MYP Subject Area

East Garner Magnet Middle Schoolü Focused Areas of Study 2016-2017

MYP Subject Area / Course Name / Course Summary /
Family and Consumer Science / ELS:
Child Care / Students learn how to care for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. They explore learning activities, discipline techniques, and safety precautions in caring for young children.
Family and Consumer Science / ELS:
Sewing / This course is a beginning sewing class, designed to provide an opportunity for students to develop skills in basic hand sewing, machine sewing, and serging. Students learn safe and proper use of sewing equipment as they complete a variety of projects. Careers in sewing, clothing, textiles, and fashion are explored.
Family and Consumer Science / ELS:
Nutrition and Wellness / The fundamentals of cooking are covered: reading and following recipes, cooking terms, use and care of kitchen equipment, time management, kitchen safety and sanitation, and good nutrition practices. Students learn to work cooperatively with others in a food laboratory setting. Proper table etiquette is stressed.
Family and Consumer Science / ELS:
Fashion Design / This course explores the differences among fashion, fads and classic styles. Learning color theory and applying those concepts are the basis for developing ones’ own personal style. The focus of this course is developing a foundation of designer skills that includes creating new styles for clothing, shoes, handbags and other accessories. Students will sketch drawings of garments and write specifications describing color schemes, construction, and type of fabrics to be used.
Fine Arts:
Music / Beginning Band / Emphasis is on the acquisition of basic musical skills as students learn to play a brass, woodwind, or percussion instrument. Band classes prepare several concert compositions that are performed for an audience. Students should anticipate some after-school practices and evening performances.
Fine Arts:
Music / Intro to Singing / This course provides a variety of singing opportunities for students with limited formal choral experience. Vocal techniques and music reading are emphasized.
Fine Arts:
Music / Percussion Ensemble / Drums are a universal language. This course explores the rhythms of percussion and how all societies have beat their drums to be heard and felt.
Fine Arts:
Music / Music in Society~ Jazz and Today / Maya Angelou said, “Music is a refuge.” This course explores how music has affected society and generations as it has provided a voice and a comfort during time of great joy, sadness, and even indifference.
Fine Arts:
Music / Music in Media / This course explores music and the role it plays in persuading and luring audience in today’s media. Students will collect, analyze, and evaluate music employed by the media in order to effectively apply their new knowledge to create their own musical manipulations.
Fine Arts:
Music / Advanced Band / Technical drills, scale studies, rhythm studies, and sight reading exercises are used to advance the students’ skills, knowledge, and reading ability in music. A wide variety of band literature is studied to give the students experience in various musical styles. Students should anticipate some after-school practices and evening performances.
Fine Arts:
Music / Advanced Chorus / This course provides a variety of singing opportunities for students with a broader d formal choral experience. Vocal techniques and music reading are emphasized.
Fine Arts: Dance / So You Think
You Can Dance? / Students will develop their dance technique skills through a rigorous, class with basic performance and choreographic projects that span dance genres. Students should anticipate some after-school practices and evening performances.
Fine Arts: Dance / Choreography / This course is designed to introduce and give students a basic working knowledge of the art of choreography and improvisation. Exploration of various compositional and improvisational techniques is experienced by the students.
Fine Arts: Dance / Stretch and Flex / This course will allow students to learn proper stretching for multiple parts of the body. Students will experience Yoga, Pilates, and various other stretching techniques.
Fine Arts: Dance / Modern Dance / How does dance communicate meaning? Students will learn basic modern dance through viewing experiences and participating in the creation and performance of a modern dance.
Fine Arts: Dance / Jazz / Jazz dance because popular in the early 1900s. Students will explore the evolution of Jazz dance from then to today. This course will include jazz dance history, technique, dance combinations, student choreography, and collaborative works.
Fine Arts: Dance / Ballet / Students will explore technique and combinations in Ballet. Dancers will build a strong foundation for movement. Students will study the Romantic and Baroque Era of the Ballet world, exploring story Ballets such as Coppelia, Swan Lake and Giselle.
Fine Arts: Dance / Cultural Dances / Students will have an opportunity to learn about various dances from around the world. For each cultural dance, students will learn the history, choreography, and about the area in which it comes from.
Fine Arts: Dance / Dance I / Students will be given an introduction to Ballet, Jazz, Modern, and Hip Hop. Within each style, students will learn technique, creative choreography, dance combinations, brief dance history, and collaborative dance pieces.
Fine Arts: Dance / Dance II / Students will explore an intermediate level of Ballet, Jazz, Modern, and Hip Hop. Within each style, students will expand on technique, learn dance combinations, create choreography, and collaborative dance pieces.
Fine Arts
Dance / Tap / Students will explore technique and combinations in Tap. Dancers will build a strong foundation for movement. Students will study the history of tap and its variations that influence other dance styles.
Fine Arts: Dance / Partner Dance / Students will be given an introduction to a variety of Ballroom dance styles and Modern dance partnering. Each ballroom style will include a brief history, dance technique, and dance combinations.
Fine Arts: Drama / Let’s Act / This course is an overview of dramatic techniques. Students develop communication skills through study in dialogue, pantomime, improvisation, speech/diction, and role play. Students will not have afterschool practices and performances.
Fine Arts: Drama / Drama Tech / In this course, students conduct an intensive study of the technical processes necessary for theatre productions. Included are set design and construction, lighting design and implementation, sound production and execution, and stage management. This is the “how to” class in preparation for Advanced Drama Tech.
Fine Arts: Drama / Playwriting / Students develop specific skills that allow them to study and create characters for the stage. Activities include stage directions, simple set and costume design, prop collection, and play production. Students will not have afterschool practices and performances.
Fine Arts: Drama / Directing / Students develop specific skills that allow them to envision and manage characters for the stage. Activities include implementing stage directions, simple set and costume design, prop collection, and play production. Students will not have afterschool practices and performances.
Fine Arts: Drama / Scenic Design / Students develop specific skills that allow them visualize the stage for a dramatic production. Activities include analyzing stage directions, set and costume design, prop collection, and play production. Students should anticipate some after-school practices and evening performances.
Fine Arts: Drama / Improvisation / This course uses improvisation techniques to develop skills in spontaneous acting. Students will learn to create scenes and situations through theatre games. Students will also learn the rules of improvisation through classroom exercises and cooperative learning styles. Students will not have afterschool practices and performances.
Fine Arts: Drama / Advanced Dramatics / This course is an intense application of dramatic techniques. Students develop communication skills through study in dialogue, pantomime, improvisation, speech/diction, and role play.
Fine Arts: Music / Beginning Orchestra / This course provides opportunities for students to develop their musical potential and aesthetic understanding through learning to play orchestral string instruments. Study includes the care and cultivation of a beautiful tone, the ability to read music, the building of technical skills, team spirit, and responsible rehearsal habits. No prerequisite course is required and participants will engage in public performances.
Fine Arts: Music / Continuing Orchestra / This course offers students with orchestral experience an opportunity to hone their skills and expand their musical potential by continuing to play orchestral string instruments. Participants will engage in public performances.
Fine Arts:
Music / Piano I: keyboarding / This course provides opportunities for students to develop their musical potential and understanding of notes and scales. Study includes the keys, notes, and scales associated with beginning piano skills. No prerequisite course is required and participants will engage in public performances.
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Music / Piano II: keyboarding / This course offers students with piano experience an opportunity to hone their skills and expand their musical potential by continuing to play the piano. Participants will engage in public performances.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Advertising Design / Students will create two-dimensional works of art using drawing techniques ad various media including computer programs. Students will study areas of perspective, line, value, and composition. Students will review and apply the Visual Elements of Art and Principals of Design and apply these to their own original art work with an emphasis on advertising. In addition, students will be introduced to the idea of the visual culture.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Color Theory / In this colorful course, students engage in artistic activities to explore nine color schemes and vocabulary of Color Theory. Students will also learn color mixing techniques and application of paint to reveal their artistic talents.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Drawing / Students are taught drawing techniques using various media. They work with line, value, and basic perspective.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Printmaking / Students will be introduced to basic printmaking processes and equipment. Students will create a variety of print media and methods, such as monotype, lithography, linoleum block printing and various approaches to making and printing plates. Students develop an understanding of the medium and learn good studio habits; safe and responsive handling of tools; and the knowledge required for basic reproductive processes used in the production of a printed image.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Painting / Studentswill explore a variety of media and subject matter. Watercolor, tempera, and acrylic paint will be used with dry media (colored pencils, ink, etc.) on a variety of surfaces. Topics include composition,historical painting techniques, illusion of space, and paint handling and application. In addition,students will explore and discuss the ways in which paintings make meaning.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Visual Arts Exploratory / This course introduces student to the Elements of Visual Art and Design; (Color, Form, Line, Shape, Space, Texture, and Value). Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture projects will be created. Students will also explore the Visual Elements of Art through creation of two and three-dimensional works of art. Application of these elements to the students’ own original artwork is the major emphasis. In addition, students will be introduced to prominent past, contemporary, and multicultural artists.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Visual Composition / This course is continuation of Visual Arts Exploratory, andis an in-depth study of the Principles of Visual Art and Design (Balance, Contrast, Emphasis, Movement, Pattern, Rhythm, and Unity). Students will create two dimensional works of art. Drawing, painting, and cut paper are among the techniques used in completing pictures with oil and chalk pastels, markers, paints, colored paper, and other media. Application of these principles to the students’ own original art work is the major emphasis. In addition, students will be introduced to prominent past, contemporary, and multicultural artists.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Digital Imaging / This course explores how digital technology has advanced the visual arts. Students will use Adobe Photoshop to develop their own artistic identity by creating unique pieces of artwork after examining the elements and principles of design.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Pottery/Sculpture / Students have the opportunity to use a wide variety of media such as paper, wood, clay, plaster, papier mâché, and/or fabric to create three-dimensional forms. Specific techniques for these media are taught. Functional and decorative clay pots are shaped and formed.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Pop Art / Pop art is one of the major art movements in the twentieth century. Students will use items from popular culture to engage in representing them with abstract and expressionist techniques through a variety of media.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Weaving / Off-the-loom weaving is the major emphasis of this course. Crafts may include batik, tie-dye, bas-relief clay, and soft sculpture. Design and craftsmanship are emphasized.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Cultural Crafts / Let’s go global! This course journeys around the world to learn about crafts and expressions of various people and traditions which may include paper cutting from China or masks from Africa.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Advanced Art / Experienced art students will deepen their understanding of visual arts including painting, collages, drawing with multiple media, and much more.
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Mosaic Art / Let’s put the pieces together! Mosaic is the art of creating images by assembling small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other material. As decorative art, mosaics are a source of inspiration and cultural significance
Fine Arts: Visual Arts / Yearbook / Let’s make a memory! In this course, students develop abilities in gathering information, writing copy and captions, understanding components of quality photography, copy editing skills, and techniques of headlines. Students begin to develop skills in technology applications and advertising. Emphasis is placed on developing skills in layout, design, and graphics. Students assume responsibility for planning and coverage of school events.
Humanities / Animé / This course celebrates Japanese culture through the study of Animé, a distinct and influential type of cartooning and animation. Students will study Animé’s origins, techniques, and media to gain a broader understanding of Japanese culture.
Humanities / Bad Girls and Bad Boys of History / History has produced many interesting characters. In this course, students will analyze historical figures that have developed reputations for being “bad,” but perhaps they are just misunderstood.