Damonte Ranch High School

ART FOUNDATIONS

Course #: 6201, 6202
Grade: 9-12
Year: 1 credit
Fee: $15.00

This course is designed to give students the basic preparation need for all other art classes offered within the art department. Elements and principles of deign will be emphasized and serve as an introduction to the materials and practices of drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, ceramics, sculpture, and crafts. Art history provides a background for this course.

ART (ADVANCED PLACEMENT)

Course #: 6021, 6022
Grade: 11-12
Year: 1 credit
Fee: $20.00
AP Exam Fee: $83.00
Prerequisite: Teacher approval

Designed for the advanced student planning a college degree in art and choosing to prepare for an Advanced Placement (AP) Art Exam. Students will be required to work independently and develop their portfolio for submission to the College Board/ all work must be exhibition prepared pieces and slides will be required. Summer work is expected for this class. Students are required to take the AP exam.

CALLIGRAPHY, PAPER AND BOOK ARTS

Course #: 6219
Grade: 9-12
Semester: ½ credit
Fee: $15.00

This class will cover the Foundational hand and several other common calligraphic styles. Students will explore the history and applications of calligraphy and bookmaking as a “fine art” form in creating cards, handmade paper, books, and one of a kind works of art.
Lab fee: $15.00 per semester to cover cost of equipment which students will keep at the end of the semester.

INTRODUCTORY CERAMICS

Course #: 6200
Grade: 9-12
Semester: 1/2 Credit
Fee: $15.00

This introductory course focuses on the skills and knowledge that students need to create ceramic sculpture and pottery. Students will become familiar with the entire ceramic process from making clay to firing and glazing their work as well as the geology and chemistry of clay and glazes. Several important hand building techniques will be taught including pinch building coil building, slab building, and a brief introduction to wheel thrown pottery. Students will also become familiar with the elements and principles of art, as well as work of some important ceramists and other modern sculptors.

CERAMICS

Course #: 6233, 6234
Grade: 10-12
Year: 1 credit
Fee: $20.00
Prerequisite: Successful completion of Introductory Ceramics and/or recommendation of the instructor

This course is a continuation of Introduction to Ceramics, with a concentration on more advanced methods and techniques. Emphasis will be placed on expanding students’ knowledge of hand built and wheel-thrown ceramics, clay and glaze chemistry and the history of ceramic art. In addition, mold making, raku firing and other advanced techniques will be introduced. Emphasis on the elements and principles of art will continue. A sketch book will be required for this course.

ADVANCED CERAMICS

Course #: 6237
Grade: 10-12
Semester: ½ credit
Fee: $20.00
Prerequisite: Successful completion of introductory ceramics and/or recommendation of the instructor

A continuation of ceramics with concentration of more advances methods, both hand-built and wheel thrown, and further exploration of methods and materials. Students will be required to exhibit their work, keep a sketchbook, attend specific community art events. An in depth research project will be required. Students will learn how to professionally document their work for inclusion on a portfolio. Advanced Ceramics is a source that may be repeated.

SCULPTURE

Course #: 6269
Grade: 9-12
Semester: ½ credit
Fee: $20.00
Prerequisite: Foundations in Art or teacher recommendation

This is a semester course where students will create three-dimensional art with art history providing a background for study and exploration. A variety of materials (paper, wood, plaster, etc.) will be explored.

ARTS AND CRAFTS

Course #: 6030
Grade: 9-12
Semester: ½ credit
Fee: $20.00

This course will introduce students to what is known as a crafts or non-traditional art. Students will study the cultures where these arts and crafts are traditional and experience a variety of materials and techniques common to their craft. Mask making, paper mache, bookbinding, paper mosaics, are some of the techniques to be explored.

FRENCH 1-2

Course #: 4501, 4502
Grades: 9-12
Year: 1 credit

This is a two-semester course for the beginner, which introduces and develops language skills through the study of communications, cultures, connections, comparisons, and communities (5C’s). Total Physical Response Storytelling enhances the course for fluency. The vocabulary (approximately 1,000 words) covers words used in everyday life. The student will learn the imperative (command) forms and the present tense forms of many verbs, and will be introduced to the past tense.

FRENCH 3-4

Course #: 4503, 4504
Grade: 9-12
Year: 1 credit

Prerequisite: Completion of French 1-2 and/or passing the CBE in the middle school or with approval of the instructor

French 3-4 is a two-semester course, which continues to develop language through Total Physical Response Storytelling and the 5 C’s. Complex language structures and forms are studies and required vocabulary is extensive. This course is more intensive and rigorous than the previous.

FRENCH 5-6 (HONORS)

Course #:4505, 4506
Grade: 10-12
Full Year: 1 Honors Credit

Prerequisite:   Successful completion of French 3-4 and/or recommendation of the instructor.

French 5-6 is a two-semester course that reviews and broadens language through practice of complex structures and extensive vocabulary. Study of the 5 C’s is continued through Total Physical Response Storytelling. Increased emphasis is placed on reading, writing, speaking and complex verb forms.

FRENCH 7-8 (HONORS)

Course #: 4507, 4508
Grades: 11-12
Full Year: 1 Honors Credit

Prerequisite:   Successful completion of French 5-6 and/or recommendation of the instructor.

French 7-8 is a two-semester course that reviews and extends language concept. The 5 C’s approach is continued. The use of supplement literature is increased. This course will emphasize and develop reading and writing skills, as well as verbal communication, in order to prepare students for college course in foreign language. Students may take the Advanced Placement Test.

FRENCH 9-10 (ADVANCED PLACEMENT)

Course #: 4523, 4524
Grades: 11-12
Full Year: 1 Credit
Fee: $83 AP Exam

Prerequisite:   Completion of French 7-8 and/or recommendation of instructor

Advanced Placement French 9-10 is a two-semester course that continues with the 5 C’s approach to the mastery of language. This course will emphasize and develop reading and writing skills, as well as verbal communication, in order to prepare students for college courses in foreign language. Students are required to take the Advanced Placement Test.

SPANISH 1-2

Course #: 4901, 4902
Grades: 9-12
Full Year: 1 Credit

Spanish 1-2 is a two-semester course, which introduces and develops language skills through study of communications, cultures, connections, comparisons and communities (the 5’s). Total Physical Response Storytelling enhances the course for fluency. The student learns the imperative (command) forms, present tense forms of many verbs, and is introduced to the past tense.

SPANISH 3-4

Course #: 4903, 4904
Grade: 9-12
Full Year: 1 Credit

Prerequisite:   Successful completion of Spanish 1-2 or passing the CBE in the middle school and/or recommendation of instructor
 
Spanish 3-4 is a two- semester course, which continues to develop language through Total Physical Response Storytelling and the 5 C’s. Complex language structures and forms are studied and required vocabulary is language structures and forms are studied and required vocabulary is extensive. This course is more intensive and rigorous than the previous.

SPANISH 5-6 (HONORS)

Course #: 4905, 4904
Grades: 9-12
Full Year: 1 honors Credit

Prerequisite:     Successful completion of Spanish 3-4 and/or recommendation or instructor

Spanish 5-6 is a two-semester course, which reviews and broadens language through practice of complex structures and extensive vocabulary. Total Physical Response Storytelling and study of the 5 C’s is continued increased emphasis is placed on reading, writing, speaking, and complex verb forms.

SPANISH 7-8 (HONORS)

Course #: 4907, 4908
Grades: 10-12
Full Year: 1 Honors Credit

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Spanish 5-6 and/or recommendation of instructor

The course will emphasize and develop reading and writing skills as well as verbal communication in order to prepare students for college courses in foreign language.
Spanish 7-8 is a two-semester course, which reviews and extends language concepts. Total Physical Response Storytelling is continued. The use of supplement literature and cultural projects are increased. Students may take the Advanced Placement Test.

SPANISH 9-10 (ADVANCED PLACEMENT)

Course #:4923, 4924
Grades: 11-12
Full Year: 1 Honors Credit
Fee: $83.00 AP EXAM

Prerequisite:    Completion of Spanish 7-8 and/or recommendation of instructor

This course will emphasize and develop reading and writing skills as well as verbal communication in order to prepare students for college courses in foreign language. Students will prepare for AP Spanish Exam (Language/Literature). Emphasis will be placed on oral communication mastery of grammatical structures and mechanics, cultural awareness and understanding. Students will analyze the works of   selected AP authors and discuss these in class, as well as, write compositions based on the readings. Students will present material in a seminar structure and write reports and a term paper.  Students are required to take the Advanced Placement Test.

SPANISH FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS

Course #: 4949, 4950
Grades: 9-12
Semester: ½ Credit

This course mainly addresses Heritage Spanish speakers (i.e. English/Spanish bilinguals) at the high school level who are not proficient in reading and writing in Spanish, but whose speaking and listening-comprehension skills are native-like.