Teacher: Mr. D. Stickney
Room 16 Description:This course emphasizes the performance of music at a level that strikes a balance between challenge and skill and is aimed at developing technique, sensitivity, and imagination. Students will participate in create activities that teach them to listen with understanding. They will also learn correct musical terminology and its appropriate use. |
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AVI - Grade 9 Visual Arts |
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Teacher: Mrs. Mayne
Room 323 Description:This course offers an overview of visual arts as a foundation for further study. Students will become familiar with the elements and principles of design and the expressive qualities of various materials through working with a range of materials, processes, techniques, and styles. They will learn and use methods of analysis and criticism and will study the characteristics of particular historical art periods and a selection of Canadian art and the art of other cultures. |
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Teacher: Ms. Converset
Room 309 Description:This course emphasizes the active exploration of dramatic forms and techniques, using material from a wide range of authors, genres, and cultures. Students will construct, discuss, perform, and analyse drama, and then reflect on the experiences to develop an understanding of themselves, the art form, and the world around them. |
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Teacher: Ms. Converset
Room 309 Description:This course emphasizes the active exploration of dramatic forms and techniques, using material from a wide range of authors, genres, and cultures. Students will construct, discuss, perform, and analyse drama, and then reflect on the experiences to develop an understanding of themselves, the art form, and the world around them. |
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AMU / AMV - Grade 10 Music |
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Teacher: Mr. D. Stickney
Room 16 Description:This course emphasizes performance of music at an intermediate level that strikes a balance between challenge and skill. Student learning will include participating in creative activities and listening perceptively. Students will also be required to develop a thorough understanding of the language of music, including the elements, terminology, and history. |
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Teacher: Ms. Converset
Room 309 Description:This course requires students to develop their dance skills and learn the theoretical basis for working with anatomical structure in executing dance movements. Student learning will include the processes that form the basis for creating dance; the historical development of dance; students’ own aesthetic appreciation of dance as they participate in dance class, rehearsals, and performances; and the specialized vocabulary of dance criticism. |
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AVI - Grade 10 Visual Arts |
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Teacher: Mrs. Mayne
Room 323 Description:This course emphasizes learning through practice; building on what students know; and introducing them to new ideas, materials, and processes for artistic thinking and experimentation. Student learning will include the refi ned application of the elements and principles of design, incorporating the creative and design processes, and the relationship between form and content. |
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Teacher: Ms. Converset
Room 309 Description:This course requires students to put together and perform dramatic presentations that deal with a variety of issues from the past and present. Students will analyse, interpret, and perform works of drama from various cultures, including Western plays from around 1900. Students will also do research on different acting styles and conventions for their presentations, create original works, and analyse the functions of playwright, director, actor, technician, and audience. |
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AVI M - Grade 11 Visual Arts |
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Teacher: Mrs. Mayne
Room 323 Description:This course provides students with opportunities to further develop their skills and knowledge in visual arts. Students will explore a range of subject matter through studio activities, and will consolidate their practical skills. Students will also analyse art works and study aspects of Western art history, as well as Canadian art forms and art forms from various parts of the world. |
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Teacher: Ms. Converset
Room 309 Description:This course emphasizes the development of technical, composition, and presentation skills in one or more world dance forms. Students will acquire and refi ne dance skills; compose and present increasingly complex dance works; interpret and evaluate a variety of dance presentations; and study the historical development of various dance forms and the function of dancein specific cultures. |
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Teacher: Ms. Converset
Room 309 Description:This course requires students to experiment with forms and conventions in dramatic literature, and to create/adapt and present dramatic works. Students will do research on dramatic forms, conventions, themes, and theories of acting and directing from different historical periods, and apply their knowledge of these in analysing and interpreting dramatic literature, including Canadian works and works from various cultures in the late twentieth century. Students will also examine the signifi cance of dramatic arts in various cultures. |
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AVI - Grade 12 Visual Arts |
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Teacher: Mrs. Mayne
Room 323 Description:This course focuses on the refi nement of students’ skills and knowledge in visual arts. Students will analyse art forms; use theories of art in analysing and producing art; and increase their understanding of stylistic changes in modern and contemporary Western art, Canadian (including Native Canadian) art, and art forms from various parts of the world. Students will produce a body of work demonstrating a personal approach. |
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ATP - Grade 12 Performance Dance |
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Teacher: Ms. Converset
Room 309 Description:This focus course in Performance Practice will provide students in both the University/College and Open destination courses with the opportunity to learn increasingly complex movement, presentation and performance skills. Movement theory and technique in the dance form(s) being studied will form the foundation for learning. |
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