Virtual 8th Grade Night

Bartram Trail High School

Virtual 8th Grade Night

Electives

On February 23rd HAC will open up for you to choose your electives for 9th grade.  Take a look at the options below so you will be ready to make your choices. The deadline for submitting your elective options in HAC is March 5th.

Course No.: 0101300 

Prerequisite: None 

Credit: 1.0 

This Fine Arts class promotes the enjoyment and appreciation of art as students experiment with the media and techniques used to create two-dimensional (2-D) artworks, including drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and more. Focus is on the elements of art and the principles of design used to create work that is inspired by works from Art History. Students will analyze and discuss other’s works. Analytical and problem-solving skills used to improve work and that of their peers, self-diagnosing and experimenting with potential solutions to art challenges based on their foundational structural, historical, and cultural knowledge. Art supplies may need to be purchased.

Course No.: 0101330 

Prerequisite: None 

Credit: 1.0 

In this, entry-level class, students experiment with the media and techniques used to design and construct three-dimensional (3-D) artworks, including sketching, carving, modeling, and assembling in such media as clay wire, wood, paper mâché, and found objects. Students use analytical and problem-solving skills to improve their work and that of their peers, self-diagnosing and experimenting with potential solutions to art challenges based on their foundational structural, historical, and cultural knowledge. 

Course No.: 0717300 

PrerequisiteStudents must be in English 1 Honors to take this course freshman year, any student that chooses this elective without Honors English will be removed.

Credit: 1.0 

The purpose of this course is to teach hearing students basic conversational skills in American Sign Language (ASL) and awareness of various aspects of deafness. May be substituted for the foreign language university requirement at certain universities. 

Course No.: 0100300 

Prerequisite: Muar meet honors criteria 

Credit: 1.0

This course offers the serious student the opportunity to explore the history of art from ancient times to the present. This course presents high school students to the same curriculum and rigors that college students experience in Survey of Art classes. The course includes: the elements of art, art history terminology, and technical processes used by artists through human history. Students will gain knowledge of architecture, sculpture, painting, and other art forms within diverse historical and cultural contexts. Works of art must be understood in the context and culture that produced them. Focus is on Western European art and art beyond the European tradition. Students are expected to take a final AP exam. 

Course No.: 0200335 

PrerequisiteMust meet honors criteria and have completed Algebra 1 Honors with an A.

Credit: 1.0

Students will develop computational thinking vital  for success across all disciplines, such as using computational tools to analyze and study data and working with large data sets to analyze, visualize, and draw conclusions from trends. 

Course No.2103400 

PrerequisiteMeet honors criteria

Credit: 1.0

This course is equivalent to an introductory college-level course in human geography. The course introduces students to the systematic study of patterns and processes that have shaped human understanding, use, and alteration of Earth’s surface. Students employ spatial concepts and landscape analysis to examine socioeconomic organization and its environmental consequences. They also learn about the methods and tools geographers use in their research and applications. The curriculum reflects the goals of the National Geography Standards. Students are expected to take a final AP exam. 

Course No.: 1303300 

Prerequisite: None 

Credit: 1.0 

The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop basic individual and ensemble skills in choral performance through preparation of varied high school literature. Emphasis will be placed on healthy and expressive singing, accurate interpretation of notation, and development of critical and aesthetic response to music.  

Course No.0108310 

Prerequisite: None

Credit: 1.0 

Students explore the aesthetic foundations of art making using beginning photography techniques. This course may include, but is not limited to, color and/or black and white photography via digital media and/or traditional photography. Students become familiar with the basic mechanics of a camera, including lens and shutter operation, compositional foundations, printing an image for display, and evaluating a successful print. Student photographers may use a variety of media and materials, such as 35mm black and white film, single lens reflex camera, digital camera, darkroom, computer application, filters, various papers, digital output, photogram, cyanotypes, Sabatier effect, and pinhole photography. Craftsmanship and quality are reflected in the surface of the prints and the care of the materialsPhotographers use an art criticism process to evaluate, explain, and measure artistic growth in personal or group works. 

Creative Writing I

Course No.: 1009320 

Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation from current English teacher

Credit: 0.5

This course explores the basic elements of poetry and fiction.  Students will develop their writing skills, imagination, creativity, and individual style and expression.  Students will be introduced to the process of workshopping and critiquing.  

Creating Writing II

Course No.: 1009330 

Prerequisite: Teacher Recommendation 

Credit: 0.5 

This course explores the elements of advanced fiction, playwriting, and world building.  Students will continue to build skills in the process of the writer’s workshop 

Course No.: 0300310 

Prerequisite: None 

Credit: 1.0 

Students in this year-long, entry-level course, designed for those having no prior dance instruction, learn foundational skills in two or more dance styles. Their development of fundamental dance technique is enriched and enlivened through study of works by a variety of diverse artists, developing genre-specific movement vocabulary and dance terminology, and building knowledge and skills related to somatic practices, dance composition, analysis of effort and outcomes, dance history and culture, collaborative work, and rehearsal and performance protocols. 

Course No.: 8209510 

Prerequisite: None 

Credit: 1.0 

This course is designed to develop basic entry-level skills required for careers in the digital publishing industry. The content includes computer skills; digital publishing concepts and operations; layout, design, measurement activities; and digital imaging as well as communication, collaboration and decision-making activities; critical thinking; and problem solving.  

Course No.: 8201410 

Prerequisites: None 

Credit: 1.0 

The Purpose of this course is to prepare students for initial employment as production assistants, audio/video equipment technician, video/TV camera operators, video editors, multimedia artists/animators and broadcast technicians. 

Course No.: 1301320  

Prerequisite: None  

Credit: 1.0  

The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop basic skills in guitar performance, including interpretation of notation and performance in varied styles. 

Course No.8121310 

Prerequisite: None

Credit: 1.0 

This course is designed to  develop competencies in the areas of use and maintenance of landscape and turf equipment, classification of plants and turf grass, fertilization and irrigation. 

Course No.0708340 

PrerequisiteStudents must be in English 1 Honors to take this course freshman year, any student that chooses this elective without Honors English will be removed.

Credit: 1.0*

The purpose of this course is to enable students to begin to acquire proficiency in Spanish through a linguistic, communicative and cultural approach to language learning. Emphasis is placed on the development of listening, speaking, reading and writing skills and on acquisition of the fundamentals of applied grammar. Cross-cultural understanding is fostered, and real-life applications are emphasized throughout the course. 

Course No.: 0400410 

Prerequisite: Theatre I or Teacher Recommendation  

Credit: 1.0 

Students create characters for theatrical and film/video productions through scene, character, and technical analysis. Through improvisation, script writing, and aesthetic creation and collaboration, actors refine their working knowledge and independent thought, articulating and justifying their creative choices. Students’ “critical eye” becomes more developed and significant mastery of artistic choices becomes evident. An inquiry-based capstone project may be required. Public performances may serve as a culmination of specific instructional goals. Students may be required to participate in rehearsals and performances outside the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom. 

Course No.0400310 

Prerequisite: None 

Credit: 1.0 

The purpose of this course is to enable students to develop fundamental skills in the multiple elements of theatre as a collaborative art. Movement, voice projection, body language, concentration, improvisation and expression will be combined with creative drama activities in experiential exercises. Daily class participation is required. The content includes an overview of the history of theatre. Students will perform in group projects. 

Course No.0400660 

Prerequisites: None 

Credit: 1.0 

Students explore the elements of film and cinematic techniques used by those who create movies. Students study the techniques in film that serve the story and articulate the theme. Students also prepare a comparative for theatre, film, and literature. Public performances may serve as a resource for specific instructional goals. Students may be required to attend or participate in technical work, rehearsals, and/or film production beyond the school day to support, extend, and assess learning in the classroom. 

Course No.0411038

Prerequisite: None

Credit: 0.5 /0.5

The purpose of this course is to enable students to acquire basic knowledge and skills in volleyball and basketball and to improve health-related fitness.

Course No.: 0411009 

Prerequisite: None

Credit: 0.5 / 0.5

The purpose of these courses is to enable students to develop knowledge and skills in weight training, further improve muscular strength and endurance and further enhance self-image.

Course No.: 2103300 

PrerequisiteNone 

Credit: 1.0 

Students develop multicultural understanding and use geographical concepts and skills to acquire information and systematically apply decision-making processes to real-life situations. They will acquire an understanding of interrelationships between people and the environment.