Somerset Academy Canyons High School

1. Somerset Academy Canyons High School

2. Clubs • Chess • Colorguard • Computer • Debate • Drama • National Honor Society • National Junior Honor Society • Robotics/Legos • Science • Student Government Association • Travel • Yearbook

3. Sports (Current School Year) • Varsity/Junior Varsity Cheerleading • Boys Basketball/Girls Basketball • Boys Soccer/Girls Soccer • Boys Baseball • Girls Softball • Boys/Girls Tennis

4. Tentative Sports(Upcoming School Year) • Cross Country • Flag Football • Golf • Lacrosse • Swimming • Track and Field • Volleyball

5. Electives(Current School Year) • Aerobics/Zumba • Art 2D/3D • Band • Chorus • Drama • French • Health • Journalism • Physical Education • Reading • Spanish • Communications-Debate • Theatre • TV Production

6. Tentative Electives(Upcoming SchoolYear) • Ceramics • Italian • Leadership • Mandarin • Psychology • Robotics • Sports/team training • Yearbook

7. English 1 (9th Grade projected units of study) Unit 1 – Coming of Age: • Identifying Voice, Tone, Diction, Syntax and how they work together to convey the speaker’s voice • Rhetorical and Persuasive Appeals Unit 2 – Defining Style: • Identifying cinematic techniques • Analyze elements of fiction Unit 3 – Exploring Poetic Voices • Analyze and craft poetry • Analyze figurative Language • Write a style analysis essay Unit 4: Interpreting Drama Through Performance • Read, analyze and interpret a Shakespearean play (Romeo and Juliet) Unit 5 – Coming of Age Amidst Controversy • Gather and synthesize information for oral presentation • Explore the significance of setting conflict and the growth of characters in relation to theme • Extrapolate from a short passage the larger themes and literary elements of the novel • All students will also receive explicit instruction and practice in improving vocabulary and writing

8. Pre-AICE English Literature • Responding to Poetry – Various Poems studied for Set text Examinations • Reading for meaning • Exploring language and structure • Developing and informed response • Responding to Drama – Shakespeare’s The Tempest • Responding to Characters and themes • Responding to structure and Language • Developing an informed personal response • Responding to Prose – TsitsiDangaremba’sNervous Conditions • Responding to characters • Responding to setting and mood • Responding to narrative viewpoint • Developing an informed personal response • Developing effective writing skills in response to Literature • Preparing for the Unseen Paper • Preparing for Set Text Papers • All students will also receive explicit instruction and practice in improving vocabulary and writing

9. Algebra I Content: • Solving Equations and Inequalities • Linear Functions • System of Equations and Inequalities • Exponents and exponential functions • Polynomials and Factoring • Quadratic Functions and Equations • Radical Expressions and Equations • Rational Expressions and Functions

10. Geometry Content: • Reasoning and Proof • Parallel and Perpendicular Lines • Congruent Triangles • Relationship Within Triangles • Polygon and Quadrilaterals • Similarity • Right Triangles and Trigonometry • Transformations • Area • Surface Area and Volume • Circles

11. Additional math support: • Peer mentoring and tutoring • Saturday FCAT and EOC tutorial • After school help • Individualized help using Mathia Carnegie software

12. 9th Grade World Geography Content: • HOW GEOGRAPHERS LOOK AT THE WORLD • PLANETH EARTH • CLIMATES • CONTINENTS/REGIONS/CULTURES • HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

13. 9TH Grade Pre-AICE Geography Content: • POPULATION DYNAMICS • URBAN GROWTH • HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION • CULTURES/RELIGIONS • NATURAL HAZARDS • AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS • RESOURCES MANAGEMENT • GEOGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATION

14. 9th Grade Physical Science Class Purpose: • Explore how physical science describes phenomena in the real world. • You will use your knowledge of physical science principles, to predict the behavior of real-world systems. • Along the way, you will have opportunities to sharpen your laboratory skills, work in groups, and set and conduct your own experiments.

15. Topics: • Scientific Method • Metric System; Dimensional Analysis • Matter • Atoms • Periodic Table • Structure of Matter • Chemical Reactions • Newton’s Laws of Motion • Speed, Velocity, Acceleration • Forces • Work & Energy • Heat • Waves

16. Art Courses: 2D-ART 1 The purpose of this course is to enable students to communicate ideas and concepts through two-dimensional media using knowledge of drawing, painting, and printmaking techniques. 2D-ART 2 The purpose of this course is to enable students to communicate ideas and concepts through two-dimensional media using advanced-level knowledge of drawing, painting, and printmaking techniques. 3D-ART 1 the purpose of this course is to enabled students to communicate ideas and concepts through three-dimensional media using intermediate-level knowledge of assemblage, modeling, sculpting and construction techniques.

17. In the art room:

18. French • BASIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS • Greeting people • Talk about your family and friends • Daily Life: telling time, school, sports, weather, shopping • Talk about food – Learn to order food in a restaurant • GRAMMAR AND VERBS • FRENCH CULTURE

19. Reading Goals: • Increase reading fluency • Increase reading endurance • Increase reading comprehension How will we achieve these goals? • Through integrated experiences in the language arts

20. Sample Instructional Materials Fictional and Informational Text • Great Books Roundtable (Middle School) • Junior Great Books (High School) • Read for Real Technology • Achieve 3000 • Cerego (High School Only)

21. Spanish I Content: • Current text book ¡Buenviaje! (Level 1 Red edition) • Each chapter focuses on specific vocabulary and grammar • Many oral activities are open ended to provide free verbal communications • Culture lessons are incorporated into each lesson

22. Spanish II Content: • Current text book ¡Buenviaje! (Level 2 Green edition) • Each chapter focuses on specific vocabulary and grammar • Many oral activities are open ended to provide free verbal communications • Culture lessons are incorporated into each lesson • This course is heavily grammar based; six verb tenses will be learned

23. Theatre Objectives: • TO APPRECIATE LITERATURE FROM A WHOLE NEW PERSPECTIVE • TO BE ABLE TO THINK ON YOUR FEET • TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN ATTENTIVELY AND PAY ATTENTION • TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK ARTICULATELY • TO DEVELOP TECHNICAL SKILLS

24. TV Production & Journalism Where interesting and memorable events are encouraged and captured everyday in our creative writings and TV projects!

25. In Journalism: We are beingproactive when it comes to school policy • Somerset Canyons journalism students have been proactive, developing a new policy on how student athlete’s should be treated. • We recently learned about cinema critiquing. It’s certainly easy to watch movies, but not so easy picking them apart. Being a critic means properly understanding what it takes to produce movies in order to either recommend or blast them! We studied both versions of The Time Machine (1960 and 2002). We learned that, though the effects were meager compared to today, the 53 year old movie was much better than its 2002 reboot. • Soon we will be putting together a school newspaper (remember those?) It will include student profiles, sports, news of the day and more!!!

26. TV Production/Broadcast Communications • In our first year, we’ve already produced some amazing, eye-opening projects. You should check out, “Scotty’s Story,” on Mr. Barker’s Somerset site. It’s the story of how one of our 8th graders has already faced a lifetime of challenges in an inspiring way. • One of our periods produced an actual silent movie. It was a blast to film. We became young versions of Charlie Chaplain as we learned what it takes visually to tell an interesting story when there is no microphone. • We also took on the latest viral song out there: “What the Fox Says.” We are calling it: “What the Teacher’s Say,” because we showed it to many of our teachers, coaches and administrators (many of whom were seeing it for the 1st time) and got their candid reactions. The TV project is hilarious! • Our next mandate is a school-wide TV campaign to fight bullying!

27. Objectives: • Experience and gain knowledge about the different types of workouts • Learn the principles of healthy exercise and lifestyle choices • Learn aerobics exercises alone and/or with a group/partner • Learn how to correctly execute required skills and techniques as well as to use the equipment safely • Learn modifications routines and injury prevention

28. Course Contents: Students will gain knowledge and improve their social skills, gross motor skills, and physical fitness by participating in (but not limited to) the following activities: Pilates Kickboxing Step up Routines Lifetime Activities Circuit Training Activities Cardiovascular Endurance activities Fitness Testing Activities Team Activities Exercise Bands Aerobics Zumba

29. New High School Building (projected completion date of August 2014)