DYERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL
CURRICULUM
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TOPIC |
ESSENTIAL QUESTION |
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AUGUST |
1.
Study
skills, goal setting, memory hooks. 2.
Interest
inventory. 3.
Self
employment. 4.
Job
trends. 5.
Vocational
research. |
1.
Why
study? 2.
What
is a goal? 3.
How
can I remember with less effort? 4.
What
am I good at? 5.
What
do I enjoy? 6.
What
are my interests? 7.
What
experience do I have? 8.
What
is happening in the job market? 9.
Could
I work for myself? 10.
What
do I want and need to know? |
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SEPTEMBER |
1.
Resources
for research. 2.
Electronic
presentations. 3.
Documentation. 4.
Writing
process. 5.
Verbal
and nonverbal communication techniques. 6.
Teamwork. |
1.
What
resources are available for research? 2.
How
do I organize information? 3.
How
do I prepare a computer slide show? 4.
How
important is effective communication? 5.
What
happens when communication breaks down? 6.
How
can I communicate nonverbally? |
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OCTOBER |
1.
Verbal
and nonverbal communication techniques. 2.
Teamwork. 3.
Sentence
parts. 4.
Phrases. |
1.
How
important is effective communication? 2.
What
happens when communication breaks down? 3.
How
can I communicate nonverbally? 4.
How
do sentence parts work together to enhance communication? 5. How can a phrase clarify communication? |
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NOVEMBER |
1.
Clauses. 2.
Language
development. 3.
Origin
of English 4.
Anglo-Saxon
history. 5.
Beowulf 6.
Resumes. |
1.
How
can I use a subordinate clause to remove the ambiguity from my communication? 2.
How
does a language change? 3.
Why
is English so complicated? 4.
What
is an Anglo-Saxon? 5.
What
is an epic? 6. How do I sell myself to an employer? |
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DECEMBER |
1.
Anglo-Saxon
history. 2.
Beowulf. 3.
Resumes. 4.
Nine
week’s test. 5.
Study
Skills Application. |
1.
What
is an Anglo-Saxon? 2.
What
is an epic? 3.
How
do I sell myself to an employer? 4.
How
do I show that I have learned how to learn? |
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JANUARY |
1. Problem solving teamwork. |
1.
What
is a problem? 2.
Why
can’t I use trial and error? 3.
When
is a systematic approach useful? |
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FEBRUARY |
1.
Medieval
history 2.
Ballads. 3.
The
Canterbury Tales. 4.
Sir
Gawain and The Green Knight. 5.
Becket. 6.
Everyman. 7.
The
Second Shepherd’s Play. |
1.
What
are the Middle Ages? 2.
How
did the Crusades and the Black Death affect England? 3.
What
do ballads have to do with me? 4.
How
can every age be a Canterbury Pilgrimage? 5.
What
is a Romance? 6.
Why
do miracle plays and morality plays have to do with modern drama? |
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MARCH |
1.
Medieval
history. 2.
Ballads. 3.
The
Canterbury ‘Tales. 4.
Sir
Gawain and the Green Knight. 5.
Becket. 6.
Everyman. 7.
The
Second Shepherd’s Play. |
1. What are the Middle Ages? 2. How did the Crusades and the
Black Death affect England? 3. What do ballads have to do with
me? 4. How can every age be a
Canterbury Pilgrimage? 5. What is a Romance? 6. Why do miracle plays and
morality plays have to do with modern drama? |
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APRIL |
1. Macbeth. 2. Much Ado About Nothing 3. The Taming of the Shrew. |
1.
What
is tragedy? 2.
What
problems are there in accepting a promotion? 3.
How
much personal information should I divulge on a job? 4.
What
makes an effective leader? 5.
What
is malapropism? 6.
What
is farce? |
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MAY |
1.
Workplace
culture. 2.
Networks. 3.
Environment. 4.
Reflective
listening. 5.
Assertive
communication. |
1. What do culture and environment mean? 2. What is a network? 3. How do I tell a coworker
I’ve had enough without damaging our working relationship? |