School Year 2014-2015

Course Name Drama Art/Fundamentals Course Code 1605

School Name Lakeside High School Teacher Name Greta Hayes
School Phone
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School Website htt+,//---)lakesidehs)dekal*)k1%)ga)us/ Teacher
Website
htt+,//mrsghayes)-ee*ly)com
Course Descrition
This course !ill e"lore the man# asects o$ drama% and its histor# in our !orld culture& 'nits !ill $ocus on actin(%
!ritin(% and the ro$essions closel# associated !ith the tele)ision% $ilm and theatre% the mediums $or drama&
Students !ill anal#*e and criti+ue theatrical e"eriences% dramatic literature% $ilm and electronic media& Students
!ill also de)elo scrits throu(h imro)isation and constructi)e stor#tellin( methods& Students% throu(h actin(%
!ill de)elo s,ills in communication% emath# and sociolo(#& Emhasis !ill be laced on e"lorin( the otential
career aths in the $ield&
Curriculum -)er)ie!
.he (ollo-ing academic conce+ts -ill *e co/ered) T./S /S -N0Y 1 2'/DE 1ND /S S'34ECT T- C.1N2E&
C'55/C'0'6 -7E57/EW
0eek 1 1 2re$Assessment
.eam 3uilders/ Get to kno- you
60 Second 4onologues
5nit 1 1 History and 6rigins o( .heater
Greek and 7oman
7enaissance
7omantic 2eriod
.he 4odern 8ra
5nit % 1 Fundamentals o( Stage/ 8nsem*le Acting/ 9m+ro/
5nit : 1 Scene 0ork
5nit # 1 Story/;haracter
5nit 5 1 ;ostume < 4ake$u+
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6nline student access code (school s+eci(ic"
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251D/N2 SYSTE68 The DeKalb County School District believes that the most important assessment
of student learning shall be conducted by the teachers as they observe and evaluate students in
the context of ongoing classroom instruction. A variety of approaches, methodologies, and
resources shall be used to deliver educational services and to maximize each students
opportunity to succeed. Teachers shall evaluate student progress, report grades that represent the
students academic achievement, and communicate official academic progress to students and
parents in a timely manner through the electronic grading portal. See Board Policy IHA.
251D/N2 C1TE2-5/ES 9251DE P5-T-C-0
:ormati)e 1ssessment ;Pre-1ssessment< = 0>
1ssessment Durin( 0earnin( = 25>
2uided% /ndeendent% or 2rou Practice = 45>
Summati)e 1ssessment or 1ssessment o$ 0earnin(= ?0>
1 >0 1 100 ?P !pass"
3 !0 1 !> ?F !fail"
C 1 1 >
D 0
: 3elo- 0
Notes:
*#nglish $earners !#$s" must not receive numerical or letter grades for the core content areas in
elementary and middle school during their first year of language development. A grade of CS or
C% must be assigned. This rule may be extended beyond the first year &ith approval from the #$
Studies 'rogram. #nglish $earners must receive a grade for #S($ courses.
)#lementary schools &ill utilize ' !pass" and * !fail" in +ealth,'hysical #ducation, -usic, .orld
$anguages, /isual Arts and 'erforming Arts.
D/ST5/CT E@PECT1T/-NS :-5 S'CCESS
ST'DENT P5-25ESS
Semester progress reports shall be issued four and a half, nine and
thirteen and a half &ee0s into each semester. The progress of students
shall be evaluated fre1uently and plans shall be generated to remediate
deficiencies as they are discovered. 'lans shall include appropriate
interventions designed to meet the needs of the students. See Board
Policy IH.
1C1DE6/C /NTE25/TY
Students &ill not engage in an act of academic dishonesty including, but
not limited to, cheating, providing false information, falsifying school
records, forging signatures, or using an unauthorized computer user 2D
or pass&ord. See the Code of Student Conduct - Student Rights
and Resonsi!ilities and Character "e#elo$ent Hand!oo%.
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+ome&or0 assignments should be meaningful and should be an
application or adaptation of a classroom experience. +ome&or0 is at all
times an extension of the teaching,learning experience. 2t should be
considered the possession of the student and should be collected,
evaluated and returned to the students. See Board Policy IHB.
61AE-'P W-5A
D'E T- 13SENCES
.hen a student is absent because of a legal reason as defined by
3eorgia la& or &hen the absence is apparently beyond the control of the
student, the student shall be given an opportunity to earn grade!s" for
those days absent. -a0e4up &or0 must be completed &ithin the
designated time allotted. See Board Policy IH&A.
SC.--0 E@PECT1T/-NS :-5 S'CCESS
C01SS5--6
E@PECT1T/-NS
Lakeside High School 4ake$u+ 0ork 2olicy, .o recei/e (ull credit@ students may take one (1"
day to make u+ missing -ork +er missed day o( school)
9n 4rs) HayesA class, Late/missing -ork due to absences su*mitted -ithin the
allo-ed make$u+ time -ill *e eligi*le (or 100B credit) Late/missing -ork su*mitted
outside make$u+ time -ithin the same #)5-k +eriod -ill *e eligi*le (or 5B credit)
Late/missing -ork su*mitted outside the original #)5-k +eriod -ill *e eligi*le (or
50B credit)
Late/missing -ork due to negligence is only e/er eligi*le (or 50B credit)
A*solutely no late -ork -ill *e acce+ted *eyond Friday@ Decem*er 5
th
)
=o eating or drinking in class (-ater is ok")
;ell +hone use +ermitted (or educational +ur+oses only) 9( you cannot a*ide *y this
a(ter the (irst o((ense@ she -ill noti(y your +arent/guardian) A(ter the second o((ense@
she -ill issue a detention) A(ter the third o((ense@ she -ill re(er you to an
administrator)
Students are eC+ected to +artici+ate in class) Students -ill recei/e a grade at least
once a -eek (or class +artici+ation graded on a check +lus@ check@ check minus
system)
Students -ill maintain a Dournal -ith a daily *ell ringer acti/ity) Acti/ities can range
(rom +re$-riting to grammar studies) Eournals -ill *e checked monthly)
61TE5/10S 1ND
S'PP0/ES
2a+er
2encils/+ens
4ake$u+ su++lies (more in(ormation closer to acti/ity"
;lean old clothing (or class +roDects (think dress u+") .here is a chance these
articles -ill *e destroyed)
.issue@ +a+er to-els@ and hand sanitiFer are AL0AGS a++reciated
E@T51 .E0P 4rs) Hayes is a/aila*le a(ter school on 4ondays and .uesdays until #24) Any a++ointment
can *e made (or any day o( the -eek) .he o((icial 8nglish De+artment .utorial is on
.uesdays (rom :,%0 to #,%0 in room 1#05)
P0E1SE S/2N 3E0-W 1ND 5ET'5N
9 ha/e read the sylla*us)
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