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Fearless English (Scobie)

Note: This class is open to high school students only.

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English Credit

This is the class where each week, you write something you’re genuinely excited to read aloud to your classmates, mostly fictional passages, but sometimes other kinds of work.

  • There is always work outside of class because we use class mostly for reading your pieces aloud. You get your pieces written between classes!
  • This class is FIRE, people, based on the idea that you should only bother writing what you’re super-pumped to share. When you do this the way it’s meant to be done, it feels like being in the best writing class there ever was.
  • Drafting all your work in a single google document opened directly from the assignment is required. If you have another method, take a different class.
  • Reading your pieces aloud exactly as written is required. No editing on the fly. If you don’t want your work to sound sloppy and mistaken when you read it, don’t turn in sloppy and mistake-laden work.
  • You may request that I read one of your pieces aloud in order to hear your own work read by a former voice artist and narrator.
  • Late work erodes the value of this class for everyone, including you. If you are not committed to having your work ready on time, please find another class to take. If you submit work late more than once, expect to be asked to leave the class.
  • Outside work: A large amount (e.g, >60 min) for each session
  • Mature themes: In high school level fictional work, mature themes emerge. I will discourage the use of mature themes for cheaply sensationalizing any piece, but I won't disallow mature themes categorically.

Shop Life (Session 2) (Scobie)

CTE Credit

There are two available sessions of Shop Life. They are not levels. You can take one or both sessions, but please do not make plans or ask permission to come only once a week.*

In Winter Term, we’ll:

  • Finish up automata projects started in the fall, or you’ll make a quick simple one if you’re new to the class.
  • Discuss options for additional work, including working on the canoe, and/or several other project options.
  • Continue to serve the school with learning skills and using them to make needed objects and/or repairs as necessary.*We’ve tried it, and it’s just not enough connection to the work and skills of the class.

Shop Life (Session 1) (Scobie)

CTE Credit

There are two available sessions of Shop Life. They are not levels. You can take one or both sessions, but please do not make plans or ask permission to come only once a week.*

In Winter Term, we’ll:

  • Finish up automata projects started in the fall, or you’ll make a quick simple one if you’re new to the class.
  • Discuss options for additional work, including working on the canoe, and/or several other project options.
  • Continue to serve the school with learning skills and using them to make needed objects and/or repairs as necessary.*We’ve tried it, and it’s just not enough connection to the work and skills of the class.

 

 

 

 

 

Geometry, Continued (Scobie)

In this year-long PSCS class, we’ll continue to establish and refine basic elements of geometry and geometric definitions. We’ll learn and refine geometric drawing techniques while looking at the practical math and beauty of angles and shapes. We’ll also continue to explore systems of measurement for distance, angle, slope, area, and volume, linear and non-linear equations, graphing,  and visual & algebraic proofs.

The class will finish in the spring with a unique introduction to the core principles of Trigonometry as inspired by an insightful New Zealand math curriculum.

  • Outside work: A moderate amount (e.g., 30-60 min) for each session