This course acquaints students with basic technique, rules, and strategies for playing and enjoying this popular pastime. This course will be offered at Woodside High School. Short scenes, monologues, and one act plays will showcase student talent at the end of the course. Costumes, makeup and lighting will also be explored. Food tasting, guest speakers, information about interesting places - all through the whip of a whisk.
Students improve their reading skills by reading fiction and nonfiction.
They will use the daily newspaper and a paperback novel to practice reading with purpose, finding the main idea, gathering facts, reading technical texts, reading critically, and retaining information. Students will respond to the literature by writing creative poems, short stories, and dramatic scenes. Through extensive use of the computer lab, students will create a personal response booklet and learn how to prepare manuscripts for possible publication. The novel used in this course will be given to the students to add to their personal home libraries. Writing takes on many forms and functions in society.