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Co-op Courses

2008-2009
Schaeffer Co-op Classes

Literature and the Silver Screen    World Regional Geography Bowie    Junior Geography    

 Master Story Teller     Mock Trial

             
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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* Jr Geo for the Fall Semester, then Shakespeare for Eight Weeks, starting 4/09        

TUESDAY CO-OP CLASSES

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

Description: The course will take a full year, divided into two semesters. The course will walk the students around the approximately 200 nations of the world using a regional approach and heavily relying on the Five Themes of Geography (Location, Place, Human Environment & Interaction, Movement and Region). Each class will use current events to tie into the region being studied and the cement the information into the memory of the student. 2-4 weeks will be spent on each continent/region.

Expectations: Each student is expected to prepare for each class, arrive promptly, and treat the tutor and fellow students with the utmost of respect.  Note taking is expected and will be rewarded by a far higher score than those who do not take careful notes. A project will be completed each semester: an individual project to finalize the fall semester and an individual or small group project to finalize the course. The work for the course will involve approximately 5 hours a week outside of class. This does not include research for projects. The homework will include reading in the main text, coloring in the secondary text, reading short portions in the historical book(s), reading current events and writing up short essays on them, and taking occasional  quizzes in class and take-home tests.

Materials: Each student will be required to have the following books: a loose leaf notebook with sections, writing tools, and have access to a computer and the Internet. I rely heavily on email communication and expect my students to have access to the internet for research. I will also be asking them to complete at least one assignment that needs a spreadsheet. This can be Microsoft Excel or the equivalent.

Texts:

1.      World Regional Geography by Mihelic & Pulsipher, W. H. Freeman; 2nd edition (March 15, 2002), ISBN:0716738414 – (The Pulsipher textbook is the SECOND edition - this will save us all money as used copies are readily available online through Amazon.com for $5-15 each.

2.      Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time (Paperback) by Dava Sobel

3.      The Geography Coloring Book by Wyn Kapit (3rd Edition) – this must be purchased new (approx $15-22)

Communication: The best way to contact me is by email. My home phone number is: 301-352-4188, and my email is clsinfo@comcast.net. I am available for extra tutoring time upon appointment

Instructor Bio: Short Bio: Mrs. Schaeffer’s college studies (ASN, RN, BS) led her into nursing, with her emphasis on epidemiology and disease control. She and her husband Steve (& one son) served as missionaries in Papua New Guinea from 1989-1993. After returning to the USA Mrs. Schaeffer specialized in hospice nursing and home educating her three sons. Due to a long history of globe trotting with her diplomat parents and her own travels as a missionary in Oceania, her natural interest in geography led to an intense study of grade school and then high school & college geography. She has used many of the materials that have come along in recent years to help her develop her unique way of teaching World Regional Geography. Mrs. Schaeffer has been teaching geography for 7years.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE COURSE

 

WEDNESDAY CO-OP CLASSES

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.

Description:
Expectations:
Materials:
Texts:
1.      The Geography Coloring Book by Wyn Kapit (3rd Edition) – this must be purchased new (approx $15-22)
2.     The Complete Book of Maps & Geography, by American Education Publishing (approx $10 at Sam's Club, or online at Amazon)

Communication: The best way to contact me is by email. My home phone number is: 301-352-4188, and my email is clsinfo@comcast.net. I am available for extra tutoring time upon appointment

Instructor Bio: Short Bio: Mrs. Schaeffer’s college studies (ASN, RN, BS) led her into nursing, with her emphasis on epidemiology and disease control. She and her husband Steve (& one son) served as missionaries in Papua New Guinea from 1989-1993. After returning to the USA Mrs. Schaeffer specialized in hospice nursing and home educating her three sons. Due to a long history of globe trotting with her diplomat parents and her own travels as a missionary in Oceania, her natural interest in geography led to an intense study of grade school and then high school & college geography. She has used many of the materials that have come along in recent years to help her develop her unique way of teaching World Regional Geography. Mrs. Schaeffer has been teaching geography for 7 years. Her junior geography students have competed at the Maryland state level of the National Geographic Bee.

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE COURSE

THURSDAY CO-OP CLASSES

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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