use in college.
Curriculum Required: Apologia Physics, 2nd edition
Prerequisites: Algebra II ( knowledge of sine functions)
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Anatomy and Physiology
Tutor Name: Cathy Marciniak
Course Fee: $50/month
Lab Fee: $50 one-time fee
Subject: Science
Grade Level: 11-12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: Class time will be taken up primarily by lab work, dissections, and discussion periods, with problem sets and notebook work to be completed by students at home. Access to a microscope is very helpful for the life science classes, but not mandatory.
Curriculum Required: TBA
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work. |
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Spanish Courses
Course Title: Middle School Spanish I
Tutor Name: Nancy Salazar
Course Fee: $35/month ($25/month for siblings)
Subject: Spanish
Grade Level: 6-7
Min/Max in Class: 3 minimum
Course Description: This course is designed as an introduction to Spanish. The emphasis is on oral efficiency – conversational speaking and listening comprehension - but also present is detailed instruction in the fundamentals of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing in Spanish. Course is filled with exercises and answers, true-to-life dialogues, humorous cartoons, illustrations of Hispanic art, and photos that capture the flavor of Spanish culture in Spain and Latin America. In this new edition, the lessons have been enriched with subtopics to enhance conversation.
Curriculum Required: Spanish Now! Level 1, seventh edition with CDs; Barron’s Textbook/Workbook (orange book)
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes or quizzes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their weekly work and online work.
Course Title: High School Spanish I
Tutor Name: Nancy Salazar
Course Fee: $35/month ($25/month for siblings)
Subject: Spanish
Grade Level: 9-12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: This course is designed as an introduction to High School Spanish. The only difference between this course and middle school Spanish is the speed of the course. This will be more accelerated. The emphasis is on oral efficiency – conversational speaking and listening comprehension - but also present is detailed instruction in the fundamentals of Spanish grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing in Spanish. Course is filled with exercises and answers, true-to-life dialogues, humorous cartoons, illustrations of Hispanic art, and photos that capture the flavor of Spanish culture in Spain and Latin America. In this new edition, the lessons have been enriched with subtopics to enhance conversation.
Curriculum Required: Spanish Now! Level 1, seventh edition with CDs; Barron’s Textbook/Workbook (orange book)
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at homes. Students are responsible for getting any notes or quizzes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their weekly work and online work.
Course Title: High School Spanish II
Tutor Name: Nancy Salazar
Course Fee: $35/month ($25/month for siblings)
Subject: Spanish
Grade Level: 9-12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: This course is designed for students who have had some Spanish instruction already.
Curriculum Required: Spanish Now! Level 2, seventh edition with CDs; Barron’s Textbook/Workbook (orange book)
Prerequisites: Two full years of middle school Spanish or one complete year of High School Spanish.
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at homes. Students are responsible for getting any notes or quizzes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their weekly work and online work.
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Course Title: US History (1402 - 1914)
Tutor Name: David Petershack
Course Fee: $35/month
Supply Fee: $15 one-time fee
Subject: History/ Government
Grade Level: 9 - 12 (8th grade with teacher permission)
Min/ Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: Once upon a time...there was a country founded on the belief that all men are created equal and are endowed with certain unalienable rights, such as Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. The story of America is filled with interesting characters, sweeping adventure, world wars, terrible tragedies, and the most majestic of triumphs. It has been called one of the greatest stories ever told. This class covers these events from 1492 - 1914.
Curriculum Required: Students will need to purchase a copy of America: The Last Best Hope, vol. 1 by William Bennett.
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work including class work, tests, simple projects and participation.
Course Title: Government/ Economics
Tutor Name: Cathy Marciniak
Course Fee: $35/month
Subject: Government
Grade Level: 9 - 12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description:
Curriculum Required:
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work. |
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Course Title: Middle School Java Programming using Alice
Tutor Name: Sandy Graham
Course Fee: $35/month
Subject: Computer
Grade Level: 6 - 8
Min/Max in Class: no minimum
Course Description: Using Alice, an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web, students will learn programming techniques and develop good programming habits. Students will also learn good problem solving and team work strategies such as reading and understanding what is requested, making a plan before beginning any work, doing that work and documenting it in a way that others can easily follow it.
Students will be required to read the chapters and to do the programming assignments embedded in the chapter readings in addition to defining terms, answering questions, writing short segments of code referred to as exercises and writing longer programs referred to as projects. Students will not be expected to spend more than one hour (one class period) per weekday completing this work (four hours per week).
Alice is not a game, but provides a way for visual learners to see what their code is doing while protecting new programmers from the headaches of syntax errors. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming. It allows students to learn fundamental programming concepts in the context of creating animated movies and simple video games. In Alice, 3-D objects (e.g., people, animals, and vehicles) populate a virtual world and students create a program to animate the objects.
In Alice's interactive interface, students drag and drop graphic tiles to create a program, where the instructions correspond to standard statements in a production oriented programming language, such as Java, C++, and C#. Alice allows students to immediately see how their animation programs run, enabling them to easily understand the relationship between the programming statements and the behavior of objects in their animation. By manipulating the objects in their virtual world, students gain experience with all the programming constructs typically taught in an introductory programming course.
Curriculum Required: Learning to Program with Alice, 2nd edition, by Dann, Cooper, & Pausch; ISBN-13: 978-0-13-208516-8 (I will check price with Pearson, but this year it was cheaper for each parent to just order it through Barnes & Noble.)
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: HS Java Programming using Alice
Tutor Name: Sandy Graham
Course Fee: $35/month
Subject: Computer
Grade Level: 9-12
Min/Max in Class: no minimum
Course Description: Using Alice, an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web, students will learn programming techniques and develop good programming habits. Students will also learn good problem solving and team work strategies such as reading and understanding what is requested, making a plan before beginning any work, doing that work and documenting it in a way that others can easily follow it.
Students will be required to read the chapters and to do the programming assignments embedded in the chapter readings in addition to defining terms, answering questions, writing short segments of code referred to as exercises and writing longer programs referred to as projects. Students will not be expected to spend more than one hour (one class period) per weekday completing this work (four hours per week).
Alice is not a game, but provides a way for visual learners to see what their code is doing while protecting new programmers from the headaches of syntax errors. Alice is a freely available teaching tool designed to be a student's first exposure to object-oriented programming. It allows students to learn fundamental programming concepts in the context of creating animated movies and simple video games. In Alice, 3-D objects (e.g., people, animals, and vehicles) populate a virtual world and students create a program to animate the objects.
In Alice's interactive interface, students drag and drop graphic tiles to create a program, where the instructions correspond to standard statements in a production oriented programming language, such as Java, C++, and C#. Alice allows students to immediately see how their animation programs run, enabling them to easily understand the relationship between the programming statements and the behavior of objects in their animation. By manipulating the objects in their virtual world, students gain experience with all the programming constructs typically taught in an introductory programming course.
Curriculum Required: Learning to Program with Alice, 2nd edition, by Dann, Cooper, & Pausch; ISBN-13: 978-0-13-208516-8 (I will check price with Pearson, but this year it was cheaper for each parent to just order it through Barnes & Noble.)
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Course Title: Introduction to Computer Usage
Tutor Name: David Petershack
Course Fee: $35/month
Subject: Computer Usage
Grade Level: 6-12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description: The course material provides a solid foundation in the skills of word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software. Creating these types of documents is one of the most basic uses of computers today. Geared towards those who have little or no understanding of how these programs work and interact or wish to strengthen their skills. It will also provide an introduction into the basic functions of a computer and how to get the most out of it.
Curriculum Required: Provided by teacher.
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work, quizzes and tests. |  |
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Art History Courses
Course Title: Art Appreciation and History: A Christian Perspective
Tutor Name: Kim Liffick
Course Fee: $25/month and a onetime $25 copy fee
Subject: Art Appreciation and History
Grade Level: 9-12
Min/Max in Class: 5 minimum
Course Description:
Students will learn to identify artists and periods (i.e. Impressionist) by looking at the artwork. We will also look at the historical progression and discuss the political and religious themes.
The majority of the course work will be done in class and class participation is an important part of this class. There will be outside reading and an oral presentation.
PLEASE NOTE: There is no way to completely avoid nudity in an art class. I will not use any nude paintings/sculpture as the focus for an artist.
Curriculum Required: How Should We Then Live? by Francis Schaeffer
Possibly an Art Textbook – an older edition to keep costs down
Prerequisites: none
Course Makeup Policy: Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed. This class will be more difficult to do make up work at home since most of the course work will be done in class.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work and participation in class. There will be one oral presentation and many quizzes.
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Art Courses
Course Title: Art
Tutor Name: Gail Smith
Course Fee: $25/lesson
Subject: Art
Grade Level: 6-12
Min/Max in Class: none
Course Description: The class is a basic freehand drawing class. Students will be immersed in the classical approach to drawing from direct observation and from photography. Developing acute observation skills, learning various techniques of drawing (anatomical correctness textures such as hair and skin and wood), learning how to draw using 12 different graphite pencils, mastering paper selections and various drawing media including Prismacolor colored pencils. Submitting a drawing to the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo for scholarship will be the emphasized project of the semester.
Prerequisites: None
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Course Title: Music Theory
Tutor Name: Collin Turner
Course Fee: $7 per lesson for 3 students; $5 per lesson for 4 or more students
Subject: Art
Grade Level: 6-12
Min/Max in Class: none
Course Description: Music Theory will be taught using the Theory time Workbooks (www.theorytime.com). The fall semester class will begin with the 8th Grade Theory time Workbook and progress to the next level as soon as one grade is mastered. A supply fee of $10 per book is required. Concepts include: perfect and major intervals, augmented and diminished intervals, rhythm drill, chromatic and diatonic half steps, major, minor and diminished triads, simple compound and irregular meter, cut time, natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales, review of major key signatures, root position, first and second inversion triads, transposition, composition, vocabulary, ear-training, and a review test.
Curriculum Required: 8th grade Theory Time for beginning of 2011 – 2012 year (www.theorytime.com); then next level as students complete workbook
Prerequisites: Must be have mastered all material in 7th Grade Theory Time Book.
Course Title: Beginning Piano
Tutor Name: Morgan Kleypas
Course Fee: $30 per month for weekly 30” lessons
Subject: Piano
Grade Level: 9 years old and up, but beginners only
Min/Max in Class: one per half hour
Course Description:
Curriculum Required: Piano Adventures" by Randall Faber or "Noona Comprehensive Piano Library" by Walter and Carol Noona
Prerequisites: None |
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Dance Courses
Course Title: Academic/ Beginning Ballet
Tutor Name: Sarah Walston
Course Fee: $35/month
Subject: Ballet
Grade Level: 6th – 12th
Min/Max in Class: 4 to 12 students
Course Description: Students will learn the beginning elements of ballet utilizing the Cecchetti Method of Classical Instruction, a full scope and sequence ballet training syllabus. Topics covered will include ballet theory, history, anatomy and physiology, musicality as well as traditional barre/floor work with choreography for the student.
Curriculum Required: Provided by instructor
Prerequisites: None
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| | Agriculture
Course Title: Native Plants
Tutor Name: Mickey Riviere
Course Fee: $30/month
Subject: Agriculture
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Min/Max in Class: 4 minimum
Course Description: Students will learn to identify and will discuss native plants with an emphasis on woody plants. Students will keep a notebook of plant samples that will be collected in class. Most classes will be field trips to observe and identify native plants. Starting the second semester, students will study landscape design and which native plants can be utilized in the home landscaping.
Curriculum Required: notebook
Prerequisites: None
Course Makeup Policy: In-class work may be made up at home. Students are responsible for getting any notes that they missed.
Course Grading Policy: Students will receive a grade based upon their work.
Shop
Course Title: Handyman (fall only)
Tutor Name: Mickey Riviere
Course Fee: $30/month
Subject: Shop
Grade Level: 8 - 12
Min/Max in Class: 4 minimum
Course Description: Hands on course. Students will learn to use tools safely, choose proper tool for the job, make repairs, and install new items. This course could be a springboard for future employment. |
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