Curriculum :: 10th Grade
Humane Letters
A Socratic seminar that combines a survey of American history through primary sources with representative American literature and philosophy including works of Hamilton, Madison, Thoreau, Douglass, Twain, Crane, Cather, Fitzgerald, Steinbeck and Wilder as well as the Shakespearean play Othello.
Algebra II
Studies the nature and behavior of functions (exponential, logarithmic, polynomial, rational, and radical), with special attention to geometric transformations, systems of equations, matrices, basic probability, and sequences and series.
Physics I
An introduction to the basic laws of nature through experiments and problem solving using trigonometry and algebra.
Music
Shifts focus from the harmonic to the melodic as students combine two to three independent musical lines to form one piece of music and perform within a choir.
Poetry
Focuses on meter and rhyme, addressing the effect and meaning of poetic technique and the learning of the language relating to meter, scansion, and forms. Poets studied include Shakespeare, Milton, Spenser, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Tennyson.
Advanced Latin or Modern Language II
Students can choose between Advanced Latin, French II, German II or Spanish II.
German II: The aim of third year German at TPA is to develop your understanding of the language through focusing on the written works of specific German authors, while continuing with an adequate emphasis on German history and culture. Since German I and II required you to study and understand the grammar of the language, this course will apply that knowledge to chosen texts. We will utilize class time speaking only in the target language and you will be expected to share your opinions of the text, along with summaries of each of the reading assignment.
The immediate goals of the course include:
- developing greater reading skills through authentic German literature;
- fine tuning the spoken language through expression of opinion and insight;
- completing advanced essays in the foreign language;
- acquiring an even larger vocabulary;
- practicing correct pronunciation and intonation and;
- learning about Germany, Austria, and Switzerland