Curriculum :: 9th Grade
Humane Letters
An introduction to the Socratic seminar that combines a survey of European history with representative European Literature including selections from Shakespeare, More, Austen, Dickens, Marx, Shelley and Wiesel.
Geometry
A course in plane geometry that addresses Euclidean proof and includes topics of parallelism, congruent figures, polygons, similarity, circles, area, volume of solids, and transformations.
Biology
A Socratically taught science course that explores processes such as photosynthesis, cellular respiration, mitosis and meiosis, and an investigation of the organization of living things from cellular to ecological levels.
Music
A class in the composition of four-part tonal music according to Baroque style, music theory, and choral performance.
Poetry
A study of drama and music in verse, addressing the elements of plot, narrative, and dramatic form in certain traditional forms and genres. Authors studied include Moliere, Whitman, Coleridge, Frost, and Dickinson.
Latin III or Modern Language I
Students can choose between Latin III, French I, German I or Spanish I.
German I: In the classroom, we deal with the four communicative modalities: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Through appropriate attention to each of these areas, you will gradually become better and better prepared to fully enjoy your later German courses in which you will be reading, discussing, and coherently writing about great German literature. You will study grammatical principles through reading of the textbook at home, but I will additionally go over most grammatical points in the classroom for reinforcement and clarification. You will do extra written exercises found in Kontakte (K.), as well as other assignments I may devise based on your needs. You will usually do these at home, but occasionally in class. We will utilize class time speaking only in the target language. You may find this very frustrating at first, however, a true immersion experience will facilitate.