100 10028 120 English I (ACP/SCP/GEN) 111, 112, 113 130 Critical Viewing and Listening 140 150 9 160 170 4 180 210 23.3 Language Arts - Communicating with Others 211 1.0.2 212 2.0.2 213 2.9.2 214 2.9.6 215 216 220 23.1 Language Arts - Reading and Responding 221 1.0.5 222 1.1.6 223 224 225 226 230 01.4 The Arts - Visual Art 231 1.0.2 232 2.0.1 233 2.9.1 234 6.0.2 235 236 240 01.3 The Arts - Theatre 241 7.0.3 242 243 244 245 246 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 300 300 What are the elements necessary for effective visual communication? 300 What are effective strategies for reading and understanding visual communication? 300 What are appropriate decorum and responses as a member of an audience? 400 400 Freshman English is concerned with the fundamental understanding and appreciation of literature, the improvement of oral and written expression, and the development of effective reading, research, vocabulary, critical viewing skills, listening skills, and study skills. 400 400 Writing instruction focuses upon the process of writing as a function of purpose, genre, and audience. Writing experiences may include directed journal entries, paragraph-length (or longer) responses to questions based upon assigned readings, personal narratives, descriptions of personas and places, arguments, book reports, creative writing, and letters. Class instruction in sentence and paragraph construction, mechanics and usage, and vocabulary and spelling is given as students' needs become apparent. Reading instruction and class-directed discussion assist student comprehension of high-interest novels, short stories, plays, poetry, and assorted nonfiction. Speaking experiences may include speeches, presentations, and/or debates. Emphasis is placed on cultivating appropriate classroom behaviors, organizational and study skills, and generally making the transition from middle school to high school. 400 400 Course topics include works by selected American and world authors, current affairs as reported in newspapers and news magazines, and language arts skills on an as-needed basis. 500 500 Students in Freshman English will develop the ability to: 500 -- Evaluate live performances of a variety of visual experiences (i.e. plays, films, field trips, concerts, galleries), 500 -- Demonstrate appropriate decorum and response as a member of an audience, 500 -- Analyze and judge the aesthetic value of a film, 500 -- Compare and evaluate print and visual interpretations of a text, 500 -- Recognize bias in the media, 500 -- Identify the relevance of visual texts to the students' life experiences. 600 600 All students will: 600 -- View a live visual "performance" (i.e. plays, films, field trips, concerts, galleries), 600 -- Be instructed on the skills and strategies necessary for interpretating, analyzing, and evaluating a visual communication. 600 -- Be instructed on audience decorum and appropriate responses. 600 700 700 Critical viewing of films and plays may be incorporated into the curriculum; they may assessed using any of the following activities: journals, criterion-referenced essays and examinations, compositions, discussion circles, Socratic seminars, oral and written responses to viewings, and student- and teacher-generated questioning and discussion. 700 700 Audience behavior may or may not be formally assessed, or may be incorporated into a class participation grade. 700 800 800 Teachers may choose to teach a film unit, or to use film to compare to literature. 800 800 Teachers will, to the best of their abilities, attempt to arrange a fieldtrip for students.