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Below are the following electives certain grades may take. We hope you find all the information that you need. |
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Film Studies Course #051 5 Periods 205 Credits Prerequisites: Open to all students in grades 10-12. This half-year course will allow students to view 12-15 major motion films that deal with life issues. Some outstanding classics as well as modern movies that are especially appropriate for family, teens, and adult audiences will be studied and critically analyzed for the telling of the story. Students should come to understand the genre as another means of learning. |
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Mystery/Horror Stories Course # 052 5 Periods 2.5 Credits Prerequisites: Open to all students. This half-year course allows students to study this genre through an analysis of specific literary works, films, and self-generated materials. Students will be able to explore the key elements of suspense, psychological fear and the macabre. |
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Shakespearean Drama Course# 053 5 Periods 2.5 Credits Prerequisites: Open to all students. This course will involve an in depth study of one Shakespearean comedy, one history, and one tragedy which is not already part of the high school curriculum. Coursework will include class discussion, analysis of the themes, characterization, and poetic devices in the plays, and essays on the plays themselves or relevant background material. |
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English The History and Elements of Film Course # 054 5 Periods 2.5 Credits Prerequisites: Open to all students. This half-year course will allow students to study the mechanics behind analyzing film, by considering how films are put together. This course will also study the evolution of film from the silent era up to the present day. Several classics and modern films will be viewed and discussed as examples. This course will be designed to allow students to view and discuss films and discuss films critically with a historical perspective. |
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The Writer's Workshop Course #064 5 Periods 2.5 Credits Prerequisites: Open to all students. This course offering will be tailored to respond to the needs, goals, and abilites of those enrolled to stress creative writing techniques for some students, essay writing for others. Students interested in creative writing will learn about the skills involved in writing short stories, plays, poems, and essays. The effective use of plot development, characterization, details, dialogue, imagery, rhythm, and formatting. Based on a recent survey of Saugus graduates, the short essay makes up the bulk of college writing today. With this in mind, students may elect to work on that format or the more traditional research paper. Students may choose to take the course for honors credit at the time of registration. It should be understood that the commitment requires to comply with weekly assignments to be done outside the classroom. |
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Journalism 1 Course # 091 5 Periods 2.5 Credits Prerequisites: Open to all grade 9 students with teacher recommendation. Class activites will consist of preparing news stories, feature activites, editorials, graphice displays and photographs for a monthly newsletter. |
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Journalism 2,3,4 Course# 092, 093, 094 5 Periods 5 Credits Prerequisites: Teacher recommendation Class activites will consist of preparing news stories, feature activities, editorials, graphic displays and photographs for a weekly page in a local newspaper. |
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