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| Schaeffer Home School Cooperative 2008-2009 Schedule | |||||||
| SUNDAY | MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY | FRIDAY | SATURDAY | |
| Course | Lit & Movies | Junior Geo* | |||||
| Instructor | Chris Schaeffer | Chris Schaeffer | |||||
| Location | Bowie | Bowie | |||||
| Time | 9:00am-11am | 10am-12noon | |||||
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High School
- Interpreting Literature on the Silver Screen - An Analysis of What
Screenwriters Choose to Write into a Script -
Instructor: Christine Schaeffer
Class Length: Full Year (30 weeks)
Date and Time: Tuesdays from 9am-11am,
FIRST DAY OF CLASS IS SEPTEMBER 9th, 2008
Class Registrar: Chris Schaeffer
Class Location: Schaeffer House in Bowie, MD - 11903 Bracken Court, Bowie,
MD 20720
Class Size: 12-16 students (minimum number of 12 students required for
class to launch)
Cost: $340 for the year, payable half at the beginning of the fall semester
and the other half in the beginning of January 2008
Description: This class will involve reading books, discussing how we would screen write them, and then watching the movies and analyzing the choices that the screen writer(s), producer and director had to make along the way. This will be an analysis of literature as well as of our culture. Most of the books will be older classics and will therefore likely not have been seen by the students before the course.
Texts will include: Lilies of the Field, The Most Dangerous Game, The Chosen, and others
Requirements: Internet access, library access, and an ability to read the assigned texts in time for each class. In addition, an ability to write a basic essay is essential. Please contact the teacher if you have questions about whether the student will be able to keep up.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE COURSE
World Regional
Geography - Bowie - (Grades 9-12) -
CANCELLED DUE
TO LACK OF PARTICIPATION
Instructor: Christine Schaeffer
Class Length: Full Year (30 weeks)
Date and Time: Tuesdays from
11:15am-1:15pm. - FIRST DAY OF CLASS IS SEPTEMBER 9th, 2008
Class Registrar: Chris Schaeffer
Class Size: 12-16 students (12 minimum for class to launch)
Class Location: Schaeffer House in Bowie, MD
Cost: $340 for the year, payable half at the beginning of the fall semester
and the other half in the beginning of January 2008
World Regional Geography - Initial Information Sign up HERE
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE COURSE
Junior World Regional
Geography - Bowie - (Grades 5-8)
Instructor: Christine Schaeffer
Class Length: Half Year (12 weeks)
Date and Time: Wednesdays from 10:00am-12
noon. - FIRST DAY OF CLASS IS SEPTEMBER 10th, 2008
Class Registrar: Chris Schaeffer
Class Size: 12-16 students (12 minimum for class to launch)
Class Location: Schaeffer House in Bowie, MD
Cost: $160 for the year, payable at the beginning of the fall semester.
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE COURSE
The Master Storyteller: Understanding
Literature To Successfully Write Fiction - Bowie- (Grades Jr &
Sr High) - CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF
PARTICIPATION
Instructor: John Jenkins
(john@reconciliation.com
) - please contact Mr. Jenkins through this email with detailed
course questions
Date and Time: Thursdays from
11:15am-12:45pm. - FIRST DAY OF CLASS IS SEPTEMBER 11th, 2008
Class Registrar: Chris Schaeffer
Class Size: 12 students max (8 students minimum)
Class Location: Schaeffer House in Bowie, MD
Class costs: $365 for a 30-week program. -
Discount: 5% prepay, 5% for multiple students.
Materials fee: $30.
Deposit: $65.
Handouts included. No textbooks required.
Class Description
You know when you've read a good story. Good stories touch your heart,
stir your mind and move your emotions. Good stories leave you in a
better place than before you started reading. And good stories echo
important truths that resound within you over and over again. John
Jenkins, published novelist and award-winning contributor to Focus on
the Family magazines for teens, is teaching this unique writing class
that combines professional fiction writing skills with the study of
classic literature (short stories, not novels!) – the authors, their
themes, their times. Genuine skills for academic excellence – and
beyond!
What
You Will Learn
In this accelerated AP-style class
students will learn how to: 1) read, interpret, and understand
literature, 2) understand the impact of the author’s worldview and
historical context on their stories, 3) how to plan, write, and rewrite
short stories using elements that include: setting, plot,
characterization, tone/mood, genre, and theme, and optionally, learn how
to format and edit a story for publication.
Requirements
1. Throughout the year, students will develop and maintain a class notebook containing all of the school years research, in-class and homework assignments (in-progress and completed) and handouts. A key component of the notebook is an assignment grade master sheet. Students are required to keep a record of all assignments (assignment name, due date, grade). Failure to maintain a class notebook can result in suspension from class until the notebook is updated.
2. Students will read 8-12 short stories or excerpts from novels and write 8-10 vignettes/short stories ranging from 600-1800 words in the style and genre of the author, with one required rewrite and a second optional rewrite. Students will have a minimum of two or three weeks to complete an assignment, and a minimum of one week to turn in the required rewrite. Students will also complete 8-12 in-class or take home writing exercises due the following week. Failure to turn in an assignment on time can result in the lowering of the student’s grade of grade level per week.
3. There are no make-up classes for missed days. Students must initiate communication with the teacher or a classmate to find out the week’s assignments if the class homework guide does not already state the assignment. As long as a student completes an assignment on time and according to the assignment’s requirements, there are no penalties.
Parent’s
Involvement
At a minimum, parents are required to monitor:
1) a student’s research, planning and paper writing schedule, 2) the
student’s maintenance of their class notebook, 3) the student’s
in-progress assignment/grading master sheet, and 4) sign and return a
copy of the sheet on the registration form.
(click here for an Adobe PDF
Registration & Information Form that you will fill out and sign and
return by regular mail)
- to Schaeffer Home School Cooperative,
11903 Bracken Court, Bowie, MD 20720
Mock Trial - Bowie- (Grades Jr &
Sr High) - CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF
PARTICIPATION
Instructor: John Jenkins
(john@reconciliation.com
) - please contact Mr. Jenkins through this email with detailed
course questions
Date and Time: Thursdays from
1:00pm-2:15pm. - FIRST DAY OF CLASS IS SEPTEMBER 11th, 2008pm-
Class Registrar: Chris Schaeffer
Class Size: 12 students max (8 students minimum)
Class Location: Schaeffer House in Bowie, MD
Class costs: $365 for a 30-week program. -
Discount: 5% prepay, 5% for multiple students.
Materials fee: $30.
Deposit: $65.
Handouts included. No textbooks required.
Class Description
Using a courtroom backdrop for civil, constitutional, civil, and/or criminal cases, this highly interactive and team-oriented class integrates all of the basic academic skills needed to succeed in both college and life.
Less formal and structured than organized speech and debate classes, Mock Trial uses drama and an introduction to our court and legal system to create a thoroughly compelling academic elixir that will help your students develop competence, confidence, and collective creativity – the interactive power of teams.
What
You Will Learn
Students will learn: 1) note taking and
organizing skills, 2) listening and reading skills, 3) problem solving
skills, 4) effective speaking skills, and 5) teamwork and leadership
skills.
Requirements
1. Throughout the year, students will develop and maintain a class notebook containing all of the school years research, in-class and homework assignments (in-progress and completed) and handouts. A key component of the notebook is an assignment grade master sheet. Students are required to keep a record of all assignments (assignment name, due date, grade). Failure to maintain a class notebook can result in suspension from class until the notebook is updated.
2. Classes will include weekly lecture, interactive class discussion, homework, and 12-16 in-class assignments. During the fall and winter year, students will participate in three full trials. In the spring, students will participate in three speed trials and a final full trial. Students will assume the roles of judges, defendants, attorneys, witnesses, and jury members. Failure to turn in an assignment on time can result in the lowering of the student’s grade of one grade level per week.
3. Mock trials requires teamwork and teamwork requires participation and dependability. A student’s negligence in effort, participation, and/or communication can result in a failing grade for an individual trial.
4. There are no make-up classes for missed days. Students must initiate communication with the teacher or a classmate to find out the week’s assignments if the class homework guide does not already state the assignment. As long as a student completes an assignment on time and according to the assignment’s requirements, there are no penalties.
Parent’s Involvement
At a minimum, parents are required to monitor: 1) a student’s research, planning and paper writing schedule, 2) the student’s maintenance of their class notebook, 3) the student’s in-progress assignment/grading master sheet, and 4) sign and return a copy of the sheet on the registration form. (click here for an Adobe PDF Registration & Information Form that you will fill out and sign and return by regular mail) - to Schaeffer Home School Cooperative, 11903 Bracken Court, Bowie, MD 20720
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