GRS A2 English
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 This is the portal for Great River School's A2 English Program. Here you can find course information, helpful course calendars, assignments for your classes, and more. Hooray! * * * "New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions
2011-2012 Communications
 Communications is part of the two year cycle of Language Arts at the A2 level. The goal of the communications course is for students to become conscious and considerate of the images and messages around them, and the images and messages that they produce. We will do this through a study and understanding of five types of communication: intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group or group, public speaking, and mass communication. Our approach to these types of communication will vary, but will include writing (creative and expository), reading fiction and nonfiction (novels, plays, essays), and studying visual texts (art, advertisements, other media).
Film Studies
 This course is designed to enhance students’ abilities to interpret, analyze, and appreciate films using a variety of approaches. We will move through film history, learning terms and theories while watching classic and contemporary films and holding seminars. Films may include titles such as Metropolis, Citizen Kane; Do the Right Thing, and Run Lola Run. There will also be choice assignments involving genre/director studies. This class fulfills a semester English credit, and thusly will be homework heavy (readings, papers, presentations, seminar preparation). |
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Kate Diehn Classes
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