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| AVI 1O1 |
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Visual Arts - Open | ||
| In this course, units are organized according to themes that reflect issues which are relevant to most adolescents. Foremost, students will use a variety of mediums, tools, processes and technologies to create art works. They will learn to apply creative strategies using the elements and principles of design to create original work. Students will also demonstrate an understanding of visual art concepts by viewing artworks which represent Canadian, Western, non-Western, and contemporary popular culture. They will explore aspects of and options for careers. Unit themes will provide students with enduring knowledge and essential skills for further studies in visual art. Each unit theme is framed by essential questions and a strategy that will model problem solving and develop creative thinking skills. | ||||
| AVI 201 | Visual Arts - Open | |||
| Course DescriptionThis course provides opportunities for students to explore and to further develop their artistic and creative processes. In each unit, the student becomes the inquiring artist. Throughout the course, students will demonstrate an understanding of visual arts concepts by viewing artworks that represent historical, non-Western, and Canadian cultures. They will explore aspects of , and options for visual arts careers. Each unit is framed by essential questions and themes that will develop creativity. Foremost, students will use a variety of mediums, tools, processes and technologies to create personal art works. | ||||
| AVI 3M1 | Visual Arts University / College Preparation | |||
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| AVI 4M1 | Visual Arts University / College Preparation | |||
| This course is designed to extend the knowledge and skills students need to meet the entrance requirements for specific college and university programs. This course focuses on studio activities in a variety of media. Students will create art works that explore a wide range of subject matter and will evaluate art works, providing grounds for their aesthetic judgements. They will also examine historical and cultural concepts of Western art and art forms from various world cultures and eras to support their study of specific media. The development of a personal presentation portfolio will be an ongoing requirement of this course. Students will be encouraged to display samples of their work in public places. | ||||
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| ADA 2O1 | |
Dramatic Arts - Open | ||
| Course Description The Grade 10 Dramatic Arts course requires students to explore dramatic forms and techniques, using their own ideas and concerns as well as ideas in sources selected from a wide range of genres, texts (used in the broadest sense), forms and cultures. Student learning includes the identification and use of the elements of time, place, role/character, dramatic situation/tension, and structure in creating, sustaining and communicating authentic drama. Students assume responsibility for decisions made in the creation and presentation of the drama, and analyse and reflect on the experience. Drama involves numerous complex collaboration skills, including problem solving, creating, negotiating, communicating, consensus building, supporting, presenting, and reflecting. By entering an imagined world, students learn new and unique ways to view themselves and their world. Their learning enhances their ability to listen, question, interpret, create, communicate, and reflect. The universals of human experience are explored in a safe, creative, reflective environment |
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Music | |
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Music - Open | ||
| 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 learn performance skills on a band instrument, and participate in creative activities that teach them to listen with understanding, the proper use of musical terminology, cooperative work habits, and a sense of personal responsibility and connection to their community and future careers | ||||
| AMI 3M1 | Instrumental Music University / College Preparation | |||
| This course emphasizes the appreciation, analysis and performance of various kinds of music including baroque and classical music, popular music and Canadian and non-Western music. Students will perform technical exercises and appropriate repertoire, complete detailed creative activities and analyze and evaluate live and recorded performances. They will continue to increase their understanding of the elements of music while developing their technical and imaginative abilities | ||||
| AMI 4M1 | Instrumental Music University / College Preparation | |||
| This course emphasizes the appreciation , analysis, and performance of music from the romantic period and the twentieth century, including art music, jazz, popular music, and Canadian and non-Western music. Students will concentrate on developing interpretive skills and the ability to work independently. They will also complete complex creative projects. | ||||