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Spring Syllabus

Spring Syllabus


Syllabi - Academic Decathlon Spring 2006             Based on a 4-Day Schedule (3:15 - 4:30)

For Spring Aca Deca Selections click Here.

Mth.

Day

Class Topic/Activity

Reading in Class Today

Jan. 31 T Introduction and Welcome   -
Feb. 1  W Team Support Planning -
2 Th Literature: Elements of Drama

Literature pp. 24 - 26

3 F Art Production Session -
  4  Sa Competition!  Super Quiz at 3:00 at Pacifica High School   -
  5 Su Awards Ceremony!  1:00 at Pacifica High School   -

Unit 1: Literature and Dramatic Form (Feb. 6 - Feb. 28)

6 M Dramatic Form: The Wizard of Oz - Part I -
7 T Dramatic Form: The Wizard of Oz - Part II -
8 W Dramatic Form: The Wizard of Oz - Discussion; Set Up Vocabulary Partners and Distribute Hand-Outs; Divide up Vocabulary Terms -
  9 Th  ****No Class**** (DCC)   -
  10 F Literary Vocabulary: Drama Vocabulary Work   Literature  pp. 27 - 32 Drama Terms
13 M  ****No School**** -
14 T In-Class Vocabulary Work -
  15 W Literature: Reading Techniques 1 Monterroso: Mr. Taylor   Literature pp. 3 - 7
  16 Th Literature: Reading Techniques 2   Literature pp. 8 - 10
  17 F Literature: Reading Techniques 3   Literature pp. 10 - 12
20 M ****No School****

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  21 T Literary Vocabulary: General  Vocabulary Work   Literature pp. 27 - 32 General Terms
22 W In-Class Vocabulary Work -
  23 Th In-Class Vocabulary Work   -
24 F

In-Class Vocabulary Review

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27 M Speech Homework: Topic Brainstorming and A - Z Outlining (Task #1) -
  28 T Literature: Dramatic Form, Vocabulary, & Reading Techniques Test TEST

Unit 2: Fundamentals of Music (Mar. 1 - Mar. 24)

Mar. 1 W

Music: Frequency and Volume

Music pp.4 - 6
  2 Th Music: Timbre   Music pp.6 - 10
  3 F Music: Rhythm, Tempo, and Melody    Music: pp. 11 - 14
6 M Speech Homework:  Speech Draft Writing (Task #4)  
  7 T Music: Rhythm, Tempo, and Notation: J.S. Bach's Two-Part Invention #8   -
  8 W Music: Scales and Intervals I   Music pp. 14 - 16
  9 Th Music: Scales and Intervals II   -
10 F

Music: Texture and Timbre, Melody and Harmony

Music pp.16 - 19 + 22
13 M Speech Homework: Vocabulary, Quotations, and Re-Drafting (Task #5) -
14 T Music: Form Music pp.19 - 22
15 W (Minimum Day - meet at 12:30) Form concl. -
  16 Th  ****No Class**** (DCC)   -
17 F

Music: The Orchestra; Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Music pp.23 - 26
20 M  ****No School**** -
  21 T Instruments of the Orchestra II   -
22 W Music: The Human Voice Music pp. 26
  23 Th Music Review    -
  24 F Music: Formal Properties of Music Test   TEST

Unit 3: Fundamentals of Art (Mar. 28 - Apr. 7)

  27 M Art: Line and Space   Art pp. 3 - 4
  28 T Speech Homework: Partnered Speech Presentations and Critique   -
  29 W Art: Color and Texture   Art pp. 4 - 5
  30 Th Art: Principles of Composition   Art pp. 5 - 7
31 F

Art: Drawing and Painting

Art pp. 7 - 9
Apr. 3 M Art: Prints and Photography -   In-class Art Competition Art pp. 9 - 10
  4 T Speech Homework: Full Speech Revision  
5 W Art: 3-D Art   Art pp.10 - 12
  6 Th Art Review   -
7 F

Art: Art Fundamentals Test

TEST
  10-14 Spring Break - No School - but... READ THE GOOD EARTH!   -

Unit 4: Selected Literature (Apr. 17 - Apr. 24)

17 M Speech Homework: Typed Speech Draft Read-Arounds (Task #7)  
18 T Presentations I - The Good Earth -
19 W Presentations II - Good Earth -
  20 Th ****No Class**** (DCC)   -
21 F

Presentations Test - Good Earth

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24 M Speech: Reading Appointment Clock  
  25-28 ****CAT6 TESTING****    

Unit 5: Art and Music History (May 1 - May 31)

May 1 M Art: Ancient Art Art pp. 13 - 15
  2 T Speech Homework: Articulation and Emphasis (Task #8) -
3 W Art: Greco-Roman and Byzantine Art pp.16 - 18
  4 Th Art: Ancient and Classical Review   -
5 F

Art: Medieval and Renaissance

Art pp. 18 - 21
8 M Speech Homework: Motion and Gesture - Choreography (Task #9)  
9 T Music: Medieval and Renaissance Music pp.27 - 30
10 W Art and Music Review up to 1600 -
  11 Th Art: Baroque to Neo-Classical   Art pp. 21 - 23

12 F

Music: Baroque to Classical

Music pp.30 - 33
15 M Speech Homework: Speech Memorization (Task #10)  

16 T

17th - 18th centuries Art and Music Review 

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17 W Art: Romanticism to Abstraction Art pp.23 - 26
  18 Th ****No Class**** (DCC)    
19 F

Music: Romanticism to Modernism

 Music pp.33 - 37
22 M Art: Pop Art to Post-Modernism Art pp.26 - 27
23 T Speech Homework: Speech Memorization  
24 W 19th - 20th centuries Art and Music Review -

 

25 Th Art: World Art   Art pp.15 - 16 + 27 - 28
26 F

Music and Art History Test

 TEST
29 M ****No School**** Literature  pp. 27 - 32 Poetry Terms

Unit 6: Poetry (May 30 - June 8)

30 T Literature: Introduction to Poetry Literature pp. 13 - 14
  31 W Literature: Figurative Language Literature pp. 14 - 17
June 1 Th Literature: Sound Devices   Literature pp. 17 - 19
2 F

Literature: Rhythm and Meter

Literature pp. 19 - 20
5 M Speech Homework: Memorized Speech Appointment Clock (Task #11)  
6 T Literature: Poetry Genres Literature p. 21
7 W Literature: Poetic Structure and Forms Literature pp. 22 - 23
  8 Th Poetry Test   TEST
9 F

Senior Finals: Literature, Art, & Music Final Exam

Subject Finals

12 M Senior Finals: Speech Final Exam (Task #12) Speech Final
13 T Senior Finals: Speech Final Exam Speech Final
14 W Finals: Speech Final Exam Speech Final
  15 Th Finals   -
16 F

Finals and Graduation!

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   x Interview Activity: Two Truths and a Lie    
   x Interview: Resume Writing    
 x Interview: Mutual Interview Game  
 x

Essay:  In-Class Essay Writing

 
   x Essay: Read-Arounds    
    Total Days: (not counting finals) 66 @ 1hr. 15 min.    
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